Mark Selby remains on course for a hat-trick in Daqing after reaching the International Championship quarter-finals – which will take place on Thursday in China. The world number one, who has won the event in each of the last two seasons, safely booked his place in the last eight thanks[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui Advance in China
Mark Selby and Ding Junhui are among several big names who remain in the hunt for the International Championship after the last 32 was completed on Tuesday in Daqing. The pair emerged from tight encounters with Robert Milkins and Zhao Xintong respectively with a pair of 6-4 scorelines to remain[Read More…]
Mark Williams Loses to Sunny Akani
Mark Williams became the biggest casualty of the International Championship so far after a surprise 6-3 defeat to Akani Songsermsawad in the last 64 on Monday in Daqing. The world champion led the affable Thai player, known as Sunny Akani, 3-2 but was mostly powerless as his opponent went on[Read More…]
Aaron Hill, 16, Wins Irish Ranking Event
Teenager Aaron Hill beat former professional Joe Delaney 4-3 to win the Hickson’s Centra Open at Celbridge Snooker Club at the weekend – his maiden senior Irish ranking event title. Just a few weeks after a terrific run to the final of the IBSF Under-16 World Championship in Russia, Hill[Read More…]
Mark Selby Wins Opening Test in Daqing
Mark Selby scraped into the first round proper of the International Championship after a typically gritty 6-5 victory over Li Yuan on the first day of action in Daqing on Sunday. The world number one’s qualifying match had been held over to the main venue, where he has triumphed in[Read More…]
Ng On Yee Wins Australian Women’s Open
Ng On Yee beat countrywoman Katrina Wan 4-2 to claim the inaugural Australian Women’s Open in Sydney on Sunday. The all-Hong Kong clash was a tight affair but Ng’s experience eventually told with breaks of 66 and 55 helping her over the winning line at the Mt. Pritchard and District[Read More…]
Preview: International Championship
The players return to China this week for the third ranking event of the season in the country – the lucrative International Championship in Daqing, which starts on Sunday. The International Championship has become a permanent fixture on the calendar since its launch in 2012, when Judd Trump edged Neil[Read More…]
RIBSA Event in Celbridge Attracts 75 Entries
The second ranking event of the Irish RIBSA (Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association) campaign takes place this weekend with The Hickson’s Centra Open in County Kildare. As per the decision to stage the tournaments during this season across the country, as opposed to solely at the Ivy Rooms[Read More…]
Ken Doherty Claims UK Seniors Championship
Ken Doherty has captured his maiden title on the World Seniors Snooker Tour after a 4-1 victory over Igor Figueiredo in the final of the UK Seniors Championship in Hull on Thursday. The Irishman, runner-up to Jimmy White in the same event last season, lost only one frame throughout the[Read More…]
Preview: UK Seniors Championship
The first tournament of the 2018/19 World Seniors Tour campaign gets under way on Wednesday with the start of the UK Seniors Championship in Hull. Jimmy White returns as the defending champion and is joined by eleven other competitors hoping to get their hands on the top prize and begin[Read More…]