The first day of the final round of qualifying for the Betfred World Championship took place on Tuesday. Wednesday’s Judgement Day is set up nicely with an appropriate balance of runaway ties and close encounters to follow, as 16 hopefuls attempt to book their coveted spots at the Crucible. This[Read More…]
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WATCH LIVE: Ken Doherty vs Ryan Day
The final round of qualifiers for the World Championship has begun with already plenty of drama witnessed at Ponds Forge. In years gone past the viewer has been forced to sit impatiently, repeatedly tapping the refresh button on World Snooker’s live scoring service in order to see who was simply[Read More…]
Doherty Through but O’Brien Loses
Only Ken Doherty remains in the hunt for a place in the World Championship draw from an Irish respective at the qualifiers in Ponds Forge. The 1997 world champion held off a spirited fight back from talented Iranian Hossein Vafaei Ayouri to prevail 10-7 and go to within one victory[Read More…]
Morris to Lose Tour Card After Defeat
David Morris will lose his tour card after suffering a 10-6 defeat to Alan McManus in World Championship qualifying. The Irishman needed to at least qualify for the last 32 at the Crucible if he was to have any chance of maintaining a place among the world’s top 64. But[Read More…]
Ding Beats Casey as Round 1 Concludes
Ding Junhui emerged unscathed from his first test in qualifying for the World Championship after a 10-4 victory over Greg Casey in Sheffield. Corkman Casey gained an invitation into the tournament off the back of his strong performances in 2015’s Q-School but many thought that he would be steamrollered against[Read More…]
Doherty and Morris Through First Round
Irishmen Ken Doherty and David Morris won their opening qualifying match for the World Championship at Ponds Forge on Thursday. Doherty compiled a 109 and four other breaks above 50 as he saw off Andy Hicks 10-6 while Morris made two tons en route to his 10-5 victory over Chris[Read More…]
Akbar Hammers Jones in World Qualifying
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…]
Irish Ready for Tough World Championship Qualifiers
The draw for the World Championship qualifiers was made on Monday and it certainly threw up quite a few interesting ties for the Irish. In total there are seven from the Republic, as well as a further three from the North who are attempting to gain one of the coveted[Read More…]
WATCH: World Championship Qualifiers Draw
With the completion of the China Open on Sunday comes the sobering realisation that the World Championship is finally upon us. The last 32 at the Crucible doesn’t commence for another 12 days but this Wednesday sees the start of the dreaded qualifiers at Ponds Forge in Sheffield. Three victories[Read More…]
Maguire Sends Ding to Ponds Forge
Stephen Maguire beat Alfie Burden 5-1 to reach the semi-finals of the China Open in Beijing. In doing so, the Scot ensured that he would break back into the top 16 in the world rankings just in time to gain automatic qualification to the World Championship in a fortnight. Maguire’s[Read More…]