Shaun Murphy happy with snooker’s progress in recent years – Snooker Update
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) have been working really hard to promote the game across the globe and they have been successful so far in reaching other nations as well. Players from around the world are taking part in many
snooker events which has made the game a global sport.
Leading potters of the game are quite happy with the way snooker is hitting other borders of the world. The former World Snooker Championship winner, England’s Shaun Murphy is supportive of the initiatives the organisation has taken towards the development
of the game.
During his interview with Pro Snooker Blog, Murphy said, “It’s heading in the way that we all wish it had gone in years and years ago.”
The Magician added, “I am so thrilled that we have got the team in place who are running the game now. I am a supporter of the things that Barry has said along the lines of ‘I like working and all I can ask of the people who put the events on is to give
me opportunities to play and if I don’t win and earn any money, that’s my fault as a sportsman and I need to practice and get better.”
At least five years ago, the game was not recognised around the world and had a few snooker events in England but after 2009, when the current World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn joined, the sport has progressed well and is now one of the most watched sports.
Hearn has been in the fore front of taking the game to the level it is today and played his role brilliantly in promoting the game. Snooker has now reached all continents and is growing with each passing day. The snooker calendar has now more than 30 major
and minor ranking snooker events. Five years ago the same calendar had like eight to ten events, mostly played in the UK.
The WPBSA management took drastic measures to promote the game across the globe which includes the addition of new snooker events in the calendar and reaching other countries for their commencement. The association also gave wild card entries to the players
from other nations so that those countries could contribute to the sport as well.
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