New Institute won the 2016 All-Ireland Club Championship at The Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney on Sunday. The Nenagh club, which included national champion Brendan O’Donoghue, overcame Cork’s Crucible by three matches to one in the final. O’Donoghue was joined by David Hogan, Mark Walsh, Tony Seymour and Andy McCloskey in[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Blondu and Sheridan Win Event 5 in CJS
By Fin Ruane Earlier this month the fifth event in this season’s CrossGuns Junior Series, sponsored by SnookerHQ and The Billiard Co., took place at CrossGuns Snooker Club in Dublin. A good entry saw Jack Sheridan win the Under-14 tournament and Andrei Blondu from Terry Rodgers SC claim the Under-19 event.[Read More…]
All-Ireland Club Championships Kick off in Killarney
While there’s no snooker on the professional Main Tour until next week, this weekend actually represents one of the busiest weekends of snooker in Ireland on the annual calendar. The All-Ireland Club Championships take place in its longstanding home of The Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney. It may be in a[Read More…]
Q-School Open for Entry
Amid the hullabaloo surrounding Ronnie O’Sullivan’s triumph in the Masters last week, details of this year’s Q-School were also announced by World Snooker. The tournament will start on May 11th and will be staged at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. Once again there will be eight two-year tour cards available, given[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Still The Man
Ronnie O’Sullivan coasted to his sixth Masters title on Sunday evening after hammering Barry Hawkins 10-1 in London. The triumph brought the 40 year-old’s tally on a par with Stephen Hendry, who must be beginning to wonder what records he’ll have left by the time the ‘Rocket’ ends his career.[Read More…]
Masters Final: O’Sullivan vs Hawkins
The final of the 2016 Dafabet Masters will be contested between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins on Sunday. Both men emerged victorious from their semi-final encounters at the Alexandra Palace to set up a repeat of their 2013 World Championship final showdown – which of course was won by the[Read More…]
Masters Semi-Final Preview
Stuart Bingham and Judd Trump completed the last four line-up of the Masters on Friday. World champion Bingham prevailed in his quarter-final tie with John Higgins while Trump pipped Neil Robertson to the post in a thrilling high-quality encounter. Both players remain on course to capture their maiden Masters title,[Read More…]
O’Sullivan and Hawkins into Masters Semis
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins were the first men to reach the semi-finals of the Dafabet Masters at the Alexandra Palace on Thursday. O’Sullivan controlled the eagerly anticipated contest with world no.1 Mark Selby, while Hawkins took advantage of a lacklustre Mark Allen to advance to the last four for[Read More…]
QUIZ: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Mark Selby
This afternoon sees the latest chapter written in one of snooker’s greatest rivalries. Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby lock horns once again in the quarter-finals of the Dafabet Masters, with plenty of buzz and excitement ahead of the contest at the Alexandra Palace in London. The pair has met on[Read More…]
Higgins Battles Through Liang Test
John Higgins and Neil Robertson completed the quarter-final line-up on Wednesday after coming through their respective opening tests in the Masters. In a day that almost mirrored Tuesday’s action, Higgins first had to emerge from a tight high-quality tussle with Liang Wenbo before Australia’s Robertson enjoyed an easier time of[Read More…]