Joe Jogia has been banned from professional snooker for two seasons after a disciplinary hearing today found him guilty of an alleged attempt at match-fixing. Unusual betting patterns had been reported prior to his match with fellow Englishman Matthew Selt at the Sky Shoot-Out in Blackpool last January. Amidst the[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Brecel’s Progress Continues
Luca Brecel showed no signs of letting up on his positive form since last season’s World Championship after a 5-3 victory over Craig Steadman in the opening round of the Shanghai Masters qualifiers. The Belgian star has already started the new campaign well after his breakthrough emergence in Sheffield last[Read More…]
Lisowski and Maguire Seeking Next Push
Jack Lisowski will more than likely have woken up this morning feeling disappointed after his tight defeat to Stephen Maguire in the opening UK PTC event of the season. His deflated emotions will be natural having come so close to win his maiden professional title in only his second final.[Read More…]
Back Home for PTC 1
After a month of action on the other side of the world, snooker is back in England for the first UK Players Tour Championship event of the season. Not all of the top players made the trips to China, Thailand and Australia for the opening tournaments of 2012/13 but those[Read More…]
50 Ranking Event Winners
Today, Barry Hawkins became the 50th ranking event winner in snooker history. It may seem like a lot but, as was pointed out to me earlier on, when you consider there were 13 champions before Stephen Hendry notched his first, it becomes understandable how we have now accumulated half a[Read More…]
Hawkins Captures Australian Open Title
A superb performance from Barry Hawkins gave the Englishman his maiden ranking event title at the Australian Open in Bendigo today. The 33 year-old produced an excellent display to comfortably see off the challenge of countryman Peter Ebdon in fine style 9-3. Before the final, many had Ebdon as the[Read More…]
Ebdon and Hawkins to Duel Down Under
Peter Ebdon and Barry Hawkins will contest the final of the Australian Open after contrasting wins in the semi-finals in Bendigo. Ebdon once again produced a professional performance that we have grown accustomed to seeing over the years and made relatively light work of Marco Fu in a 6-2 triumph.[Read More…]
Hawk Eyeing First Final
For the last decade, Barry Hawkins has been a player who has performed well below his potential. While still forking out a decent career for himself, the 33 year-old has failed to ever really establish himself as one of the main men on Tour. He was ranked as high as[Read More…]
Pedantic Peter
It took almost five hours but Peter Ebdon finally got the better of Ding Junhui in their Australian Open second round clash in Bendigo. Ebdon has been widely ridiculed for his slow style of play, a method which gave him his ninth world ranking title at the China Open in[Read More…]
Selby Buried by Burnett
Mark Selby suffered first round defeat in the Australian Open after a shock 5-3 loss to Jamie Burnett in Bendigo today. The world no.1 had come into the event with a great chance of extending his lead at the top of the world rankings given the absence of nearest rivals[Read More…]