Monthly Archive: January 2011

Jan
22

QSP: Event One News

With the inaugural Q School set to be held later this year in order to determine 12 main tour spots for next season, those at the Southwest Snooker Academy are this weekend staging the first event of their Q School Preparation series in order to give those likely to be involved some all-important match practice …

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Jan
22

CLS 2011: O’Sullivan Out, Bingham In

A brief news line for you on the Championship League as reported on The Snooker Blog as Group Two finalist Ronnie O’Sullivan has withdrawn from the event to be replaced by Stuart Bingham, while there has also been a change concerning Mark Allen and Mark King…

Jan
21

World Championship Qualifiers to be played behind closed doors?

Having received an email from one reader today it appears increasingly likely that unfortunately this season’s World Championship qualifiers will be staged at the Academy in Sheffield, behind closed doors as has been the case with the previous ranking events so far this season…

Jan
18

Wells handed German Wildcard

A brief post today to confirm that Welsh amateur Daniel Wells has been handed the final wildcard spot for the German Masters and so will face Liu Song in the opening round of the event. A good selection in my book, Wells is probably best known for his dramatic run to the final qualifying round …

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Jan
17

Malcolm Thorne: 1950-2011

Sad news to report today as Malcolm Thorne, brother of Willie has passed away following a long battle with cancer. Click below for more and to leave your tributes…

Jan
17

Snooker Coaching – Striking the Ball

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In the last two weeks we have looked at both your stance and how to bridge correctly to provide the stability needed for more accurate shots. Now we can expand upon that and look at the procedure for striking the ball. There are two parts to this, first you need to sight the ball correctly …

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Jan
16

Ding Captures Masters title

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Congratulations to Chinese number 1 Ding Junhui who tonight defeated Marco Fu 10-4 to win his first Masters title at Wembley, four years on from that infamous final defeat to Ronnie O’Sullivan…

Jan
16

Masters 2011: Ding v Fu, Final Updates

Ding Junhui leads Marco Fu 6-2 following today’s evening session, putting one hand on the Masters trophy for the first time. Can Marco do anything about it? Click below for continued updates on the match…

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