Leading Irish amateur Rodney Goggins continued his excellent week at the Six Red World Championship by beating Judd Trump 5-1 to top his group in Thailand. Goggins had already enjoyed a 100% win success record during the round robin stage and his apparent love affair with the shorter, modified format[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
SB Classic Returns to Dublin
Last season saw the inaugural Snookerbacker Classic event, run by well-known fellow blogger Snookerbacker.com. The overall prize: Free entry into Q-School (plus entry fees into four PTC events). The overall winner: Martin O’Donnell. The overall outcome: O’Donnell gaining his place on the professional Main Tour via Q-School. This is a[Read More…]
Return of Six Reds
Six Red snooker returns to our screens this week as the Six Red World Championship got under way today in Thailand. At the tail end of the much maligned Sir Rodney Walker era in the sport, the introduction of the six reds format was seen as the potential initiative to[Read More…]
Walden Proves Battling Worth
So the first ranking event of the season has come and gone with Ricky Walden emerging victorious at the Wuxi Classic in China. It gave Walden his second ranking event title, four years after his maiden glory which also came in the Far East country at the Shanghai Masters. Walden[Read More…]
Wuxi Classic Preview
The Wuxi Classic gets under way on Monday as the 2012/13 campaign picks up pace with the first major ranking event of the season. This week saw the first ranking points fought for with the inaugural staging of an Asian Players Tour Championship event, eventually won be Stuart Bingham. Bingham[Read More…]
Back-to-Back Wins for Bingham
Stuart Bingham walked away with his second trophy of the season today after following up his victory in the Pink Ribbon Pro-Am with a 4-3 triumph over Stephen Lee at the first APTC event of the season in China. In an exciting and what seemed to be high-quality final, Bingham[Read More…]
White Making his Mark
Michael White is announcing himself as a big-time player after reaching the semi-finals of the first Asian Players Tour Championship event of the season in China. The 20 year-old has been widely tipped as a star of the future and many believe that the beginning of a potentially illustrious career[Read More…]
Doherty Extends Trip Abroad
Ken Doherty qualified for the second ranking event of the season at the Australian Open after a 5-0 whitewash over Michael Wild yesterday. It continues an excellent start to the season for the former world champion after his success in qualification for the Wuxi Classic last week. Wild, still an[Read More…]
Donaldson Downs O’Donoghue for European Glory
Promising young Scotsman Scott Donaldson won the European Snooker Amateur Championship in Latvia yesterday, beating Ireland’s Brendan O’Donoghue 7-3 in the final. 18 year-old Donaldson actually upset both of Ireland’s top players as he overcame Rodney Goggins 6-2 in the semi-final while O’Donoghue whitewashed Donaldson’s compatriot James McBain in the[Read More…]
Mark Allen Receives Fine and Warning
Mark Allen has been fined £11,000 in total for his controversial comments about Chinese snooker players following the defeat to Cao Yupeng at the World Championship in April. The Northern Irishman alleged that he believed certain Chinese players to be cheats, an accusation made following what he perceived as a[Read More…]