Monthly Archive: June 2011

Jun
18

New Season Thoughts and Expectations

It feels somewhat strange to be talking about the start of a new snooker season in the middle of June but just weeks on from John Higgins’ latest Crucible triumph we stand on the eve of another season of professional snooker. Rather than come up with a set of coherent preview articles as Dave H …

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Jun
17

PSB Reaction: UK Championship Format Reduced

As indicated by Mark Joyce during his recent interview here at PSB, World Snooker have today confirmed the disappointing news that from this season the UK Championship will be contested over the best of 11 frames up to and including the quarter-finals, as opposed to the usual 17. Click below for a few of my …

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Jun
17

Wells Wins EBSA Championship 2011

After a hectic week or so in Sofia, today saw Welsh talent Daniel Wells emerge as the victor in the mens event following a 7-4 victory against Irish former professional Vincent Muldoon today. For a full match report over at the EBSA website, with details on victories for Wendy Jans and Steve Judd in the …

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Jun
16

Steady Cope Targets Titles

After a few near-misses in recent season, 2010/11 saw Stoke’s Jamie Cope break through into the top 16 of the rankings for the first time in his career, peaking at number 13 and eventually finishing 15th at the end of the campaign. Despite this however, he did not consistently display the level of form that …

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Jun
14

PTC1 2011/12: Draw Available Now

So the season starts here. Today saw the long-awaited draw for the first event of the 2011/12 Players Tour Championship published by World Snooker, together with a rather gruelling looking match schedule! Click below for a link to the draw, together with something of a preview of both this event and indeed the whole PTC …

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Jun
14

European Championship Down To Last 16

A brief post here by way of update regarding the ongoing 2011 EBSA European Championship in Bulgaria which today came down to the last 16 stage. As of yet the majority of the fancied men have managed to come through unscathed but with just three more days to run in the tournament, the competition is …

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Jun
13

PSB Interview: A Chat with Mark Joyce – Part Two

Today sees part two of my interview with Mark Joyce here at PSB as he discusses his preparations for the new season as well as the pros and cons of the ever-increasing snooker calendar… Click here to view part one.

Jun
13

World Cup 2011: Tournament Draw

The highly-anticipated draw for the first PTC event of the 2011/12 season maybe have been delayed until tomorrow but World Snooker have now confirmed the draw for next month’s Snooker World Cup…

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