Ricky Walden held off a fight back from Marco Fu to win his first PTC title at the Bluebell Wood Open in Doncaster. The Englishman opened up a 3-1 advantage despite Fu making a 113 break but saw his lead evaporated as the contest headed for a decider. Hong Kong’s[Read More…]
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Lines Draws End to O’Sullivan Return
Ronnie O’Sullivan played his first competitive match on home soil since winning his fifth World Championship crown in May but eventually lost to Peter Lines in the third round of Euro Tour 3 in Doncaster. The ‘Rocket’ could and maybe should have been out as early as the opening round[Read More…]
Calabrese Sails Through in Doncaster
Vinnie Calebrese enjoyed the best day of his fledgling professional career as he won three matches at the third Euro Tour event in Doncaster yesterday. The Australian first came from two frames down to overcome UK and Masters champion Mark Selby 4-2 and then repeated the feat in the last[Read More…]
Inaugural Indian Open Commences
The qualifying round for the inaugural Indian Open was staged over the last couple of days at the Doncaster Dome in England. 128 players were whittled down to 64 as two intense days of action took place ahead of the first staging of a professional event in India next October.[Read More…]
Irish Out of Shanghai
It was a bad day for the Irish contingent as all three went out in the final round of qualifying for the Shanghai Masters. David Morris, who had superbly come through three rounds already to get to this stage, ran out of steam as he succumbed to a whitewash defeat[Read More…]
More From Mighty Morris
David Morris was in the winner’s circle again on Thursday when he secured his second successive 5-1 victory in the Shanghai Masters qualifiers – this time over Northern Irishman Gerard Greene. The Kilkenny cueist backed up his comprehensive win over Elliot Slessor with another confident display against Greene, a player[Read More…]
Ireland Place Behind Wales in Home Internationals
Ireland were unable to retain their Home Internationals trophy but still placed a credible second behind Wales A in Leeds on Monday. The Irish sent over an incredibly strong team consisting of David Hogan, Brendan O’Donoghue, Michael Judge and John Sutton. The quartet was left to rue a shaky start[Read More…]
Morris Through; Controversy in Shanghai Qualifiers
Ireland’s David Morris continued his promising return to the professional scene by overcoming Elliot Slessor 5-1 in the opening qualifying round for the Shanghai Masters. This is one of the few events remaining that hasn’t altered its format to include only one qualifying round so Kilkenny’s Morris still has three[Read More…]
2013 Home Internationals
The 2013 Home Internationals gets under way today at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. Ireland defends its title with a fantastic team consisting of David Hogan, Brendan O’Donoghue, Michael Judge and John Sutton. The competition pits the talents of amateur talent from the British and Irish isles against each[Read More…]
Mehta Wins World Games Gold
India’s Aditya Mehta comfortably beat Liang Wenbo of China 3-0 in the men’s snooker gold medal winning match at the World Games in Colombia. The 27 year-old put the disappointment of losing in the semi-finals of the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games behind him by storming to the victory[Read More…]