Following eight days of qualifying and months of anticipation, the draw for the 2015 World Championship is now known and as was the case last year, former world number 3 and leading snooker analyst Neal Foulds has taken time out to cast his eye through the opening round ties and pick his players to watch at the Crucible this year.
Click below then to read this year’s bumper Crucible preview…
With the qualifiers for this year’s World Championship set to get underway on Wednesday, all eyes have been on World Snooker for the publication of the tournament draw and although it has not yet been made available, Mike Dunn has kindly tweeted both the draw and format as emailed to him by the governing body.
As his Twitter account is locked however, I have copied the images below, apologies if it is difficult to read…
This year Mark Selby will become the first player since Neil Robertson in 2011 to try and dispel the so-called ‘Crucible Curse’ that no first time champion will successfully defend the World Championship title at the Crucible Theatre.
Click below for my look back through time at how previous first-time world champions have seen their defences ended…
A year ago ahead of my tenth year visiting the Crucible Theatre for the World Championship, I took a look back at my first three years between 2005-7, recalling the various experiences that had helped draw me to the sport and ultimately end up writing this blog.
Unfortunately at the time I never got round to part two, so with no further delay, now I look back at my next three years as John Higgins, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson took Crucible glory between 2008-10…
It has been a long wait for Joe Perry, but tonight he defeated Mark Williams 4-3 to win the 2015 Players Championship event in Thailand, his first full-ranking event title and the £100,000 top prize…
While in the UK snooker is a sport that I would say is primarily associated with the BBC, these days we actually see the majority of snooker coverage brought by Eurosport, while ITV4 have also become increasingly involved with their coverage of the Champion of Champions and this week’s new World Grand Prix.
With more broadcasters come more opinions and opportunities for different personalities to become involved with the presentation of snooker on our television screens and that being the case, I am interested to know what you think and which broadcaster you prefer right now.
Rather than provide my thoughts and look to steer you in any particular direction, as I think that each of the broadcasters has their own strengths, I simply would ask you to vote in the above poll and will be interested to look at the results in a few days time…
A couple of weeks on from winning his first professional title at the Shoot Out in Blackpool, 23-year-old Michael White has now followed that up with his first ranking event success in Mumbai, having whitewashed Ricky Walden 5-0 to win the 2015 Indian Open.
With the top prize of £50,000 taking him up to 17th place in the rankings and within range of an automatic place at the Crucible, it has been a fortnight to remember for the Welshman…
Sad news this evening as it has emerged on Twitter via Allan Taylor that Essex’s Vic Harris, perhaps best known as being the mentor of the likes of Steve Davis, Stuart Bingham and many more players over the years, has passed away earlier today.