Quarter-Finals

1. Wayne Martin 4-2 Ant McMahon (Feb 20)
2. Paul Bean 1-4 Andrew Diacopoulos (Feb 26)
3. Nav Hussain 3-1 Chris Winter (Feb 24)
4. Richard Wheelhouse 2-3 Alan Caulton (Feb 18)

(The player on the left is the home player)

Deadline for matches to be played: 1 March 2025.

Draw made via Facebook Live on 9 February 2025.

General Rules

This tournament will be played in accordance with the official rules of snooker as published by the WPBSA.

The miss rule will be played unless both competitors elect not to play it.

Draw

A random draw will take place prior to each round and be broadcast live via Facebook Live.  The first player drawn shall be the home player.  The draw will be published on the Nottingham Snooker website.

Match duration

All matches will be best of 5 frames except for the final which will be best of 7 frames.

Match venue

Matches up to and including the semi-finals will be played at any venue of the home player’s choosing within the Nottinghamshire county boundary.

Paying for the table

The player drawn at home will be responsible for all table costs.

Referees

A referee will not be provided.

The Final

The two finalists will be expected to agree on a suitable venue for the final and make the necessary arrangements to book the table. Table costs, if applicable, should be shared equally between the two finalists. If the finalists would like a referee for the match, they will need to organise one themselves.

Prize Money & Trophy

• The winner will have their name engraved on the prestigious Open Singles Snooker Championship trophy.
• All entry fees will be paid out in prize money after deducting funds required to engrave the main trophy and to cover bank charges.

Arranging Matches

The Nottingham Snooker VAR Procedure will be used to arrange matches:

VAR Procedure

View the draw

• The TD will publish the draw on the Nottingham Snooker website.
• Players will also receive a message from the TD with details of their opponent (including their phone number) and the deadline for the match to be played (typically 21 days after the date of the draw).

Arrange and play your match

Within 2 days of the draw, both players must:

• Make contact with each other and arrange the match.
• Inform the TD of the date of the match.

Players will then play the match on the agreed date.

Result to TD

• Immediately following the match being played, the WINNER must send the result to the TD, including details of any breaks over 50.
• The TD will then publish the result on the Nottingham Snooker website.

Penalty for Unsporting Conduct

The TD is at liberty to expel a player from the tournament for any conduct that he considers to be unsporting or at the detriment to the fair progression of the tournament.

Any failure to adhere to the tournament rules and/or VAR procedures will be classed as unsporting conduct and may result in a player being expelled from the tournament by the TD.

TD Discretion

The TD may, at his discretion, allow slight variations to these rules UPON REQUEST, if he feels it will not impede the fair progression of the tournament.

Previous Recorded Champions

2024: Chris Winter
2023: Andrew Diacopoulos
2022: Nav Hussain
2020: Nav Hussain
2019: Chris Winter
2015: Andrew Diacopoulos
2014: Bash Maqsood
2013: Keith Holgate
2012: Keith Holgate
2011: Steve Judd
2010: Chris Brooks
2009: Chris Winter
2008: Chris Brooks
2007: Jason Turner
2006: Malc Belshaw
2005: Wayne Bilbie
2004: Chris Winter
2003: Wayne Bilbie
2002: Sean Bowers
2001: Daniel Di Folco
2000: Dave Buckley
1995: Tony Hart
1994: Michael Holt
1993: Steve Deverill
1989: Keith Holgate
1981: Paul Deverill
1980: Tony Hart
1979: Stan Rushby
1978: Stan Rushby
1977: Stan Rushby
1976: Kevin Richardson
1974: Stan Rushby
1973: W Burdett
1968: John Fox
1964: Peter Cullen
1960: A E Wilkinson
1959: Dennis Coxon
1958: Dick Revill
1957: D Copson
1956: Arthur Marrow
1955: R Cornwell
1954: R Cornwell