 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Apo World Snooker yakaronga 2008 Bahrain Championshippamisi yakatarisana nemitambo yePremier League Snooker yakarongwa mwedzi mishanu yapfuura nekubvumidzwa kweWorld Snooker, izvi zvakakonzera vatambi vana vanotungamira kusanganisira Higgins kupotsa chiitiko cheBahrain uye nekudaro vanorasikirwa nemapoinzi ekumisikidza Higgins akadana kupokana kunoseka. Murongi wePremier League Barry Hearn akataura kuti Ndakaodzwa mwoyo zvikuru uye handikwanisi kunzwisisa kuti sei World Snooker isina kukurukura mazuva nesu, nepo Higgins nemaneja wake Pat Mooney vakatyisidzira matanho epamutemo pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu ekuronga. Ichitsigirwa nevatambi vakura, Hearn akava sachigaro weWPBSA muna December 2009, naMooney vachibatana naye mubhodhi. 