Chris Wakelin adds name to roll of honour after winning 2025 Pink Ribbon Pro-Am charity snooker event

As well as being a competitive event with prize money, the Pink Ribbon Pro-Am raises awareness and money for breast cancer charities, with over £100,000 having been collected and donated since the tournament's creation. The unique competition is open to both amateurs and professionals, with all contestants wearing a pink top to stay on brand.

First held in 2010 at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, the concept was the brainchild of the host venue's owner Paul Mount, with the event held annually up to and including 2019.

Michael Holt won the inaugural edition when he ousted Jimmy White 6-5 in the final. In the following years, the other title winners in Gloucester were: Mark Joyce, Stuart Bingham, Joe Perry, Peter Lines, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Jamie Jones, Robert Milkins and Andrew Norman.

Former World Champion Bingham remains the only player to have won the title more than once; he pipped Mark Allen 4-3 in the 2019 final to regain. O'Sullivan was triumphant in 2015.

Coinciding with the closure of the South West Snooker Academy, the Pink Ribbon sadly disappeared from the calendar for five years, but it was renewed in 2024 by Landywood SC owner Paul Mount and a team of volunteers.

The returning edition in 2024 was very well supported - with then World Champion Kyren Wilson playing in it - and won by Oliver Lines who shaded Elliot Slessor 4-3 in the final to follow in the footsteps of his father Peter who lifted the trophy in 2014.

How Chris Wakelin won the 2025 Pink Ribbon Pro-Am

A plethora of professional players - several of whom are ranking event winners - once again entered the tournament with there being a gap between competitions on the World Snooker Tour. These tour card holders entered the fray in the round of 64 and were joined by the amateurs who advanced from the preliminary rounds held across previous days.

World number 14 Wakelin went into it off the back of a brilliant run to the semi-finals of the Saudi Arabia Masters in Jeddah where he was stopped by O'Sullivan who created history by making two maximum 147 breaks during the same match and session.

Wakelin defeated Tom Maxfield 4-2 and Oliver Sykes 4-1 in the last 64 and 32 respectively to reach Finals Day in Landywood.

The former Shoot Out champion whitewashed Ben Woollaston 4-0 in the last 16, and then compiled breaks of 102 and 132 in successive frames en route to eliminating Wayne Brown 4-1 in the quarter-finals. In an all-top 16 encounter in the semis, Wakelin swept recent Wuhan Open runner-up Gary Wilson, 4-0.

Emerging from the other side of the draw was former professional and Crucible qualifier Steadman, who actually qualified twice for the round of 64 (his name was in both the top and bottom halves) due to the double entry system open to amateurs.

Steadman saw off fellow ex-tour card holders Ashley Hugill and Joyce before dismissing professional opposition in Stan Moody, Oliver Brown and Daniel Wells.

In the final, Steadman led 1-0 and 2-1, but Wakelin strung together three frames to reach the hill first. Steadman clung on with frame seven, but a break of 68 in the next helped Wakelin to the title.

Next up for Wakelin is the 2025 English Open at the Brentwood Centre. As one of the top 32 seeds, he starts his bid for The Steve Davis Trophy during the evening session on Monday 15th September.

For the results from the 2025 Pink Ribbon Pro-Am, visit snookerscores.net here.