Mike Russell, eight-time world champ in English billiards is favored to win this years.
He is the favored hopeful to take first prize in this year's championships. First place prize purse is is £5,000 from a total prize fund of £15,250. The following is a list of this year's group draw:
A
Chris Shutt, Geet Sethi, Michael Kreuziger, Clive Everton
B
David Causier, Dhruva Sitwala, Roxton Chapman, Mark Hirst
C
Peter Gilchrist, Devendra Joshi, Paul Bennett,
D
Mike Russell, Lee Lagan, Ashok Shandilya
The tournament runs from May 30, 2006 to June 2, 2006 and is held at Pontin's in Prestatyn. It will be contested by 14 players, and the initial group matches will be played over one 120-minute session.
The top two players in each group then progress to the quarter-finals, which are played over one 150-minute session. Semi-finals are played over two 120-minute sessions and the final is played over two 150-minute sessions.
He is the favored hopeful to take first prize in this year's championships. First place prize purse is is £5,000 from a total prize fund of £15,250. The following is a list of this year's group draw:
A
Chris Shutt, Geet Sethi, Michael Kreuziger, Clive Everton
B
David Causier, Dhruva Sitwala, Roxton Chapman, Mark Hirst
C
Peter Gilchrist, Devendra Joshi, Paul Bennett,
D
Mike Russell, Lee Lagan, Ashok Shandilya
The tournament runs from May 30, 2006 to June 2, 2006 and is held at Pontin's in Prestatyn. It will be contested by 14 players, and the initial group matches will be played over one 120-minute session.
The top two players in each group then progress to the quarter-finals, which are played over one 150-minute session. Semi-finals are played over two 120-minute sessions and the final is played over two 150-minute sessions.
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