David Morris is into the second round of the 2014 UK Championship after a battling 6-4 victory over Li Hang in York. The Kilkenny cueist, who reached the last 16 at the Barbican this time last year, was pushed almost all the way by his Chinese opponent but eventually pulled[Read More…]
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Easy UK Wins for Hawkins and Bingham
The 2014 Coral UK Championship got under way at the Barbican Centre in York yesterday. A lot of hype surrounded the build up to this year’s International Championship but the UKs represents the first traditional major of the campaign. With a rich history of producing wonderful champions, it’s easy to[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…]
UK Championship Preview
The excitement is building as the UK Championship gets under way on Tuesday in York. Read more here…
O’Brien into Last 16
Fergal O’Brien booked his place in the last 16 of the Ruhr Open on Saturday after winning his opening three matches in Germany. The Dubliner conceded only two frames as he comfortably overcame amateurs Luke Garland and Adam Duffy 4-1, before whitewashing Michael Wasley in the third round. The 42[Read More…]
Defending Champion Allen Out of Ruhr Open
The top half of the field at the Ruhr Open got whittled down on Friday as the first eight players booked their last 16 spots in Germany. Read more here.
Portugal Poised for Professional Snooker
The first ever professional snooker event in Portugal will take place in December, as the country’s capital city hosts the Lisbon Open. Running from December 11 to 14 and televised live on Eurosport (Dec 12-14), it will be the fifth European Tour event of the season, with all professional and amateur players[Read More…]
Ruhr Open Up and Running
Professional snooker returns this week with the Ruhr Open in Germany – the fourth European Tour event of the campaign. Proceedings got under way on Wednesday with the start of the preliminary amateur rounds and there was already disappointment for two of the Irish contingent travelling. John Sutton, who came within[Read More…]
Irish Foursome Head to World Amateurs
105 players from around the globe head to Bangalore for the 2014 IBSF World Championship in India this week. Of that immense number, four Irish hopefuls will attempt to capture the annual blue riband event of amateur snooker. Back-to-back Irish champions came in 1989 and 1990 when wins for Ken Doherty[Read More…]
The Dafabet Masters until 2017
Dafabet has extended its title sponsorship of snooker’s most prestigious invitation tournament, The Masters, for the next three years. Dafabet sponsored the event for the first time in 2014 and has now signed up until 2017. The 2015 Dafabet Masters runs from January 11 to 18 at Alexandra Palace in[Read More…]