Trailing Sam Craigie by four frames to nil and staring defeat in the face, few would have fancied Ireland’s Ken Doherty to book his place in Berlin today but the 1997 world champion was to prove that there is life in the old dog yet by coming back to win 5-4 and progress. Not so lucky however were old rivals Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White who both exited the tournament today…
Click below for my full gallery of photos from my four days at the 2011 UK Championship qualifiers from the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester…
Today is the day, after three tense days of snooker, today’s final qualifying round will see the likes of Stephen Hendry, Peter Ebdon and Ken Doherty battle for a place at the venue while Steve Davis will also continue his quest for a place at the Barbican Centre. Click below for all of the gossip…
Saturday at PTC8 saw Ken Doherty survive a series of deciding frames as the home favourite kept his hopes alive of victory at the tournament named after his friend Alex Higgins. More ominously however it was the progress of world number one Mark Selby that was perhaps even more eye-catching as he joined him in the last 16…
Further to my post a couple of days ago linking to the entry lists for the PTC5-9 events I have now had a chance to look through them and identify the professional absentees, while there is also important news on both PTC6 and PTC7 to bring you…
Long-term readers of the blog will know that while I always try to remain as impartial as possible, one of my favourite players down the years has been Ireland’s Ken Doherty and at the recent PTC2 event I was therefore delighted to be able to sit down with him and have a chat for PSB. Click below to read what the 1997 world champion had to say…
So the dust is now settling on what was a fabulous event staged at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester, namely the PTC2 as won in style by Judd Trump. Click below for my thoughts on Judd and a few other issues and observations from behind the scenes…
Monday from the PTC2 event in Gloucester and today sees the first batch of the main tour professionals enter the fray as the likes of Mark Williams, Ken Doherty, Ding Junhui and Graeme Dott get their campaigns underway. In between matches I will post updates from the media room as the day progresses…