Shaun Murphy finally returned to winning ways yesterday by capturing the Gdynia Open title in Poland. The 31 year-old beat Dublin’s Fergal O’Brien 4-1 in the final and also compiled a maximum 147 break in his fourth round success over Jamie Jones. That marked the second time he made the[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
PTC Grand Finals Won’t be in Thailand
Snooker’s Players Championship, the conclusion to the European and Asian Tour series, will not be staged in Thailand in March due to political unrest in the country. The 32-man tournament was due to take place in Bangkok from March 25-29, but World Snooker have now been advised not to stage[Read More…]
Trump Continues Form in Poland
The last 16 of the Gdynia Open has its first eight competitors after a busy day at the Gdynia Sports Arena in Poland on Friday. The top half of the draw was whittled down to eight in the eighth and final European Tour event on the Players Tour Championship series.[Read More…]
Gdynia Open Preview
The eighth and final European Tour PTC event of the season gets under way today in Gdynia, Poland. The Gdynia Open returns after a successful outing in the country last season when Neil Robertson emerged the victor in a 4-3 success over Jamie Burnett. This tournament is one of the[Read More…]
All-Ireland Success for Q Club
The annual All-Ireland Club Championship was held last weekend in Killarney with Wicklow’s Q Club emerging victorious for the first time on Sunday. The strong five-man team was headed by current Irish no.1 Robert Murphy and also featured Senior National champion Michael Judge, Keith Sheldreck, Jason Watson and Wayne Doyle.[Read More…]
Sensational Ding Continues Success
Ding Junhui became the first player in 23 years to win four ranking event titles in a single season after overcoming Judd Trump in the German Masters final on Sunday. The Chinese collected the trophy in Berlin with a 9-5 triumph over his English rival to add to the silverware[Read More…]
Ding or Trump for German Glory
Ding Junhui and Judd Trump set up a mouth-watering final in the German Masters after contrasting victories in the last four in Berlin. Ding needed all 11 frames to see off the spirited challenge of Welshman Ryan Day whereas Trump surrendered only the solitary frame in his rout of 42[Read More…]
The German Four
A hectic few days in Berlin continues with the semi-finals of the German Masters today at the Tempodrom. After three days of action on multiple tables, proceedings return to more normal custom on Saturday with a single-table set-up for the last four. While there were shocks galore in the early[Read More…]
Australian Goldfields Open to Return
Snooker’s Australian Goldfields Open world ranking event will return to Bendigo in 2014 and 2015. The Victorian Government’s Minister for Tourism and Major Events, Louise Asher, made the announcement in Australia today. “The Victorian Government is proud to continue its support of the Australian Snooker Goldfields Open as the event[Read More…]
Did Someone Say Shocks?
There were four major upsets on Wednesday and that was topped by a quartet of even bigger ones yesterday at the German Masters in Berlin. The action comes thick and fast at the Tempodrom with seven tables in the main arena – an eighth one has also been utilised in[Read More…]