The 2012 Masters gets under way on Sunday with arguably the greatest ever field in the history of the illustrious tournament. The invitational event is such that, in any given year, a significant portion of the Top 16 in the world rankings that contest the annual competition could emerge victorious[Read More…]
Author: David Caulfield
Trump Takes Group One
Judd Trump is the first man into the Winners’ Group of the Championship League after a 3-2 victory over countryman Shaun Murphy in the final of Group One. Hot off the heels of claiming his first UK Championship crown before Christmas, the Englishman has started the New Year in similar[Read More…]
Celbridge Claim Leinster Club Championship
Kildare’s Celbridge A won the 2012 Leinster Club Championship this weekend with a 3-1 triumph over Maynooth in the final. The victory comes as no real surprise given the strength and depth of the club’s team. Captained by Nigel Power, Celbridge boasts three former Irish National champions in Colm Gilcreest,[Read More…]
Round-Up: World Open and Championship League
Such is the density of the snooker season nowadays that new stories come thick and fast – the most recent of which will be summarised now. World Open set for China It has been well-known over the past few months that the World Open – formerly the Grand Prix –[Read More…]
Magical Maguire Wins PTC 12
Stephen Maguire lived up to his nickname of ‘On Fire’ with a superb performance to claim the Arcaden Shopping Open in Munich. The Scotsman claimed the last Players Tour Championship event of the campaign by edging Stephen Hendry 4-3 in the last four before an excellent 4-2 triumph over Joe[Read More…]
Hendry Finds Momentum in Munich
Stephen Hendry is through to the semi-final of the Arcaden Shopping Open, the twelfth and final Players Tour Championship event of the season. The Scotsman backed up his victory over Marco Fu yesterday with a 4-3 triumph over recent PTC winner Michael Holt in a largely scrappy affair. Neither player[Read More…]
Arcaden Shopping Open
The twelfth and final Players Tour Championship event of the season concludes tomorrow in Munich as the remaining 16 players battle it out for the last Grand Final positions that are up for grabs. The tournament also enjoys a sub-plot with a triumph for Ricky Walden enough to see him[Read More…]
World of Snooker in 2012
First and foremost, Happy New Year to one and all. And what a year we have in prospect for snooker in 2012. 2011 was one of the sport’s greatest years – particularly in terms of the last couple of decades – with a further influx in new tournaments and an emergence[Read More…]
2012 PTC Grand Finals in Galway
Updates: The full draw for Galway can be viewed by clicking here. A preview of the 2012 PTC Grand Finals can be viewed by clicking here. It appears set that the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals will return to Ireland for 2012. Despite the relatively successful staging of last season’s[Read More…]
Ford Takes Gould at PTC 11
Tom Ford won the last two frames to edge Martin Gould 4-3 and win the eleventh Players Tour Championship event of the season in Sheffield. It is the Englishman’s second professional title after claiming a PTC title during the last campaign in 2010 but today’s victory marks the 28 year-old’s[Read More…]