Stephen Hendry beat Martin Gould 5-4 on the final black after a dramatic deciding frame in the last 32 of the China Open in Beijing. Hendry took the lead in the encounter with a superb 135 century break and could have extended his lead in each of the next two[Read More…]
Snooker News
The latest snooker news, results, rankings, and in-tournament updates from the professional, amateur, women’s, and seniors tours.
Ireland Lose Main Tour Nomination
The provisional qualifying criteria for the professional Main Tour places for next season was announced yesterday with changes that could lead to great damage to the Irish scene. For years, the top prize for finishing top of the Irish Senior rankings as an amateur was a ticket onto the pro[Read More…]
Deserved Success for Lee
The Players Tour Championship Grand Finals ended last night with Stephen Lee emerging victorious to claim his first major trophy in six years. There is no need to repeat all of what I wrote about the Englishman in the previous article but basically a huge amount of plaudits need to be[Read More…]
Lee Continues Hot Streak
Stephen Lee whitewashed Mark Selby 4-0 to book his place in the semi-finals of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway. As said so often in the past couple of weeks, it has been a remarkable 2012 for Lee so far, who has now reached the last four in[Read More…]
O’Sullivan’s Disappearing Act, Again
Ronnie O’Sullivan pulled out of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway at the last minute today, leaving his legion of fans disappointed. The three-time world champion was already on the plane to make the trip over but apparently felt a recurrence of his glandular fever symptoms from earlier[Read More…]
Jubilant Jones Ousts Higgins
Jamie Jones came from 3-1 down to beat John Higgins 4-3 in the first round of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals in Galway. The encounter was a fantastic affair – not always of the highest quality but enriched with a selection of big breaks, unexpected misses and an array[Read More…]
Fearless Fergal Falls Flat
Fergal O’Brien couldn’t inspire himself with home advantage as he went down 4-0 to Joe Perry in the first round of the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals at the Bailey Allen Hall in Galway. From a purely selfish point of view, it may have been a better thing for the[Read More…]
2012 PTC Grand Finals
The 2012 Players Tour Championship Grand Finals get under way in Galway on Wednesday and today it was announced that the event will be sponsored by Betfair. The tournament in the Bailey Allen Hall marks the second time this season that professional snooker will be played in Ireland following the[Read More…]
SnookerHQ Podcast #2
In the second Podcast of the series, the chat surrounds Mark Allen and the recent World Open in China, next week’s PTC Grand Finals in Galway, Irish snooker and Q-School. Click here to listen to it on SoundCloud.
Irish Scene: Goggins Beats O’Donoghue in Carlow
Rodney Goggins extended his lead at the top of the Irish rankings after a 5-1 victory over nearest challenger Brendan O’Donoghue in the sixth Senior ranking event of the season in Carlow. Wexford’s Goggins won the opening title back in October and has never failed to reach at least the[Read More…]