The calendar for the upcoming 2014/15 campaign in Ireland was released a few days ago. This year there will be seven ranking events before the season-ending Irish Championship in May. The opening tournament will be staged at the North West Snooker Club in Letterkenny on the 11th of October while[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Maguire Crowned Six Red World Champion
Stephen Maguire has won the 2014 Six Red World Championship after a thrilling 8-7 victory over Ricky Walden in Thailand. The Scot came from 5-2 and 7-5 down to pip his English opponent in an exciting affair that would befit any major final. Maguire started the match slowly, going down[Read More…]
Maguire and Walden Gunning for Six Red Glory
Ricky Walden and Stephen Maguire will contest the 2014 Six Red World Championship final in Bangkok on Saturday. The Top 16 ranked players on the Main Tour emerged after a grueling five days of short-format snooker and will compete over the best of 15 frames tomorrow for the tidy sum[Read More…]
Wind Blown Out of 6 Reds
The tedious round-robin phase of the 2014 Six Red World Championship is approaching its conclusion today and there are hardly any big-name casualties as we reach the last 32. The knockout stage will feature two-time defending champion Mark Davis after the Englishman won three out of his five encounters in his[Read More…]
World Seniors now Over 40s
Snooker’s celebrated World Seniors Championship has a brand new qualifying criteria this season, with the age limit reduced from 45 to 40. The tournament will take place at the Blackpool Tower Circus Arena for the first time, on March 2nd and 3rd, 2015, and televised live on Sky Sports. The[Read More…]
Boileau Boileau!
I’m delighted to welcome the newest columnist to SnookerHQ, young Irish star Josh Boileau. He’ll be giving us a regular insight into his life both on and off the tour over the course of the season. By Josh Boileau Hi everyone! I won my first qualifying match against Joe O’Connor[Read More…]
September’s Snooker Starts with 6-Reds
Following the decision to remove one of the Asian Tour events from the calendar, the month of August ended with a whimper rather than a bang. Mark Allen’s victory in the Paul Hunter Classic last week seems like a long time ago and it feels like the start of the[Read More…]
Allen Wins Paul Hunter Classic
Mark Allen put behind him the disappointment of failing to win the Riga Open earlier this month by capturing the Paul Hunter Classic title with a 4-2 victory over Judd Trump on Sunday. The Northern Irishman had led Mark Selby 3-0 in Latvia’s final only to be narrowly pipped to[Read More…]
Big Names Feature in Paul Hunter Classic Final Day
A strong field at the Paul Hunter Classic will contest the last 16 in Furth on Sunday. World champion Mark Selby, defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, Neil Robertson and Judd Trump are all still in with a chance of claiming the coveted European Tour event title. While these satellite minor ranking[Read More…]
Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic Preview
The 2014 Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic gets under way later today with the preliminary amateur rounds in Furth, Germany. The European Tour event is widely regarded as the one of the best Players Championship tournaments as it brings a level of prestige given its name and accompanied enthusiastic crowd each[Read More…]