Over the course of this season, Jonathan “Sniper” Williams will be conducting a series of interviews with players from the Irish snooker scene. Many thanks to Jonathan for his contributions to SnookerHQ and to all the players who have agreed to take part in this new feature. We hope you[Read More…]
Features
The latest feature articles, opinion pieces, and other commentary related to ongoing snooker news and headlines from the professional and amateur game.
Sniper’s Snippets: The President’s Cup
By Jonathan Williams In short, it was another disappointing event for me after getting knocked out in the first round. I can’t buy a decent first round draw nowadays. I had Joe Delaney and John O’Sullivan in both events I entered, neither of whom anyone would like to get, especially[Read More…]
The Best Players to Have Never Won the UK Championship
Every year this website runs a top ten list of the best players who have never managed to win the World Championship at the Crucible. With the UK Championship getting under way on Tuesday, it got me thinking as to who then would fall into that category for the sport’s[Read More…]
Can Mark Williams Follow Through on Favourite Tag?
With three rounds remaining in the Northern Ireland Open, Mark Williams finds himself in the unusual situation of being the favourite to land the title in Belfast. Of course, there was once a time when this was commonplace for the Welshman, who enjoyed several spells of domination on the Main[Read More…]
Soulless Daqing to Stay International Championship Host
World Snooker announced on Friday that the International Championship will remain in Daqing for at least the next three seasons. Already the most lucrative event staged outside the United Kingdom, its total prize fund will rise from the £750,000 that has been provided for this edition to a whopping £825,000[Read More…]
Sniper Shot: Robert Murphy
Over the course of this season, Jonathan “Sniper” Williams will be conducting a series of interviews with players from the Irish snooker scene. Many thanks to Jonathan for his contributions to SnookerHQ and to all the players who have agreed to take part in this new feature. We hope you[Read More…]
Sniper Shot: TJ Dowling
Over the course of this season, Jonathan “Sniper” Williams will be conducting a series of interviews with players from the Irish snooker scene. Many thanks to Jonathan for his contributions to SnookerHQ and to all the players who have agreed to take part in this new feature. We hope you[Read More…]
Sniper Shot: Brendan O’Donoghue
Over the course of this season, Jonathan “Sniper” Williams will be conducting a series of interviews with players from the Irish snooker scene. Many thanks to Jonathan for his contributions to SnookerHQ and to all the players who have agreed to take part in this new feature. We hope you[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: The Barracks Classic
By Jonathan Williams Where to start with last weekend? In some ways a triumph and in others a total shambles. They say it’s always better to end on a good note so let me start out with some of the grievances that both myself and the majority of players had[Read More…]
Michael Judge Wins Barracks Classic
Michael Judge began the new Irish season by capturing the Barracks Classic at the weekend in Carlow. The Dubliner, twice a ranking event winner during the last campaign, overcame young talent Stephen Bateman 4-2 in the final. Bateman, still only 19 but with plenty of international experience representing Ireland in[Read More…]