RL360°’s Sean Corkish has headed to Doha to represent the Isle of Man at the International Billiards and Snooker Association World Amateur Championships.

With sponsorship from RL360°, Sean, who works in Servicing at the company’s headquarters at the Isle of Man Business Park, will compete in the tournament at the Sheikh Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium.

“I’ve been playing snooker since I was 13, my highest break is 140, I’ve played snooker for the Island all over the UK and in China, Thailand, Malta and Belgium,” he explained. “I won the Isle of Man Championships for the first time this year. I had been a runner-up on 5 previous occasions, so winning the title this year was a great relief! And the added bonus is that I get to play at the Championships.”

The tournament will run until 29 November. The first stage is a round robin format with 22 groups of 7 and the top 4 from each group will progress to the knockout stage. There are 140 players from 55 different countries.

“The standard of the competition will be very tough,” said Sean. “Previous winners of these IBSF events include Ronnie O’Sullivan, Jimmy White, Ding Junhui, Stuart Bingham, Neil Robertson, Mark Allen and Ken Doherty.”

RL360° Director of Marketing Simon Barwell said: “We’re very proud to be able to help Sean as he competes at such a high level. Everyone at RL360° wishes him the very best of luck.”

Sean has been drawn in group K with players from Thailand, USA, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. The full draw can be found here http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2016/ms/en/msm_2016_groups.php.

Live scoring and streaming will be available through http://www.ibsf.info/

Home support: Ramsey man Sean Corkish, who works at RL360°, is representing the Isle of Man at the International Billiards and Snooker Association World Amateur Championships in Doha. RL360° are supporting Sean in his bid for success with a sponsorship package.