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Posted by: Voltage501 1st January 2019, 04:40 PM

A thread to discuss all things snooker related such as tournaments, debates and news and anything to with the world of snooker in 2019.

Posted by: Mack. 2nd January 2019, 12:31 PM

A look at the race to the World Grand Prix at Cheltenham Racecourse:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/the-race-to-cheltenham-updated/

Posted by: Mack. 14th January 2019, 11:31 PM

China's Ding Junhui is through to the quarter-finals of the Masters after a dominant performance to beat England's Jack Lisowski 6-1.

Ronnie, Ryan Day and Luca Brecel all through as well.

Posted by: Mack. 16th January 2019, 12:47 PM

An comfortable 6-2 win for Barry Hawkins over Shaun Murphy last night.

Posted by: Mack. 17th January 2019, 12:33 AM

A strange noise during the match between Trump and Wilson

https://mwww.twitter.com/Livesnooker/status/1085546662968389632

Posted by: Mack. 18th January 2019, 10:58 PM

Have some people turned up at ally pally to watch darts ? Some of the shouting out in tonight's match with Hawkins.and Robertson has been unnecessary. Tomorrow afternoon will be rowdier with Ronnie O'Sullivan playing Ding.

Posted by: Mack. 18th January 2019, 11:05 PM

As pleased as I am for Judd Trump, you have to ask what happened to Mark Selby - he was all over the place.

Posted by: vidcapper 19th January 2019, 06:29 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jan 18 2019, 11:05 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 19th January 2019, 09:05 AM

Selby just doesn't seem to be the player he was when winning the world title back in 2017.

Posted by: Suedehead2 20th January 2019, 08:47 PM

A great win for Judd Trump over Ronnie O'Sullivan to win the Masters.

Posted by: Mack. 20th January 2019, 09:53 PM

Indeed, that was a mature polished performance from Judd against Ronnie.

Posted by: Mack. 21st January 2019, 10:13 AM

Congratulations to Judd. Did all the legwork in the first session, leaving Ronnie a mountain to climb. Wanted Ronnie to win but all due respect to Judd as he also beat Selby with some brilliant match play snooker on route. One of the favourites for the crucible now?

Posted by: vidcapper 21st January 2019, 04:07 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jan 21 2019, 10:13 AM)

Posted by: Mack. 22nd January 2019, 06:44 PM

David Gilbert makes the 147th official 147 in the Championship League, Group 5! He will earn £600 for it.

Posted by: vidcapper 27th January 2019, 06:43 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Jan 22 2019, 06:44 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 30th January 2019, 12:05 AM

