Ding Junhui won the Scottish Players Tour Championship event by beating home favourite Anthony McGill 4-2 in the final at Ravenscraig. It puts a gloss to what has been a topsy-turvy year for the Chinese number one having won the Welsh Open at the outset but then subsequently struggled for[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Scottish Open
The fifth European Players Tour Championship event of the season got under way today in Ravenscaig as professional snooker makes a welcome return to Scotland. It has been more than two years since the last tournament was staged in a land that has produced multiple world champions – most notably[Read More…]
Irish Scene: Hogan Doubles Up
David Hogan yesterday emerged victorious in the third ranking event of the Irish season – an event which saw the introduction of the new double elimination format. Last May’s AGM raised concerns about the many important issues on the national scene, and it led to the inclusion of a wider[Read More…]
Mark Selby Press Conference After UK Win
“I’m a little bit disappointed with the performance….but a win’s a win”
Selby Wins UK Championship
Mark Selby has won the 2012 United Kingdom Championship after a gruelling 10-6 victory over fellow Englishman Shaun Murphy in York. The encounter always had the potential to be a close one and so it proved to be with the four-frame margin not truly representative of a gripping, if low[Read More…]
Selby and Murphy for UK Title
Mark Selby Shaun Murphy
Murphy Comeback Stuns Carter
Shaun Murphy produced a mesmerizing comeback to beat Ali Carter 9-8 – taking the last five frames in a remarkable turnaround to reach the UK Championship final in York. In an encounter of the absolute highest quality from start to finish, World Championship runner-up Carter appeared set to reach his[Read More…]
Davis Celebrates Multiple Successes
Brecel Bows out to Murphy
Shaun Murphy narrowly beat Luca Brecel 6-5 in a match of huge drama to reach the semi-finals of the UK Championship in York. After sharing the opening eight frames in a topsy-turvy affair, Brecel took the lead in the ninth as it became evident that his more experienced opponent was[Read More…]
Sniper’s Diary: The World After
By Johnny ‘Sniper’ Williams I know I said before the tournament that if I didn’t make the last 32 I would be upset, and in a way I am because I was one frame away, but then again in another sense I’m not. The standard was incredibly high and I[Read More…]