Gary Wilson has compiled a 147 break during the opening session of his first round World Championship qualifying match with Josh Boileau on Thursday. The maximum effort came in the fourth frame of his encounter with the Irishman, putting him 4-0 up at the mid-session interval at Ponds Forge. It[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
World Championship Qualifiers: Day Two Schedule
All matches in World Championship qualifying are the best of 19 frames played over two sessions. Streamed matches on the Eurosport Player and betting websites are highlighted in red. 10am and 7pm Mark Joyce vs Jordan Brown (a) David Grace vs Thor Chuan Leong Dominic Dale vs Boonyarit Kaettikun Daniel[Read More…]
Reanne Evans Rumbles Robin Hull in World Championship Qualifying
Reanne Evans caused a sensation by beating Robin Hull 10-8 in the first round of World Championship qualifying at Ponds Forge on Wednesday. The Englishwoman, a record 11-time women’s world champion, weathered an early barrage of heavy scoring from the Finn to fight back from 4-2 down and go within[Read More…]
Green Carpet Premiere for 40th Crucible Championship
Snooker fans in Sheffield will have a chance to see many of the sport’s all-time greats during a green carpet parade on Friday, April 14th. As part of the 40th anniversary celebration of the World Championship first being staged at the Crucible Theatre in 1977, the green carpet parade will[Read More…]
Paula Judge Challenging Long Reign in Irish Women’s Snooker
The RIBSA Ladies National Championship gets under way this weekend at Newbridge CYMS in County Kildare. Michelle Sherwin has dominated the game in Ireland for more than a decade but one player who has been making waves of late and is seeking to end Sherwin’s reign at the top is[Read More…]
Preview: World Championship Qualifying
Are we here already? A busy season, which began all the way back in May of 2016, has sped along at a ferocious pace and it’s somewhat hard to believe that the World Championship is already coming into view on the horizon. The 17-day “Marathon of the Mind” doesn’t get under[Read More…]
World Championship Qualifying Draw
The draw for the first qualifying round of the 2017 World Championship was made on Sunday. 128 players head to Ponds Forge this week attempting to win the three encounters necessary to reach the main stages at the Crucible later in April. Welshman Mark Williams, twice a world champion, narrowly[Read More…]
Superb Mark Selby Wins China Open
Mark Selby has won the 2017 China Open after an epic 10-8 victory over Mark Williams in Beijing on Sunday. The world number one compiled three century breaks in an entertaining showdown in which he won the last three frames for a fourth ranking event title of the campaign. The[Read More…]
Josh Boileau Seeks World Championship Berth
The climax to the China Open later on Sunday will simultaneously signal the imminent beginning of the sport’s blue riband tournament on the calendar. The top 16 seeds will be determined and on Wednesday the World Championship qualifiers at Ponds Forge will get under way, as 128 hopefuls make a[Read More…]
China Open Final: Mark Selby vs Mark Williams
Mark Selby will play Mark Williams in the final of the China Open after contrasting semi-final victories in Beijing on Saturday. Selby led from the outset, establishing 3-1 and 4-3 advantages only for his opponent to respond to keep the match alive, but the “Jester” ensured that he enjoyed the[Read More…]