Friday marks the final day of action in the 2017 World Seniors Championship with the last four contenders battling it out for the title in Scunthorpe. Top seed Stephen Hendry plays Peter Lines in what many believe will ultimately decide the outcome of the tournament, but 1991 world champion John[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Stephen Hendry Survives World Seniors Scare
Stephen Hendry squeezed into the semi-finals of the World Seniors Championship after a tense 3-2 victory over qualifier Aidan Owens on Thursday. There was much anticipation inside The Bath Halls and indeed from the fans watching from afar as the seven-time Crucible world champion made his long-awaited competitive return to[Read More…]
Joe Johnson Through in World Seniors
Joe Johnson rolled back the years with a terrific performance to reach the quarter-finals of the World Seniors Championship in Scunthorpe on Wednesday. The 1986 world champion was second favourite against qualifier Patrick Wallace, who superbly came through the Dublin preliminary earlier this month, but looked the part as he[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Stays in Coventry
Snooker’s Champion of Champions will return to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry this November. With the likes of defending champion John Higgins, UK Championship winner Mark Selby and The Masters champion Ronnie O’Sullivan already among those who have earned an invite, the tournament is set to build on its status as one[Read More…]
Preview: World Seniors Championship
The World Seniors Championship takes place over the next few days at The Baths Hall in Scunthorpe. The revamped competition sees 12 players gunning for the title with the event now only open to players over the age of 40 who are not currently competing on the professional Main Tour.[Read More…]
Chris Totten Wins European Amateur Championship
Scotland’s Chris Totten has won the European Amateur Championship after a 7-3 victory over Andres Petrov on Sunday. The 18 year-old was a surprise package but emerged to take the prestigious title ahead of several more esteemed competitors. Totten found himself 3-2 down to Estonia’s Petrov, who also reached the[Read More…]
Ng On Yee Crowned World Women’s Champion
Ng On Yee became the 2017 Eden world women’s champion after a highly dramatic final day of action in Singapore on Sunday. The Hong Kong cueist collected her second world title and pocketed the £5,000 winner’s cheque after a brace of remarkable deciding frame victories. The 26 year-old first knocked[Read More…]
John Farrell Beats Jackson Page in European Championship
John Farrell has continued his remarkable run in the European Championship after superbly reaching the quarter-finals in Cyprus on Friday. The 44 year-old, who plays out of Terry Rogers Snooker Club in Dublin, was arguably the Irish player least expected to go deep into the prestigious amateur event but he[Read More…]
Reanne Evans Among Last Eight in World Women’s Championship
Reanne Evans remains on course for a 12th world title after easily reaching the last eight of the Eden World Women’s Championship in Singapore. After concluding the round-robin phase with three wins out of three, Evans continued her dominant streak in the last 16 with a resounding 4-0 success over[Read More…]
Irish Quintet into Knockouts at European Championship
All five Irish contenders have reached the last 64 of the European Amateur Championship after the round-robin phase concluded on Thursday in Cyprus. Brendan O’Donoghue, Michael Judge, and John Farrell each impressed with a 100% record from their group ties. O’Donoghue, who is ranked first domestically on the RIBSA calendar,[Read More…]