Two days down in Riga at the first European Tour event of the 2015/16 season and we are now down to just 16 players heading into the final day.
Click below for a round-up of the action so far…
Tag: Mark Allen
Allen’s Auction For Ronan Elliott
Followers of his on Twitter will know that Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen is currently involved in various charity events to support six-year-old Ronan Elliott, who is a young boy in Northern Ireland who was born with cerebal palsy.
Griffiths In Demand
Following his defeat to Barry Hawkins at the World Championship yesterday, Mark Allen gave an interesting press conference in which amongst other things, he discussed how much he is looking forward to working with Terry Griffiths again next season.
But who will join him in that association from this summer?
First Round Impressions
Today marks the first ‘middle Thursday’ of the World Championship where as is tradition, the first round will come to an end and the second round gets underway.
Now that we have seen all of the seeds in action, click below for a few impressions and thoughts about the tournament, with the field now almost halved since last Saturday…
Mini-Pool Takes Media Room By Storm
Away from the sensible action at the Crucible on Tuesday, there was a worrying amount of excitement caused by a table considerably smaller than 12×6, with the introduction of a mini-pool table next to the fridge here in the media room.
The Big 2015 World Championship Preview With Neal Foulds
Following eight days of qualifying and months of anticipation, the draw for the 2015 World Championship is now known and as was the case last year, former world number 3 and leading snooker analyst Neal Foulds has taken time out to cast his eye through the opening round ties and pick his players to watch at the Crucible this year.
Click below then to read this year’s bumper Crucible preview…
My 10 Years at the Crucible – Part Two
A year ago ahead of my tenth year visiting the Crucible Theatre for the World Championship, I took a look back at my first three years between 2005-7, recalling the various experiences that had helped draw me to the sport and ultimately end up writing this blog.
Unfortunately at the time I never got round to part two, so with no further delay, now I look back at my next three years as John Higgins, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson took Crucible glory between 2008-10…
Maguire Survives, Milkins Exits
Day one of the Players Championship Grand Finals in Thailand and already it has been a potentially significant day in the race for places at the Crucible, with Stephen Maguire surviving what looked to be a tip change at 3-2 down to John Higgins to win 4-3, while Robert Milkins fell at the first hurdle to Chris Wakelin.