Snooker Shootout Draw

1 England Ricky Walden [20] v Wales Liam James Davies (a)
2 England Ashley Carty [97] v England Steven Hallworth (a)
3 Ireland Michael Judge (a) v England Tom Ford [16]
4 England James Cahill (a) v China Mei Xiwen [65]
5 Norway Kurt Maflin [37] v Wales Lee Walker [83]
6 England Ian Burns [55] v England Kyren Wilson [2]
7 China Zhao Xintong [53] v England Joe O'Connor [85]
8 China Chen Feilong [96] v China Lu Ning [72]
9 England Sean O'Sullivan [92] v Wales Jamie Clarke
10 England Craig Steadman [82] v Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [91]
11 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [74] v England Kuldesh Johal (a)
12 England Luke Simmonds (a) v China Zhang Yong [58]
13 China Xu Si [59] v England Billy Joe Castle [81]
14 Thailand Akani Songsermsawad [40] v China Lü Haotian [27]
15 England Harvey Chandler [90] v England Gary Wilson [23]
16 China Zhang Jiankang [99] v England Jimmy Robertson [13]
17 Scotland Anthony McGill [9] v Scotland Fraser Patrick (a)
18 England Elliot Slessor [89] v Wales Duane Jones [70]
19 England Chris Wakelin [35] v England Oliver Lines [93]
20 Germany Lukas Kleckers [94] v England Jamie O'Neill (a)
21 Belgium Ben Mertens (a) v Thailand James Wattana [103]
22 England Alfie Burden [78] v Malaysia Thor Chuan Leong [98]
23 Scotland Chris Totten [73] v England Mitchell Mann (a)
24 England Andrew Higginson [41] v Wales Michael White [24]
25 China Chen Zifan [75] v England Sam Baird [84]
26 China Tian Pengfei [62] v Hong Kong Andy Lee [102]
27 China Yan Bingtao [10] v Wales Kishan Hirani [105]
28 England Joe Perry [7] v England Rory McLeod [46]
29 China Fan Zhengyi [104] v Pakistan Hamza Akbar [86]
30 England Hammad Miah [100] v China Zhang Anda [67]
31 Finland Robin Hull [66] v China Li Yuan [69]
32 Wales Jak Jones [71] v Scotland Liam Graham (a)
33 Wales Matthew Stevens [33] v England Stuart Bingham [4]
34 Ireland Stephen Bateman (a) v England Mark Davis [22]
35 England Shaun Murphy [3] v England Mark King [14]
36 England Emma Parker (af) v India Laxman Rawat (a)
37 China Niu Zhuang [76] v Scotland Ross Muir [77]
38 England John Astley [95] v England Brandon Sargeant (a)
39 England Ashley Hugill [79] v England Allister Carter [6]
40 China Yuan Sijun [52] v Wales Dominic Dale [49]
41 England Ben Hancorn (a) v England Peter Lines [57]
42 Germany Simon Lichtenberg [101] v England Barry Hawkins [1]
43 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [54] v England Andy Hicks (a)
44 England Ben Woollaston [30] v England Sam Craigie [87]
45 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene [56] v England Matthew Selt [39]
46 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] v England Farakh Ajaib (a)
47 China Zhou Yuelong [21] v England Michael Holt [29]
48 England Anthony Hamilton [18] v England David B Gilbert [8]
49 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [38] v England Robert Milkins [17]
50 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [19] v Wales Daniel Wells [50]
51 China Li Hang [25] v Ireland Fergal O'Brien [43]
52 England Martin Gould [15] v England Liam Highfield [45]
53 England Adam Duffy (a) v England Mark Joyce [34]
54 China Luo Honghao [63] v England Mike Dunn [42]
55 England Reanne Evans (af) v England Jimmy White [60]
56 Ireland Ken Doherty [51] v Poland Adam Stefanow [106]
57 England Peter Ebdon [31] v Cyprus Michael Georgiou [44]
58 Scotland Graeme Dott [11] v England Martin O'Donnell [32]
59 Scotland Scott Donaldson [36] v England Allan Taylor [61]
60 England Rod Lawler [80] v England Nigel Bond [64]
61 England Sanderson Lam [88] v Scotland Alan McManus [47]
62 England Stuart Carrington [28] v Iran Hossein Vafaei [26]
63 China Xiao Guodong [12] v England Paul S Davison [68]
64 England Robbie Williams [48] v England Ryan Davies (a)

Posted by: ukchartstatsfan 4th February 2019, 12:36 AM

World Grand Prix Draw

(1) Mark Allen v Gary Wilson (32)
(16) Martin O'Donnell v Allister Carter (17)
(9) Jack Lisowski v Ding Junhui (24)
(8) David B Gilbert v Yan Bingtao (25)
(5) Neil Robertson v Xiao Guodong (28)
(12) Jimmy Robertson v Mark Davis (21)
(13) Stephen Maguire v Mark King (20)
(4) Mark J Williams v Yuan Sijun (29)
(3) Mark Selby v Shaun Murphy (30)
(14) John Higgins v Noppon Saengkham (19)
(11) Joe Perry v Tom Ford (22)
(6) Judd Trump v Stuart Carrington (27)
(7) Kyren Wilson v Matthew Stevens (26)
(10) Stuart Bingham v Zhao Xintong (23)
(15) Barry Hawkins v Ryan Day (18)
(2) Ronnie O'Sullivan v Marco Fu (31)

Posted by: ukchartstatsfan 4th February 2019, 12:37 AM

Gutted for David Gilbert. Two times this season he’s had a lead towards the end of a final but a ranking title continues to elude him. His time will come hopefully in the not too distant future.

Posted by: vidcapper 4th February 2019, 09:27 AM

World Grand Prix starts here in Cheltenham today.

Posted by: Mack. 6th February 2019, 05:15 PM

Two Welsh players have been banned from snooker after a corruption inquiry.

Former professional David John will serve a suspension of five years and seven months, while Jamie Jones has been given a one-year ban.

Posted by: Mack. 6th February 2019, 11:03 PM

Yuan Sijun pulls off another great scalp! After beating John Higgins last week and Mark Williams yesterday he now beats Stephen Maguire 4-2 to reach the Quarter Finals of the World Grand Prix!

Posted by: Mack. 7th February 2019, 03:37 PM

Mark Allen conceded the match when 3-1 down and 20-2 points down in his match against Ali Carter

https://www.twitter.com/WorldSnooker/status/1093526048531083265

Posted by: Mack. 7th February 2019, 11:18 PM

When asked if he regretted his actions. Mark Allen said

Posted by: Mack. 8th February 2019, 04:33 PM

It will be a Judd Trump v Barry Hawkins semi-final as they go through with Judd beating Selby 5-1 and Hawkins beating Kyren Wilson 5-2.

