The World Grand Prix is yet to conclude but this extremely hectic month of February shows no sign of letting up with the Welsh Open set to commence on Monday. Before the Barry Hearn era began in 2010, the Welsh Open had been considered by some as one of the[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
World Grand Prix: Semi-Final Preview
After eight sessions of snooker, the field of 32 in the World Grand Prix has been whittled down to the final four in Preston. The world’s top seven ranked players, and Ronnie O’Sullivan, are notable in their absence but the line-up remains compelling in the mere fact that it’s so[Read More…]
Improving Philip Browne Looks Forward to Irish Masters
The fifth senior ranking event of the Irish season takes place this weekend with the Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters in Carlow. A total of 56 competitors will descend on the Ivy Rooms this Saturday, with top seed Michael Judge looking to extend his recent dominant form. The 42 year-old is gunning[Read More…]
Liang Wenbo Sets Up Barry Hawkins Semi-Final
Barry Hawkins and Liang Wenbo became the first semi-finalists in the World Grand Prix after emerging past two rounds at the Guild Hall on Thursday. The rather peculiar scheduling for this event meant that the top half of the draw was forced to contest both the round of 16 and[Read More…]
Shaun Murphy’s World Grand Prix Reign Continues
Defending champion Shaun Murphy came from behind to beat Ding Junhui and reach the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix on Wednesday in Preston. Ding led 2-0 and 3-2 but didn’t have a genuine opportunity to seal victory as Murphy limited his opponent to just four points in the last[Read More…]
New snooker triangle created and used by referee Jan Verhaas
By Paul Beck It was several years ago that my colleague and I decided to take time out and try to develop what snooker skills we had. We arranged to rendezvous at a local watering hole and started to play. It wasn’t long before some of our skills resurfaced and[Read More…]
Robotic Ronnie O’Sullivan into Last 16
Ronnie O’Sullivan compiled a brace of centuries as he beat Yan Bingtao 4-2 in the first round of the World Grand Prix in Preston. The ‘Rocket’ began and ended the game in similar fashion, recording breaks of 137 and 128 to see off the 16 year-old challenger from China. Yan[Read More…]
Winning Start for Judd Trump in World Grand Prix
Judd Trump compiled a break of 145 as he beat Tom Ford 4-2 on day one of the World Grand Prix in Preston. The 2015 champion fell 2-1 down to his fellow Englishman but rattled off the last three frames to book his place in the last 16, where he’ll[Read More…]
It’s All Emotion at the Tempodrom
By Frank B. Halfar In Berlin The five-day snooker extravaganza that is the German Masters came to a most emotional conclusion with Anthony Hamilton claiming title and trophy on Sunday. Hamilton had made many new fans in Berlin with the unassuming way in which he conquered the most difficult section[Read More…]
World Grand Prix Draw
The frenetic snooker roadshow continues with the start of the Ladbrokes World Grand Prix on Monday at the Guild Hall in Preston. The German Masters isn’t even 24 hours old but the next ranking event is already upon us as Shaun Murphy returns to defend the title he won in[Read More…]