Mark Williams beat Ricky Walden to win Group 5 of the Championship League Snooker, in the process booking his spot in March’s Winners’ Group at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. The Welshman finished in third place behind Judd Trump and Ben Woollaston in the round-robin phase with four wins from[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Mark Allen Snooker Odds for Worlds Shorten – But Will He Qualify?
There might still be a lot to play for between now and the snooker World Championship – but it’s around this time every year when players and fans begin to think about the end-of-season month in Sheffield. Whether by its association with the Triple Crown, the BBC, or something else[Read More…]
QUIZ! Triple Crown Snooker Champions
The Masters snooker final reached its conclusion on Sunday with Mark Allen joining the illustrious club of Triple Crown champions after emotionally claiming his maiden major in London. The standard in the showdown against Kyren Wilson might not live long in the memory but the victory for the Northern Irishman,[Read More…]
WPBSA and IBSF Hold Talks About Coexistence
Some progress was made at a recent meeting held between the WPBSA and the IBSF, hosted by the World Confederation of Billiards Sports in Lausanne last Thursday. But it seems there remains a considerable way to go before the two competing organisations can fully see eye to eye with regard[Read More…]
Mark Allen Claims Masters Victory
Mark Allen has won the 2018 Masters after a compelling 10-7 victory over Kyren Wilson in Sunday’s final at the Alexandra Palace. The Northern Irishman claimed his maiden Triple Crown trophy with a hard-fought success that sees him emulate famous countrymen Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor as champions in London.[Read More…]
China Open Becomes £1 Million Event
World Snooker has announced a new agreement that will see the China Open become the second richest tournament on the calendar from this year. The four-year contract between the sport’s governing body and the Chinese promoters will begin with the 2018 event taking place in its usual early-April time slot.[Read More…]
Masters Final: Mark Allen vs Kyren Wilson
There’ll be a new name on the Paul Hunter trophy as Mark Allen and Kyren Wilson bid for Masters glory on Sunday in the Alexandra Palace. The pair, each bidding for a maiden major title, emerged from their semi-final encounters on Saturday in contrasting fashion to set up an intriguing[Read More…]
Masters: Semi-Final Preview
The outcome of the 2018 Masters will be determined this weekend after the field of 16 has been whittled down to the final four in London. Only one former champion remains in the hunt for glory and the £200,000 top prize – Scotland’s John Higgins, who scored heavily in his[Read More…]
Masters Quizzes
The problem with creating so many quizzes is that eventually you start running out of topics to cover. That said, it’d be rude to go through a whole Masters edition and not provide a few teasers for you to have a go at. Last year, we perhaps went a bit[Read More…]
Can Mark Allen Finally Master his Potential?
Mark Allen produced a brilliant performance to end Ronnie O’Sullivan’s reign at the Masters on Thursday. The Northern Irishman took advantage of an unusually lacklustre display from the seven-time champion and conjured up an aggressive attacking onslaught of his own to book a semi-final place in London for only the[Read More…]