A high-quality quartet make up the final four in the Haining Open as the first and potentially only Asian Tour event of the campaign nears its conclusion. In a busy day of action in China, home favourite Ding Junhui won three matches, two of which in deciding frame thrillers, to[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Fernandez in Hunt at Haining Open
The Haining Open has been under way since Monday and Irish amateur Leo Fernandez remains strongly in the hunt in China. In an event which has major implications for the remainder of this season and into next, Fernandez came through the preliminary stage on Monday to join the main draw,[Read More…]
UK Championship Tickets Selling Out
The final session of snooker’s Betway UK Championship has sold out, with fans snapping up tickets for the showpiece tournament at the York Barbican. It’s one of the sport’s Triple Crown events and always draws capacity crowds to the Yorkshire city to see the world’s best green baize stars competing[Read More…]
New Quiz: Snooker Trivia VI
As there are another few days off before the start of our next outing, the Asian Tour event in China next week, it’s as good an opportunity as any to continue the Snooker Trivia series. You know the drill by now; there are two minutes to answer 12 questions in[Read More…]
Rory Roars to Ruhr Open Success
Rory McLeod won his first minor-ranking event title after beating Tian Pengfei 4-2 in the Ruhr Open final on Sunday. All four semi-finalists were in uncharted territory as not one of them had ever got their hands on any professional silverware carrying ranking points. McLeod saw off Mike Dunn in[Read More…]
Murphy On Course for Ruhr Double
Some big names will be battling it out for the Ruhr Open title after the last 16 line-up was completed on Saturday in Germany. Defending champion Shaun Murphy remains in the hunt to continue his reign in Mulheim after emerging from some tricky tests with David Grace, Sam Craigie and[Read More…]
Selby and Williams on the Mark
World no.1 Mark Selby and former world champion Mark Williams will meet in the fourth round of the Ruhr Open after emerging from their opening three bouts unscathed in Germany. Neither had it all their own way, though, with Selby needing a brace of deciding frame victories to seal the[Read More…]
O’Donoghue and Boileau Through in Ruhr Open
Irish duo Brendan O’Donoghue and Josh Boileau both came through three rounds of qualifying to reach the first round of the Ruhr Open, which gets under way on Friday in Germany. Tipperary’s O’Donoghue has dominated the Irish amateur scene of late, winning the last three ranking events including the National[Read More…]
Blondu and Cloak Win to Top CJS Standings
By Fin Ruane Saturday last saw the second event of this season’s CrossGuns Junior Series take place in Dublin. Again with a good number of entries the action began with Under-19 Event 1 winner Andrei Blondu gaining an advantage as Jason O’Hagan and Aaron Holland, the closest to him in the rankings[Read More…]
The Return of the Snooker Podcast
Over the last couple of weeks there has been a resurgence of the snooker podcast – something that has definitely been missing from the sport’s media spectrum. Of course, you may remember that several years ago myself and Fin Ruane hosted a series of podcasts with a medium degree of[Read More…]