Day two from the Academy saw Jimmy White come through his opener early on but the star of the show was undoubtedly Tian Pengfei, click below to read why as well as an update on the situation regarding starter points in the rankings…
Category: Australian Goldfields Open
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Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers 2011/12: Day One Report
Latest projected seedings – subject to change!
Day one of the Australian Open qualifiers from the Academy has seen a number of winners including Sam Baird, Tian Pengfei and Robin Hull. Click below for all of the day’s stories and scores…
Australian Goldfields Open 2011: Qualifying Preview
While last week marked the start of the season with the first PTC event of 2011/12, Monday sees the start of the qualifiers for the new Australian Goldfields Open. Well except for Kurt Maflin and Lucky Vatnani who play their pre-qualifying round tie on Sunday. Click below for a few of my thoughts on the draw…
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Australian Open Draw Released, Other Tour Logistics News
Amongst the frantic PTC action from Sheffield today, World Snooker have also found time to release the players pack and full drawsheet for the inaugural Australian Goldfields Open. Amongst that information there is also news on why the tour will contain 99 players, as well as confirmation of the ranking points tariffs…
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Australian Goldfields Open 2011: Tickets Now Available
Click here to view my tickets page which will be updated further shortly
Further to the confirmation earlier this week that Australia will stage the first full ranking event of the 2011/12 season, World Snooker have now also released details of how you can buy tickets, as well as confirming the tournament format and order of play…
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Australian Goldfields Open confirmed for 2011
It has been probably the worst-kept secret in snooker this year but yesterday it was confirmed that Australia will this season play host to a new ranking event tournament in Victoria…