Its excellent news. Mr Hearn sure is spreading the game and generating loads of interest. Australia will be a great host as they always are when it comes to sporting events.

Hopefully it'll inspire a few more Australians to take up the game. I think it's one factor that us UK based folk don't appreciate enough, and that's how tough it is for players from outside the UK to have to be away from their home for long periods of the year - that brings about its own unique type of pressure.

As an expat myself Kinsang, i know full well how hard it is to aclimatise to another country and it is not easy. You really have hit the nail on the head there, its not just snooker ability but its also moving to a new country, learning the language and adjusting to the culture.
That puts alot of pressure on players.

Yeah because the players will have to learn how to speak Aussie (You add "mate" to the end of every sentence). Sorry, that was just a little joke.

It'll be interesting, the next few years. Where's Barry getting all this prize money from?

The Aussies are never short of sponsors for sports events TSC so i cant see that being an issue.

I see the skum bag that is Osullivan did not quite make the journey out there. Good riddance to the thing and his poorly little back/neck or whatever else is upsetting this misfit. Australian snooker will do just fine concerntrating on snooker and not on some bloke picking his nose, backside or any other orifice that the camera happens to be pointing at at the time

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