January 2012
Monthly Archives
Hawkins flies to take Snooker Shootout Final
Barry Hawkins won the biggest title of his 16-year career by beating Graeme Dott in the final of the Partypoker.com Snooker Shoot-Out. The one-frame knockout event in Blackpool produced a series of exciting matches, and Dartford’s 32-year-old Hawkins was the last man standing. He pocketed his biggest cheque since turning pro in 1996: £32,000 for more …..
Snooker Shoot Out last 32 Draw
The draw for the last 32 is below. The draw was just made live ok SKY Sports 2 with Jimmy White and Willie Thorne. Robert Milkins v Mike Dunn Ryan Day v Ian McCulloch Dominic Dale v Mark Selby Marcus Campbell v Martin Gould Fergal O’Brien v Barry Hawkins Graeme Dott v Ken Doherty Stephen more …..
Joe Jogia withdraws amidst match fixing allegations
It has been announced today that Joe Jogia, real name, Shailesh Jogia, has withdrawn from this weekends Shootout tournament in Blackpool, Jogia 34 from Leicester was named earlier this week along with fellow Snooker player Matthew Selt as part of irregular betting patters on their match which was scheduled to be played on Saturday. Jogia sites his withdraw to more …..
Allen down by £250 but how much will foul language cost Williams?
In a statement made by The WPBSA today Mark Allen will be fined £250 for swearing at a press conference in York in December, so if Allen is to be fined £250 for one incident then by my reckoning Mark Williams should be up to about £50,000 by now for his escapades on social networking site Twitter. Follow Mark @markwil147 on more …..
888 back for The Welsh
World Snooker is delighted to announce 888真人(pronounced 888 zhenren) as the new title sponsor of the Welsh Open. The world ranking event runs from February 13 to 19 at the Newport Centre and will be known as the 888真人Welsh Open. It will feature the world’s top 16 players, including Masters champion Neil Robertson, rising star more …..
Irregular betting patterns at The Snooker Shootout for the second year running
For the second year running there has been irregular betting paterns at TheSnooker Shootout, below is a statement released earlier today by World Snooker. The WPBSA have been made aware, by bookmakers of unusual betting patterns on the match due to take place at the Snooker Shootout in Blackpool on Saturday 28th January 2012 between more …..
Shaun Murphy Blog – Reflections on a good week
Hi everyone and first of all, a big thanks to everyone for their support during the Masters. The messages I got here on the website, through your emails and tweets meant a lot to me. All in all, it was a fantastic week both on and off the table – the only thing that was more …..
Shaun Murphy Blog – Great mates – apart from tomorrow night!
MAINLY practice tonight as I prepare for tomorrow night’s quarter-final with Mark Selby. It’s a big match and will be difficult on a number of levels. For a start, he’s the World No.1, a two-time Masters winner and a great all-round player. But he’s also one of my best friends, which presents its own set more …..
Niky’s Masters predictions
Below is Niky’s predictions to The Masters 2012, later on in the week she will be holding a trivia quiz for us and you can win a signed Snooker cue if you get all the answers correct via YouTube
Trump Aims To Keep Hot Streak Going
Snooker’s new sensation Judd Trump wants to recreate the buzz he enjoyed in winning last month’swilliamhill.com UK Championship when he plays in the BGC Masters, which starts tomorrow. Trump showcased his massive talent in winning the UK title in York, beating Mark Allen 10-8 in the final. He kept his winning streak going this week by more …..
Samsung Shows Off Transparent LCD Smart Window
Earlier today we covered Samsung’s remarkable new OLED TV. In a year where the newest and best TVs seem to be the unofficial theme of CES, this one stood out from the crowd for its remarkable display technology. Well, it looks like Samsung had more in their bag of awesome than just a great new more …..
Shaun Murphy Blog – Crondon win sets up Masters’ bid
IT’S The Masters next week and I can’t wait to get there after four good days at Crondon Park. It was very nice to win Group 2 yesterday and the Championship League has given me a great preparation for Ally Pally. I will certainly go there pleased with the state of my game, knowing that more …..
Championships League Snooker – Murphy ousts Selby to take Group 2
Final Mark Selby 0-3 Shaun Murphy 22-120 (Murphy 120), 7-105 (Murphy 82), 30-77 Semi-Finals Mark Selby 3-1 Neil Robertson 15-109 (Robertson 109), 91-42 (Selby 91, Robertson 42), 69-64 (Selby 47), 121-7 (Selby 121) Shaun Murphy 3-0 Mark Davis 95-0 (Murphy 95), 136-0 (Murphy 136), 84-0 (Murphy 57) Shaun Murphy won the second group of 2012 Championship League more …..
Double kiss helps Tallentire avenge Bournemouth defeat
DANNY Tallentire admitted he “did it the hard way” as he clinched the fourth leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold Tour at Salisbury Snooker Club. In a reversal of his results in Bournemouth last month, Tallentire (Player’s Westbury) beat rankings leader Ben Tanner (The Academy, Eastleigh) in the group stages AND in the final. Speaking after he more …..
