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.