The most prestigious invitation event of the season gets under way on Sunday with the Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace. The top 16 players in the world rankings will go head to head for the coveted title in London, with a handy £200,000 on offer for the champion. Not only[Read More…]
Month: January 2016
CrossGuns Junior Series Event 5 on Saturday
The fifth meeting in the CrossGuns Junior Series will take place this Saturday, January 9th in Dublin. CrossGuns Snooker Club owner Fin Ruane began the initiative back in September of 2015, with the promise of staging a single day of dedicated competition for Under-19 and Under-14s alike each month until May.[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Wins CL Group 1
Ronnie O’Sullivan comfortably won the first Championship League event to become the first player to book his place in the Winners’ Group at Crondon Park in March. The ‘Rocket’ was making only his second appearance at a tournament this season and his entry revealed that the 40 year-old wished to[Read More…]
BetVictor Continues Welsh Open Partnership
World Snooker is delighted to announce that BetVictor will be title sponsor of the Welsh Open world ranking event for the fourth consecutive year in 2016. The BetVictor Welsh Open will run from February 15 to 21 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. John Higgins won the title last year,[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Heads Championship League
Snooker in 2016 got under way on Monday as this season’s Championship League began at Crondon Park. The tournament follows a similar format to recent years with seven groups comprising seven players contested over a period of several weeks before each of the group champions compete in one final league[Read More…]