The inaugural World Disability Billiards and Snooker (WDBS) Welsh Open has seen entries from a record 40 players, more than a week prior to the original entry deadline. Since its inaugural event staged back in November 2015, the WDBS has seen consistent growth in player numbers at tournaments staged for[Read More…]
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Riga Masters: Preview and Draw
The first ranking event of the 2017/18 snooker season gets under way on Friday with the Riga Masters in Latvia. Neil Robertson returns as the defending champion, hoping to reignite his career after a disappointing twelve months since he lifted the trophy last June. The Australian has failed to go[Read More…]
Snooker on Eurosport This Season
The 2017/18 season is under way and snooker fans throughout Europe can watch the sport anywhere and on any device through the Eurosport Player, the leading live and on-demand digital sport platform. Eurosport Player is available to download and watch in 52 markets and in 20 languages, offering fans an[Read More…]
Ten Talking Points this Season – Part Two
The 2017/18 season is already a few weeks old and the first ranking event of the campaign is now on the horizon with the Riga Masters set to begin on Friday. It’s now when the majority of the players will be hoping to dust off the cobwebs after the brief[Read More…]
Ten Talking Points this Season – Part One
The 2017/18 campaign began a few weeks ago in Preston with the qualifying rounds for the Riga Masters and the China Championship. But let’s pretend that didn’t count and that the season is really starting now with the start of the main event in Latvia just a few days away. It has nothing[Read More…]
Mark Selby Profited Most from Record Prize Fund
Mark Selby earned almost £1 million last season while the number of players earning at least £30,000 grew by 20 percent, as the sport continues to thrive. Total prize money has grown from £3.5 million just seven years ago to last season’s £10 million, with another boost to £12 million[Read More…]
Susan Hanlon Wins RILSA Intermediate
By Dan Carroll Dublin’s Susan Hanlon won her first national snooker title recently at the Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association (RILSA) Academy in Sharkx Newbridge. Susan who is only playing snooker for a few years and is an avid table tennis player on its national women’s circuit, captured the[Read More…]
Robert Milkins Captures Pink Ribbon Glory
Robert Milkins won the Pink Ribbon Pro-Am at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester on Sunday. The Englishman was one of the highest ranked professionals taking part in the annual fundraising event for breast cancer awareness. In total, 255 players entered the tournament with a sum of £9000 being[Read More…]
Ireland Teams Beaten in European Championship Finals
Ireland fell just short of the champion’s podium as a festival of European amateur snooker came to a conclusion in Albania on Sunday. Michael Judge had already finished runner-up to Darren Morgan in the European Open last week, and was part of the Irish pairing which were beaten in the[Read More…]
WLBS Releases Provisional 2017/18 Calendar
The provisional calendar for the 2017/18 World Women’s Snooker Tour has been announced by World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS). Following a landmark previous season which saw ranking events held in Germany and Singapore for the first time, the WLBS has confirmed that the World Women’s Championship will return to Asia for a[Read More…]