It’s fair to say that the Sky Shoot-Out, which returns to our screens tonight for a third successive year, divides opinion. Some see it as some light relief in an otherwise hectic calendar that facilitates an abundance of the traditional format of the game. Others point to its gimmicky premise,[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Allen Dominates CL Group 4
Mark Allen annihilated the field in the fourth Championship League event to power his way into March’s Winners Group. The Northern Irishman was arguably one of last week’s best players at the Masters despite only reaching the quarter-finals. Allen came to within a whisker of beating Neil Robertson and looked[Read More…]
Site Announcement – Korea Bound
First off, I am now fully operative online with a new laptop so thanks for bearing with me over the last fortnight and apologies again for the poor coverage of this year’s Masters at Alexandra Palace. But with that comes further news that hopefully will not effect the running of[Read More…]
Tickets for Galway on Sale
Tickets have finally been released to the public for the 2013 PTC Grand Final to be held at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway this March. The tournament has been a great boost for Irish snooker since its first staging back in 2011, with the Helix in Dublin playing host[Read More…]
Ding Denies Trump in League
Ding Junhui triumphed in the third group of this year’s Championship League to join John Higgins and Ali Carter in March’s Winners Group. China’s Ding, who surrendered a two frame lead to Neil Robertson in last week’s Masters almost repeated the blunder in today’s final at Crondon Park as Judd[Read More…]
Standards Standards
There have been a few interesting comments circling around in the last 24 hours surrounding the standard of today’s game. For some, it is almost a prerequisite that they have to praise without fault no matter the situation such is the blinded desire to promote the sport in every way[Read More…]
World Championship Qualifiers Back in Sheffield
The English Institute Of Sport – Sheffield – will once again host the qualifying rounds of snooker’s World Championship in April. Steve Davis, Jimmy White and Ken Doherty are likely to be among the famous names battling to make it to the televised stages of snooker’s greatest tournament. The qualifiers[Read More…]
Third Masters for Selby
It took until the stroke of midnight but Mark Selby eventually overcame the challenge of defending champion Neil Robertson to claim his third Masters title – winning by a scoreline of 10-6. World no.1 Selby had come into the final on Sunday as second favourite after a week in which[Read More…]
Masterful Masters Quarter-final Preview
The first round of the 2013 Masters came to a conclusion last night with another belter of a game to add to what was already a memorable opening few days. The best was saved until last as Mark Selby left it late once again by staging a trademark comeback victory[Read More…]
Laptop Problems, The Masters So Far
First, let’s clear some things up. I haven’t been purposely slacking over the last week. As some of you may have seen via my tweets or Facebook updates I have been having some laptop problems over the course of the last week or so. At first it seemed like it[Read More…]