The draw for March’s World Seniors Championship to be staged in Blackpool hit a snag when the first attempt to make it in the arena at the Barbican Centre in York had to be aborted due to there not being enough balls in the bag.
Willie Thorne had been drafted in to do the honours, but after pulling the first eight balls out and through a keen sixth sense was first to raise concerns over how many remained in the velvet sack. In fact this turned out to be only three rather than the required eight to complete matters, meaning the whole thing had to be canned. They’ll be trying again soon.