With only one more counting event before the cut-off point for the Alexandra Palace, there’ll be plenty of attention given to the Race to the Masters over the next couple of weeks. The draw for the UK Championship was released on Monday and there’s an abundance of excitement building for[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
QUIZ! Snookered
After the completion of the Northern Ireland Open on Sunday, we’re feeling a bit snookered with the lack of professional snooker on our screens for the next week or so. It’s a timely opportunity to recharge the batteries a little ahead of the UK Championship in York, the second biggest[Read More…]
Jubilant Judd Trump Wins Northern Ireland Open
Judd Trump silenced his critics with an excellent 9-7 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final of the Northern Ireland Open on Sunday in Belfast. It represents the Englishman’s ninth ranking event title – a first since October last year – and the result reaffirms his status as one of[Read More…]
Northern Ireland Open Final: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Judd Trump
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump will face off in a delicious Northern Ireland Open final at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Sunday. The pair of Englishmen came through their semi-final tests on the penultimate day of action to remain in the hunt to capture the second Home Nations title[Read More…]
Preview: Northern Ireland Open Semi-Finals
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby will do battle in a mouthwatering Northern Ireland Open semi-finals encounter on Saturday at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. The pair of Englishmen will renew one of the sport’s biggest rivalries after emerging from their respective quarter-final ties with David Gilbert and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh unscathed.[Read More…]
Preview: Northern Ireland Open Quarter-Finals
Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Selby, and Judd Trump are among the eight players who have reached the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. The trio of stars emerged from two rounds on Thursday to reach Friday’s last eight, where the format will increase from the best of[Read More…]
Defending Champion Mark Williams Beaten by Ali Carter
Defending champion Mark Williams is out of the Northern Ireland Open after a scrappy 4-3 defeat to Ali Carter at the Waterfront Hall on Wednesday. The Welshman captured a first ranking title in almost seven years when he edged Yan Bingtao in a dramatic final twelve months ago, a victory[Read More…]
Barry Hearn: “prize money has grown from £3.5 million to £15 million.”
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn has taken apparent swipe at recent comments made by Ronnie O’Sullivan, saying that snooker “is a land of opportunity.” In recent days, O’Sullivan has taken to social media platform Twitter to voice his discontent with the current state of the game. The world number three,[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Starts Strongly in Belfast
Ronnie O’Sullivan produced another scintillating display of scoring to comfortably beat Soheil Vahedi 4-0 in the first round of the Northern Ireland Open on Tuesday in Belfast. O’Sullivan had spent much of the morning before his game on social media complaining about the current state of the sport. In particular,[Read More…]
Mark Allen Beaten in Northern Ireland Open
Mark Allen’s bid to claim a title on home soil ended in immediate disappointment as he exited the Northern Ireland Open in the first round on Monday. In a day full of upsets, Stuart Bingham’s bid for an unlikely million pound bonus for capturing all four Home Nations trophies in[Read More…]