With being away from my desk during the past couple of weeks due largely to the World Championship qualifiers, a few stories have slipped through my net so click below for my round-up of the other hot topics in snooker circles right now…
Tag: Jamie Cope

Welsh Open 2011: Day One Live Chat
Ryan Day v Jimmy White (last 48 match)
Jamie Cope v Rory McLeod (last 32 match)
A couple of very interesting matches ahead of us tonight, both covered on Eurosport I am happy to say so why not click below and join in the live chat during the action? I will still provide a full report on the day’s action which you can read in the post below…
Masters 2011: Cope Books Ding Semi Date
Mark King may have produced the performance of the first round to see off defending champion Mark Selby but it was to be a very different story tonight as Jamie Cope restricted him to just one frame. Ding Junhui meanwhile looked excellent earlier on against Scotland’s Graeme Dott…

Championship League Snooker 2011: All you need to know
Monday sees the Matchroom Championship League return for a fourth year as 25 players bid for a place in next season’s Premier League. Read on for the dates and format details…
World Snooker Rankings 2010/11: Seedings Revision One Round-Up
Jamie Cope: Into the 16…
With the seedings now about to be revised following this week’s EPTC2 event, below I take a look at who are the winners and losers from the start of the season to this initial shake-up…
World Open 2010: Shotgun Struggles Through
First man through to the last 16 tonight is Jamie Cope, though not without a scare from fellow Stokie Dave Harold as Jamie struggled to put the match to bed…
Shanghai Masters 2010: Burnett Stuns Shotgun to reach maiden final, faces Carter
Burnett now up to 33rd in the rankings…
Hands up those of you who had Jamie Burnett in the final of the Shanghai Masters a week ago? Thought not. Full credit to the Scotsman however who having been spared the task of having to overcome Ronnie O’Sullivan in the first round has grasped the opportunity provided to him with both hands and progressed to his first ranking event final. Jamie Cope on the other hand…
Shanghai Masters 2010: Selby Marches On
Rankings updated…
Following his winning exploits this season during the Players Tour Championship and the 6-Red World Championship, Mark Selby headed to Shanghai as the pre-tournament favourite of many, including myself, and as he rolled into the semi-finals today with a comprehensive victory over Mark King, he remains on course for what would be just the second ranking event title of his career to date.
There are three other men still in with a shout of stopping him however…