The penultimate day of the Players Championship Grand Final sees the round of the last 8 take place with one notable exception to the line-up at the Guild Hall. Ronnie O’Sullivan, so often supreme this season in capturing major titles such as the Masters, Champion of Champions and the Welsh[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
All About the O’Sullivan Show
The Players Championship Grand Final field will be whittled down to eight by the end of today as the tournament nears the business end in Preston. Wednesday saw the conclusion of the first round as the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins breezed into the last 16 but world[Read More…]
Boileau Brimming After European Run
Last week Irish teenager Josh Boileau reached the final of the European Under-21 Championship in Romania. It was a fantastic achievement and signals the start of a potentially long and successful career in the sport. The CYMS Newbridge player has been good enough to give his account of the magnificent[Read More…]
Ding Denied by Woollaston
Defending champion Ding Junhui crashed out of the Players Championship Grand Final on the first day on Tuesday. The four-time ranking event winner this season appeared to be cruising into the second round when he established a 3-0 lead over Ben Woollaston only to crumble as his opponent completed an[Read More…]
Preston’s Players Championship Grand Final
The fourth annual Players Championship Grand Final takes place in Preston this week, with snooker returning to our screens on Tuesday following a rare week off. This is the first season that the tournament will be staged outside of Ireland after a year in Dublin and two subsequently successful outings[Read More…]
Lines Beats Boileau for European Glory
Oliver Lines this morning won the European Under-21 Championship in Romania after a 6-1 victory over Ireland’s Josh Boileau in the final. Along with the coveted trophy and the recognition as being the continent’s best young amateur, Lines will now have the privilege of joining his father Peter on the[Read More…]
Irish Trio in Hunt for Euro U21 Title
Three of Ireland’s five-man team have made it through to the last 32 in the European Under-21 Championship in Romania. All five players advanced relatively comfortably past the round-robin phase that took place over the last few days but two have this morning been defeated in the first round of[Read More…]
McCrudden Closes Gap to Murphy with Third Premier Win
Martin McCrudden closed the gap at the top of the Irish rankings after victory in the sixth Premier Tour event of the season on Sunday. McCrudden won his third event of the campaign with a titanic 4-3 victory over Rodney Goggins in the final, having earlier whitewashed John Sutton in[Read More…]
Dafabet to Sponsor World Championship
World Snooker is a delighted to announce that the sport’s biggest tournament, the World Championship, will be sponsored by Dafabet for the first time this season. The Dafabet World Championship will run from April 19 to May 5 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. The top 16 seeds plus 16[Read More…]
Murphy Lands World Open Title
Shaun Murphy won his fifth ranking event title on Sunday after a hard-fought 10-6 victory over Mark Selby in the Haikou World Open. The Englishman held on for his first success in a main ranker for almost exactly three years to continue his resurgence of late. In doing so, Murphy[Read More…]