As the snooker circus leaves the Newport Centre this weekend, inevitably the players will all have one eye on the World Championship but let’s not forget that there are still some important events to take place before then. Click below for a summary of what is to come between now and May…
Tag: Crucible Theatre
Betfred.com World Championship 2009: Tournament Round-up
So that’s it for another year and as the snooker circus leaves Sheffield for another year and John Higgins leaves with the trophy, here are my thoughts on what for me has been a good, if not great 2009 World Championship…
A look ahead to 2010…
Ok I know that it is a bit early to start looking ahead to next year but for a bit of fun I always like to have a little look ahead. Because of the way that the draw is mapped out according to the rankings at the Crucible, already we can see how next year will look, minus the qualifiers…
Higgins completes the hat-trick – World Champion again
Congratulations to John Higgins who is now the 2009 Betfred.com World Champion following a hugely impressive 18-9 victory over world number three Shaun Murphy tonight. In winning the title he joins joins Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Ray Reardon and John Spencer as having won the trophy on three or more occasions…
Betfred.com World Championship 2009: Final Updates (Day One)
So here we are, the final. Here I will be posting updates as the match progresses this Sunday. Nothing tomorrow though as I will be there watching!
World Championship to stay at Crucible until at least 2014
Well there has been a lot of speculation as to whether the World Championships might move from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield to somewhere else in the UK, or even further afield to China. As it is though it would appear that the tournament will remain at the home of snooker for a while yet!
Betfred.com World Championship 2009: Day Ten Blog
Well, I’ve been to the Crucible a lot over the course of the last five years but in all that time I have never experienced a day quite like this one. Click below for my report on an eventful climax to the last 16 matches…
Betfred.com World Championship 2009: Day Nine Blog
Due to a fiasco with the trains I’ve only managed to get in at 10pm and am up early to get to Sheffield for tomorrow’s morning session. Still, it was a great day today despite me only seeing three frames!