David Morris has reached the final qualifying round for the Australian Open after a 5-3 victory over Fraser Patrick on Thursday. Fellow Irishman Ken Doherty crashed out, though, after letting slip a 4-2 lead over Kyren Wilson to be denied by the 23 year-old. Kilkenny’s Morris was in good scoring[Read More…]
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Doherty Through in Oz Qualifiers
Ken Doherty moved into the penultimate qualifying round for the Australian Open after a 5-1 victory over Sanderson Lam in Crawley on Wednesday. The Irishman controlled the contest throughout despite there being a number of tight frames, before knocking in a 108 in the last to seal victory. The 1997[Read More…]
It’s There! Fine Lines
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…]
Fin’s Fables: Memories of ’97
By Fin Ruane On the eve of this year’s World Snooker Championship, just like the millions of snooker fans across the world, I cannot wait for the action to begin. We all hope for an exciting championship with plenty of headlines for all the right reasons. Many of us think[Read More…]
Doherty Dumped but Delight for Dott
Ken Doherty is out of the 2015 World Championship after losing 10-3 to Mark Davis in the final qualifying round at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. The 1997 champion never really stood a chance after ending the first session on Tuesday 8-1 down as the world no.18 coasted to victory[Read More…]
Doherty and O’Brien One Win Away from Crucible
Dubliners Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien moved one step closer to a Crucible place after coming through their penultimate World Championship qualifying rounds in Sheffield. Snooker legends Steve Davis and Jimmy White are out, though, after contrasting but equally crushing defeats in Ponds Forge International Sports Centre. 1997 world champion[Read More…]
Mixed Fortunes for Irish Duo
Ken Doherty survived a scare before seeing off 10-time ladies world champion Reanne Evans 10-8 in the opening qualifying round for the World Championship on Thursday. The 1997 Crucible champion began nervously and found himself trailing 3-1 at the first mid-session interval as Evans took advantage of her big opportunity[Read More…]
A Sniper in China
By Johnny ‘Sniper’ Williams – Living in China Chinese ‘Pooker’ Star When I came over to China at first, I literally expected to see snooker tables in every casino or amusements type venue. I was soon to find out this was not the case. I had taken my snooker cue[Read More…]
Doherty and O’Brien in Hunt for World Seniors Title
Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien are both into the quarter-finals of the World Seniors Championship after contrasting 2-0 victories in the opening round on Monday. The Irishmen took full advantage of the much-maligned format change to allow players over the age of 40, rather than 45, into the fold. Doherty[Read More…]
Doherty, O’Brien, Morris China Bound
After emerging successfully from the Indian Open qualifiers before the weekend, Irish trio Ken Doherty, Fergal O’Brien and David Morris repeated the trick at the Barnsley Metrodome for the China Open on Saturday and Sunday. 1997 world champion Doherty needed all seven frames to overcome Sanderson Lam and book his[Read More…]