Mark Selby Open, losing 1–4. Selby won his first ranking title of the 2017/18 season by retaining the International Championship after surviving a fightback from Mark Allen, who trailed 3–8 and 7–9 in the final but the Englishman prevailed 10–7. As 2017 World Snooker Champion, Selby automatically qualified for the 2017 Champion of Champions. However, he lost in the quarter-finals to Luca Brecel by a scoreline of 4–6. At the 2017 Shanghai Masters, Selby crashed out to 2011 finalist Mark Williams in the quarter-finals 3–5. Selby's reign as the UK champion came to an end with a 3–6 defeat to Scott Donaldson
2016 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship 2016 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship The 2016 Individual Speedway Under 21 World Championship is the 2016 version of FIM the Individual Under-21 World Championship and will be staged over three rounds, at King's Lynn, Pardubice and Gdańsk. Poland's Bartosz Zmarzlik won the title in 2015. The championship was won by triple Australian Under-21 Champion Max Fricke who become Australia's 5th Under-21 World Champion. Fricke's consistent run over the series in which he finished 3rd in the first two rounds and 2nd in the final round saw him score 46 points. Finishing in second place was Polish rider Krystian Pieszczek