The 2012 World Seniors Championship takes place this weekend in Portsmouth as 16 of the best old-timers attempt to etch their name on the trophy. While there have been numerous senior events staged in the past, it wasn’t until 2010 that Joe Johnson helped to bring back the notion of[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Bingo Hits the Jackpot
Stuart Bingham enjoyed one of the nights of his career as he won two matches in the Premier League 6-0. Not only did he win a thousand pounds for each of his frames but an extra grand for four complimentary centuries ensured that the Englishman ended the evening with an[Read More…]
Consistently Consistent
In the 1980s Steve Davis dominated snooker and won the majority of the titles each season. The very same, even more so perhaps, could be said about Stephen Hendry’s dominance in the following decade – particularly the first half of it. With the emergence of Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins and[Read More…]
Allen Wins Antwerp Open
Mark Allen claimed his first PTC title with a convincing 4-1 victory over Mark Selby in the Antwerp Open, Belgium. The Northern Irishman was in scintillating form and treated a capacity crowd to some amazing snooker as he raced into a 3-0 lead with the aid of three consecutive centuries.[Read More…]
2012 Antwerp Open
The third European Players Tour Championship event of the season gets under way today as professional snooker returns to Belgium for the third successive year. Bruges was the original destination in the PTC Series’ inaugural year in 2010 before Antwerp became the host last year, and it is to the[Read More…]
World Billiards Championship 2012
65 players from 15 countries descend on the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds next week for the first ever unified World Billiards Championship. This is the 6th time the club has hosted the World Championship, but the first time it has been jointly organised by two world governing bodies and the[Read More…]
Irish Scene: Hogan Back in Business
The 2012/13 Irish Senior amateur season got under way over the weekend as David Hogan returned to these shores with victory in Carlow. The 24 year-old topped the Irish rankings in 2011, ensuring his return to the professional circuit but the Nenagh man endured a nightmare first half to the[Read More…]
Stephen Lee Suspended
Stephen Lee has been suspended from professional snooker pending an investigation into suspicious betting patterns involving two of his matches – most recently the Premier League tie with John Higgins last night. World Snooker has released the following statement: “On 2 October 2012 the Crown Prosecution Service announced that there[Read More…]
PL Wins for Ding and Higgins
Ding Junhui and John Higgins both moved a step closer to the semi-finals of the Premier League with respective 4-2 victories over Mark Selby and Stephen Lee in Great Malvern. As the tournament begins to edge toward the business end of the season, every victory and every frame won could[Read More…]
Remembering Paul Hunter
Today marks the sixth anniversary of the passing of Leeds snooker ace Paul Hunter. Like many poignant deaths – from JFK to Lennon, Elvis to Cobain – snooker fans around the world remember where they were and how they found out about this untimely of deaths. For me, it had[Read More…]