Posted by: Mack. 9th February 2019, 12:03 AM

Ali Carter reached his first ranking final for two years with a 6-0 thrashing of China's Xiao Goudong at the World Grand Prix.

Posted by: Mack. 10th February 2019, 11:21 PM

Congratulations to Judd Trump! He becomes the 10th player to win 10 career ranking titles beating Ali Carter in the final 10-6.

Posted by: Mack. 12th February 2019, 11:43 PM

Neil Robertson makes a 147 maximum break at the Welsh Open. His 4th in professional competition.

Posted by: Mack. 14th February 2019, 12:09 PM

Thanks to Mart!n for finding this. A strange moment from The Crucible back in 2013.

Posted by: Mack. 14th February 2019, 01:37 PM

World Champion Mark Williams is out of the Welsh Open after losing 4-2 to Zhang Anda in the second round.

Posted by: Mack. 15th February 2019, 04:22 PM

Robertson-Bingham is my prediction for the final.

Cant see Robertson not reaching the final with that draw.

Bingham seems to be extra motivated for this tournament and needs the ranking points for the Crucible.

Posted by: Mack. 16th February 2019, 10:29 PM

Neil Robertson will play Stuart Bingham in the Welsh Open final after a 6-0 semi-final win over Iran's Hossein Vafaei.

Posted by: Mack. 17th February 2019, 11:17 PM

Neil Robertson is the Welsh Open champion for the 2nd time after beating Stuart Bingham 9-7!

Posted by: Mack. 18th February 2019, 12:30 AM

It is now 14 years in a row he’s won at least one trophy, Neil Robertson.

Posted by: vidcapper 18th February 2019, 06:26 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Feb 16 2019, 10:29 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 18th February 2019, 12:29 PM

I think that the occasion may have got to Hossein Vafaei which was a shame to see after he beat Selby in the last 16.

Posted by: Mack. 21st February 2019, 12:48 PM

Stuart Bingham's opinion on the Snooker Shootout

http://stuartbingham.com/2019/02/shootout2019/

Posted by: Mack. 22nd February 2019, 11:48 AM

Were Evans and White randomly drawn to play each other, or was this set up intentionally...? Well it was for Jimmy White over Reanne Evans in the Shootout.

Posted by: Mack. 23rd February 2019, 12:05 AM

Second round draw of the Snooker Shootout.

http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Sessions/Tournament/14067/shoot-out-2019

Posted by: Mack. 24th February 2019, 04:38 PM

Stephen Maguire now safe for the Players Championship with Zhao Xintong out of the Shoot Out, the final 16 confirmed.

Posted by: Mack. 24th February 2019, 11:58 PM

Players Championship Draw

1 - Mark Allen v 16 - Stephen Maguire
8 - Dave Gilbert v 9 - Stuart Bingham
5 - Ronnie O'Sullivan v 12 - Barry Hawkins
4 - Mark Selby v 13 - John Higgins
3 - Neil Robertson v 14 - Joe Perry
6 - Mark Williams v 11 - Ali Carter
7 - Kyren Wilson v 10 - Jack Lisowski
2 - Judd Trump v 15 - Jimmy Robertson

Posted by: Mack. 5th March 2019, 04:01 PM

Bit of a strange moment in the 4th frame last night at the Players Championship between Ronnie and Barry Hawkins.

Posted by: Mack. 5th March 2019, 04:53 PM

And it got weirder with Mr O'Sullivan


https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/snooker/47441567

Posted by: Mack. 6th March 2019, 04:50 PM

John Higgins beats Mark Selby 6-4.

The World Number 1 is out of the Coral Players Championship. It will be a O'Sullivan v Higgins quarter-final then.

Posted by: Mack. 6th March 2019, 05:12 PM

Another early exit for Selby again. He has only won three tournaments across all of last season and this one combined, and he hasn't troubled any of the triple crown events.

In fact he is often the forgotten man, not getting the mentions the others do, and he is world number one!

Also through to the quarter-finals is Stuart Bingham with a 6-4 victory over Dave Gilbert.

Posted by: Mack. 7th March 2019, 04:12 PM

Mark Williams pulls one back, 5-3 now in his quarter-final match with Neil Robertson.

I think Jack Lisowski must be feeling as a sick as a parrot after he let a 5-2 lead slip away against Judd Trump in their quarter-final match, with Trump winning 6-5.

Posted by: Mack. 7th March 2019, 04:57 PM

Outstanding break from Neil Robertson with the other 5 colours all on cushions. A match winner. He'll play Judd Trump next in the semi-finals.

