The Ball Run E60 – The Captain and China, going way back with David Lilley, the ‘big pockets’ debate, crowd control at the Shoot Out, Matchroom’s magical Mosconi Cup … and our new dog Rocco

Stuart Bingham chats to host James Colasanti about recent results, life on the World Snooker Tour… and life in general.

In this episode, Ball Run chats about results at the International Championship, UK Championship and Shoot Out.

Bingham also explains how he had David Lilley have known each other for three decades, why he hopes to star at the Mosconi Cup one day, and how new dog Rocco is ripping up the family home!

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The Ball Run E52 – Smiles better at the Masters, girl power at the Shoot Out… and Michelle’s charity walk for MND

Episode 52 of the Ball Run, the official podcast for snooker professional Stuart Bingham.

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The Ball Run E42 – Popping over to Paris, vlogging from my morning walks, and near-misses at the Masters and Shoot-Out

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The Ball Run E21 with Cue Creator – Looking forward to winners’ group in Leicester, fine margins at the Shoot Out, and hoping coronavirus does not kibosh Gibraltar trip

The Ball Run E1 – A win over Jimmy White, Shoot Out preview, and German Masters glory for Mark Williams

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Bingham blasts “joke” plans for the Shoot-Out

STUART BINGHAM has warned the “joke” decision to make the Shoot-Out a ranking event could cost a top player a place at the Crucible.

World Snooker announced today (May 11) that money earned at the shot-clock timed, one frame knock-out tournament will count towards the sport’s money ranking list when it is next staged in February 2017.

The competition will be opened up to all 128 of the Tour’s players and not just the top 64 seeds, as has been the case since it started in 2011.

And world No 2 Bingham is one of a number of critics of the decision, saying it could see snooker’s biggest stars failing to qualifying for the biggest tournaments because they dropped prize money at a tournament which is supposed to be “a bit of fun”.

The 2015 world champion, who made the Shoot-Out final in 2014 (pictured above) but has gone out in the early rounds in the past two years, said: “I think it is an absolute joke. My last two defeats in that tournament came after my opponents fluked reds then made 30s. How can you have ranking money riding on a set-up like that?