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In Six-red snooker, the traditional game of [[snooker]] is shortened, with fewer red-balls to pot. The game is played with all other rules unchanged, meaning that foul shots are more significant to the overall score. The maximum break in six-red snooker is 75, as compared to 147 for traditional snooker. The table is the same size as in the traditional 15-red game. The format was designed to feature shorter frames, due to fewer red balls.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://sport-news.org.ua/s_en/index.php?/archives/15510-World-Snooker-chief-rejects-claims-of-the-sports-demise.html|title=World Snooker chief rejects claims of the sport's demise|date=13 April 2009|accessdate=3 May 2009|publisher=Sport Revue | location=London}}</ref> Other formats are being considered as well.<ref name="independent" /> |
In Six-red snooker, the traditional game of [[snooker]] is shortened, with fewer red-balls to pot. The game is played with all other rules unchanged, meaning that foul shots are more significant to the overall score. The maximum break in six-red snooker is 75, as compared to 147 for traditional snooker. The table is the same size as in the traditional 15-red game. The format was designed to feature shorter frames, due to fewer red balls.<ref name="independent">{{cite news|url=http://sport-news.org.ua/s_en/index.php?/archives/15510-World-Snooker-chief-rejects-claims-of-the-sports-demise.html|title=World Snooker chief rejects claims of the sport's demise|date=13 April 2009|accessdate=3 May 2009|publisher=Sport Revue | location=London}}</ref> Other formats are being considered as well.<ref name="independent" /> |
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It was hoped that the format would revive the popularity of snooker as a spectator sport, in the same way [[Twenty20]] has done to [[cricket]].<ref name="muir-knowles">{{cite news|title=Knowles is crowned Super 6 king |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8015414.stm|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=3 May 2009|date=23 April 2009}}</ref> [[Jimmy White]] said that six-red snooker could be one way of helping boost the game's popularity.<ref name="jimmy-white">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/7995833.stm|title='Super6s' can be future of snooker - White|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=12 April 2009|accessdate=3 May 2009}}</ref> [[Allister Carter|Ali Carter]] also said he would be interested in playing the format.<ref name="ali-carter">{{cite web|url=http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/worldchampionships2009/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=snooker/09/04/18/SNOOKER_World_Carter.html|title=Carter fells like a Contender|accessdate=3 May 2009|publisher=[[Sporting Life (British newspaper)|Sporting Life]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716122631/http://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/worldchampionships2009/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=snooker/09/04/18/SNOOKER_World_Carter.html|archivedate=16 July 2011}}</ref> |
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The first [[2008 Six-red Snooker International|international tournament]] in this format was contested in July 2008, with [[Ricky Walden]] defeating [[Stuart Bingham]] in the final. A six-red tournament was held during the [[2009 World Snooker Championship]] as a sideshow, involving one-frame knockout matches. In the final veteran [[Tony Knowles (snooker player)|Tony Knowles]] defeated 13-year-old [[Ross Muir]] 52–18.<ref name="muir-knowles" /> Tickets were initially free; however, future events would have been pay-to-enter.<ref name="dailyrecord">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/snooker/2009/04/23/scots-snooker-starlet-ross-muir-beaten-by-veteran-knowles-in-exhibition-challenge-86908-21300749/|title=Snooker starlet Ross Muir beaten by veteran Knowles in exhibition challenge|date=23 April 2009|accessdate=3 May 2009|publisher=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]}}</ref> The [[2009 Six-red World Championship|first world championship]] was held in Ireland between 15–18 December 2009. [[Mark Davis (snooker player)|Mark Davis]] beat [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]] 6–3 in the final, becoming the first world champion of the six-red snooker format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.global-snooker.com/181209-GS-news-Davis-win-world-title.asp|title=Davis makes his Mark in Killarney|date=18 December 2009|publisher=Global Snooker|accessdate=18 December 2009|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5zyKI1kpB|archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref> |
The first [[2008 Six-red Snooker International|international tournament]] in this format was contested in July 2008, with [[Ricky Walden]] defeating [[Stuart Bingham]] in the final. A six-red tournament was held during the [[2009 World Snooker Championship]] as a sideshow, involving one-frame knockout matches. In the final veteran [[Tony Knowles (snooker player)|Tony Knowles]] defeated 13-year-old [[Ross Muir]] 52–18.<ref name="muir-knowles" /> Tickets were initially free; however, future events would have been pay-to-enter.<ref name="dailyrecord">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/snooker/2009/04/23/scots-snooker-starlet-ross-muir-beaten-by-veteran-knowles-in-exhibition-challenge-86908-21300749/|title=Snooker starlet Ross Muir beaten by veteran Knowles in exhibition challenge|date=23 April 2009|accessdate=3 May 2009|publisher=[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]}}</ref> The [[2009 Six-red World Championship|first world championship]] was held in Ireland between 15–18 December 2009. [[Mark Davis (snooker player)|Mark Davis]] beat [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]] 6–3 in the final, becoming the first world champion of the six-red snooker format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.global-snooker.com/181209-GS-news-Davis-win-world-title.asp|title=Davis makes his Mark in Killarney|date=18 December 2009|publisher=Global Snooker|accessdate=18 December 2009|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5zyKI1kpB|archivedate=6 July 2011}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:30, 5 September 2018
Six-red snooker (sometimes spelled six-reds, 6-red, and also known as super 6s), is a cue sport based on snooker, but with only six red balls on the table as opposed to the standard fifteen.
Overview
In Six-red snooker, the traditional game of snooker is shortened, with fewer red-balls to pot. The game is played with all other rules unchanged, meaning that foul shots are more significant to the overall score. The maximum break in six-red snooker is 75, as compared to 147 for traditional snooker. The table is the same size as in the traditional 15-red game. The format was designed to feature shorter frames, due to fewer red balls.[1] Other formats are being considered as well.[1]
It was hoped that the format would revive the popularity of snooker as a spectator sport, in the same way Twenty20 has done to cricket.[2] Jimmy White said that six-red snooker could be one way of helping boost the game's popularity.[3] Ali Carter also said he would be interested in playing the format.[4]
The first international tournament in this format was contested in July 2008, with Ricky Walden defeating Stuart Bingham in the final. A six-red tournament was held during the 2009 World Snooker Championship as a sideshow, involving one-frame knockout matches. In the final veteran Tony Knowles defeated 13-year-old Ross Muir 52–18.[2] Tickets were initially free; however, future events would have been pay-to-enter.[5] The first world championship was held in Ireland between 15–18 December 2009. Mark Davis beat Mark Williams 6–3 in the final, becoming the first world champion of the six-red snooker format.[6]
Since this time, the six-red World Championship has been contested in the regular season calendar, and also in the Asian Indoor and Martial arts games.
References
- ^ a b "World Snooker chief rejects claims of the sport's demise". London: Sport Revue. 13 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ a b "Knowles is crowned Super 6 king". BBC Sport. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ "'Super6s' can be future of snooker - White". BBC Sport. 12 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ "Carter fells like a Contender". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ "Snooker starlet Ross Muir beaten by veteran Knowles in exhibition challenge". Daily Record. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 3 May 2009.
- ^ "Davis makes his Mark in Killarney". Global Snooker. 18 December 2009. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2009.