Day three at Crondon Park this week has seen two notable feats achieved, as first Shaun Murphy notched up the first 147 maximum break of 2014, while Neil Robertson produced a mesmerising display against Joe Perry to break the record for the amount of centuries recorded in a single season – and we are only in January!
Click below for more, including links to each performance on YouTube…
Since professional snooker ‘hit’ Twitter two or three years ago, it has given us a fascinating insight into the personalities of a number of the players, officials and other characters involved in the game.
What is interesting to me is the different ways that players use Twitter, for example you have the banter of Mark Williams, the forthright opinions of Michael Holt, the wit of Steve Davis, the insight of Alan McManus and the interaction of Shaun Murphy, to mention just a few.
But which players do you enjoy following on Twitter the most? I asked the question a couple of days ago and you can find the best responses below, with one player clearly coming out on top…
Hot on the heels of the Gloucester-Antwerp European Tour double-header, this week sees the start of the all-new Champion of Champions event, from the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
Click below for my thoughts ahead of the event…
Keen observers of the tournament calendar for the 2013/14 season will have noticed a week’s gap between the 6 Reds World Championship and the venue stages of the Shanghai Masters in September.
Not every player will have the week off however, as eight top 32 players, including defending champion Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy will head to Hong Kong, for the fifth staging of the General Cup International event in Hong Kong…
Having crashed out of the Wuxi Classic in the opening round, for a while it looked as though reigning UK and Masters champion Mark Selby would again lose his opening match at a full-ranking event to Preston’s Ian Burns today, but he eventually came back to avoid defeat.
Not so fortunate however were Ricky Walden and Michael Holt, who were the highest ranked casualties of day two in Bendigo…
Day Seven at the Crucible as we would learn our first (and possibly second if Michael White can win six frames today), quarter-finalists at the 2013 World Championship. Click below for my usual thoughts and observations from Sheffield…
Day six at the Crucible as the final two matches of the opening round come to a close, with Neil Robertson and Stuart Bingham looking to seal their places in the last 16…
Day Two from the Crucible as today will see the conclusion of four more first-round matches, including those involving Shaun Murphy, Barry Hawkins and Ricky Walden…