The 2017/18 campaign began a few weeks ago in Preston with the qualifying rounds for the Riga Masters and the China Championship. But let’s pretend that didn’t count and that the season is really starting now with the start of the main event in Latvia just a few days away. It has nothing[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Mark Selby Profited Most from Record Prize Fund
Mark Selby earned almost £1 million last season while the number of players earning at least £30,000 grew by 20 percent, as the sport continues to thrive. Total prize money has grown from £3.5 million just seven years ago to last season’s £10 million, with another boost to £12 million[Read More…]
Susan Hanlon Wins RILSA Intermediate
By Dan Carroll Dublin’s Susan Hanlon won her first national snooker title recently at the Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association (RILSA) Academy in Sharkx Newbridge. Susan who is only playing snooker for a few years and is an avid table tennis player on its national women’s circuit, captured the[Read More…]
Robert Milkins Captures Pink Ribbon Glory
Robert Milkins won the Pink Ribbon Pro-Am at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester on Sunday. The Englishman was one of the highest ranked professionals taking part in the annual fundraising event for breast cancer awareness. In total, 255 players entered the tournament with a sum of £9000 being[Read More…]
Ireland Teams Beaten in European Championship Finals
Ireland fell just short of the champion’s podium as a festival of European amateur snooker came to a conclusion in Albania on Sunday. Michael Judge had already finished runner-up to Darren Morgan in the European Open last week, and was part of the Irish pairing which were beaten in the[Read More…]
WLBS Releases Provisional 2017/18 Calendar
The provisional calendar for the 2017/18 World Women’s Snooker Tour has been announced by World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS). Following a landmark previous season which saw ranking events held in Germany and Singapore for the first time, the WLBS has confirmed that the World Women’s Championship will return to Asia for a[Read More…]
Neil Robertson Earns China Spot
Neil Robertson and Ryan Day were among the final qualifiers as the preliminary round for the China Championship wrapped up on Tuesday in Preston. Robertson lost his opening frame against Gerard Greene to a century break but levelled by pinching a close second, before subsequently controlling the contest for a[Read More…]
Judd Trump and Marco Fu Start Season Strongly
Judd Trump and Marco Fu comfortably qualified for the China Championship on a good day for the higher ranked players in Preston on Monday. Both seeds were playing their first match of the new campaign after opting out of the Riga Masters, thus missing last week’s initial qualifying stage at[Read More…]
Darren Morgan Wins European Open
Darren Morgan beat Michael Judge 4-1 to retain the EBSA European Open on Sunday in Albania. The amateur tournament, staged ahead of the European Team Championships, had more than 80 competitors competing from countries all across Europe. In the end it came down to a pair of familiar faces from the[Read More…]
Ricky Walden Suffers Second Whitewash
Three-time ranking event winner Ricky Walden exited the China Championship at the qualifiers stage after a heavy 5-0 defeat to Ian Preece on Sunday. The whitewash reverse was his second in succession after losing 4-0 Cao Yupeng in the Riga Masters preliminaries. Walden has been in bad form for the[Read More…]