By Jonathan Williams I had prepared well coming up to the Presidents Cup – by that I mean I played most days. However, rather than actually practicing potting, I was picking out balls for John Sutton in Potters Drogheda for a few hours each day. Being totally honest I was very low[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Jimmy White Wins Glasgow Opener
Jimmy White continued his mini resurgence of late by comfortably beating David John 4-0 in the Scottish Open first round on Tuesday. The 10-time ranking event champion compiled a 133 total clearance in the first frame to go along with additional runs of 57 and 56 to move into the[Read More…]
Stuart Bingham Beaten in Scotland
Stuart Bingham became the highest big name casualty as the new Scottish Open got under way on Monday. The world no.2 knocked in a brace of centuries, the latter a 116, to force a decider with Mark Joyce but lost a close final frame to his fellow Englishman to bow[Read More…]
Michael Judge Rules in Presidents Cup
Michael Judge has won the Presidents Cup after a dramatic comeback final victory over David Hogan in Carlow. Judge, a quarter-finalist in the recent IBSF World Amateur Championship, trailed Hogan 3-0 but four frames on the spin saw the 41 year-old snatch the triumph from the jaws of defeat. Judge[Read More…]
Scottish Open Preview
The third leg of the inaugural Home Nations series takes place this week with the Scottish Open in Glasgow. It marks the first time since 2010 that a ranking event will be staged in Scotland, and the tournament follows the previously contested English and Northern Ireland Opens. Liang Wenbo and[Read More…]
Mark Selby Through to the Tempodrom
Former champions Mark Selby, Ali Carter and Mark Williams all qualified for the German Masters on the final day of preliminaries in Barnsley. However, the action on Friday saw many of the top seeds fall by the wayside in their attempt to reach the last 32 in Berlin. Shaun Murphy,[Read More…]
Irish Season Continues with President’s Cup
The third ranking event of the Irish senior amateur campaign takes place this weekend in Carlow. The President’s Cup, sponsored by Eamonn Kearns, has a season low of 55 entrants competing for the €500 winner’s cheque. The top 9 seeds, including Brendan O’Donoghue and TJ Dowling who won the opening two[Read More…]
Maximum Magic for Ali Carter and Ross Muir
A dramatic day of action in the German Masters qualifiers saw two 147 breaks being compiled at the Metrodome in Barnsley. The perfect breaks came within minutes of each other, with Carter compiling his second career 147 in his 5-0 whitewash win over Wang Yuchen. Shortly after on a nearby[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Scrapes Past Hill
Ronnie O’Sullivan won the last two frames as he fought back to beat Darryl Hill in a decider at the German Masters qualifiers. The 41 year-old, who lost to Mark Selby in an entertaining UK Championship final on Sunday before celebrating his birthday the following day, trailed 2-0 and 4-3[Read More…]
Jimmy White One Step Closer to German Masters
Jimmy White beat Zhou Yuelong 5-3 in a battle of ages to move into the final qualifying round for the German Masters. At 54, White represents the oldest competitor on the Main Tour while he was up against one of the youngest in 18 year-old Zhou. It was the pair’s[Read More…]