Posted by: Mack. 8th March 2019, 12:12 PM

Ronnie´s now playing exceptionally low-key snooker, which suits very well to him. But once again he needs to try to forget being completely flawless. If he fails to be slightly flawless in terms of missing a one or two easy position shots, I mean failing to get the cannon correct, John will probably get better of him in their Players Championship quarter-final this afternoon.

I think it will be Neil Robertson that will win against him and Trump, probably a 6-4 win for him.

Posted by: Mack. 8th March 2019, 04:23 PM

Good win for Ronnie over John Higgins with a 6-4 win over him, he'll play Mark Allen in the semi-finals.

Posted by: Mack. 8th March 2019, 04:29 PM

Jill Douglas asks if Trump can be as good as Higgins or Hendry. Ronnie did well to not laugh there.

Posted by: Mack. 8th March 2019, 11:09 PM

Neil Robertson is the first man through to the Players Championship final after an impressive 6-4 victory over Judd Trump.

Posted by: vidcapper 11th March 2019, 06:20 AM

1000 centuries for Ronnie - what an achievement!

Posted by: Mack. 11th March 2019, 09:27 AM

That achievement of 1000 centuries is one of the greatest achievements in snooker, absolutely phenomenal stuff from Ronnie. The last few shots had more cheers than someone winning the World Championship or for a maximum.

Posted by: Mack. 17th March 2019, 08:51 PM

Bingham wins 4-1 at the Gibraltar Open against Ryan Day.

Posted by: vidcapper 18th March 2019, 07:04 AM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Mar 17 2019, 08:51 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 19th March 2019, 03:43 PM

Mark Selby reels off an incredible six consecutive frames, with the aid of three centuries, to open up a 6-2 lead over Neil Robertson at the halfway stage of the contest of the Tour Championship.

Posted by: Mack. 20th March 2019, 03:57 PM

Judd Trump wins four straight frames to come back and beat Mark Williams in the Tour Championship from being 8-5 down.

In the other match between Selby and Neil Robertson. It was Neil Robertson who won 9-8 on the final black in a 65 minute final frame.

Posted by: Mack. 21st March 2019, 05:13 PM

The end of the first session in the first semi-final.

Trump 6-2 O'Sullivan

An absolutely fantastic display so far from Judd Trump!

Posted by: Mack. 22nd March 2019, 12:21 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Mar 21 2019, 06:13 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 22nd March 2019, 11:56 PM

Neil Robertson will face Ronnie O'Sullivan in the Tour Championship final after sweeping past Mark Allen 10-6.

Posted by: Mack. 27th March 2019, 11:44 PM

Mark Allen has pulled out of the China Open next week.

Posted by: Mack. 1st April 2019, 04:18 PM

Defending champion Mark Selby is out of the China Open to world number 92 Craig Steadman in the first round. It means that Ronnie O'Sullivan will be World No.1 going into the World Championships.


A look at the provisional Crucible rankings updated daily:

http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=48&season=2018

Posted by: Mack. 1st April 2019, 04:53 PM

Marco Fu just lost in the final match of the day. You know he is down to 36 in the rankings now, after his eye issues. Just shows how you can drop when out through injury.

Posted by: Mack. 2nd April 2019, 03:40 PM

Barry Hawkins, John Higgins, Judd Trump, Ding Junhui, Mark Williams are all out in the second round of the China Open.

Posted by: Mack. 3rd April 2019, 03:48 PM

Welsh snooker player Jamie Jones has lost an appeal against a 12-month ban for failing to report corruption.

In positive news, Stuart Bingham made the 151st 147 against Peter Ebdon in the China Open.

Posted by: Mack. 3rd April 2019, 04:01 PM

And here it is:

Posted by: Mack. 5th April 2019, 11:17 AM

Neil Robertson has now won 17 frames in a row in the China Open after beating Sam Cragie 6-0. He'll play Luca Brecel in the semi-final.

Posted by: vidcapper 6th April 2019, 09:18 AM

Go Jack Lisowski!

If he could win, it could be a breakthough like when his mate Judd Trump won the same competition in 2011...

Posted by: Mack. 7th April 2019, 02:02 PM

Neil Robertson wins his 16th ranking title which takes him 1 ahead of Mark Selby.

Jack Lisowski is getting closer all the time and surely it's only a matter of time before he breaks his duck.

Finished 11-4 to Neil.

Posted by: Flatcap 7th April 2019, 03:55 PM

I saw the 141 break earlier in the match, very clinical. Apparently there was an easy red missed by Lisowski earlier which could have put Robertson off his stride according to the commentary I heard.

