Judd Trump recorded his second whitewash victory in the UK Championship after a 6-0 drubbing of Chris Wakelin in the last 64 on Saturday evening. The 2011 champion wasn’t at his free-scoring best but comfortably move passed his fellow Englishman to book his place in the third round in York.[Read More…]
Tag: UK Championship
Mark Selby Stunned by Scott Donaldson in York
Defending champion Mark Selby has crashed out of the UK Championship after a shock 6-3 defeat to Scott Donaldson on Saturday in York. The world number one appeared to be cruising when he established an early 2-0 cushion in his second round fixture and there were many predicting that a[Read More…]
QUIZ: UK Championship Finals
The 2017 UK Championship is already well under way with the television stages set to commence from Saturday in York. With this year celebrating the 40th anniversary since the inaugural staging back in 1977, the UK Championship represents the third oldest professional tournament behind the World Championship and the prestigious[Read More…]
Jimmy White Beats Ali Carter as UK Championship First Round Concludes
Jimmy White caused the second biggest upset of the first round in the UK Championship as he knocked out top 16 player Ali Carter in York on Thursday. The 1992 champion trailed 2-1 but won a succession of scrappy frames to move 4-2 in front before taking advantage of his[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…]
Leo Fernandez Prolongs Ding Junhui’s UK Woes
Leo Fernandez caused one of the biggest upsets in UK Championship history as the prestigious event got under way on Tuesday in York. The Irishman fought back from 5-1 down to incredibly deny twice former champion Ding Junhui in a decider, 6-5. Ding appeared to have been coasting when he[Read More…]
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…]
Preview: UK Championship
The first BBC major of the season begins on Tuesday with the return of the UK Championship to York. Mark Selby is the defending champion and the world number one will be seeking to make it a hat-trick of UK crowns on what is the 40th anniversary of the inaugural[Read More…]
UK Championship Final Peaks at 2.5m on BBC
The final of snooker’s Betway UK Championship scored a peak viewing figure of 2.5 million on BBC Two earlier this month. The titanic clash between Mark Selby and Ronnie O’Sullivan, which Selby won 10-7, attracted a peak audience which was 800,000 higher than last year’s peak of 1.7 million. The[Read More…]
Superb Mark Selby Wins Second UK Championship
Mark Selby has won the 2016 UK Championship after a marvelous 10-7 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan in York. In a final which had a bit of everything, the ‘Jester’ once again had the last laugh in one of the sport’s biggest rivalries. While O’Sullivan was chasing a record-equaling sixth UK[Read More…]