Welshman Jamie Jones shocked 2005 world champion Shaun Murphy to progress to the last 16 of the World Championship in Sheffield on his debut. The 24 year-old started the second session 5-4 behind and quickly fell further adrift at 7-5 but won four frames on the bounce to go within[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Barry Hearn Announces Changes
World Snooker chairman Barry Hearn held a press conference at the World Championship today that will have an overbearing impact for the sport across various platforms. Although any one issue could be deemed as a major headline, probably the biggest revelation was the confirmation of a change in format for[Read More…]
Hendry and Robertson Progress
Stephen Hendry and Neil Robertson both came through their first round matches unscathed with 10-4 victories at the World Championship in Sheffield. Hendry had played superbly, compiling a maximum 147, in opening up an 8-1 advantage over Stuart Bingham yesterday but began this evening’s session poorly, dropping the opening three[Read More…]
Allen’s At it Again
Cao Yupeng caused a major upset by beating Mark Allen 10-6 in the opening round of the World Championship in Sheffield this afternoon. But once again the spotlight will be on the Northern Irishman for all the wrong reasons as he created a storm in the post-match press conference by[Read More…]
Day of the Scots
John Higgins beat Liang Wenbo 10-9 to complete what will surely be remembered as the best opening day of the World Championship ever. In a day dominated by two legendary Scotsmen of snooker, Higgins came from 8-6 behind to snatch victory against his Chinese opponent after countryman Stephen Hendry had[Read More…]
King Hendry
Stephen Hendry rolled back the years with a phenomenal performance to lead Stuart Bingham 8-1 after the opening session of their first round encounter at the World Championship. But a superb opening day will be remembered for the Scotsman’s third Crucible maximum. In doing so, he equals Ronnie O’Sullivan’s record[Read More…]
What Do You think?
A really lazy but I think worthwhile post on the eve of snooker’s World Championship. I’ve given some of my predictions over the course of the last week. For the record, for anyone who doesn’t yet know, I’m tipping Neil Robertson to beat Shaun Murphy in the final and the[Read More…]
Pink Ribbon to Return in 2012
Amidst the rumble and tumble of World Championship excitment, there was a press release today signalling the return of the annual Pink Ribbon pro-am event in Gloucester. Read below for more details… ______________________________________________________ South West Snooker Academy is delighted to announce the launch of the 2012 Pink Ribbon Pro Am,[Read More…]
World Championship First Round Predictions
Last year, in a different blog, I predicted the correct results from 14 out of the 16 first round matches at the Crucible. The only two that caught me out were Judd Trump’s victory over defending champ Neil Robertson and Mark Allen’s dramatic comeback triumph against Matthew Stevens. This time[Read More…]
World Championship Preview Podcast
CrossGuns’ Finbarr Ruane and myself got together again for a special SnookerHQ podcast on this year’s World Championship in Sheffield To listen to our thoughts on this year’s tournament, listen to the podcast on Soundcloud by clicking here.