Following Peter Ebdon’s victory at the 2012 China Open, there is just one tournament remaining of the 2011/12 season – the World Championship. While all eyes will be on the Crucible Theatre as the sport’s latest world champion is crowned, there are also a number of important ranking issues to be decided, particularly at the qualifiers as we will learn who will remain on tour next season…
The climax of the Welsh Open not only saw Ding Junhui lift his fifth ranking event title, but it also saw the third mid-season seedings revision ahead of the World Championship draw. Click below for a summary of all of the changes compared to the previous cut…
Three world finals, three UK finals and two Masters finals, it has been some career for 1997 world champion Ken Doherty and he has now chosen to share his story in his autobiography, Life in the Frame. Click below for my belated take on the book…
Following the conclusion of the German Masters yesterday, there is just one event remaining for the players to earn precious ranking points that in some cases could make the difference between having to win one, two, three or four matches to qualify for the Crucible – or none at all.
Click below for my look at who has to do what ahead of the Welsh Open qualifiers which start this Wednesday…
Somewhat belatedly after the season’s second mid-season seedings revision earlier this month, here is my round-up of all the key changes to the seedings following PTC12 which will take effect for the World Open, Welsh Open and China Open tournaments…
With the New Year fast approaching it is time for the fourth Pro Snooker Awards as I look back at 2011 and am faced with a number of tricky decisions. Click below for part one…
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This Saturday morning has seen the start of PTC11 which will be played to a finish on Monday afternoon, but over the course of the last two days we have also seen the PTC12 event played to the last 16 in Sheffield, a round-up of which you can now read below…
Following the conclusion of the UK Championship in York yesterday, there are now just two PTC events between now and the second mid-season seedings revision which takes place following PTC12 on the 8th January 2012. Click below for my look at how the various rankings battles are now shaping up…