Posted by: Mack. 9th April 2019, 04:04 PM

2019 World Snooker Championship Qualifiers
(Last 144; Best of 19)


1 Ryan Day v Oliver Lines
2 Tian Pengfei v Soheil Vahedi
3 Matthew Stevens v Thor Chuan Leong
4 Chris Wakelin v Fan Zhengyi
5 Gary Wilson v Sanderson Lam
6 Dominic Dale v Chris Totten
7 Liang Wenbo v Basem Eltahhan
8 Rory McLeod v David Grace (a)
9 Robbie Williams v Sam Baird
10 Marco Fu v Luo Honghao
11 Sam Craigie v Rhys Clark
12 Tom Ford v Ross Muir
13 Akani Songsermsawad v Chen Zifan
14 Robert Milkins v Luke Simmonds (a)
15 Duane Jones v Kishan Hirani
16 Anthony McGill v Ashley Hugill
17 Graeme Dott v Hamza Akbar
18 Xu Si v Sean O'Sullivan
19 Stuart Carrington v Pang Junxu (a)
20 Kurt Maflin v Mitchell Mann (a)
21 Li Hang v Niu Zhuang
22 Ian Burns v Farakh Ajaib (a)
23 Ben Woollaston v Elliot Slessor
24 Mike Dunn v Nigel Bond
25 Daniel Wells v Jamie Clarke
26 Hossein Vafaei v Zhang Anda
27 Gerard Greene v Aaron Hill (a)
28 Martin Gould v Mostafa Dorgham (a)
29 Michael Georgiou v Lee Walker
30 Peter Ebdon v Harvey Chandler
31 Mei Xiwen v Florian Nüßle (a)
32 Yan Bingtao v Lukas Kleckers
33 Allister Carter v Paul S Davison
34 Jimmy White v Ross Bulman (a)
35 Michael White v Andy Hicks (a)
36 Yuan Sijun v John Astley
37 Ricky Walden v Alfie Burden
38 Eden Sharav v David Lilley (a)
39 Zhou Yuelong v Robin Hull
40 Liam Highfield v Hammad Miah
41 Fergal O'Brien v Jackson Page (a)
42 Mark Davis v Rod Lawler
43 Alexander Ursenbacher v Jordan Brown
44 Lü Haotian v Ashley Carty
45 Mark Joyce v Billy Joe Castle
46 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Jonathan Bagley (a)
47 Joe O'Connor v Joe Swail
48 Jimmy Robertson v Chen Feilong
49 Xiao Guodong v Jak Jones
50 Peter Lines v Zhang Jiankang
51 Michael Holt v Brandon Sargeant (a)
52 Andrew Higginson v James Cahill (a)
53 Mark King v Igor Figueiredo (a)
54 Lu Ning v Allan Taylor
55 Scott Donaldson v Craig Steadman
56 Ken Doherty v Andy Lee
57 Anthony Hamilton v James Wattana
58 Matthew Selt v Dylan Emery (a)
59 Zhao Xintong v Adam Lilley (a)
60 Noppon Saengkham v Adam Stefanow
61 Alan McManus v Ng On Yee (af)
62 Martin O'Donnell v Adam Duffy (a)
63 Zhang Yong v Reanne Evans (af)
64 Joe Perry v Simon Lichtenberg

Posted by: Flatcap 9th April 2019, 04:59 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Apr 9 2019, 05:04 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 9th April 2019, 09:15 PM

Hi Flatcap, regarding (a) means an amateur player and (af) is amateur female.

Posted by: Mack. 10th April 2019, 03:26 PM

Michael Georgiou 5-4 Lee Walker
Peter Ebdon 6-3 Harvey Chandler
Mei Xiwen 8-1 Florian Nüßle (a)
Yan Bingtao 6-3 Lukas Kleckers
Mark Joyce 7-1 Billy Joe Castle
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8-1 Jonathan Bagley (a)
Joe O'Connor 7-1 Joe Swail
Jimmy Robertson 9-0 Chen Feilong

Posted by: Flatcap 10th April 2019, 05:25 PM

QUOTE(Mack. @ Apr 9 2019, 10:15 PM)

Posted by: Mack. 10th April 2019, 10:57 PM

A look at the tour survival list

https://www.wpbsa.com/world-championship-2019-tour-survival-blog/

Posted by: Mack. 12th April 2019, 03:20 PM

Players set to be relegated from the tour currently:

Peter Lines
Rory McLeod
Joe Swail
Robin Hull
Li Yuan
Biily Joe Castle
Chris Totten
Chen Zifan
Ashley Hugill
Lukas Kleckers
Sanderson Lam
Basem Eltahhan

Posted by: Mack. 12th April 2019, 08:42 PM

Marco Fu is beaten 10-7 in the first round qualifying.

Posted by: vidcapper 13th April 2019, 05:53 AM

I would love to see Jimmy White qualify for the Crucible for one last time - the crowd would go absolutely *NUTS* for him!

