Former world champion Peter Ebdon is out of this year’s tournament after losing 10-7 to Stuart Carrington in the penultimate qualifying round in Sheffield. Hotly fancied young star Michael White was also an unexpected casualty on Sunday, going down 10-5 to Englishman Craig Steadman. Ebdon’s fate seemed sealed when he[Read More…]
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Higgins Continues Resurgence in Lisbon.
John Higgins and Stephen Maguire will contest a battle of the Scots in 16 of the Lisbon Open after winning their opening three matches in Portugal. Higgins has shown a little bit of a return to form in the last few weeks after a long time struggling with his game.[Read More…]
2014 SHQ Awards: The End of Season Review
The 2014/15 campaign gets under way on Saturday with the Wuxi Classic qualifiers. Yes, you read that correctly. After only a short few weeks, the action returns almost straight away as the roadshow sets off once more. Some will argue that there isn’t enough of a break in between seasons.[Read More…]
Steve Davis Pro Career Over
Steve Davis’ 36-year career as a professional appears to be over. The 56 year-old lost in his opening qualifying match for the World Championship tonight and will therefore finish outside the world’s top 64 in the rankings at the end of the season. This means that the ‘Nugget’ will not[Read More…]
Morris Through to World Open
The last snooker action of 2013 took place during the last two days as the World Open field was whittled down to 64 in Barnsley. The previous two days had seen the same scenario take place for the German Masters and, similarly, there were very few of what you would[Read More…]
WC Qualifiers: Positive Start for Asian Contingent
The professional qualifying rounds of the World Championship got under way yesterday and there were no major shocks as the first six results were recorded at the EIS Badminton Hall in Sheffield. Thai duo Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon progressed to the next stage with respective victories over Scott Donaldson[Read More…]
Doherty Dumped by Defending Champ
Ken Doherty advanced beyond the wildcard round but then suffered a thrashing at the hands of defending champion Mark Williams in the first round of the German Masters in Berlin. The Dubliner easily saw off home favourite Patrick Einsle this morning 5-1 to safely progress into the last 32 but[Read More…]
Killarney Kicks off
The Alex Higgins International Trophy got under way today with the preliminary rounds with mixed day for the Irish amateurs. Recent international representatives Greg Casey, David Cassidy and Colm Gilcreest were all sent tumbling before the main rounds, as was Dubliner Joe Delaney – losing 4-2 to Kyren Wilson near[Read More…]
Magic Maximum for Rocket
Ronnie O’Sullivan produced a vintage performance of speed and guile as he fired in a record-breaking eleventh 147 break of his career on route to the last 16 of the Paul Hunter Classic in Furth. The Rocket had already easily dispatched of Turkey’s Ali Kirim and Anthony McGill of Scotland[Read More…]
Delaney Sets up Old Irish Clash
Joe Delaney won two qualifying matches at the Paul Hunter Classic in Furth to book a date with fellow Dubliner Fergal O’Brien in the first round proper of PTC 4. Delaney dropped off the professional Main Tour last season after suffering a dramatic drop down the rankings after the influx[Read More…]