After five busy days in Crawley, the Australian Open qualifiers have reached a conclusion with 16 competitors booking their trip down under. Ireland’s Fergal O’Brien was 2-1 down early on to Joe Swail in their final round contest but reeled off four frames on the trot to deny the Northern[Read More…]
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Morris Marches but Doherty Denied
David Morris has reached the final qualifying round for the Australian Open after a 5-3 victory over Fraser Patrick on Thursday. Fellow Irishman Ken Doherty crashed out, though, after letting slip a 4-2 lead over Kyren Wilson to be denied by the 23 year-old. Kilkenny’s Morris was in good scoring[Read More…]
Doherty Through in Oz Qualifiers
Ken Doherty moved into the penultimate qualifying round for the Australian Open after a 5-1 victory over Sanderson Lam in Crawley on Wednesday. The Irishman controlled the contest throughout despite there being a number of tight frames, before knocking in a 108 in the last to seal victory. The 1997[Read More…]
Morris Moves Closer to Australian Qualification
Ireland’s David Morris moved into the penultimate qualifying round for the Australian Open after beating Lu Ning 5-2 in Crawley on Tuesday. Morris found himself 2-1 down to the Chinese early on but rattled off four consecutive frames, including a break of 130, to set up a clash with Scotland’s[Read More…]
White Loses as Australian Open Qualifiers Begin New Season
The 2015/16 campaign kicked off on Monday as the Australian Open qualifiers began in Crawley, England. It has only been four weeks since the conclusion of the World Championship but we’re already back under way with a new season. Some like the wall-to-wall snooker and when the Barry Hearn era[Read More…]
2015 SHQ Awards: The End of Season Review
As we prepare for a new season that amazingly starts in a mere few days, there’s still just about enough time to reflect on the 2014/15 campaign. Over the last few years on SnookerHQ I have always done an end of season review in May and this year will be[Read More…]
Ban Confusion
Six months? Two years? Six years? Eight years? Twelve years? Which is it? Over the last decade there have been several match-fixing allegations which have resulted in players being handed suspensions. But the length of terms above prove that there has been little consistency with the sentences given. Of course each case[Read More…]
Sutton Given Six-Year Ban
After a hearing that took place in Bristol on 24th March 2015 The WPBSA Disciplinary Committee found John Sutton to be in breach of rule 2.1.2 and 2.1.3 of the WPBSA Members Rules: 2.1.2 Corruption: 2.1.2.1 to fix or contrive, or to be a party to any effort to fix[Read More…]
Four More Graduate from Q-School
The second Q-School event came to a conclusion on Monday as the final four Main Tour places were decided. The two tournaments in Burton were particularly good for Great Britain as three Englishmen, three Welshmen and two Scots made up the eight names who earned two-year cards for the professional[Read More…]
O’Donoghue Wins National Title
Brendan O’Donoghue won the Irish National Championship on Sunday after a 7-2 victory over Robert Murphy at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. It marks the second time the Nenagh native has got his hands on the prestigious amateur title in what was his fifth appearance in the final. O’Donoghue’s previous[Read More…]