Barry Pinches took advantage of a depleted field to capture the third Challenge Tour event of the season in Latvia at the weekend. The Challenge Tour series, consisting of ten events and providing amateur players with a possible route onto the Main Tour, is supposed to boast a total of[Read More…]
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Challenge Tour Event in Hungary
The European city of Budapest will stage a tournament on snooker’s new Challenge Tour later this season. The Challenge Tour event in Hungary, which will be the eighth of the season, will run on November 24 and 25 at the Snooker Terminal academy in Budapest. The new Challenge Tour is[Read More…]
David Grace Wins Challenge Tour 2
David Grace became the second winner of the new Challenge Tour after winning six matches across two days of action at the Preston Guild Hall this week. The Englishman began the competition with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Jamie O’Neill before seeing off Simon Bedford, Phil O’Kane, and James Cahill[Read More…]
Brandon Sargeant Wins Challenge Tour 1
Brandon Sargeant beat fellow Englishman Luke Simmonds 3-1 to capture the inaugural Challenge Tour event in Burton on Sunday. The new Challenge Tour is a series consisting of ten tournaments that are set to be staged throughout the UK and across Europe during the 2018/19 campaign. A prize fund of[Read More…]
Snooker’s New Challenge Tour to Commence
The inaugural season of the new Challenge Tour is to get under way today at the Meadowside Leisure Centre in Burton. There has been much excitement and a general feeling of progression in the sport since the announcement of a new Challenge Tour for amateur players was announced more than[Read More…]
Michael Judge Denied in Q School 2
Ireland’s Michael Judge has only one more opportunity remaining to regain his place on the Main Tour after a seven-year gap following defeat in the penultimate round of Q School 2 on Friday. The Dubliner had unsurprisingly been the favourite out of the disappointingly small Irish contingent to come through[Read More…]
Snooker’s Challenge Tour Details Announced
World Snooker announced more details on Wednesday about its upcoming Challenge Tour – effectively a semi-professional tour offering a gateway onto the pro scene. The Challenge Tour was announced during last year’s World Championship and there has been much anticipation since as to what the proposal for the new initiative[Read More…]