A little late on the scene following the antics of the World Championship qualifiers during the weekend and the subequent Last 32 draw yesterday but the latest National Senior event finished in Carlow on Sunday. Brendan O’Donoghue won his second Irish ranking title in a row with a 5-0 drubbing[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
2013 World Championship Draw
The draw for the last 32 of the 2013 World Championship has just been completed on talkSPORT radio station. Here is the full draw… Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Marcus Campbell Ali Carter vs Ben Woollaston Stuart Bingham vs Sam Baird John Higgins vs Mark Davis Shaun Murphy vs Martin Gould Graeme[Read More…]
Sheffield Line-up Complete
The qualifying event for the 2013 World Championship came to a conclusion yesterday with a mixture of young and old stealing the headlines. There will be six hopefuls gracing the Crucible Theatre for the first time – four of them under the age of 25 as a new and exciting[Read More…]
The Final Round
In football, it’s gracing the field of a World Cup stadium. In tennis, it’s donning the all-white colours on the luscious green grass of SW19 at Wimbledon. In golf, as is the case this very weekend, it’s performing inside the beautiful surroundings of Augusta National at the Masters. In snooker,[Read More…]
One More Match for Jimmy
Jimmy White comfortably dispatched an out of sorts Xiao Guodong to reach the final qualifying round for the 2013 World Championship in Sheffield last night. The ‘Whirlwind’ delighted his legion of fans around the world by recording a 10-4 victory over the Chinese youngster, ensuring the Londoner is now only[Read More…]
Swail Outlaws Status
Joe Swail won the last five frames against Adam Duffy on Tuesday night to continue his magical run in the 2013 World Championship qualifiers at the EIS Badminton Hall. Having dropped off the Main Tour last season, Swail is now officially regarded as an amateur player and thus had to[Read More…]
The Wind Gathers Momentum
Jimmy White won his first qualifying round match for this year’s World Championship with a 10-7 victory over China’s Tian Pengfei on Monday night. The ‘Whirlwind’ played well in spells and was generally the more composed of the pair in a contest that was error strewn throughout. 50 year-old White,[Read More…]
WC Qualifiers: Positive Start for Asian Contingent
The professional qualifying rounds of the World Championship got under way yesterday and there were no major shocks as the first six results were recorded at the EIS Badminton Hall in Sheffield. Thai duo Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon progressed to the next stage with respective victories over Scott Donaldson[Read More…]
Robertson Returns to Winning Ways
Neil Robertson ended un uncharacteristic title drought by claiming the China Open in Beijing yesterday. The Australian was always in comparative control in the final against new world no.1 Mark Selby after taking six of the opening session’s seven frames. Despite Selby making a spirited comeback, he was ultimately left[Read More…]
Fantastic Foursome
The China Open has reached the semi-final stage and what a final four we have in prospect. It doesn’t get much higher in quality that Neil Robertson versus Stephen Maguire and Mark Selby against Shaun Murphy. Two World Championships, three UK Championships and four Masters between them and it is[Read More…]