The new campaign is just a matter of days away but let’s first take a look back at the highlights of the 2012/13 campaign with the second annual SHQ Awards. As was the case twelve months ago, I am lucky enough to be joined by regular contributors Fin Ruane and[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Morris Regains Professional Status
Irishman David Morris yesterday came through the third and final Q-School event in Sheffield to rejoin the professional Main Tour following a one year absence. The Kilkenny cueist had been one of the most consistent players throughout all of the Q-School series this year but fell at the penultimate stage[Read More…]
Snooker in Dublin Documentary
Around Christmas time, I produced a radio documentary for Irish station NearFM about snooker in Ireland – and specifically Dublin. The feature was not aired until the first day of the 2013 World Championship but most of it is still relevant to this day and the podcast was made available earlier in[Read More…]
Irish Scene: Irish Championship Down to Final Eight
The 2013 Irish National Senior Championship was whittled down to the final eight players at the weekend in Carlow. Most of the country’s best players went head-to-head for the annual end-of-season bragging rights and it was indeed several of the leading names that advanced to the quarter-finals in a couple[Read More…]
Ronnie Ronnie Ronnie
Ronnie O’Sullivan last night completed an astonishing comeback to the sport by claiming his fifth World Snooker Championship title with an 18-12 victory over Barry Hawkins. The capacity Crucible Theatre audience was treated to a final of very high quality as O’Sullivan was valiantly pushed by his underdog opponent. Yet,[Read More…]
World Champ Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins will contest the final of the 2013 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. O’Sullivan, the defending champion, comfortably saw off challenger Judd Trump 17-11 while Hawkins came from behind to overcome Ricky Walden 17-14 in the two semi-finals. For the ‘Rocket’, it was[Read More…]
Move to Strike
The semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship is unique in that it is the only format that is played over the course of three days. In those three days a lot can change, so to get too excited over somebody’s position after the opening session would be foolish. These frames[Read More…]
Semi-Final Preview
We have reached the semi-final stage of the 2013 World Snooker Championship in Sheffield. Four players have each won 36 frames to get this far but there is still a seismic task at hand as they have only barely passed the halfway mark. 35 more frames are needed to become[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: The Finbarr Ruane Snr Memorial Cup
By Fin Ruane To celebrate the 21st anniversary of his passing, this Saturday sees the inaugural Finbarr Ruane Snr Memorial Cup taking place in CrossGuns in Dublin. A tournament named after the two-term president of RIBSA and long time patron of Irish and World Amateur Snooker was in my eyes[Read More…]
Champion of Champions Unveiled
There was exciting news yesterday as a new Champion of Champions event was revealed by Barry Hearn at the Crucible. The tournament, to be staged in Coventry between the 19th and 24th of November, will see the winners of all the big events this season go head-to-head for bragging rights[Read More…]