Contrary to the current state of the calendar, there are actually quite a lot of matches contested throughout each season. According to the excellent CueTracker snooker database, a total of 3076 competitors have played a professional match. Some, like poor old Rogelio Esteiro, have played in many – in his[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
CrossGuns Junior Series Begins on Saturday
There’s only two days left until the first event in the inaugural CrossGuns Junior Series. Saturday will see Under-19 and Under-14 competitions staged in CrossGuns Snooker Club in Dublin, hosted by club owner Fin Ruane. Ruane continues to show his strong support for underage snooker in Ireland and the series,[Read More…]
New Quiz: Chinese Ranking Event Champions
September is another quiet enough month on the snooker calendar. It’s a little difficult to get into this season as, even more so perhaps than in the previous couple of years, there is a distinct stop-start feeling. It’s something that I personally can’t stand and think, in many ways, that[Read More…]
Comeback Carter Crowned Paul Hunter Classic Champion
A brilliant Ali Carter won the Paul Hunter Classic trophy after a 4-3 victory over Shaun Murphy on Sunday in Furth. It marks Carter’s first professional title since he returned to the sport following his successful battle with lung cancer less than a year ago. This time 12 months ago the[Read More…]
Trump and Williams Among PHC Last 16
The last 16 line-up of the Paul Hunter Classic was completed on Saturday after another busy day in Furth. 2010 champion Judd Trump recorded wins over Marc Davis, Joe Perry and Daniel Wells to reach Sunday’s finals day. Trump, last year’s runner-up, was in good form as he knocked in[Read More…]
Murphy in Hunt for Third Paul Hunter Classic Success
Eight players sealed their last 16 places in the Paul Hunter Classic after an interesting day’s play on Friday in Furth. I mixed bag of old, young, established and new faces make up the top half of the draw in what is widely regarded as the most sought-after European Tour[Read More…]
WPBSA Statement – Unusual Betting Patterns
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association has just released the following statement: “The WPBSA was today alerted to unusual betting patterns regarding the match between Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon and Martin O’Donnell at the Paul Hunter Classic in Germany.” “The WPBSA monitors betting on ALL professional snooker and has the most[Read More…]
Irish Amateurs Fall in Furth
Josh Boileau was denied a place in the Paul Hunter Classic main draw after a narrow 4-3 loss to Scotland’s Marc Davis in the final round of qualifying on Thursday in Furth. Boileau had become the only Irish amateur to make it the last stage of the preliminaries when he[Read More…]
Paul Hunter Classic Under Way
Snooker returned yesterday with the opening day of the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic in Furth. The second European Tour event of the season is arguably the marquee minor ranking event on the calendar, with big attendances and quite a lot of prestige attached to the player in which it honours.[Read More…]
International Championship Moves to Daqing
Daqing in the north-east of China will host a world ranking event for the first time this season when the 2015 International Championship comes to the city. The tournament will run from October 25 to November 1 at the Baihu Media Broadcasting Centre in Daqing, in the west of China’s[Read More…]