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…]
Quizzes
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…]
New Quiz: Irish National Champions
One for the Irish fans here. The Irish National Championship is one of the most prestigious tournaments to win on the domestic calendar – annually staged to conclude each campaign. In the last three decades there have been 17 different names who have tasted success in the event, many on[Read More…]
New Quiz: Nationalities on the Main Tour
The main tour is still dominated by the same core nations that helped make snooker into the mainstream sport it has become today. However, significant efforts have been made in an attempt to make the sport more global – with the ultimate goal seemingly to secure inclusion in the 2024[Read More…]
New Quiz: World Number Ones
Since the world rankings came into effect in the mid-1970s there have only been 11 players who have sat proudly at the top of the list. Many massive names in the sport fell just short as the dominance of a special few kept the challengers at bay for the last[Read More…]
New Quiz: Ranking Event Champions
There has been a rankings list in snooker for more than four decades now. Aside from the World Championship, though, a season consisting of a string of ranking events didn’t actually become commonplace until the mid-1980s. These days, there are roughly around ten full ranking events throughout the campaign, usually[Read More…]
New Quiz: Stephen Hendry Ranking Event Wins
By winning the Australian Goldfields Open on Sunday, John Higgins captured his 27th ranking event title. This took him to joint third on the all-time winners’ list alongside Ronnie O’Sullivan, and just one behind Steve Davis. Still way out in front, though, is Scotland’s Stephen Hendry, who accumulated an incredible[Read More…]
New Quiz: 100 Snooker Centuries
So now that the Australian Open is finished, we have a respite of around three weeks in the calendar that sees much of July off the green baize. Having less snooker during the summer is fine – indeed, it’s probably the way it should be. But this stagnated season opener[Read More…]
50 Ranking Event Winners
Today, Barry Hawkins became the 50th ranking event winner in snooker history. It may seem like a lot but, as was pointed out to me earlier on, when you consider there were 13 champions before Stephen Hendry notched his first, it becomes understandable how we have now accumulated half a[Read More…]