Stuart Bingham became the first big-name casualty in the first event of the season as he crashed to a 4-0 defeat to Niu Zhuang in the qualifying round for the Riga Masters on Tuesday. The 2015 world champion appeared to be in rusty shape as his opponent took advantage of[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Early Wins for Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins
The 2018/19 snooker season commenced on Monday with the start of the Riga Masters qualifying round at the Preston Guild Hall. There were no upsets of note to speak about as the top seeds in action safely negotiated their opening task of what will ultimately prove to be another long[Read More…]
Five Players To Watch in the 2018/19 Snooker Season
The new snooker season gets going on Monday with the qualifying round for the Riga Masters taking place at the Preston Guild Hall. With twenty ranking events and a host of other invitational tournaments scheduled between now and the start of next May, it’s sure to be another hectic calendar[Read More…]
Riga Masters and World Open Qualifiers Kickstart Campaign
The 2018/19 snooker season gets under way on Monday with the qualifying rounds for both the Riga Masters and World Open set to take place at the Preston Guild Hall. The pair of rankers will be the first in a campaign that will boast a total of at least 20,[Read More…]
Snooker Season Set for Break Off
Well, that was a nice little break – excuse the pun. After practically a month off, snooker returns next week with the start of the 2018/19 campaign as the qualifying rounds for the Riga Masters and World Open take place at the Preston Guild Hall. It’s been a much-welcomed period[Read More…]
Brandon Sargeant Wins Challenge Tour 1
Brandon Sargeant beat fellow Englishman Luke Simmonds 3-1 to capture the inaugural Challenge Tour event in Burton on Sunday. The new Challenge Tour is a series consisting of ten tournaments that are set to be staged throughout the UK and across Europe during the 2018/19 campaign. A prize fund of[Read More…]
Snooker’s New Challenge Tour to Commence
The inaugural season of the new Challenge Tour is to get under way today at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. There has been much excitement and a general feeling of progression in the sport since the announcement of a new Challenge Tour for amateur players was announced more than[Read More…]
Thor Chuan Leong Hammers Home in Q School
Thor Chuan Leong regained his place on the Main Tour by emerging with one of the final four spots from this year’s Q School in Burton on Thursday. The Malaysian, who dropped off the circuit at the conclusion of the last campaign, ended the hopes of Ireland’s Greg Casey 4-0[Read More…]
Michael Judge and Greg Casey Threatening at Q School 3
Michael Judge and Greg Casey are just two wins away from becoming professional players as Q School heads into its final day of action in Burton on Thursday. After more than two weeks of intense snooker at the Meodowside Leisure Centre, just 16 players remain in the hunt for the[Read More…]
Michael Judge Denied in Q School 2
Ireland’s Michael Judge has only one more opportunity remaining to regain his place on the Main Tour after a seven-year gap following defeat in the penultimate round of Q School 2 on Friday. The Dubliner had unsurprisingly been the favourite out of the disappointingly small Irish contingent to come through[Read More…]