Players give Walker boost ahead of snooker EGM

SNOOKER chief Rodney Walker has welcomed news that some of snooker’s top stars will support moves to restructure the sport.

Walker, chairman of World Snooker Limited, hopes his blueprint for a brighter future will be passed at next week's Extraordinary General Meeting in Preston.

And he is delighted that leading professionals from the 110 Sport Management stable including world champion and world number one Mark Williams and seven times world champion Stephen Hendry will back his plans for reform.