Allen set for his UK Championship bid at the Barbican

Antrim man will take on German tomorrow night in opening round

Mark Allen
Author: Nigel GouldPublished 28th Nov 2017

Mark Allen begins his UK Championship snooker campaign when he takes on German Lukas Kleckers.

The Antrim man is in action at the York Barbican tomorrow night in a best of 11-frames game.

The tournament begins this afternoon and features some of the world’s best players.

There was disappointment for Allen earlier this month when he was knocked out of the NI Open after losing a final frame decider to China’s Tian Pengfei