The draw for the first qualifying round of the 2017 World Championship was made on Sunday. 128 players head to Ponds Forge this week attempting to win the three encounters necessary to reach the main stages at the Crucible later in April. Welshman Mark Williams, twice a world champion, narrowly[Read More…]
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Superb Mark Selby Wins China Open
Mark Selby has won the 2017 China Open after an epic 10-8 victory over Mark Williams in Beijing on Sunday. The world number one compiled three century breaks in an entertaining showdown in which he won the last three frames for a fourth ranking event title of the campaign. The[Read More…]
Josh Boileau Seeks World Championship Berth
The climax to the China Open later on Sunday will simultaneously signal the imminent beginning of the sport’s blue riband tournament on the calendar. The top 16 seeds will be determined and on Wednesday the World Championship qualifiers at Ponds Forge will get under way, as 128 hopefuls make a[Read More…]
Ng On Yee Completes World Championship Amateur Invitees
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has announced that Ng On Yee and Andres Petrov will be invited to join the field to compete at next month’s Betfred World Championship qualifiers in Sheffield. Following the initial publication of the qualifying criteria earlier this month, 14 of the players[Read More…]
Amateur Top-Ups for World Championship Determined
Snooker’s world governing body the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has announced the selection criteria for the amateur players who will be invited to compete at this year’s Betfred World Championship qualifiers. The top 16 players on the world ranking list following the 2017 China Open will be[Read More…]
New snooker triangle created and used by referee Jan Verhaas
By Paul Beck It was several years ago that my colleague and I decided to take time out and try to develop what snooker skills we had. We arranged to rendezvous at a local watering hole and started to play. It wasn’t long before some of our skills resurfaced and[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…]
It’s There! See Ya
It’s time for goodbyes, and among those is a farewell for now to our armchair aficionado, Free Ball. Many thanks for all the ramblings and digressing again this year, hopefully there’ll be a return in a year’s time. Read below for the last offering, but who is behind the Free[Read More…]
A Memorable World Championship
It’s the morning after the 17 days before. The 2016 Betfred World Championship has come to an end, with Mark Selby deservedly being crowned the king of the Crucible for the second time in three years. An entertaining final between two of the game’s very elite was a fitting conclusion[Read More…]
Mark Selby is the World Champion
Mark Selby is a two-time world champion after beating Ding Junhui 18-14 in an entertaining final at the Crucible. The 32 year-old joins Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Williams as multiple winners in Sheffield. It was a superb final that ebbed and flowed throughout, with[Read More…]