David Morris was in the winner’s circle again on Thursday when he secured his second successive 5-1 victory in the Shanghai Masters qualifiers – this time over Northern Irishman Gerard Greene. The Kilkenny cueist backed up his comprehensive win over Elliot Slessor with another confident display against Greene, a player[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Ireland Place Behind Wales in Home Internationals
Ireland were unable to retain their Home Internationals trophy but still placed a credible second behind Wales A in Leeds on Monday. The Irish sent over an incredibly strong team consisting of David Hogan, Brendan O’Donoghue, Michael Judge and John Sutton. The quartet was left to rue a shaky start[Read More…]
Morris Through; Controversy in Shanghai Qualifiers
Ireland’s David Morris continued his promising return to the professional scene by overcoming Elliot Slessor 5-1 in the opening qualifying round for the Shanghai Masters. This is one of the few events remaining that hasn’t altered its format to include only one qualifying round so Kilkenny’s Morris still has three[Read More…]
2013 Home Internationals
The 2013 Home Internationals gets under way today at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. Ireland defends its title with a fantastic team consisting of David Hogan, Brendan O’Donoghue, Michael Judge and John Sutton. The competition pits the talents of amateur talent from the British and Irish isles against each[Read More…]
Mehta Wins World Games Gold
India’s Aditya Mehta comfortably beat Liang Wenbo of China 3-0 in the men’s snooker gold medal winning match at the World Games in Colombia. The 27 year-old put the disappointment of losing in the semi-finals of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games behind him by storming to the victory[Read More…]
Feature: My Week in Bendigo
By Colin Bell It was time for the annual Goldfields Open in Bendigo, Victoria – the only snooker ranking event in Australia. There had been some negative publicity prior to the event. Top ranking players not entering, complaints about the distance, prize money and the tax all got mentioned. In order to[Read More…]
Williams a Winner Again
Mark Williams ended a two-year barren spell by winning the inaugural Rotterdam Open in the Netherlands yesterday. The Welshman will go down as one of the sport’s greatest ever players but his career has been anything but consistent. A dominant force at the beginning of the century, Williams won two[Read More…]
Snooker Going Home to India
World Snooker has revealed that there will be an 11th ranking event this season – to be staged for the first time in India. India has long been touted as a future destination with the game increasingly growing in popularity there. And as it was widely speculated that this would[Read More…]
World Seniors Returns to Portsmouth
World Snooker: Snooker superstars past and present will return to the Mountbatten Centre in Portsmouth in October for the 2013 World Seniors Championship. The tournament was staged in the South Coast city for the first time last year with the likes of Steve Davis, Jimmy White, Dennis Taylor, Cliff Thorburn,[Read More…]
Fu Finds Form to Land Second Title
Marco Fu yesterday claimed his second ranking event title by beating home favourite Neil Robertson 9-6 in the Australian Open final in Bendigo. The 35 year-old thoroughly deserved the victory, being the best player of the week by some distance. Even though neither he nor Robbo played particularly well in[Read More…]