During the last week, the International Billiards and Snooker Federation have announced the dates and venues for the 2009 World Championships and U-21 World Championship…
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O’Donoghue books main tour spot
As we enter the summer, another name can be added to the list of main tour players next season as Irishman Brendan O’Donoghue has secured the Irish nomination for 2009/10…
EASB Finals Weekend
While all is quiet on the professional front at the moment (hence the slowdown in posts recently), this weekend sees the EASB National Finals staged at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield…
Joy for Jogia as Wattana moves closer to tour return
Congratulations to Joe Jogia who today won the last PIOS event of the season to cap a memorable week which has seen him top the rankings and so regain his tour status for next season. Another player close to doing the same thing is Thai hero James Wattana who is now just one match away from returning…
PIOS Top Eight Confirmed
Though the Event 8 final is still to be completed, according to Global Snooker at least, the top eight in the rankings cannot now be displaced and so the identities of eight more main tour players for 2009/10 are now known…
PIOS Event Eight Information
While the big guns have now completed their season, the PIOS series still has one all-important event to go and that gets underway today as eight further main tour places will be settled…
Zhang captures title to earn main tour place
While the World Championship is rightly taking centre-stage at the moment in the eyes of most snooker fans, a quick word on Anda Zhang who last week won the 2009 Asian Under-21 Championship and earned a place on the main tour for next season as a result…
Wilkinson retains Oceania crown
The 2009 Oceania Championship has been won by Australian veteran Glen Wilkinson who has successfully defended the title that he won in 2008…