While two of this year’s six Crucible débutantes were able to make it through to the last 16 stage at this year’s World Championship, the fact remains that since the turn of the century, just ten first-timers have been able to win their opening matches here. But why is that? Click below for more, together …
Tag Archive: Ben Woollaston
Apr 17
Crucible Debutants – My Thoughts at Eurosport
Starting on Saturday (as if you didn’t know), the 2013 World Championship will see six players make their Crucible débuts, the highest number since the eight of 1999. With that in mind, the people at Eurosport.com have very kindly asked me to offer a little insight into the likes of Jack Lisowski and Ben Woollaston, …
Apr 14
World Championship Qualifiers 2013: Lisowski Leads Debut Four
The penultimate day of the 2013 World Championship qualifiers today saw six of the 16 qualifiers confirmed, as four players successfully qualified for the Crucible for the first time, including Jack Lisowski pictured above. Click below for my round up of the day’s action, as well as a look ahead to tomorrow…
Sep 26
UKPTC3: My Final Thoughts
Due to the recent blog downtime commencing during the UKPTC3 event in Gloucester, at the time I was unable to talk about my experience at the penultimate professional event to be staged at the South West Snooker Academy, so without further ado, click below for my belated thoughts from the tournament…
Aug 12
UKPTC2 – Down to 16
After two typically hectic days of snooker at the South West Snooker Academy, we are down to 16 players at the season’s second UKPTC event. So far, it has been a tournament which has seen most of the ‘big names’ come through, while a few who have struggled in recent months, have also managed to …













