One week from today we will be getting ready for the start of the 2017 edition of the Masters at the Alexandra Palace in London. The prestigious invitational event has been running since 1975, making it the second longest running professional tournament behind only the World Championship itself. Open to[Read More…]
Quizzes
QUIZ: Snooker Trivia VIII
Today, it’s the return of the Snooker Trivia series. If you don’t remember how it works, essentially it is a speed round in which you have two minutes to answer 12 questions about the sport. Generally, the first few questions are pretty easy before they become a little more challenging[Read More…]
QUIZ: Champion of Champions
The Champion of Champions will return to Coventry later this year and the qualifying criteria was made clear a few days ago. Despite the fact there are 23 counting events where the winners can gain an invitation to the lucrative tournament, only ten names are so far in line to earn[Read More…]
QUIZ: Tournament Winners in the 2015/16 Season
So it’s another summer of stop-start snooker, just like we have experienced in the last two or three years. The wait for the next event isn’t too long, with the return of the Indian Open next week but then there’ll be another fortnight gap until the World Open, and a[Read More…]
QUIZ: World Snooker Championship Semi-Finalists
We now know our last four competitors for the 2016 Betfred World Snooker Championship. The semi-final is when the famous Crucible Theatre comes into its own as one of the best venues for the sport on the calendar. The divide is lifted and two tables become one as the pressure intensifies[Read More…]
QUIZ: The Curse of the Crucible
Happy Betfred World Snooker Championship Opening Day! Yes, after what feels like a scarily swift season we are back in Sheffield for the 2016 edition of this 17-day tournament which is hailed as the ‘Marathon of the Mind’. The best players in the world have been attending the Crucible Theatre since[Read More…]
Quiz: World Grand Prix
The World Grand Prix gets under way today in Llandudno. The tournament has been in existence in some way shape or form since 1982, when Ray Reardon beat Jimmy White in the final of the then known Professional Players Tournament. For a long time the event was referred as simply[Read More…]
QUIZ: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Mark Selby
This afternoon sees the latest chapter written in one of snooker’s greatest rivalries. Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby lock horns once again in the quarter-finals of the Dafabet Masters, with plenty of buzz and excitement ahead of the contest at the Alexandra Palace in London. The pair has met on[Read More…]
New Quiz: The UK Championship
The second biggest ranking event of the season gets under way on Tuesday in York. The UK Championship is one of the sport’s most prestigious tournaments and is richly steeped in history and records. 128 players descend on the Barbican Centre this year, all hoping to land the £150,000 top[Read More…]
New Quiz: Snooker Trivia VII
A brief respite in between tournaments for a change as we enter a busy period on the 2015/16 calendar. The Bulgarian Open gets under way on Wednesday before the Champion of Champions, General Cup and UK Championship complete November’s roster. All the talk in the last few days has understandably[Read More…]