Pakistan’s Hamza Akbar caused a major upset as he knocked out Jamie Jones in the first round of qualifying for the Betfred World Championship. Akbar, in his rookie season as a professional after winning the 2015 Asian Championship, had not previously won a match on the Main Tour. However, the[Read More…]
Tag: Nigel Bond
White Loses as Australian Open Qualifiers Begin New Season
The 2015/16 campaign kicked off on Monday as the Australian Open qualifiers began in Crawley, England. It has only been four weeks since the conclusion of the World Championship but we’re already back under way with a new season. Some like the wall-to-wall snooker and when the Barry Hearn era[Read More…]
Bond Visits Bluebell Children’s Hospice
Former World Snooker Championship finalist Nigel Bond today met youngsters at Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice, where he played a few frames with them and signed autographs. Nigel, who reached the final at the Crucible Theatre in 1995 and won the British Open the following year, paid a visit this morning.[Read More…]
White Draws Doherty in World Seniors
Jimmy White and Ken Doherty have been drawn to play each other in the last 16 of the 2015 World Seniors Championship. The ‘Whirlwind’, winner of 2010 edition, takes on his good Irish friend, who will be taking part in the oldies tournament for the first time. Both will probably[Read More…]
Davis Wins World Seniors
Steve Davis finally got his hands on the World Senior Championship trophy after coming from behind to beat defending champion Nigel Bond in Portsmouth. The ‘Nugget’ had finished runner-up to Jimmy White and Darren Morgan respectively in 2010 and 2011 but managed to make it third time lucky in his[Read More…]
Sky Shoot-Out
It’s fair to say that the Sky Shoot-Out, which returns to our screens tonight for a third successive year, divides opinion. Some see it as some light relief in an otherwise hectic calendar that facilitates an abundance of the traditional format of the game. Others point to its gimmicky premise,[Read More…]
World Seniors Championship Preview
The 2012 World Seniors Championship takes place this weekend in Portsmouth as 16 of the best old-timers attempt to etch their name on the trophy. While there have been numerous senior events staged in the past, it wasn’t until 2010 that Joe Johnson helped to bring back the notion of[Read More…]
Weekend Round-Up
Two very different qualifying tournaments were held over the course of this weekend. Saturday marked the return of the Snookerbacker Classic – back for a second year after a hugely successful debut in 2011/12. The format is similar to last season with a series of qualifying legs held across England[Read More…]
Baird and Bond Bow to Wildcards
The 2012 Haikou World Open got under way today with the wildcard round on Hainan Island in China. The much criticised supplementary round, used in many of the overseas events to garner interest from both local fans and amateur players alike, was enough for two professional qualifiers to bow out[Read More…]
World Seniors Championship
The 2011 World Seniors Championship takes place over Saturday and Sunday at the East of England Showground in Peterborough. Crowd favourite Jimmy White will attempt to defend the title he won almost twelve months ago to add to a glittering trophy cabinet that only required the World Championship itself to[Read More…]