Day one of the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo saw victories for local favourite Neil Robertson, as well as former champions Stuart Bingham and Barry Hawkins in the early hours. Click below for a round-up of the action…
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Australian Goldfields Open 2013: Qualifying Wrap
Hot on the heels of last week’s Wuxi Classic qualifiers at the South West Snooker Academy, the past five days have seen the early rounds of the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open tournament take place at the same venue.
Click below for my round-up of the key stories from the qualifiers, together with links to the results in full and latest projected seedings…
Rankings Watch 2011/12: World Championship Preview
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…
Mike Dunn Launches Official Practice Routines App for iPhone
Mike Dunn has officially launched an iPhone application showing some of the most popular and practical practice routines in Snooker. Launched on 22nd February 2012 and is on sale in the app store for £1.49. The application shows players how to increase their ability in every aspect of the game.
Click below for more details…
PTC12, Hainan World Open 2012 and Matters Arising
So here we go, a jam-packed month of snooker begins in Munich tomorrow as the PTC12 event resumes, with both crucial ranking and order of merit points up for grabs. Click below for a look at the main issues to look out for, as well as a few points to note about the upcoming World Open and more…
PTC12: The Story So Far
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…
How Much Is A 147 Worth? (Updated)
Away from the action at PTC10 today, an interesting story has broken on Twitter as Mike Dunn revealed that contrary to this article at World Snooker which stated that he would receive £3,500 for his maximum at the recent German Masters qualifiers, it would appear that he has now been told that he will be given the lesser sum of £2,000 instead…
Dunn Hits Maiden Max (Updated)
Congratulations to Redcar’s Mike Dunn who has recorded the first 147 break of his career during frame four of his match with Kurt Maflin this evening during the German Masters qualifiers. In total it is the 79th maximum break in professional competition and the perfect way for Mike to mark his 40th birthday two days ago.
There was some confusion as to whether Mike would receive receive any additional prize money for his feat and initially Mike was told that he would not, but today World Snooker have confirmed that he will in fact receive the rolling non-televised total of £3,500. While the player’s pack was silent on the issue, I feel that this is the fairest decision and in the spirit of the current system.
Click here to view the full list on my 147’s page.