2008 Championship League champion Joe Perry came through Group 2 of 2014 edition yesterday to join Ricky Walden in the Winners Group. Perry overcame Judd Trump 3-0 in the final with breaks of 73, 68 and 70 to be the second player this week to book his places in the[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Murphy Maximum Magic
Shaun Murphy lived up to his nickname of ‘The Magician’ as he carved a beautiful 147 break in the Championship League yesterday at Crondon Park. The perfect break came in the third frame of his Group 2 encounter with Mark Davis when he was trailing 2-0, and the max gave[Read More…]
Walden Wins Group 1 of Championship League
Ricky Walden edged Judd Trump 3-2 in the final of the first group in the 2014 Championship League. The victory means that the Chester cueist is the first man through to the Winners Group that will take place in March. This is the seventh year of the annual invitational event,[Read More…]
BetVictor to Sponsor Welsh Open Again
World Snooker is delighted to announce that BetVictor has renewed its title sponsorship of the Welsh Open world ranking event. The BetVictor Welsh Open will run from February 19 to March 2 at the Newport Centre. The likes of World Champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, world number one Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Judd Trump,[Read More…]
The Dafabet Masters
Snooker’s most prestigious invitation tournament, The Masters, will be sponsored by Dafabet for the first time this season. The Dafabet Masters runs from January 12 to 19 at Alexandra Palace in London and features the world’s leading 16 players, including defending champion Mark Selby, World Champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, world number[Read More…]
2013 Snooker Highs and Lows
2013 was another action-packed year on the baize. There were many highs, lows and all that comes in between as comebacks, victories, defeats and scandals dominated the snooker headlines. Such is the enormity of the calendar these days that there is barely a respite throughout the entire 12 months. Indeed,[Read More…]
Murphy Wins Premier Tour Event Three
A few days late, but congratulations to Robert Murphy who won the third Premier Tour event of the season – The Presidents Cup – in the Ivy Rooms in Carlow last Sunday. Murphy had a tough route to the title, with talented youngster Dan Dempsey and former professional Rodney Goggins[Read More…]
Morris Through to World Open
The last snooker action of 2013 took place during the last two days as the World Open field was whittled down to 64 in Barnsley. The previous two days had seen the same scenario take place for the German Masters and, similarly, there were very few of what you would[Read More…]
Mighty Maxes but Rocket Runs Empty
It has only been five days since Mark Selby’s landmark 147 break that was the 100th made in professional competition. Yet, there has already been two further maximums compiled since that memorable moment – both coming in the German Masters opening round. The Berlin event doesn’t get under way properly[Read More…]
Major Robertson
Neil Robertson lifted the UK Championship trophy for the first time last night and in doing so became only the eighth player to complete snooker’s ‘Triple Crown’. Furthermore, the Australian becomes the first player from outside the United Kingdom to make the achievement of collecting the World, UK and Masters[Read More…]