What a day of snooker in Beijing as the tournament exploded into life today with a classic involving Mark Williams and Stephen Lee, while Stephen Maguire, Graeme Dott and Mark Allen were all upset… Read More
Tag: Shaun Murphy
CLS 2011: Stevens Downs Murphy For Premier Place
Congratulations to Matthew Stevens who has continued his excellent run of form by defeating Shaun Murphy 3-1 this evening to win the 2011 Championship League. As well as the trophy, the win also ensures that Stevens will now return to the Premier League for the first time since 2002…
Snooker and Twitter: Who to Follow?
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Snooker may not be the most internet friendly sport, indeed I cannot think of another sport where neither the world number one or two has their own website, but with the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, that is just beginning to change. Click below for my lowdown on who to follow on Twitter…
Guest Post: PTC Finals Put Ireland Back on Snooker Map
While much has been made of the success of the new Players Tour Championship this season which culminated in last week’s Grand Finals, it should also be noted that the event marked the long overdue return of big-time snooker to Ireland after a period in the wilderness. Click below for the thoughts of guest blogger David Caulfield who attended the tournament…
Grand Finale From Murphy Downs Gould
Congratulations to Shaun Murphy who tonight defeated Martin Gould 4-0 to become the first winner of the PTC Grand Finals event. That followed his semi-final whitewash of Matthew Stevens earlier today…
PTC Finals 2011: Quarter-Final Latest
The quarter-finals of this week’s PTC Grand Finals are now underway and already we have one result in as Martin Gould picked up from where he left off last night with a 4-2 win against Michael Holt…
For those of you expecting the live chat, I hadn’t realised that it was not on TV this afternoon so will put it up later on when the Eurosport coverage commences…
German Masters 2011: Tournament Preview
After the eye-opener that was the Sky Shootout, tomorrow sees the return of ranking event snooker to our televisions as the German Masters gets underway from Berlin. Click below for information and my late preview…
NB: I also hope to bring back the live chat tomorrow night to coincide with the Eurosport coverage of the evening session…
CLS 2011: Murphy Comeback Downs King
Trailing Mark King 2-0 in tonight’s final, the odds were against Shaun Murphy booking his place in the winner’s group of the 2011 Championship League this evening but with breaks of 139, 137 and 80, that is exactly what he did…