January 9, 2012
Blog Archives
Championship League Snooker – not a good start for Stevens
Stevens slumps as Davis and Selby lead the pack DEFENDING champion Matthew Stevens is heading for an early exit after a miserable opening day in the first group of 2012 Championship League Snooker at Crondon Park Golf Club, Stock, Essex. Stevens suffered defeats against Mark Selby, Andrew Higginson and Shaun Murphy to fall to the more …..
HIRANI WINS JACK CARNEY MEMORIAL TROPHY
Source - Welsh Snooker The 3rd Jack Carney memorial tournament resulted in a fine win for Cardiff’s Kishan Hirani. Kishan reached the final after excellent wins over fellow junior international Dale Hughes and senior international Anthony Krysa. Daniel Norris reached the final with wins over Sam Thomas and senior international Gavin Lewis. In the final Kishans more …..
Ronnie O’Sullivan wins PLS title for the 10th time
Tonight’s Premier League Snooker did not get off to as good of a start than was expected for us viewers at home as the Tennis ran over by 1 hour, so we missed nearly 3 whole frames of Snooker, this would not be out of the ordinary if we were watching a Snooker event on EuroSport more …..
Darren Morgan takes Seniors title
Darren Morgan saw off a series of snooker legends to win the Wyldecrest Parks World Seniors Championship. Welshman Morgan beat Cliff Thorburn, Jimmy White and Steve Davis on the final day of the event at the East of England Showground in Peterborough to take the £18,000 top prize. In fact the 45-year-old from Newport won more …..
Junior Tour
Final – Event 1- South Chandlers Ford Snooker Club – Eastleigh GLASBY PRODUCES THE GOODS Matthew Glasby from Southend On Sea scored a well deserved victory in this years RJT Event 1. With breaks during the day of 68, 49 and 39 Glasby fought his way to the final in which he edged out Bradley more …..
Higginson Wins Maiden Pro Title
Andrew Higginson won the first professional title of his 16-year snooker career by beating John Higgins 4-1 in the final of Players Tour Championship event five. The 33-year-old from Widnes, ranked 23rd in the world, won seven matches at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, culminating in a fine display against Betfred.com World Champion Higgins. more …..
Catalano ends Evans’ record run
MARIA Catalano has ended Reanne Evans’ 90-match unbeaten run on the women’s snooker circuit. The 29-year-old’s historic 3-1 victory came in the semi-finals of the inaugural Northern Championship at the North East Derbyshire Snooker Centre, Clay Cross. Catalano, who went on to beat Hong Kong’s Yu Ching Ching 3-1 in the final, said: “I’m over more …..
Murphy Masters Brazil
Shaun Murphy won the inaugural Brazil Masters by thrashing Graeme Dott 5-0 in the final in Florianopolis. In the first ever professional snooker tournament staged in South America, Murphy took just 64 minutes to win a battle of two former World Champions. Sale-based Murphy picked up the trophy and a cheque for $40,000 at the more …..
Selby Wins Shanghai Classic
Mark Selby came from 9-7 down to beat Mark Williams 10-9 in an epic Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters final. Williams, usually calm under pressure, squandered chances to win in the closing stages and uncharacteristically lost his cool in the deciding frame. Leicester’s Selby took advantage to win only his second ranking title, improving a more …..
Williams To Face Selby In Shanghai Final
The world’s top two ranked players, Mark Williams and Mark Selby, will meet in the final of the Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters on Sunday. The pair had contrasting routes into the final, World No 1 Williams edging out Neil Robertson 6-5 while No 2 Selby thrashed Mark King 6-0. Williams has already won six more …..
Robertson To Meet Williams In Semis
Neil Robertson won the battle of the last two World Champions, beating John Higgins 5-2 at the Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters. The Aussie will now meet World No 1 Mark Williams in Saturday’s semi-finals, while Mark Selby will face Mark King. “I’m steadily improving as the tournament goes on, and that’s generally what I’ve more …..
Hamilton Shocks Rocket
Ronnie O’Sullivan suffered a surprise exit at the last 16 stage of the Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters, beaten 5-3 by World No 39 Anthony Hamilton. The Rocket had won eight of his nine previous meetings with Hamilton, but produced a patchy display and saw his two-year drought without a ranking title continue. “Anthony deserved more …..
Hendry Crashes To Milkins
Stephen Hendry suffered a 5-1 defeat against Robert Milkins at the Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters, and now looks set to drop out of the world’s top 16. The seven-times World Champion is currently ranked 16th, but his first round exit in Shanghai is likely to see him fall out of the elite for the more …..
O’Sullivan Shines In Shanghai
Ronnie O’Sullivan knocked in two centuries in an emphatic 5-1 defeat of James Wattana at the Bank of Communication Shanghai Masters on Tuesday. The Rocket hasn’t won a full ranking event since he beat Liang Wenbo in the final here two years ago, but he has shown signs of his best form in recent weeks more …..