Posted by: Mack. 13th April 2019, 06:57 PM

Ali Carter 10-1 Paul Davison
Michael White 10-4 Andy Hicks
Jimmy White 10-5 Ross Bulman (a)
Mark King 10-4 Igor Figueiredo (a)
Lu Haotian 10-5 Ashley Carty
Ian Burns 10-7 Farakh Ajaib (a)
Li Hang 10-5 Niu Zhuang
Ben Woollaston 10-7 Elliot Slessor
John Astley 10-8 Yuan Sijun
Xu Si 10-2 Sean O'Sullivan

Posted by: Mack. 14th April 2019, 07:13 PM

Wenbo 6-5 Grace
Wells 5-5 Vafaei
Greene 5-7 Gould
Georgiou 4-6 Ebdon
Mei Xiwen 6-5 Yan Bingtao
Joyce 4-7 Un-Nooh
O"Connor 6-4 J Robertson
Guodong 4-6 Judge
Holt 4-6 Cahill
Hamilton 4-6 Selt

Posted by: Mack. 15th April 2019, 01:39 PM

2nd Qualifying Round Scores

Ryan Day 3-6 Tian Pengfei
Matthew Stevens 5-4 Chris Wakelin
Li Hang 6-3 Ian Burns
Ben Woollaston 7-2 Nigel Bond
Ali Carter 5-4 Jimmy White
Michael White 4-5 John Astley
Mark King 2-5 Lu Ning
Scott Donaldson 5-4 Ken Doherty

Posted by: Mack. 16th April 2019, 05:33 AM

3rd Qualifying Round Draw

The top 8 matches are at 11am on Tuesday and Wednesday

The bottom 8 matches are 5pm on Tuesday and Wednesday


Gary Wilson v Liang Wenbo
Robert Milkins v Anthony McGill
Daniel Wells v Martin Gould
Michael Georgiou v Yan Bingtao
Eden Sharav v Zhou Yuelong
Mark Davis v Lu Haotian
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Joe O'Connor
Michael Judge v James Cahill
Tian Pengfei v Matthew Stevens
Luo Honghao v Tom Ford
Graeme Dott v Kurt Maflin
Li Hang v Ben Woolaston
Ali Carter v John Astley
Lu Ning v Scott Donaldson
Matt Selt v Zhao Xintong
Martin O'Donnell v Joe Perry

Posted by: Mack. 16th April 2019, 07:16 PM

Gary Wilson 5-4 Liang Wenbo
Robert Milkins 7-2 Anthony McGill
Daniel Wells 4-5 Martin Gould
Michael Georgiou 5-4 Yan Bingtao
Eden Sharav 4-5 Zhou Yuelong
Mark Davis 4-5 Lu Haotian
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-4 Joe O'Connor
Michael Judge 3-6 James Cahill

Posted by: Mack. 17th April 2019, 11:45 AM

Link to World Snooker Judgement Day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLprGSYeuWA

Posted by: Mack. 17th April 2019, 12:19 PM

Mark Davis 8-7 Lyo Haotian
Gary Wilson 8-6 Liang Wenbo
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 9-6 Joe O'Connor
Michael Georgiou 7-6 Yan Bingtao
Eden Sharav 5-8 Zhou Yuelong
Michael Judge 5-8 James Cahill
Daniel Wells 7-7 Martin Gould
Robert Milkins 7-6 Anthony McGill

Posted by: Mack. 17th April 2019, 02:32 PM

Qualifying for the Crucible:

Anthony McGill
Gary Wilson
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Michael Georgiou
James Cahill
Mark Davis
Martin Gould
Zhou Yuelong

Posted by: Mack. 17th April 2019, 03:04 PM

A 10-7 win for Mark Davis against Lyu Haotian sees him come through qualifying for the Crucible for a record tenth time, first since 2015.

Posted by: Mack. 7th May 2019, 02:21 PM

A look at the 2019/2020 Calendar:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Click-here-for-the-2019-20-calendar.pdf

Posted by: Mack. 23rd May 2019, 02:52 PM

So far, through to the main tour in Q School are Xu Si who has won back his tour card and David Lilley who will be on the main tour for the first time in his career.

Posted by: Mack. 29th May 2019, 09:58 PM

The four card winners from event 2 in Q School:

Riley Parsons (19, Eng) - First time pro
Louis Heathcote (21, Eng) - First time pro
Fraser Patrick (33, Sco) - Former pro
Chen Zifan (26, Chn) - Pro last season

Posted by: Mack. 4th June 2019, 02:15 PM

Into the final 4 matches of Q school. Andy Hicks, Peter Lines and Billy Joe Castle will qualify via the Order of Merit anyway regardless of their result

Posted by: Mack. 4th June 2019, 02:58 PM

1995 World Championship semi-finalist Andy Hicks wins a two-year tour card by beating Yang Qingtian 4-0 in Q School Event 3, as well Alex Borg from Malta who beats Billy Joe Castle 4-1.

