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Big Break – Crucible Style

May 3, 2015May 3, 2015 matt2745 Leave a comment

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For a third successive year here at the Crucible, an exhibition was required on the final Saturday afternoon due to an early finish in the tournament’s first semi-final, this year between Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins.

Having already had to put on an exhibition match between Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty earlier in the tournament, the organisers today decided to do something a little different, running a ‘Big Break’ style competition for those of you familiar with the format of the old BBC show.

Click below for a few photographs from the exhibition…

Hendry v Doherty 2015 – Photo Special

April 28, 2015April 28, 2015 matt2745 1 Comment

Following the early conclusion to play yesterday evening, as both Neil Robertson and Ronnie O’Sullivan required only two frames each to progress to the last eight at this year’s World Championship, former world champions Stephen Hendry and Ken Doherty were tasked with entertaining the crowd for an hour or so with a best of three frames exhibition match.

The Crucible Curse – A Look Back

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 matt2745 2 Comments

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This year Mark Selby will become the first player since Neil Robertson in 2011 to try and dispel the so-called ‘Crucible Curse’ that no first time champion will successfully defend the World Championship title at the Crucible Theatre.

Click below for my look back through time at how previous first-time world champions have seen their defences ended…

Hendry v Taylor – Photo Special

May 4, 2013May 4, 2013 matt2745

Following the early conclusion to the fourth session between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Judd Trump earlier today, there was a bit of fun to be had out in the Crucible arena as Stephen Hendry got his cue out of his case to play 1985 world champion Dennis Taylor today. Click below for a few photos from the afternoon…

One Frame

October 17, 2012October 17, 2012 matt2745 11 Comments

While I suspect that many people reading this blog will have a keen interest in snooker, of course there are many others who do not follow the sport. Indeed excluding those that I know through attending tournaments, I do not know more than a couple of people who have any great understanding of the sport at a professional level.

With that in mind, tonight I posed the question on Twitter as to if you could show a ‘non-snooker fan’ one frame of snooker, in order to sell the sport to them, which would it be? Click below for the best of the replies and to make your suggestion…

Stephen Hendry: Doing The Business

December 24, 2011December 25, 2011 matt2745 7 Comments

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A couple of nights ago I was randomly watching videos on YouTube and whilst doing so stumbled across this 48 minute documentary titled ‘Stephen Hendry – Doing The Business’ which was recorded by the BBC in 1988 and thought it interesting enough to flag up here, for a couple of reasons…

World Seniors Championship 2011: Saturday Live Chat

November 5, 2011November 5, 2011 matt2745 Leave a comment

The UK Championship qualifiers may get underway tonight but before that we have the start of the 2011 World Seniors Championship live on SkySports4 from 1pm. The order of play for today is as follows:

Snooker Legends On Q for Gloucester

March 22, 2011March 22, 2011 matt2745 Leave a comment

Jimmy White, who thrilled audiences during the 2010 tour, including making a 147 break is delighted he and his fellow Legends will be playing in Gloucester.