Monthly Archive: April 2010

Apr
20

Crucible Diary 2010: Day Four Blog

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Day four already and today saw the world number one Ronnie O’Sullivan book his place in the last 16 while fellow title contenders Neil Robertson and Ding Junhui also put one foot in the second round. Click below from my Sheffield report…

Apr
20

Picture Perfect: Crucible Corner I

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As promised, here are the best of my photos from the first three days of the 2010 Betfred.com World Championship… More will follow throughout the week…

Apr
19

Crucible Diary 2010: Gould shocks Fu to move into last 16

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Thankfully I am home a little earlier today from a third day at the Crucible which saw our first upset as Martin Gould saw off Marco Fu to become the first qualifier to move into the last 16. Click below for my day three story…

Apr
19

Crucible Diary 2010: Hendry Fights Back to Take Day Two Epic

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A 10-9 loss to Nigel Bond in 2006, a 10-9 victory from 9-7 down against Mark Allen in 2008 and now a 10-9 victory over Zhang Anda from 9-7 down in 2010 – being a Stephen Hendry fan at the Crucible has not been easy on the heart over the last few years! Click below …

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Apr
17

Crucible Diary 2010: Day One Blog

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I am back from Day One at the Crucible though with needing to be back on the road to Sheffield in eight hours time I will unfortunately not be able to upload my photographs so far. Still, click below for my report…

Apr
16

Driving home for…the Crucible

You might now be expecting me to come out with something particularly insightful ahead of tomorrow’s start to the tournament but with a little over twelve hours to go until John Higgins begins his title defence I must admit that I am struggling somewhat! It’s like Christmas Eve but better. As I will be at …

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Apr
16

Davison and Chuang book main tour returns

Congratulations to both Liu Chuang and Paul S Davison who by winning the Asian U-21 Championship and PIOS Event 7 tournaments this week have ensured that they will both make an immediate return to the main tour next season having lost their place at the end of 2008/9. You can see the full results from …

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Apr
15

Betfred.com World Championship 2010: A View from Slovenia (Part Two)

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As promised, click below to read the second part of odlr’s guest preview of the upcoming 2010 World Championship. All comments and debate are welcome as the tournament edges ever closer… Click here to view Part One.

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