John Higgins became the first player to qualify for the Winners Group of the 2013 Championship League by beating Ali Carter 3-1 in Group One at Crondon Park. The Scot had dominated the seven-man group, winning five of his six encounters to reach the last four where he ousted Martin[Read More…]
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The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Fin’s Fables: The future of Amateur Snooker in Ireland
By Fin Ruane With the cancellation of this year’s Irish section of the Snookerbacker Classic, Irish based snooker players now find themselves ruing the lost opportunity of a shot at the end of season Q School and a possible crack at the big time, or will they? This event was[Read More…]
Irish Snookerbacker Event Pulled
Yesterday it was announced that the Dublin qualifying leg for the 2013 Snookerbacker Classic in CrossGuns is to be cancelled, with insufficient numbers and a lack of paid entry fees being cited as the primary reasons. It is a great shame because the event has been a big success over[Read More…]
Snooker in January
First and foremost, Happy New Year to everyone – especially all the readers of this website. I hope the holiday period treated you well. Now enough of that, snooker is back! Yes, after a much-needed fortnight off – to think, it’s only four years ago that a fortnight off would[Read More…]
Merry Christmas
Well, 2012 is almost coming to a close and I would just like to take this opportunity to wish all my readers a very Happy Holiday period wherever you may be. Your continued support and readership over the last twelve months have been the primary motivation to maintain and update[Read More…]
PTC Grand Finals Return to Galway
We had known it was likely for quite some time but it was finally confirmed yesterday that the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals will be returning to Ireland for a third straight year next March. The event will be held from 12-17 March, climaxing on St. Patrick’s Day and will once[Read More…]
World Open Qualifiers Commence
The Haikou World Open qualifiers got under way today as the final action of 2012 comes to a head in Sheffield. As per usual, 16 players will earn their right to fly over to China in a few months time for the tournament that in its inaugural staging was won[Read More…]
Ding Ends 2012 with Title
Ding Junhui won the Scottish Players Tour Championship event by beating home favourite Anthony McGill 4-2 in the final at Ravenscraig. It puts a gloss to what has been a topsy-turvy year for the Chinese number one having won the Welsh Open at the outset but then subsequently struggled for[Read More…]
Scottish Open
The fifth European Players Tour Championship event of the season got under way today in Ravenscaig as professional snooker makes a welcome return to Scotland. It has been more than two years since the last tournament was staged in a land that has produced multiple world champions – most notably[Read More…]
Irish Scene: Hogan Doubles Up
David Hogan yesterday emerged victorious in the third ranking event of the Irish season – an event which saw the introduction of the new double elimination format. Last May’s AGM raised concerns about the many important issues on the national scene, and it led to the inclusion of a wider[Read More…]