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…]
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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…]
Joe Johnson Through in World Seniors
Joe Johnson rolled back the years with a terrific performance to reach the quarter-finals of the World Seniors Championship in Scunthorpe on Wednesday. The 1986 world champion was second favourite against qualifier Patrick Wallace, who superbly came through the Dublin preliminary earlier this month, but looked the part as he[Read More…]
Preview: World Seniors Championship
The World Seniors Championship takes place over the next few days at The Baths Hall in Scunthorpe. The revamped competition sees 12 players gunning for the title with the event now only open to players over the age of 40 who are not currently competing on the professional Main Tour.[Read More…]
UK Championship: Second Round Preview
Live coverage of the UK Championship gets under way on the BBC and Eurosport on Saturday with the second round in York. An initial field of 128 competitors has already been whittled down to 64 with defending champion Neil Robertson on his way home after a shock 6-3 loss to[Read More…]
Peter Lines Conquers Champion Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson made a limp defence of his UK Championship title after losing 6-3 to Peter Lines in the opening round on Thursday. The Australian never recovered from losing the first two frames as Lines, an amateur this season having dropped off the Main Tour at the end of the[Read More…]
Evans Captures 11th World Title
Reanne Evans was crowned world ladies champion for the 11th time after beating defending champion Ng On Yee 6-4 in the final on Tuesday. The Englishwoman had won 10 championships in a row up until the 2015 edition, where Ng sprung a major upset in the semi-finals before lifting her[Read More…]
UK Second Round Throws Up Tasty Ties
A look ahead to some of the most intriguing ties in the second round of the UK Championship. Read more here.
Round-Up: Tuite, Mann, Lines and Carter
The last couple of weeks has been quiet enough on the snooker front but that doesn’t mean that there hasn’t been some action on the baize of late. Indeed, it’s difficult to find any period of the year nowadays when absolutely nothing is going on. Despite this, even us hardy[Read More…]
