Ali Carter has joined John Higgins in the Winners Group of the 2013 Championship League after victory in the second group at Crondon Park. Like Higgins in the opening group stage, Carter dominated proceedings over the two-day contest by winning five of his six round-robin matches to top the league.[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
2013 Masters Preview
The 2013 Masters gets under way on Sunday as the 16 best ranked players in the world do battle at the Alexandra Palace in London. First staged in 1975, the Masters is now the second longest running professional tournament on the annual calendar – behind only the World Championship itself[Read More…]
Higgins on the 2013 Masters
BBC Deal Extended
The BBC will continue to broadcast snooker’s biggest domestic tournaments until at least 2017, extending the current agreement by three years. The BBC will continue as host broadcaster of the World Championship, the UK Championship and the Masters until the end of the 2016/17 season, and there is also the[Read More…]
Championship League Victory for Higgins
John Higgins became the first player to qualify for the Winners Group of the 2013 Championship League by beating Ali Carter 3-1 in Group One at Crondon Park. The Scot had dominated the seven-man group, winning five of his six encounters to reach the last four where he ousted Martin[Read More…]
Irish Snookerbacker Event Pulled
Yesterday it was announced that the Dublin qualifying leg for the 2013 Snookerbacker Classic in CrossGuns is to be cancelled, with insufficient numbers and a lack of paid entry fees being cited as the primary reasons. It is a great shame because the event has been a big success over[Read More…]
Snooker in January
First and foremost, Happy New Year to everyone – especially all the readers of this website. I hope the holiday period treated you well. Now enough of that, snooker is back! Yes, after a much-needed fortnight off – to think, it’s only four years ago that a fortnight off would[Read More…]
Merry Christmas
Well, 2012 is almost coming to a close and I would just like to take this opportunity to wish all my readers a very Happy Holiday period wherever you may be. Your continued support and readership over the last twelve months have been the primary motivation to maintain and update[Read More…]
PTC Grand Finals Return to Galway
We had known it was likely for quite some time but it was finally confirmed yesterday that the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals will be returning to Ireland for a third straight year next March. The event will be held from 12-17 March, climaxing on St. Patrick’s Day and will once[Read More…]
World Open Qualifiers Commence
The Haikou World Open qualifiers got under way today as the final action of 2012 comes to a head in Sheffield. As per usual, 16 players will earn their right to fly over to China in a few months time for the tournament that in its inaugural staging was won[Read More…]