World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) held the Northern Classic, the first event of 2018, in Preston, England last weekend. Open to players from six disability groups covering a range of physical and learning disabilities, the event ran for three days at the Elite Snooker Club, owned and run by[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Mark Williams Scores 20th Ranking Title with German Masters Double
Mark Williams dominated Graeme Dott to claim the 2018 German Masters crown in fine style with a resounding 9-1 victory in Berlin on Sunday. The Welshman rarely looked troubled and, after a relatively even early exchange, proceeded to pummel the Scotsman in a thoroughly one-sided affair. The victory for Williams[Read More…]
German Masters Final: Mark Williams vs Graeme Dott
The final of the 2018 German Masters will take place between two former world champions at the Tempodrom in Berlin on Sunday. Mark Williams and Graeme Dott emerged from contrasting semi-final encounters on the penultimate day of action to set up an unlikely showdown between the two 40-something year-olds. Few[Read More…]
German Masters: Semi-Final Preview
Only four players remain in the hunt for the 2018 German Masters crown after a busy opening few days at the Tempodrom in Berlin. The imposing arena has come in for some criticism this week, mostly to do with the arrangement of the tables inside the venue, but it’s usually[Read More…]
Should Mark Selby Fans be Concerned?
Three years ago, Mark Selby rose to the top of the world rankings after securing victory in the German Masters and the Englishman has remained in the number one position ever since. In the time that has elapsed since, the “Jester” has been laughing his way to the bank on[Read More…]
World Snooker Announces Romanian Snooker Masters
Bucharest will stage the new Romanian Snooker Masters, a 16-player invitation event, in March 2018. The new tournament will run from March 14 to 18 with a total prize fund of €200,000. Sanctioned by World Snooker, the tournament will be organised by McCann Bucharest and McCann/Thiess Events. Bucharest staged the[Read More…]
Mark Allen Falls in German Masters
Masters champion Mark Allen couldn’t maintain his run of form as he bowed out of the German Masters at the last 32 stage on Wednesday in Berlin. The 31 year-old became the first Northern Irishman in more than three decades to claim one of the Triple Crown events when he[Read More…]
John Higgins and Kyren Wilson Beijing Bound
John Higgins won the last four frames to beat Adam Duffy 6-3 and qualify for the lucrative China Open in Barnsley on Tuesday. The Scot, who peculiarly has never won the long-running tournament in Beijing, looked in a snick of trouble when he trailed Duffy 3-2 but crucially pinched the[Read More…]
Preview: German Masters
The first ranking event of 2018 gets under way on Wednesday with the start of the German Masters in Berlin. Ever since its relaunch in 2011, the German Masters has been one of the most popular tournaments on the calendar each year, primarily due to the endearing atmosphere that is[Read More…]
Mark Allen Qualifies for China Open
Masters champion Mark Allen returned to action for the first time since his landmark triumph in London with a hard-fought 6-4 success against Allan Taylor in qualification for the China Open on Monday. The Northern Irishman, who produced a terrific week of snooker to claim his maiden Triple Crown title[Read More…]