The latest chapter in a series of articles looking back at each campaign from the Crucible era.
Tag: Paul Hunter
The Best Players to Have Never Won the UK Championship
Every year this website runs a top ten list of the best players who have never managed to win the World Championship at the Crucible. With the UK Championship getting under way on Tuesday, it got me thinking as to who then would fall into that category for the sport’s[Read More…]
QUIZ! Paul Hunter Classic
The schedule this season is getting busier and busier, with the action starting to come thick and fast on the green baize every week. But that’s not to say that there isn’t time for a sneaky wee quiz – in fact, it’d be rude not to! The Paul Hunter Classic[Read More…]
QUIZ! Paul Hunter
On Sunday evening at the Alexandra Palace, one of either Ronnie O’Sullivan or Joe Perry will be lifting the 2017 Dafabet Masters trophy. This year, for the first time, the winner will be raising aloft the newly named Paul Hunter Trophy. This is in recognition of one of the most[Read More…]
Top 10 Most Read Stories of 2016
Another 12 months has passed by as we prepare to say goodbye to 2016 in snooker. It was an entertaining year which produced countless moments of magic, comebacks, breakdowns, emotional victories and painful defeats. Over the last few days we took a look at some of the highs and lows[Read More…]
Masters Trophy to be Renamed Paul Hunter Trophy
World Snooker supremo Barry Hearn has held the first of his annual press conferences at the Crucible. Perhaps the biggest announcement which was made concerned the renaming of the Masters trophy – which from 2017 will be known as the Paul Hunter Trophy. Paul Hunter famously won a hat-trick of[Read More…]
Paul Hunter Classic Under Way
Snooker returned yesterday with the opening day of the 2015 Paul Hunter Classic in Furth. The second European Tour event of the season is arguably the marquee minor ranking event on the calendar, with big attendances and quite a lot of prestige attached to the player in which it honours.[Read More…]
Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic Preview
The 2014 Arcaden Paul Hunter Classic gets under way later today with the preliminary amateur rounds in Furth, Germany. The European Tour event is widely regarded as the one of the best Players Championship tournaments as it brings a level of prestige given its name and accompanied enthusiastic crowd each[Read More…]
Success for O’Sullivan in Paul Hunter Classic
Ronnie O’Sullivan won his first trophy of the season after a superb display in the final of the Paul Hunter Classic in Furth. The reigning world champion has not played in many events so far this season, this being his third, but looked in fine form as he improved through[Read More…]
2013 Masters Preview
The 2013 Masters gets under way on Sunday as the 16 best ranked players in the world do battle at the Alexandra Palace in London. First staged in 1975, the Masters is now the second longest running professional tournament on the annual calendar – behind only the World Championship itself[Read More…]