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Eurosport commentator David Hendon wonders if the power struggle in Scottish snooker is doing the game any good there.

Nothing says 'summertime' like a venal struggle for power at the heart of a snooker association and it has fallen to our friends in Scotland to oblige this year.

An EGM has been called for July 5th in which members of Scottish Snooker Ltd, the governing body of amateur snooker in Scotland, will vote on whether to remove the entire board of directors, which is currently chaired by Stevie Baillie.

If you ever visit the forums of the Scottish Snooker website, you will see that all sides, from players to board members, are not averse to having a good old ruck in public.

They would all doubtless argue they are doing the best for snooker north of the border and I have no reason to question any of their intentions.

However, the country that gave us Stephen Hendry and John Higgins doesn't seem to be producing much in the way of new talent.

Anthony McGill is a teenager who has plenty of potential but the wave of players who came through in Hendry's wake appears to have turned into a slow trickle.

You'd hope that, whatever happens at the EGM, all involved will be prepared to put aside personal squabbles and get on with the job of providing a fertile breeding ground for fresh talent.

If they don't, one of snooker's historic strongholds may become just that - a thing of history.

David Hendon commentates on snooker for Eurosport and is the assistant editor of Snooker Scene magazine. To read more from his blog or to subscribe to Snooker Scene just click on the links below the picture.

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