PREMIER LEAGUE SNOOKER Tickets and Dates

2012 PLS Fixtures Thursday 16th August - Embassy Theatre, Skegness Ding Junhui v Shaun Murphy Judd Trump v Stephen Lee Thursday 6th September - Biddulph Leisure Centre Stephen Lee v Peter Ebdon Mark Selby v Neil Robertson Thursday 13th September - The Sands Centre, Carlisle Shaun Murphy v Stuart Bingham John Higgins v Mark Allen Thursday 27th September - Spiceball Leisure Centre, Banbury Mark Allen v Peter Ebdon Neil Robertson v Shaun Murphy Thursday 4th October - Southampton Guildhall Stuart Bingham v Ding Junhui Judd Trump v Peter Ebdon Thursday 11th October - Malvern Theatres Mark Selby v Ding Junhui John Higgins v Stephen Lee Thursday 18th October - Penzance Leisure Centre Mark Allen v Stephen Lee Neil Robertson v Stuart Bingham Thursday 25th October - Guildford Spectrum Leisure Centre Stuart Bingham v Mark Selby Judd Trump v John Higgins Thursday 8th November - The Dome, Doncaster Mark Selby v Shaun Murphy Judd Trump v Mark Allen Thursday 15th November - Spennymoor Leisure Centre, Durham Neil Robertson v Ding Junhui John Higgins v Peter Ebdon Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th November - Grimsby Auditorium Semi-finals and Finals weekend Premier League Snooker In existence since 1987, Premier League Snooker is one of the longest running invitational events in the game and features ten of snooker's biggest stars playing in a unique league format. The field is divided into two groups of five and each player plays each other once with two points for a win and one for a 3-3. At the end of the league section, the top two players in each group move forward into the play-offs. In addition, prize money in the round robin stage is awarded as ú1,000 per frame with an additional ú1,000 on offer for a century break. Televised live by Sky Sports, runs on Thursday night's through August, September, October and November, with the play-offs taking place over a weekend.