Rory McLeod beat Robert Milkins 5-2 in the final qualifying round to book his place in the Australian Open next month but it will be his post-match actions that will be the talking point of the week. The Englishman, of Jamaican parentage, outplayed his countryman in a one-sided affair but[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
The Road to Oz
The first major qualifying event of the new campaign takes place this week as the Australian Open is welcomed into the calendar. In 1989 there was a snooker tournament scheduled for Down Under but the event had to be moved to Hong Kong because of organising difficulties. 22 years later,[Read More…]
Higgins and Trump Sent Crashing
Ronnie O’Sullivan recovered from a slow start to eventually reach the fourth round of the first Players Tour Championship event of the season with ease at The Academy in Sheffield. The former world number one endured a nightmare season last year, a lot of which was down to his own[Read More…]
New Season Under Way
The 2011/12 season is officially under way as the amateur rounds of the first Players Tour Championship event took place this weekend. Tomorrow, the qualifiers lock horns with the professionals as the first round proper gets under way and the rollercoaster of the new campaign begins. Last year the Players[Read More…]
Ones to Watch: Ding Junhui
There was a moment a couple of years ago when people were beginning to seriously doubt the credentials of Ding Junhui. In the summer of 2009, the Chinese Sensation had just endured what can only be described as an atrocious season by his high standards. It all began more than[Read More…]
Wells Claims European Championship
Daniel Wells won the 2011 European Snooker Championship after beating Irishman Vincent Muldoon 7-4 in Sofia. Neither player began the match as an overwhelming favourite as both had excelled in reaching the final of the competition for the first time. However, Wells looked the more at ease throughout and perhaps[Read More…]
Muldoon nears European glory
Ireland’s Vincent Muldoon is in the final of the European Snooker Championship in Bulgaria after a tense 6-4 victory over number one seed Martin O’Donnell. The 20 year-old from Galway will meet Daniel Wells in the final after the Welshman withheld a spirited comeback from countryman Lee Walker to also[Read More…]
Muldoon into Last 4 of Euros
Vincent Muldoon continued his excellent progress in the European Snooker Championship with two 5-2 victories ensuring his passage through to the semi-finals. The Galway potter, who studies and practices in NUI Maynooth, outplayed countryman Robert Murphy in the last 16 to put an end to his fellow Irishman’s quest for[Read More…]
Ones to Watch: Judd Trump
It wouldn’t really make sense having this series without the inclusion of a certain Judd Trump, would it? The 21 year-old youngster from Bristol set the snooker scene alight at the tail end of last season with an outstanding flourish that brought him his maiden ranking event triumph. Quickly following[Read More…]
McCrudden Falls in Last 32
Martin McCrudden was the first Irishman to be knocked out of the 2011 European Snooker Championship as he succumbed to a surprise defeat in the last 32 in Sofia. The 31 year-old had lost only one match and just seven frames in the group stages and was the 9th seed[Read More…]