Contrary to the current state of the calendar, there are actually quite a lot of matches contested throughout each season. According to the excellent CueTracker snooker database, a total of 3076 competitors have played a professional match. Some, like poor old Rogelio Esteiro, have played in many – in his[Read More…]
Quizzes
New Quiz: Chinese Ranking Event Champions
September is another quiet enough month on the snooker calendar. It’s a little difficult to get into this season as, even more so perhaps than in the previous couple of years, there is a distinct stop-start feeling. It’s something that I personally can’t stand and think, in many ways, that[Read More…]
New Quiz: Ronnie O’Sullivan Crucible Defeats
Ronnie O’Sullivan is certainly the most naturally gifted cueist to ever grace a snooker table, and arguably the greatest player of all time. In a career spanning more than two decades, the 39 year-old has won dozens of tournaments, including 27 ranking events – placing him joint third on the all-time list.[Read More…]
New Quiz: 2015 World Championship
It’s only been three months since the conclusion of this year’s World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. 32 players contested the televised stages and of course Stuart Bingham emerged with the trophy after a total of 31 matches were played. Guessing the result of each of those encounters is[Read More…]
New Quiz: 2015/16 Main Tour Players
We have already deciphered that there are 20 different nations represented for the current 2015/16 campaign. From those countries, a total of 128 professional players make up the Main Tour. Many of these will be household names but others I suspect even the experts will struggle with – especially when[Read More…]
New Quiz: 2014/15 Tournament Winners
The 2014/15 campaign was a very busy season on the snooker circuit. There were 11 ranking events, a further 9 European and Asian Tour tournaments, as well as an array of invitationals and pro-ams. Most of the events were dominated by the select band of competitors who manage to share[Read More…]
New Quiz: Nations to Stage Ranking Events
The first official ranking event in snooker was way back in 1974, more than four decades ago. Since then snooker has travelled around the globe but the majority of events have been staged in one country – I don’t think you need to be a genius to work out where[Read More…]
New Quiz: Countries to Host Players Championship Events
Following on from yesterday’s quiz, it’s a good opportunity to also reflect on the various countries which have hosted a Players Championship event since its inception in 2010. In the last five years, and across both the European and Asian Tours, a total of 13 different countries have staged at[Read More…]
New Quiz: Players Championship Event Winners
It’s been a pleasant few weeks off from the baize but the return is imminent with the Riga Open taking place in Latvia next week. The Riga Open is one of nine Players Championship series events to be pencilled in so far for this season across both the European and[Read More…]
New Quiz: World Under-21 Champions
The 2015 IBSF World Under-21 Championship is in progress this week in Romania. Five Irishmen are competing in the strong field, with the initial round-robin phase almost reaching its conclusion. You can keep up to date with all the results by clicking here. Two Irishmen have emerged victorious since the[Read More…]