The fourth chapter of this season’s World Seniors Tour takes place on Thursday with the return of the 2019 Seniors Masters to Sheffield. Eight competitors will make a bid to capture the title at the Crucible Theatre – just days before the 2019 World Snooker Championship gets under way at[Read More…]
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West Ham Play Crazy Snooker
Crazy Snooker is back for a third year with the people from UK Championship title sponsor Betway orchestrating a manic contest on the baize featuring West Ham United football stars.
World Seniors Championship: Preview and Draw
A lot of focus this week is on the ongoing Players Championship but also taking place from Wednesday will be the World Seniors Championship in Scunthorpe. Stephen Hendry will be the star attraction in a field of 16 players all gunning for global glory in the over 40s category. The[Read More…]
Crazy Snooker 2
UK Championship title sponsor Betway has teamed up with some of snooker’s most well-known characters for a second rendering of Crazy Snooker. Last year, the crazy golf-inspired game was watched more than half a million times and apparently this year’s edition is even crazier and wackier than ever. Neil Robertson[Read More…]
Peter Lines Wins World Seniors
Peter Lines has won the 2017 World Seniors Championship after a 4-0 victory over John Parrott at the Bath Halls in Scunthorpe. Lines, one of the qualifiers from the four preliminary tournaments staged before this week, was the pre-tournament favourite with many bookies and fans alike, and duly delivered to[Read More…]
WATCH: World Seniors Championship Final – John Parrott vs Peter Lines
Twelve have become two as the 2017 World Seniors Championship reaches its conclusion on Friday evening with the final in Scunthorpe. John Parrott and Peter Lines emerged from contrasting semi-finals to each stand one victory away from the £10,000 winner’s cheque and a ticket into the World Championship qualifying stages[Read More…]
WATCH: World Seniors Championship Semi-Finals
Friday marks the final day of action in the 2017 World Seniors Championship with the last four contenders battling it out for the title in Scunthorpe. Top seed Stephen Hendry plays Peter Lines in what many believe will ultimately decide the outcome of the tournament, but 1991 world champion John[Read More…]
Stephen Hendry Survives World Seniors Scare
Stephen Hendry squeezed into the semi-finals of the World Seniors Championship after a tense 3-2 victory over qualifier Aidan Owens on Thursday. There was much anticipation inside The Bath Halls and indeed from the fans watching from afar as the seven-time Crucible world champion made his long-awaited competitive return to[Read More…]
It’s There! Dear John
Over the course of the World Championship I’ve challenged one snooker aficionado to highlight the best quirky, outlandish, unusual, laughable and questionable observations of each day. As if to further enhance his (or her!) alter ego as snooker’s sleeper, this spy has elected to go through the tournament in disguise. Read[Read More…]
Williams Wins World Seniors
Mark Williams lived up to his favourite’s tag by capturing the World Seniors Championship on his first attempt on Tuesday. The two-time Crucible world champion was by far the best player throughout the two day’s of action and overcame Ireland’s Fergal O’Brien in the final to lift the title in[Read More…]