Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis and James Wattana will be awarded invitations to World Snooker Tour events during the 2014/15 season, where there are places available. World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn recently announced that invitations will be offered to players who have won multiple ranking titles in their career and made[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Irish Championship Down to Last 16
Contrary to what I posted earlier, the Irish National Championship has in fact reached the last 16 and not yet the quarter-final stage at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. The remainder of the tournament will be completed on the weekend of 23rd-25th of May. The last 16 draw is as follows:[Read More…]
Mark Selby is World Champion
Mark Selby has won the 2014 World Snooker Championship. The ‘Jester from Leicester’ mounted a superb comeback to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 18-14 having at one point trailed the two-time defending champion 10-5. At that point in the match on Sunday evening it appeared as though O’Sullivan was going to romp[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Leads Selby After Day One
Ronnie O’Sullivan leads Mark Selby 10-7 after the opening day of the World Championship final in Sheffield. There was great expectation prior to the showpiece event between two of snooker’s fiercest rivals but, in truth, most of Sunday’s offering was a drab affair. Two-time defending champion O’Sullivan raced into a[Read More…]
O’Sullivan vs Selby: World Championship Final Preview
So we have finally reached the climax of the 2014 World Championship and the season itself. After a grueling campaign that lasted more than 11 months, its conclusion is upon us as two of the sport’s heaviest hitters go blow for blow with the glory of being crowned world champion awaiting[Read More…]
Selby Through to Face the Rocket
Mark Selby came through a monstrous battle with Neil Robertson 17-15 to reach the 2014 World Championship final, where he will face long-term rival Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Crucible. The last four clash was in complete contrast to O’Sullivan’s affair that didn’t even reach the fourth session. Selby and Robertson[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Storms into World Final
Ronnie O’Sullivan stormed into his third successive World Championship final after a dominating 17-7 victory over Barry Hawkins at the Crucible. Not only did the ‘Rocket’ overcome the same man who he beat to capture his fifth crown 12 months ago, but he did so in style by romping to[Read More…]
Semis Signalling O’Sullivan the Sixth?
The semi-finals have reached the midway point with contrasting conclusions set for both at the Crucible in Sheffield. The two matches may boast similar enough scorelines but their outcomes are likely to be polarised opposites. The tie between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins looks set for an early climax but[Read More…]
ITV Commit to Snooker
Barry Hearn’s second press conference of this year’s World Championship revealed a new five-year deal with broadcaster ITV. The channel had already come back to snooker in recent years by first showing the World Open last season before a very successful production of the Champion of Champions during this campaign.[Read More…]
World Championship Semi-Final Preview
So after a dozen days at the Crucible, we have finally reached the one-table set-up at the 2014 World Championship. As Shaun Murphy eluded earlier in the tournament, everything up until the semi-finals is just the aperitif to the main course that is the business end of proceedings when you[Read More…]