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…
While there may now a break in the professional calendar until August, there is snooker being played over the next five days in Colombia, as the 2013 World Games take place in the South American continent…
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…
The eyes of the snooker world may well be firmly on Bangkok this week for the World Cup, but Thai fans will also be following the fortunes of the next generation at the IBSF World Under-21 Championships in Montreal, Canada, in the eternal hope of unearthing the next James Wattana. Read More
So that’s the first round completed in Sheffield and to give you a picture (no pun intended), of how matters have progressed, here are the very best of my photos so far from the 2011 World Championship qualifiers…
Click here for the full qualifying draw…
With the qualifiers drawing ever closer, in fact the preliminary matches actually begin tomorrow at the Academy, I turn to the final part of my World Championship qualifying preview and shock horror, I am actually going to tip an upset this time…
While the professional season has now been completed, the race for tour places for 2010/11 rages on and this week has seen another eight names confirmed via the PIOS route. Click below to see who has already been confirmed for next season and where the remaining names will come from…
With just 96 places available, main tour nominations are like gold dust for the many amateur players in the game and already the race for 2010/11 is beginning to hot up. For those of you not so familiar with how those places can be won, here is an explanation…