The Chinese snooker star, Ding Junhui, yesterday joined top snooker players and other stars from film, sport, television and music at inter-dealer broker BGC’s 3rd Annual Charity Day to help raise funds for a number of charities including The Paul Hunter Foundation, which he represented. In the total, over US$6 million was raised for good causes on the day bringing the sum raised over three years to US$15 million.

Nenagh's Josh Burke is one of 30 snooker players who travel to North Wales this Friday as part of the Ireland group who will be competing in the 2007 Home Internationals. The 7 youngest group members were involved in a final practice session in Carlow last weekend before the week long event.