Monthly Archive: May 2009

May 25

English National Finals Results

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Global Snooker This weekend saw the English National Finals played out in Sheffield, read on to see who won what…

May 25

Hull takes national title

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Having retired from the main tour during the 2007/8 season due to a recurrence of the health problems that first surfaced back in 2003, I had assumed that Finland’s Robin Hull had given up the game completely. As it turns out however, not only is he still playing, but he is still winning…

May 24

IBSF Announce Dates for 2009 World Snooker Championships

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During the last week, the International Billiards and Snooker Federation have announced the dates and venues for the 2009 World Championships and U-21 World Championship…

May 23

O’Donoghue books main tour spot

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Global Snooker As we enter the summer, another name can be added to the list of main tour players next season as Irishman Brendan O’Donoghue has secured the Irish nomination for 2009/10…

May 22

EASB Finals Weekend

While all is quiet on the professional front at the moment (hence the slowdown in posts recently), this weekend sees the EASB National Finals staged at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield…

May 20

Generations of Snooker: Wuppertal exhibition report

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As I posted back in February, while there is still somehow not a ranking event taking place over in Germany, snooker is still continuing to thrive there and this has been proven again by the Generations of Snooker exhibition staged in Wuppertal last weekend…

May 19

Allen on Antrim, Alex and More

New world number 11 Mark Allen has given a very interesting interview today in which he discusses comparisons to his legendary countryman Alex Higgins, as well as the possibility of reviving the Irish Professional Championship. Click below for more…

May 18

2008/9 Player Reviews: The Extra Eight

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Time for part two of my 2008/9 players review and today I look at the eight players who despite having finished outside of the top 64 on the two-year list, have done enough to retain their places on the main tour via the one-year rankings…

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