Josh Boileau returns for his third blog of the season as he reflects on the last month and his year in general as 2014 draws to a close.
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
O’Brien Reaches World Seniors Championship
Fergal O’Brien won four matches at the weekend in Wigan to qualify for the World Seniors Championship in March. The 42 year-old Dubliner saw off Jimmy O’Shea in the opening round before a brace of 2-0 victories over fellow Main Tour professionals Mark Davis and Joe Swail. In the final[Read More…]
Maguire Denies Morris; O’Sullivan Record on Hold
David Morris came close to what would have been another big victory over a top 16 player before just falling short in a 5-4 defeat to Scotland’s Stephen Maguire in the German Masters qualifying. Last week’s Lisbon Open champion appeared to be in relative control when breaks of 65 and[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Nears Centuries Record in Wigan
Ronnie O’Sullivan compiled a hat-trick of centuries en route to a 5-2 victory over amateur George Pragnall in the German Masters qualifiers in Wigan. His runs of 117, 106 and 104, coming in three successive frames, takes his tons total up to 773 – only two behind the record currently[Read More…]
Walden and Dott Dumped out German Masters
Ricky Walden and Graeme Dott were two big-name casualties as the German Masters qualifiers got under way in Wigan yesterday. The final piece of action on the Main Tour in 2014 sees the 128-strong field whittled down to the last 32 who will be on the flight to Berlin in[Read More…]
Maguire Lifts Lisbon Open Trophy
Stephen Maguire won the inaugural Lisbon Open after a 4-2 victory over Matthew Selt in the final on Sunday. Selt was contesting his first final following impressive wins over Dominic Dale, Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins but Maguire’s experience proved to be the pivotal difference in the end. Maguire’s triumph[Read More…]
Higgins Continues Resurgence in Lisbon.
John Higgins and Stephen Maguire will contest a battle of the Scots in 16 of the Lisbon Open after winning their opening three matches in Portugal. Higgins has shown a little bit of a return to form in the last few weeks after a long time struggling with his game.[Read More…]
Woollaston Makes 147 but Undone by Ebdon
Ben Woollaston compiled the 110th competitive 147 in snooker yesterday but failed to reach the last 16 of the inaugural Lisbon Open in Portugal. The Englishman constructed the perfect break in the third frame of his 4-0 victory over amateur Joe Steele before being knocked out by Peter Ebdon in[Read More…]
White Draws Doherty in World Seniors
Jimmy White and Ken Doherty have been drawn to play each other in the last 16 of the 2015 World Seniors Championship. The ‘Whirlwind’, winner of 2010 edition, takes on his good Irish friend, who will be taking part in the oldies tournament for the first time. Both will probably[Read More…]
Lisbon the Port of Call
Portugal will become the 11th country to host a European Tour event when the Lisbon Open gets under way on Thursday. It marks another major step into unknown territory as the sport’s efforts to become more global continue. Continental Europe has already seen successful satellite minor-ranking tournaments staged in the[Read More…]