Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Out of Order
Apologies for the inconvenience but I’m making my move to South Korea tomorrow (17th February) and therefore for the next two weeks the website will be on hiatus. That’s two weeks ONLY! After that, it will return to pretty much full functionality, where I look forward to bringing you all[Read More…]
WPBSA Statement – Stephen Lee
World Snooker has released the following statement with regard Stephen Lee’s suspension: As a result of the referral by the Gambling Commission on 5th October 2012, Nigel Mawer the Chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the WPBSA, launched an investigation into alleged match fixing by Stephen Lee in relation to[Read More…]
Doherty Dumps Higgins
Ken Doherty recorded an excellent 4-1 victory over three-time champion John Higgins in the last 32 of the Welsh Open today. The Dubliner, also a multiple winner of the title when he claimed the spoils in 1993 and 2001, comfortably outplayed his Scottish opponent, who was completely out of sorts.[Read More…]
Ken Doherty’s Lucky Break
Something I didn’t get a chance to write about last week was the announcement of a new snooker talent show to be screened on Setanta Ireland later this year. The search will take place over two auditions in Douglas Snooker Club in Cork on March 2nd and the Ken Doherty[Read More…]
Morris Denied by Judge
Michael Judge left it late before adding a second ranking title this season to rise into the top five of the Irish Senior rankings. Judge, who was on the professional Main Tour as recently as two years ago surged into an early 3-0 lead against David Morris in last night’s[Read More…]
Welsh Open Preview
This week sees the Welsh Open take place in Newport. The tournament is the third oldest ranking event on the calendar but it certainly doesn’t boast that high a reputation in terms of prestige. In fact, many would argue that the event in Wales is possibly the least important of[Read More…]
Gould Wins C’ship Lge 5
Martin Gould advanced to the Winners Group of the Championship League after victory in Group 5 at Crondon Park. The Englishman had got off to the worst possible start on Monday after losing his opening three matches to Barry Hawkins, Ricky Walden and Stephen Maguire to place bottom of the[Read More…]
Carter Wins German Masters
Ali Carter came from behind to in the end rather easily see off Marco Fu 9-6 in the German Masters final in Berlin. Being a member of the Top 16 and the runner-up at last year’s World Championship, Englishman Carter naturally started as the bookies favourite despite the fact that[Read More…]
Carter and Fu to Fight it out in Germany
Ali Carter beat Neil Robertson 6-2 in a last four clash of very low quality to reach the final of the German Masters in front of a packed auditorium in Berlin. There, he will meet Marco Fu for a shot at glory after the Hong Kong native edged Barry Hawkins[Read More…]