It is not often that you would see Mark Williams, Shaun Murphy, Peter Ebdon, Ali Carter, Ryan Day and Jamie Cope all out of a tournament by the last 16 stage but that is what has happened today as some unfancied names have made it through. One big name who has more than delivered so far however is the Jester from Leicester, Mark Selby…
Category: Players Tour Championship
PTC2: Early Exit for Reanne
Saturday morning saw Reanne Evans play the first match of her professional career but it was not to have a fairytale ending as former Crucible qualifier Liu Chuang recorded a 4-2 victory against her. Elsewhere the majority of the matches played so far have gone as I would have expected…
European Players Tour Championship: Details Announced
While the Academy once again takes centre stage this weekend for the second PTC event, six events will of course take place in mainland Europe this season and World Snooker has now released further information as to exactly where these will be staged…
PTC Event Two: Story So Far
Nearly half-way through the second of the new PTC events and the biggest story so far has been the run of former professional Stephen Craigie who has ended the tournaments of both Jimmy White and Event One maximum man Kurt Maflin. David Grace has also impressed…
No Live Scores for PTC2
With over 80 professional players set to compete during this weekend’s second Players Tour Championship Event I know that many fans will be keen to follow the action as it happens but unfortunately that will not be possible this weekend as the governing body have announced that live scores will not be running over at World Snooker for the foreseeable future…
Williams Captures PTC Title
Ok it’s not quite the World Championship but still…
Congratulations to world number eight Mark Williams who has tonight taken the first Players Tour Championship event of the season with a quickfire demolition of Stephen Maguire.
EDIT: I’ve noticed a few errors this morning with the rankings that I have done last night – I will correct these this evening when I get back from work. Apologies for any confusion caused!
Williams and Maguire To Contest PTC 1 Final
From 128 to just two, the final of the first PTC event of the season will be contested between Mark Williams and Stephen Maguire tonight…
PTC Event One: Professionals Show Their Class
Saturday saw the field of the first Players Tour Championship reduced to 16 and while there were high profile casualties early in the day such as Jimmy White, Peter Ebdon and Ryan Day, no amateur players were able to progress to the final day…