Rodney Goggins won the fourth ranking event of the Irish campaign on Sunday with a 4-1 victory over Jason Devaney in the final in Carlow. Goggins’ Premier Cup success adds to the title he already collected at the start of the season in the RIBSA Classic. Indeed, the 147 Wexford[Read More…]
Finals
The latest snooker news reports from finals on the World Snooker Tour, Women’s Tour, Seniors Tour, and amateur tours
Selt Smells Success in Championship League
Matthew Selt won Group 2 of the 2015 Championship League after beating Judd Trump 3-2 in the final at Crondon Park on Thursday. The Englishman continued his good form of late to book his place in next month’s Winners’ Group, where the overall champion will earn an invitation into the[Read More…]
Hawkins Hits 147 and Wins Championship League Group 1
Barry Hawkins was the first player to qualify for the 2015 Championship League Winners’ Group after emerging victorious from Group 1 on Tuesday. The Englishman reached the semi-finals after finishing third following the round-robin stage, having registered four victories from his opening six encounters. Hawkins then saw off the top[Read More…]
Maguire Lifts Lisbon Open Trophy
Stephen Maguire won the inaugural Lisbon Open after a 4-2 victory over Matthew Selt in the final on Sunday. Selt was contesting his first final following impressive wins over Dominic Dale, Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins but Maguire’s experience proved to be the pivotal difference in the end. Maguire’s triumph[Read More…]
Ronnie Tastes UK Glory Again
Ronnie O’Sullivan won his fifth United Kingdom Championship, 21 years after his first, in a thrilling final with Judd Trump at the Barbican Centre in York on Sunday. The 39 year-old survived a spirited comeback from his young challenger to deny the 2011 champion in a classic encounter 10-9. O’Sullivan[Read More…]
Maximum Effort as Murphy Wins in Mulheim
Shaun Murphy won the Ruhr Open in style as he compiled a superb 147 break en route to a 4-0 final victory over Robert Milkins in Germany. The 2005 world champion had the maximum on his mind as twice earlier in the day he had been thwarted by untimely misses[Read More…]
O’Donoghue Wins in Carlow
Brendan O’Donoghue won the second Irish ranking event of the season yesterday as he overcame Rodney Goggins in a thriller 4-3 in Carlow. 147 Club’s Goggins had been gunning for back-to-back rankers following his success in Letterkenny last month, but fell just short as Nenagh’s O’Donoghue pipped him in a[Read More…]
Awesome O’Sullivan the Champion of Champions
The 2014 Champion of Champions concluded on Sunday with a familiar sight – that of Ronnie O’Sullivan lifting the winner’s trophy aloft. The soon-to-be 39 year-old produced a trademark stylish performance to see off Judd Trump 10-7 in an enthralling final that was played in the highest quality. On any[Read More…]
Wonderful Walden Wins International Championship
Ricky Walden has won the 2014 International Championship after a superb 10-7 victory over Mark Allen in Chengdu. After a relatively slow start from both, the final transpired to be a wonderful occasion of attacking snooker that produced a worthy winner. The pair was both seeking a hat-trick of ranking event[Read More…]
Bingham Underlines Winning Habit
Stuart Bingham has won his second event of the season after emerging victorious in the Haining Open on Friday. The 38 year-old won the Shanghai Masters at the end of September and has added this campaign’s second Asian Tour event. Indeed, Bingham has clearly taken a liking to the minor[Read More…]