Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby will clash in a mouthwatering quarter-final at the Masters after emerging from contrasting opening round encounters at Alexandra Palace on Tuesday. O’Sullivan was making his TV return following a self-inflicted hiatus from the sport that lasted about eight months and many queried what kind of[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Trump Enjoys Early Victory
Judd Trump got the better of Stephen Maguire in a high-quality first round encounter at the Masters on Monday. Both men are previous semi-finalists and would have been hoping to embark on a run to at least a maiden final, if not the title itself. The pair met at the[Read More…]
Judge Rules in Premier Cup
Michael Judge claimed his second senior ranking title of the Irish season following a 4-2 victory over David Hogan in the Premier Cup on Sunday at the Ivy Rooms. Judge’s triumph adds to the delayed Irish Open that he already captured last November. Among the Dubliner’s scalps were two fine[Read More…]
Bingham and Allen Master Day One
Defending champion Shaun Murphy crashed out on the opening day of the 2016 Masters after a 6-4 defeat to Mark Allen at the Alexandra Palace. Former winner Ding Junhui is also out following a similar scoreline loss to world champion Stuart Bingham in the evening session. Allen and Murphy were[Read More…]
Ladies Champion to Play in World Championship
Reigning world ladies snooker champion Ng On Yee has qualified to take up a place in the qualifying rounds of this year’s Betfred World Snooker Championship. On Yee, 25, from Hong Kong, became the first non-British winner of the World Ladies Snooker Championship last year and is now set to[Read More…]
Trump Wins Championship League Group 2
Judd Trump won Group 2 of the Championship League on Thursday to join Ronnie O’Sullivan in the Winners’ Group at Crondon Park. Trump only just squeaked into the semi-finals after finishing fourth in the round-robin phase. He managed just three victories from his six encounters but narrowly progressed ahead of[Read More…]
Masters Preview
The most prestigious invitation event of the season gets under way on Sunday with the Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace. The top 16 players in the world rankings will go head to head for the coveted title in London, with a handy £200,000 on offer for the champion. Not only[Read More…]
CrossGuns Junior Series Event 5 on Saturday
The fifth meeting in the CrossGuns Junior Series will take place this Saturday, January 9th in Dublin. CrossGuns Snooker Club owner Fin Ruane began the initiative back in September of 2015, with the promise of staging a single day of dedicated competition for Under-19 and Under-14s alike each month until May.[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Wins CL Group 1
Ronnie O’Sullivan comfortably won the first Championship League event to become the first player to book his place in the Winners’ Group at Crondon Park in March. The ‘Rocket’ was making only his second appearance at a tournament this season and his entry revealed that the 40 year-old wished to[Read More…]
BetVictor Continues Welsh Open Partnership
World Snooker is delighted to announce that BetVictor will be title sponsor of the Welsh Open world ranking event for the fourth consecutive year in 2016. The BetVictor Welsh Open will run from February 15 to 21 at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. John Higgins won the title last year,[Read More…]