Posted by: Mack. 4th June 2019, 04:21 PM

Alexander Ursenbacher becomes the third player out of four today to win his tour card with a victory over Peter Lines 4-3. Regarding Peter Lines he will secure his tour card through the Order of Merit from the 3 events of Q School.

Posted by: Mack. 5th June 2019, 11:40 PM

The latest in the world of Ronnie O'Sullivan:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/48509979

Posted by: Mack. 12th June 2019, 02:29 PM

Former world snooker champion Shaun Murphy is to attempt to qualify for next month's Open Golf Championship at Royal Portrush.

Murphy's scratch handicap means he can play in the regional qualifier at County Louth in Ireland on 24 June.

The Englishman previously caddied for a friend in Open Championship qualifying.

Posted by: Mack. 21st June 2019, 04:22 PM

The full line up of players for the Beverly 2019 Snooker World Cup has been confirmed.

The teams are:

Group A
China A: Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao
Thailand: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Noppon Saengkham
Poland: Adam Stefanow and Kacper Filipiak
Austria: Andreas Ploner and Florian Nuessle
Norway: Kurt Maflin and Christopher Watts
Germany: Simon Lichtenberg and Lukas Kleckers

Group B
Northern Ireland: Mark Allen and Jordan Brown
England: Kyren Wilson and Jack Lisowski
Iran: Hossein Vafaei and Soheil Vahedi
Republic of Ireland: Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien
Hong Kong: Andy Lee and Ka Wai Cheung
Saudi Arabia: Omar Alajlani and Ahmed Aseeri

Group C
Scotland: John Higgins and Stephen Maguire
Belgium: Luca Brecel and Ben Mertens
Malaysia: Thor Chuan Leong and Moh Keen Hoo
Israel: Eden Sharav and Sachar Ruberg
United Arab Emirates: Mohamed Shehab and Mohammed Al Joaker
Cyprus: Michael Georgiou and Antonis Poullos

Group D
Wales: Mark Williams and Ryan Day
China B: Zhou Yuelong and Liang Wenbo
Switzerland: Alexander Ursenbacher and Luis Vetter
Malta: Alex Borg and Brian Cini
Australia: Steve Mifsud and Ryan Thomerson
India: Himanshu Jain and Lucky Vatnani

Posted by: Mack. 11th July 2019, 10:43 PM

Northern Ireland's two-time World Championship semi-finalist Joe Swail has retired as a professional player.

The Belfast man has taken the decision "due to various health/mental reasons needed to compete at the top level".

Swail, 49, finished the 2018/19 season 89th in the world rankings after a 10-1 defeat by Joe O'Connor in the World Championship qualifiers.

Posted by: Mack. 18th July 2019, 03:43 PM

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Posted by: Mack. 1st August 2019, 12:23 AM

China's Yan Bingtao became the first teenager for 13 years to win a ranking title with a 5-2 win over Mark Joyce in the final of the Riga Masters.

The 19-year-old world number 21 dominated the 54th-ranked Englishman and a break of 66 sealed victory.

Yan is the youngest ranking title winner since compatriot Ding Junhui won the 2006 Northern Ireland Open aged 19.

Posted by: Mack. 7th August 2019, 04:17 PM

Mark Allen continued his bid to retain the International Championship title with a comfortable 6-2 victory over England's Ali Carter.

Posted by: Mack. 10th August 2019, 12:11 AM

Judd Trump beat two-time winner Mark Selby to reach the final of the International Championship.

Trump, who replaced Ronnie O'Sullivan as world number one earlier this week, won 9-4 in Daqing, China.

The 29-year-old fell 3-1 behind but recovered to lead 5-3 at the end of the opening session, dropping just one more frame on his way to victory.

Posted by: Mack. 19th August 2019, 11:20 PM

Snooker legend Jimmy White has finally won a world title at the Crucible - the world seniors event.

'The Whirlwind' - now aged 57 - famously finished runner-up six times in the World Snooker Championship.

But the Englishman was celebrating on Sunday evening after beating Darren Morgan 5-3 in the the final and picking up £25,000 for winning a seniors event that was being held at the Crucible for the first time.

Posted by: Mack. 6th September 2019, 11:14 PM

All Glasgow final in the world 6 reds as John Higgins will play Stephen Maguire.

