The World Snooker Tour has launched a press release concerning an ongoing challenge with its stay scoring platform this season.

There was widespread criticism of WST throughout the 2023/24 season to this point concerning the matter.

Throughout Championship League Snooker – the primary rating occasion of the brand new time period – and once more finally week’s European Masters qualifiers, there have been main issues.

Having been promised a brand new and improved stay snooker scoring system forward of the recent season, followers had been understandably disenchanted at what transpired.

Forward of the Championship League, WST introduced on its web site a brand new scoring part, however when directed to the web page there was nothing obtainable.

When stay scores had been finally added, the platform supplied solely primary data just like the match and body scores.

Different key data which was beforehand obtainable, comparable to breaks, common shot time, and even the remaining factors on the desk throughout a body, had been lacking.

Nonetheless, WST has now revealed that it bumped into difficulties with its earlier supplier and {that a} new service will nonetheless be launched later this yr.

“As beforehand introduced throughout the Cazoo World Championship, WST shall be launching a brand new and vastly improved web site and app in November this yr,” the assertion learn.

“The preliminary plan was to proceed with the earlier scoring platform throughout the interim interval.”

“Nonetheless, as a result of unexpected late adjustments with current suppliers, a short lived scoring website was wanted to be created in a really quick area of time.

“While we’re happy that we have now been in a position to fulfill that have to a level, we additionally share the frustration of followers concerning the platform’s reliability on the early levels of its roll out.

This was due partially to suppliers being new to this very advanced mission, which that they had quick discover to drag collectively.

“There has additionally been a considerable amount of knowledge scraping from illicit sources, which has precipitated extreme visitors on the stay scoring infrastructure.

“Steps have been taken to mitigate this challenge going ahead and that resulted in improved stability in the direction of the top of BetVictor European Masters qualifying.

“The problems we have now skilled have subsequently led to a delay in deployment of the important thing options that followers have been accustomed to.

“These embrace: factors remaining, participant pictures, present break knowledge and the draw.

“Now that we have now stabilised the platform, we’re hopeful that every one of those options shall be deployed in time for the Cazoo British Open Qualifiers on August 14th.

“We perceive frustrations from followers that the platform hasn’t been as much as the usual that they anticipate and deserve.

“However relaxation assured we have now been working extensively with our suppliers to make sure we’re again on observe as quickly as doable.

“We admire your endurance.”

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