2010 Six-red World Championship 2010 Six-red World Championship The 2010 Six-red World Championship (often styled the 2010 SangSom 6-red World Championship for sponsorship and marketing purposes) was a six-red snooker tournament that took place between 19 and 24 July 2010 at the Montien Riverside Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Twenty-eight of the tournament's 48 competitors were currently on the main tour of the more established 15-reds game. A relatively high proportion of competitors were from Asia. Mark Selby won in the final 8–6 against Ricky Walden. The top four players from each group qualified for the knock-out stage. All matches were best of 9 frames.
Sport in Northern Ireland against Scotland (a match which has first-class status) has been played annually since 1909. The Irish team was fairly strong in the mid and late 19th century, and sent several touring parties abroad, but development of the sport was adversely affected first by the Gaelic Athletic Association's ban on its members taking part in "foreign" sports and then by the creation of the Irish Free State; many of the best cricketers in Ireland had been British soldiers and civil servants and their withdrawal led to a decline in the overall standard of the game. There have been brighter spots in