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 set to heat up further…
Click here to see the latest draw.
Further to my previous post on the entry list, a reminder tonight that the 2011 EBSA European Snooker Championship is now underway as the race to succeed Luca Brecel as champion and secure the final place on the 2011/12 main tour begins. Click below for all of the links you will need to keep abreast of the tournament…
99 of the 100 main tour players for 2011/12 are now confirmed but there is one spot remaining which will be taken by the winner of the 2011 EBSA European Championship which begins in June. Click below for a look at the entry list as I flag up a few names to watch…
World Snooker have today made available their entry pack for events 1-4 of next season’s Players Tour Championship and within it there are a couple of interesting newslines, particularly with regard to qualification from the 2012/13 tour…
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 of the 2009 World Championship where he was unfortunate to lose out to Barry Hawkins in the final round, though Barry’s winning break was excellent under the circumstances.
More recently he has made people sit up and take notice during this season’s Players Tour Championship, easily finishing as the top ranked amateur player and gaining a decent amount of experience against the top players from it.
I would expect to see him back on the main circuit sooner or later…
Much has been made this season of the opportunity presented to the players further down the rankings by the introduction of the new Players Tour Championship and that is absolutely correct. It should not be forgotten however that the series also affords an amazing opportunity to snooker’s amateur players. For more on why I think that this is the case and why I think that the PTC has so far been a positive innovation for the sport, please click below…
With the dust now settling on the 2010 Betfred.com World Championship qualifiers, it is time to take a look back at what for me were the most notable talking points to come out of the event…
Ok so the qualifiers started earlier on today but better late than never and all that, click below for the final part of my World Championship qualifying preview…