Posted by: Mack. 10th October 2019, 06:54 PM

English Open Odds

Ronnie O'Sullivan 13/5f
Judd Trump 9/2
Neil Robertson 11/2
Mark Selby 12/1
Stuart Bingham 12/1
Mark Allen 14/1
Shaun Murphy 14/1
Barry Hawkins 18/1
Kyren Wilson 20/1
Mark Williams 20/1
David Gilbert 25/1
Ding Junhui 28/1
Jack Lisowski 33/1
Graeme Dott 50/1
Joe Perry 50/1
Luca Brecel 80/1
Stephen Maguire 80/1
Gary Wilson 100/1
Ali Carter 125/1
Hossein Vafaei 125/1

Posted by: Mack. 21st October 2019, 03:36 PM

Mark Selby produced a dominant display to thrash David Gilbert 9-1 in the English Open final in Crawley.

England's world number five opened up a 5-0 lead before compatriot Gilbert, ranked 12th in the world, won a frame.

Selby led 7-1 after the first session and took little time in securing the two frames he needed when the match resumed at the K2 Leisure Centre.

He finished off with a 101 break to secure his 16th world ranking title and the £70,000 first prize.

Posted by: Mack. 22nd October 2019, 03:33 PM

Austria will stage a world ranking event for the first time in January when the BetVictor European Masters take place in Dornbirn.

The event will take place at the Messe Dornbirn venue from January 22nd to 26th and it’s the first event in the new BetVictor European Series.

Posted by: vidcapper 3rd November 2019, 02:47 PM

Great to see Jimmy White in the Champion of Champions event, thanks to winning the World Seniors - and he's due to play Ronnie too!

Posted by: Mack. 3rd November 2019, 04:29 PM

Judd Trump captured his 13th ranking title with a 10-5 win over Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the World Open final in Yushan, China.

Posted by: Mack. 13th November 2019, 01:55 AM

A 6th 147 for Stuart Bingham in his first round match at the Northern Ireland Open.

Posted by: Mack. 15th November 2019, 07:32 PM

Posted by: vidcapper 18th November 2019, 09:31 AM

Despite getting to the final, Ronnie still needs some more points to be certain of making the Coral series of tournaments.

I believe he is now 20-something on the one year list.

Posted by: Mack. 18th November 2019, 04:21 PM

He is in 22nd for the World Grand Prix rankings.

http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=43

I saw parts of the final, and it was very good between Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan, a high quality final.

Posted by: CaptainMackxmas 9th December 2019, 03:23 PM

Saudi Arabia will host a ranking event for the first time next season after a 10-year deal was agreed with World Snooker.

The Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters will take place in Riyadh from 4-10 October 2020 with total prize money of £2.5m.

The champion will receive £500,000, the same amount as the winner of the World Championship.

Posted by: CaptainMackxmas 9th December 2019, 11:45 PM

Home favourites John Higgins, Graeme Dott, Anthony McGill and Scott Donaldson were among the winners on day one of the Scottish Open.

Higgins will play Switzerland's Alexander Ursenbacher in round two after beating Jamie O'Neill 4-1.

Dott defeated Igor Figueiredo 4-0 while McGill and Donaldson beat Hammad Miah and Lei Peifan, respectively, 4-2.

McGill next faces England's Elliot Slessor, whose English compatriot Billy Joe Castle will meet Donaldson.

Northern Ireland's Mark Allen beat Andy Hicks 4-2 to set up a second-round tie with England's Louis Heathcote, who overcame Anthony Hamilton 4-1.

Marco Fu beat Sam Craigie without losing a frame and Mark Selby defeated Mark Joyce 4-2.

Posted by: CaptainMackxmas 15th December 2019, 12:08 AM

Jack Lisowski beat defending champion Mark Allen in the deciding frame to set up a Scottish Open final with Mark Selby.

Lisowksi, 28, won three frames in a row from 3-2 down before being taken the distance by Northern Irishman Allen at Glasgow's Emirates Arena.

A break of 95 then sent the world number 14 through to Sunday's final.

Posted by: vidsanta 15th December 2019, 07:52 AM

QUOTE(CaptainMackxmas @ Dec 15 2019, 12:08 AM)

Posted by: CaptainMackxmas 15th December 2019, 10:59 PM

Jack Lisowski's time will come soon. I'm sure he will win a ranking title sometime soon. enjoyed watching him this week. Strong praise from Selby to compare as the second most talented player he has seen.

To that journalist from the Guardian who wrote that article about snooker becoming an amateur sport by the end of the decade back in 2009. How very wrong you have been.

Posted by: CaptainMackxmas 22nd December 2019, 03:00 PM

Mark Selby lost 4-5 to Jamie Clarke this morning in the German Masters Quals, Clarke won 3 of the last 4 frames!

Mark Williams, Neil Robertson and Nigel Bond were among the morning winners .

Posted by: Mack. 31st December 2019, 11:43 PM