Jun 03
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…
May 30
After nearly five years of writing this blog, it is probably fair to say that PSB has come to be associated with snooker’s world rankings, particularly as I have updated the latest projected seedings page, tracking the race for favourable seedings and main tour places at various cut-off points.
With the traditional points-based ranking system set to be replaced by a list based upon prize money earned however, attention now turns to how such a money list will look going forward.
I am pleased to say therefore that you can new view PSB’s first unofficial draft of that list here. Please note that the list is purely for illustrative purposes at this stage and will not be used until the end of this season.
Click below for an explanation as to what the list shows, why it differs to that published by World Snooker and just why this list is so important, even this early in the season…
May 29
Three days down in Gloucester and snooker’s first foray into the land of flat 128 draws at a full-ranking event is over, with the conclusion of the first round of the Wuxi Classic today.
The action does continue tomorrow as the Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers get underway (see draw here), a tournament that will be staged under a modified version of the old system, but in the meantime click below for a round-up of the results from the Wuxi qualifiers…
May 28
Congratulations to Australia’s Neil Robertson, who today hit his second career maximum break, during the second frame of his 5-0 victory against Egypt’s Mohamed Khairy at the 2013 Wuxi Classic qualifiers.
The 98th 147 break in all, this has to go down as one of the best, as Neil produced a series of stunning pots, with the balls in far from straight-forward positions, right until the final black.
Bagging him the rolling qualifiers prize of £3,000, providing that the break is not equalled today or tomorrow, the run follows his first maximum at the 2010 China Open in Beijing, which came shortly before he lifted the world title for the first time at the Crucible.
The maximum is the first at the South West Snooker Academy in a ranking event and the fourth overall in competition.
Click here to view the updated 147′s list, or here to watch a video of Neil’s break at YouTube.
The action meanwhile continues at the South West Snooker Academy, click here to view all of the scores so far.
May 27
As the Wuxi Classic qualifiers continue, with world number one Mark Selby having already become the first high profile casualty of the new tour structure, a brief bit of site news today to confirm that I have today completed the usual end of season update to my player profiles.
Not only have I updated the existing profiles, but I have also added new pages for the new players to the tour in 2013/14, such as Gary Wilson, Elliot Slessor and Allan Taylor.
As you will quickly notice, I am in need of photos for the majority of those new players, while I do not have confirmed dates of birth for a few, so if you have any more information that could be included, or spot a mistake, please feel free to message me on Twitter @prosnookerblog, or drop me an email at prosnookerblog@gmail.com
Many thanks!
May 27
A short post this morning to confirm that the Wuxi Classic qualifiers are now well underway at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester and will continue over the course of the next three days. All of the latest scores can as ever be found at the excellent snookerorg, while I will update the latest projected seedings at the conclusion of play each day.
One man who will not be involved in Gloucester will be Ronnie O’Sullivan, who having entered the tournament and been drawn against second season professional Michael Wasley, was today confirmed as having withdrawn from the event.
Good luck to all involved…
May 26
This coming Monday sees the start of the new season, with the Wuxi Classic qualifiers from the Capital Venue in Gloucester, followed immediately by the Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers at the same venue next Thursday.
Before looking ahead to those two tournaments in particular however, click below for a few more general thoughts of mine as the 2012/13 season fades into the rear view mirror and a few themes to look out for over the coming months…
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