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On Q Promotions Chairman, Paul Mount, announced today that Terry Griffiths, the 1979 World Snooker Champion, widely recognised as the World's Leading Coach, has joined On Q Promotions as the new Director of Coaching.

This is the first of many exclusive interviews with some of the players entering this year's World Snooker Q School and bidding to get a place on the professional tour next season. Today we speak to an up and coming pro from East London; Sean "The Storm" O'Sullivan!

At this year's Betfred.com World Snooker Championship the BBC enjoyed it's greatest TV ratings for a Snooker event  in the past five years. And in China the semi-final match between Ding Junhui and Judd Trump was the highest rated sports programme of 2011 to date.

John Higgins came from 10-7 behind to beat Judd Trump 18-15 in the final of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2011 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. This is John's fourth world title and his third ranking title of the season.

After fourteen days of top snooker we finally know the identity of one of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2011 finalists. It's only the 21-year-old qualifier from Bristol; Judd Trump! He came through in the high-quality semi-final 17-15 over Masters champion Ding Junhui.

Stephen Hendry announced today that he intends to keep his snooker career going - and to play in all of the tournaments (including the PTC events) next season.

World Snooker has revealed the full draw for the Event 1 (May 11-16) of the Q School today. Amongst the ties of the first round includes the match betwen veterans Tony Knowles and Mike Hallett the match between two relegated professionals from this season's main tour; Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon and Jak Jones.

Here is a selection of photos of various Snooker players past and present and other random people involved in the sport taken from Days 2 & 3 of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2011 at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. Includes; Ding Junhui, Barry Hawkins, Ricky Walden and Steve Davis.

The full entry list for the first ever World Snooker Q School was revealed recently and many high profile names make up the 124 players hoping to win one of the 12 places on the main tour next season. This includes the likes of; Reanne Evans, Luca Brecel, Tony Knowles and former Scottish Open champion David Gray.

After seven intense days of competition at the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship 2011 we finally know the full line up of the last 16. Apart from the defending champion Neil Robertson, most of the big names including O'Sullivan, Williams and Higgins have made it through to the second week.