Day three at the UK Championship proved to be the longest of the tournament so far, with the final match not concluding until 2:18am the following morning. More headline grabbing however proved to be the comments of the likes of Judd Trump, Ali Carter and Graeme Dott, as the new format this year continues to divide opinion…
Category: UK Championship
UK Championship 2013: Day Two Blog
Day two at York and following yesterday’s opening eight matches, today we have another twelve last 128 matches, with the likes of Jack Lisowski, Marcus Campbell and Andrew Higginson involved…
UK Championship 2013: Day One Blog
Day one of the 2013 UK Championship and already there has been a notable result from the Barbican Centre in York, as in-form Gary Wilson recorded a 6-0 whitewash against the higher ranked Jamie Jones.
Click below for my thoughts from the day as a whole, including the venue and player reaction following their matches…
World Snooker Launch New Format For UK Championship
To celebrate the start of the williamhill.com UK Championship snooker, a tournament which is inviting the best 128 players in the world, the sponsors invited last year’s winner, Mark Selby and amateur cueist, Antony Parsons to come head to head to preview the event.
Race to the 2014 Masters: All You Need to Know
After all of the months of talking about the race to the 2014 Masters, the final tournament prior to the all-important seedings cut-off is upon us, with the 2013 UK Championship due to start a week on Tuesday.
Click below for my look at all the permutations and who has to do what, to claim the final places in snooker’s biggest invitational event…
UK Championship 2013: Tournament Draw Released
Today saw confirmation of the draw for the upcoming 2013 UK Championship, which will kick off later this month at the Barbican Centre in York, for a third successive year.
Notable points include the non-entry of Steve Davis, which not only points towards his participation in the latest series of ITV’s ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here!’ but also throws out of the window the various predicted matches for the competition.
Click here to view the draw at snookerorg, or continue reading for World Snooker’s press release…
New Projected Seedings List Available
With Ding Junhui’s victory at the International Championship, comes the third mid-season seedings revision of the 2013/14 season. As ever, the list has been fully updated here at PSB, while the latest list, taking us through to the UK Championship in a month’s time, is now also live.
Click below for more…
The UK Seedings Race
While the International Championship continues apace, following exits for Ronnie O’Sullivan, Mark Williams and John Higgins today (results here), rather than posting a round-up of the results, I instead wanted to set out the details of a change to the seedings system, which will determine the draw for next month’s UK Championship…