China’s Xu Si dramatically defeated Alexander Ursenbacher in the World Under-21 Championship final in Belgium on Thursday. The 18 year-old fought back from 5-3 down to deny the Swiss in a decider with a break of 69. Xu had earlier dispatched of German Lukas Kleckers in the last four while[Read More…]
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Irish Falter as World Under-21s Near Conclusion
The World Under-21 Championship has been going on in Belgium over the last week and four players remain as junior global glory is in sight. Two Europeans and two Asians face off against each other in the semi-finals, safe in the knowledge that a couple more victories will all but[Read More…]
Junior Series Returns in CrossGuns
By Fin Ruane Following on from the huge success of last year, it gives me great pleasure to announce that the second Junior Series at CrossGuns in Dublin will begin in September. My aim to provide junior players with much needed, affordable and regular tournament play will once again run[Read More…]
WDBS Events in Gloucester and Hull
Two World Disability Billiards and Snooker events are scheduled to take place later this year in England. The newly-founded body, set up in 2015, gives people with disabilities more opportunities to play cue sports and is run under eight different categories. The second WDBS Open Disability Snooker Championship will take[Read More…]
Season Starts Again With Paul Hunter Classic
The Main Tour resumes after almost a month off with the Paul Hunter Classic in Furth on Wednesday. The PHC is one of only three European Tour events to survive the cull from last season, alongside the Riga Masters and the Gibraltar Open. A large quantity of amateurs have thus[Read More…]
Coral Continues Shoot-Out Sponsorship
World Snooker is delighted to announce that the Shoot Out, one of the most exhilarating tournaments on the calendar, will be sponsored by Coral for the next two years. The Coral Shoot Out will run from February 23 to 26 with the venue and ticket details to be announced soon.[Read More…]
End of the Snookerbacker Classic
It was announced on Twitter on Thursday that the Snookerbacker Classic will not be held this season. After a roller coaster few months of negotiating, head-scratching and soul searching, the man behind the Snookerbacker website and creator of the SB Classic has decided to shut up shop – for the[Read More…]
Scotland Deny Ireland in Home Internationals
Ireland missed out on Home Internationals glory by a single frame on Monday as an impressive Scottish side emerged victorious in Leeds. With both Ireland and Scotland level on points, wins and frame difference heading into their respective final round-robin encounters, the men in green needed to better the Scots’[Read More…]
Qualifiers Introduced for Inaugural European Championship
On Thursday, it was announced that the new European Championship to be staged this season will undertake a format change. Instead of the intended flat draw consisting of 128 players at the venue in Romania, there will now be only 32 players travelling to the country which is set to[Read More…]
Ireland Set for Home Internationals
The 2016 Home Internationals will get under way on Friday, again to be staged at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The team event pits nations from the British and Irish Isles, as well as some invited countries from further afield, against each other for annual international amateur honours. Ireland[Read More…]