China’s Ding Junhui fined by WPBSA – Snooker Update
A couple of days back, the former two-time World Snooker Champion from Wales, Mark Williams was fined by the snooker governing body, World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) for the remarks he made on the social networking site, Twitter
amid the 2012 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield.
The Welsh Potting Machine called the Crucible Theatre a sh**hole to play and expressed his wish to see the World Snooker Championship in China. The Chinese cueman, Ding Junhui did the same during his World Championship campaign. The Star of the East was
playing his initial stage match where he lost to the Welshman Ryan Day by the score line of 10-9.
The Chinese potter, after the match, criticised the organisation of the matches as well as the Crucible crowd. He was not happy with the tables and the shouting of Crucible fans. He called the environment of the arena rubbish and the fans disrespectful.
He spoke to the media after his match, “I don't think the tables were right, I don't think the fans were right. It was all rubbish. They just kept shouting. People say Chinese fans are no good, but I'm here and what do they do?”
The WPBSA took notice of his comments and found his guilty of violating the rule which says, “1.1 Members shall, at all times (i.e. whether at a Tournament or not), behave in a proper and correct manner consistent with their status as professional sportsmen.”
The WPBSA statement said, “Ding Junhui has been fined £250 and warned as to his future conduct by the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee. This relates to him swearing in his live press conference on 25th April 2012 at the Betfred.com World Championship.”
Meanwhile, Mark Williams was fined £3,000 for his remarks along with the hearing charges of £1,000. His accusation was quite serious as he used offensive language to express his thought on the World Snooker Championship venue.
The Chinese Sensation crashed out of the tournament but his remarks left a negative impact of his personality on his fans. The 2012 Welsh Open snooker tournament winner has not responded to the decision of WPBSA yet.
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