Things are about to get busy for Martin and Allan starting with the first PTC of the season in Latvia at the end of the month. The tournament will be staged in the beautiful capital city of Riga, and the boys will be keen to get their season off to a good start.

Snooker’s Riga Open in Latvia is the first event of the 2015/16 Kreativ Dental Clinic European Tour series. The tournament was first held in 2014 and it was the first ever professional snooker event held in Latvia. The popularity of snooker is thriving across

*Martin O'Donnell.

and fans flocked to the event in Riga which was won by Mark Selby, beating Mark Allen in the final. The first two days of the 2015 event, on July 29-30, will be for the amateur pre-qualifiers. This will be followed by the last 128 from July 31 to August 2.

TV coverage of the tournament - which runs from 31st July to 2nd August - will be broadcast on Eurosport, or alternatively you can keep track of events via the "live scores" facility on the World Snooker website, worldsnooker.com.

*Allan Taylor.