The Main Tour resumes after almost a month off with the Paul Hunter Classic in Furth on Wednesday. The PHC is one of only three European Tour events to survive the cull from last season, alongside the Riga Masters and the Gibraltar Open. A large quantity of amateurs have thus[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Coral Continues Shoot-Out Sponsorship
World Snooker is delighted to announce that the Shoot Out, one of the most exhilarating tournaments on the calendar, will be sponsored by Coral for the next two years. The Coral Shoot Out will run from February 23 to 26 with the venue and ticket details to be announced soon.[Read More…]
End of the Snookerbacker Classic
It was announced on Twitter on Thursday that the Snookerbacker Classic will not be held this season. After a roller coaster few months of negotiating, head-scratching and soul searching, the man behind the Snookerbacker website and creator of the SB Classic has decided to shut up shop – for the[Read More…]
Scotland Deny Ireland in Home Internationals
Ireland missed out on Home Internationals glory by a single frame on Monday as an impressive Scottish side emerged victorious in Leeds. With both Ireland and Scotland level on points, wins and frame difference heading into their respective final round-robin encounters, the men in green needed to better the Scots’[Read More…]
Qualifiers Introduced for Inaugural European Championship
On Thursday, it was announced that the new European Championship to be staged this season will undertake a format change. Instead of the intended flat draw consisting of 128 players at the venue in Romania, there will now be only 32 players travelling to the country which is set to[Read More…]
Ireland Set for Home Internationals
The 2016 Home Internationals will get under way on Friday, again to be staged at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The team event pits nations from the British and Irish Isles, as well as some invited countries from further afield, against each other for annual international amateur honours. Ireland[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan to Play in Two Chinese Events
Ronnie O’Sullivan announced today on social media that he will be entering the Shanghai Masters and International Championship this year in China. The Englishman, who is yet to play competitively this season, was last in action at the World Championship where he lost to Barry Hawkins in a dramatic second[Read More…]
Ali Carter Wins World Open
Ali Carter has won the 2016 World Open after a 10-8 victory over Joe Perry in Yushan on Sunday. The 37 year-old adds a fourth ranking event title to his collection, pockets £90,000, and returns to the top 16 in the world rankings following the success. It looked as though[Read More…]
Joe Perry and Ali Carter into World Open Final
The World Open final will be between Joe Perry and Ali Carter after contrasting last four victories for the Englishmen on Saturday. While Perry reached his third ranking event final in as many years with a stunning performance of break-building against close pal Neil Robertson, Carter’s triumph over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh was[Read More…]
Ali Carter Thumps Higgins
Ali Carter reached his first ranking event semi-final for more than two years as he thumped John Higgins 5-0 in the World Open on Friday. The Englishman took advantage of an out-of-sorts Higgins to comfortably outplay the Scot with runs of 101, 98 and 51 and reach the last four[Read More…]