The WPBSA today released a statement which read: “Yesterday, the WPBSA Integrity Unit received an early warning notification from partners in the betting industry of unusual betting on the match between Jamie Burnett and John Sutton at the International Championships Qualifiers in Barnsley. The match took place last night resulting[Read More…]
Irish Snooker
The Debate Continues; Irish 2014/15 Calendar Announced
The calendar for the upcoming 2014/15 campaign in Ireland was released a few days ago. This year there will be seven ranking events before the season-ending Irish Championship in May. The opening tournament will be staged at the North West Snooker Club in Letterkenny on the 11th of October while[Read More…]
Boileau Boileau!
I’m delighted to welcome the newest columnist to SnookerHQ, young Irish star Josh Boileau. He’ll be giving us a regular insight into his life both on and off the tour over the course of the season. By Josh Boileau Hi everyone! I won my first qualifying match against Joe O’Connor[Read More…]
Ireland Bid to Regain Home Internationals
The 2014 Home Internationals gets under way on Saturday at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The competition pits teams from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales against each other in an annual bragging rights affair. The Senior event is the main attraction but there are also trophies to[Read More…]
Doherty and Morris Through after Tight Tussles
David Morris came from 3-1 down to overcome amateur Eden Sharav 5-3 in a tough qualifying round contest for the Shanghai Masters. The Irishman hasn’t played much snooker so far during this campaign having decided to skip the Australian Open and the recent Riga Open in Latvia and it was[Read More…]
Irish Quartet Shine in Riga
The first day of the inaugural Riga Open took place today and it was an excellent day for the Irish amateurs in Latvia. Martin McCrudden, John Sutton, Josh Boileau and TJ Dowling all emerged through the preliminary stage to book their places in the first round proper. Irish senior national[Read More…]
Irish Juniors Claim Celtic Challenge
Following on from the recent success of their senior counterparts, the Irish juniors have followed suit with some glory of their own. Inspired by Josh Boileau’s achievement of reaching both the final of the World and European Under-21 Championships, not to mention Mark Tuite’s stunning capture of the European Masters[Read More…]
Round-Up: Tuite, Mann, Lines and Carter
The last couple of weeks has been quiet enough on the snooker front but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been some action on the baize of late. Indeed, it’s difficult to find any period of the year nowadays when absolutely nothing is going on. Despite this, even us hardy[Read More…]
McCrudden Lands Fourth National Title
Martin McCrudden won the Irish National Championship for the fourth time on Saturday – a record in the modern era. The Celbridge potter put the disappointment of failing in his bid to turn professional at Q-School last week behind him by emerging through a tough field at the Ivy Rooms[Read More…]
2014 SHQ Awards: The End of Season Review
The 2014/15 campaign gets under way on Saturday with the Wuxi Classic qualifiers. Yes, you read that correctly. After only a short few weeks, the action returns almost straight away as the roadshow sets off once more. Some will argue that there isn’t enough of a break in between seasons.[Read More…]