A PETITION to wind up a company in which Scottish snooker player Alan
McManus and Mr Thomas Heenan, his former manager, are equal shareholders
will be lodged today at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
The action is being taken by Mr McManus and his new manager, Mr Jim
McMahon, his uncle. Both are directors of the company, Alan McManus
Snooker Ltd.
They will present the petition on alleged grounds that the company is
unable to pay its debts. It is understood creditors are owed between
#60,000 and #70,000.
Lawyers representing the company have already raised an action at the
same court against Mr Heenan for a substantial amount of money.
It is understood that claim is for about #100,000.
Mr Heenan, a Glasgow businessman with snooker club and karting
interests, is a former secretary of the company but not a director. His
son, Mark, remains the company's third director, according to records.
The firm was founded in 1990 and first called Tapvend Ltd. A name
change followed before becoming Alan McManus Snooker Ltd in 1991.
Mr McManus, 23, who is ranked sixth in the world, split from Mr Heenan
as manager in February, just three days before beating Stephen Hendry to
win the Benson and Hedges Masters.
Mr Heenan will have seven days to object to the application to wind up
the company.
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