The seeds enjoyed a good second day at the opening ranking event of the season, the Wuxi Classic. But the same could not be said of the Irish challenge as Ken Doherty and David Morris joined Fergal O’Brien in the departure lounge. Last year’s quarter-finalist Morris pushed Robert Milkins all[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Irish Juniors Claim Celtic Challenge
Following on from the recent success of their senior counterparts, the Irish juniors have followed suit with some glory of their own. Inspired by Josh Boileau’s achievement of reaching both the final of the World and European Under-21 Championships, not to mention Mark Tuite’s stunning capture of the European Masters[Read More…]
See Live Snooker for Free
The best snooker players on the planet will be back at the Barnsley Metrodome in the coming months and fans can watch them play for free. The qualifying rounds of world ranking tournaments were staged at the South Yorkshire venue for the first time last season, with green baize kings[Read More…]
Wuxi Classic Day One Round-up
Today marked the opening day of the Wuxi Classic in China. The event is in its seventh year but this is only the third occasion that it has been held as a ranking event. Ricky Walden won the first of these in 2012, beating Stuart Bingham in the final 10-4,[Read More…]
Deadly Ding Wins Yixing Open
Ding Junhui has started this season in the same fashion as his performances for much of the last campaign – by winning titles. The Chinese Sensation may have disappointed many with a first round early exit at the Crucible in April but that couldn’t put too much of a dampener[Read More…]
Ding on Course to Conquer Yixing
The first event of the 2014/15 campaign is reaching its conclusion with the large field in the Yixing Open whittled down to the final four. The Asian Tour tournament in China kicks off what is sure to be another frantic and frenetic season on the baize. Of course, we have[Read More…]
Round-Up: Tuite, Mann, Lines and Carter
The last couple of weeks has been quiet enough on the snooker front but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been some action on the baize of late. Indeed, it’s difficult to find any period of the year nowadays when absolutely nothing is going on. Despite this, even us hardy[Read More…]
Stephen Lee Owes £125,000
Nicholas Stewart QC has delivered his ruling on the costs of the final part of Stephen Lee’s appeal against his finding that he was in breach of the WPBSA Rules for match and spot fixing in connection with seven matches in 2008-9. The appeal was against the finding, sanction and[Read More…]
Qualifiers Book Australian Open Spots
The Australian Open qualifiers concluded on Tuesday with 16 players booking their flights Down Under. Now in its fourth season on the calendar, the ranking event is one of only a few that has retained the old format of seeded stages. This ensured that the lower ranked players were forced[Read More…]
Morris Returns to Wuxi
The Wuxi Classic qualifiers – or first round if you will – took place in Gloucester over a protracted five days of action at the Capital Venue. With it commenced the 2014/15 snooker campaign as the sport’s roadshow once again shifts into gear. Seeking to maximise as much streaming revenue[Read More…]