As we prepare for a new season that amazingly starts in a mere few days, there’s still just about enough time to reflect on the 2014/15 campaign. Over the last few years on SnookerHQ I have always done an end of season review in May and this year will be[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Ban Confusion
Six months? Two years? Six years? Eight years? Twelve years? Which is it? Over the last decade there have been several match-fixing allegations which have resulted in players being handed suspensions. But the length of terms above prove that there has been little consistency with the sentences given. Of course each case[Read More…]
Sutton Given Six-Year Ban
After a hearing that took place in Bristol on 24th March 2015 The WPBSA Disciplinary Committee found John Sutton to be in breach of rule 2.1.2 and 2.1.3 of the WPBSA Members Rules: 2.1.2 Corruption: 2.1.2.1 to fix or contrive, or to be a party to any effort to fix[Read More…]
Four More Graduate from Q-School
The second Q-School event came to a conclusion on Monday as the final four Main Tour places were decided. The two tournaments in Burton were particularly good for Great Britain as three Englishmen, three Welshmen and two Scots made up the eight names who earned two-year cards for the professional[Read More…]
O’Donoghue Wins National Title
Brendan O’Donoghue won the Irish National Championship on Sunday after a 7-2 victory over Robert Murphy at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. It marks the second time the Nenagh native has got his hands on the prestigious amateur title in what was his fifth appearance in the final. O’Donoghue’s previous[Read More…]
World Cup Draw Confirmed
The line up of 24 teams to play in snooker’s 2015 World Cup in China next month has been announced. The tournament will take place in the city of Wuxi in the Jiangsu Province from June 15 to 21, with the two-man teams chasing a top prize of $200,000 from a[Read More…]
Irish Championship and RIBSA AGM This Weekend in Carlow
The Irish National Championship concludes this weekend in Carlow when a champion will be crowned from the final field of 16 in the Ivy Rooms. Favourite for the title will surely be Rodney Goggins, who captured three titles this season en route to finishing the campaign as the number one[Read More…]
Clark Foils Fernandez Tour Return
Rhys Clark denied Leo Fernandez a return to the Main Tour after a 4-1 victory over the Irishman in the final round of Q-School Event 1 in Burton. The young Scot joins the professional ranks for the first time in his career and is joined on the graduate list by[Read More…]
Evans in Hunt at Q-School as Irish Falter
Reanne Evans continued her quest to join the main tour as she knocked out Ireland’s Greg Casey in Q-School Event One in Burton on Sunday. The Englishwoman, who gained widespread media coverage during the World Championship qualifiers when she competed against another Irishman in Ken Doherty, edged Cork’s Casey in[Read More…]
Irish Confident Ahead of Q-School
2015’s Q-School gets under way on Thursday as amateur players from 22 different countries attempt to graduate onto the Main Tour at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. In total, there are 166 competitors vying for the eight available spots, from countries as far away as Canada, USA, Singapore, China,[Read More…]