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…]
Author: David Caulfield
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…]
Ken Doherty Seals Qualifiers Double
Ken Doherty continued his strong start to the season by qualifying for the lucrative China Championship on Saturday in Preston. The Irishman dropped off the Main Tour last season after falling outside the top 64 in the world rankings following a dismal campaign, but received a reprieve from World Snooker[Read More…]
Luca Brecel Latvia Bound
Qualifying for the Riga Masters concluded on Friday with defeats for three of the marquee names at the Guild Hall in Preston. Post holiday levels of rust were expected prior to the opening tussles of the new season, but somewhat surprisingly there weren’t too many upsets of note over the[Read More…]
Barry Hawkins Qualifies for Latvia
Barry Hawkins and Kyren Wilson were among the top players who advanced from Riga Masters qualifying on Thursday in Preston. Hawkins, the second seed in the absence of several of the world’s best from the opening tournament of the new campaign, was handed one of the hardest ties in the[Read More…]
Stephen Hendry Fronts New World Seniors Tour
Jason Francis, the snooker promoter behind the popular Snooker Legends exhibition circuit, has today announced a new World Seniors Tour. Francis took the reigns of the World Seniors Championship last season and has duly responded to the positive feedback he received to launch a new circuit for legends and amateur[Read More…]
Ken Doherty and Jimmy White Reach Riga
Ken Doherty and Jimmy White advanced to the main draw of the Riga Masters after coming through qualifying on the opening day of the 2017/18 season in Preston. The pair had both fallen off the Main Tour at the end of the last campaign, but each received a reprieve from[Read More…]
Sandra Bryan Wins Third RILSA 6 Reds Crown
By Dan Carroll Sandra Bryan from Wexford retained her RILSA National 6 Reds Snooker Title at Joey’s recently in a great final match against Annette Newman from Carlow. Both these women have dominated the RILSA National 6 Red Championship over the past three years with all three finals contested between[Read More…]
All Set for Snooker’s Return
After just about a month’s break, the snooker roadshow is about to get back under way with the beginning of the 2017/18 campaign. The start of May saw Mark Selby being crowned world champion for the third time as he became only the fourth player to successfully defend the title[Read More…]