World Snooker Tour says that is confidential and wouldn’t provide any steering.
For some, although, it’s a full-time position and entails intensive world journey.
In addition to matches on the common tour, officers may prime up their earnings by operating the rule over exhibition matches.
This has been a profitable sideline for the reason that sport’s growth years within the Eighties, when the likes of Len Ganley had been virtually as common as the highest gamers.
As Mike Ganley – World Snooker Tour event director and Len’s son – has mentioned: “Len made good cash from the exhibitions as a result of for no matter purpose he did have a profile, and an ego and a persona that went with it.”
That helps. It’s understood {that a} referee’s primary pay is mostly quite modest, definitely in comparison with the highest gamers.
We will confidently say that Ben Woollaston’s World Championship earnings this 12 months will prime any referee’s revenue from the 17 days.
Reaching the second spherical means he’s assured of a minimum of £30,000. The champion collects £500,000.
Ben’s plan for Friday was to sleep as a lot as potential in order that he feels recent to go once more when he performs China’s Si Jiahui in spherical two, in a match that begins on Saturday.
He was seen with Tatiana and Edward heading again to their lodge at about 01:00 BST, and whereas Ben and Edward presumably had a lie-in, there was no such consolation for Tatiana.
She was straight again to work, refereeing the second session of the spherical two match between Mark Allen and Chris Wakelin.
That started at 10:00 BST, and it contained what may go down as one other profession spotlight – selecting the black ball out of the pocket as Allen turned the eleventh man to make a 147 most break on the World Championship.
Thus far, Sheffield is treating the Woollastons properly.
