SNOOKER ace Stephen Lee will have to wait until January to contest allegations that he tested positive for marijuana after a tournament in September.

Lee, ranked fifth in the world, was due to face a disciplinary committee at the headquarters of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in Bristol last Friday, but it was adjourned for legal reasons.

Lee's father Colin, who runs the Snooker Club in Trowbridge, said: "Stephen has got to go and play in a tournament in Bournemouth this week and doesn't want to have this hanging over his head."