Barry Hawkins emerged from the Players Championship Grand Final with his second ranking event title after a dominant display over Gerard Greene in Preston. The Englishman overpowered surprise package Greene 4-0 in the final to land a deserved piece of silverware. Greene had done excellently all week to reach his[Read More…]
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Guild Hall Ready for Final Day of PCGF
Saturday will see the conclusion of the Players Championship Grand Final as a fourth champion will be crowned at the Guild Hall in Preston. The quarter-finals took place yesterday with three of the four encounters producing expected winners. However, the opening bout of the day saw a battle of Northern Ireland[Read More…]
Quarter-Finals in Preston
The penultimate day of the Players Championship Grand Final sees the round of the last 8 take place with one notable exception to the line-up at the Guild Hall. Ronnie O’Sullivan, so often supreme this season in capturing major titles such as the Masters, Champion of Champions and the Welsh[Read More…]
All About the O’Sullivan Show
The Players Championship Grand Final field will be whittled down to eight by the end of today as the tournament nears the business end in Preston. Wednesday saw the conclusion of the first round as the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins breezed into the last 16 but world[Read More…]
Higgins Sets up Clash with O’Sullivan
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ding Junhui remained on course for a clash in the Welsh Open final as both came through their respective fourth round encounters unscathed. World and Masters champion O’Sullivan recorded his fourth successive 4-1 victory of the tournament, on this occasion over Ricky Walden. The ‘Rocket’ had good[Read More…]
2014 Snooker Shoot-Out
The fourth annual Snooker Shoot-Out will take place this weekend at the Circus Arena in Blackpool. The Sky Sports event has been pretty successful over its tenure on the calendar so far and this promises to be no different with tickets all but sold out for the three days of[Read More…]
Conditioned Conditions
Half of the eight first round matches went to deciding frame shootouts this week. A further two encounters required ten out of the potential eleven frames, proving that the Masters is an event that brings together fiercely competitive rivals at the highest echelon of the sport. However, the standard of[Read More…]
Robertson vs Allen: Part Four
The final two first round ties get under way on Wednesday with the world no.1 taking centre stage at the Alexandra Palace in London. Yesterday saw one former champion be eliminated and one progress as there were mixed fortunes for favourites Ding Junhui and Ronnie O’Sullivan. Four-time champion O’Sullivan had[Read More…]
Morris Through to World Open
The last snooker action of 2013 took place during the last two days as the World Open field was whittled down to 64 in Barnsley. The previous two days had seen the same scenario take place for the German Masters and, similarly, there were very few of what you would[Read More…]
Favourites Flying High
Barry Hawkins and Stephen Maguire are into the quarter-finals of the UK Championship after respective victories over former world champions in York yesterday. Crucible runner-up Hawkins emerged from a 6-5 thriller with Shaun Murphy while 2004 champion Maguire saw off fellow Scotsman John Higgins 6-3. Murphy had struggled for form[Read More…]