The Irish National Championship concludes this weekend in Carlow when a champion will be crowned from the final field of 16 in the Ivy Rooms. Favourite for the title will surely be Rodney Goggins, who captured three titles this season en route to finishing the campaign as the number one[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Clark Foils Fernandez Tour Return
Rhys Clark denied Leo Fernandez a return to the Main Tour after a 4-1 victory over the Irishman in the final round of Q-School Event 1 in Burton. The young Scot joins the professional ranks for the first time in his career and is joined on the graduate list by[Read More…]
Evans in Hunt at Q-School as Irish Falter
Reanne Evans continued her quest to join the main tour as she knocked out Ireland’s Greg Casey in Q-School Event One in Burton on Sunday. The Englishwoman, who gained widespread media coverage during the World Championship qualifiers when she competed against another Irishman in Ken Doherty, edged Cork’s Casey in[Read More…]
Irish Confident Ahead of Q-School
2015’s Q-School gets under way on Thursday as amateur players from 22 different countries attempt to graduate onto the Main Tour at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. In total, there are 166 competitors vying for the eight available spots, from countries as far away as Canada, USA, Singapore, China,[Read More…]
Bingham Bags Player of the Year Awards
Newly-crowned World Champion Stuart Bingham was named snooker’s Player of the Year at the sport’s annual awards ceremony in London tonight. Bingham conquered the Crucible for the first time by beating Shaun Murphy 18-15 in an epic final this week. He also won the Shanghai Masters world ranking event earlier[Read More…]
Free Entry to Q-School in Burton
Burton-On-Trent will host snooker’s Q-School for the first time in May, and entry for fans will be free. Players from 22 different countries around the world will be at the Meadowside Leisure Centre from May 14 to 25 for the qualifying school for World Snooker’s professional tour. There will be[Read More…]
What Now?
A whole day has passed since the conclusion of the 2015 World Championship in Sheffield and I’m sure some of us are feeling a snooker hangover. The entire season was jam-packed, particularly in the second half, but the month of April and the first few days in May was as[Read More…]
It’s There! It’s Over
Over the course of the World Championship I challenged one snooker aficionado to highlight the best quirky, outlandish, unusual, laughable and questionable observations of each day. As if to further enhance his (or her!) alter ego as snooker’s sleeper, this spy elected to go through the tournament in disguise. One person[Read More…]
Brilliant Bingham Becomes World Champion
Stuart Bingham is the 2015 world snooker champion after a thrilling 18-15 victory over Shaun Murphy in Sheffield. The English duo served up a treat in a dramatic final that ebbed one way and then the other. The pendulum swung in Bingham’s favour for the defining time in a tense[Read More…]
Murphy and Bingham Poised for Final Showdown
On the 17th and final day at the Crucible, Monday will see either Shaun Murphy or Stuart Bingham crowned as the 2015 world champion. The English duo served up a treat on the opening day of the final on Sunday, with 2005 champion Murphy boasting a narrow 9-8 advantage over his friend[Read More…]