While yesterday it was Ronnie O’Sullivan lifting the PTC title at the South West Snooker Academy, today it was the turn of the seniors as the likes of Darren Morgan, Mike Hallett and David Roe battled it out for the four available places at the TV stages of the World Seniors Championship next month…
Ronnie O’Sullivan has become the first man to win two PTC events during the same season this evening with a 4-2 victory against Welshman Matthew Stevens. An important result for O’Sullivan, it lifts him back above Mark Davis in the projected seedings and into the all important top sixteen places…
Down to the last eight in Gloucester as the latest PTC event of the 2011/12 season comes to a close, for all the latest scores please click here or you can of course follow me on Twitter.
A full report on the day’s action will follow the final, while the projected seedings will be updated throughout.
Yesterday saw the top half of the draw begin their PTC7 campaigns and there were shocks to be had as three members of the world’s current top four exited the tournament. Click below for more…
Following on from my review of Willie Thorne’s new autobiography, Taking a Punt On My Life, I am now pleased to announce that Pro Snooker Blog has teamed up with publishers Vision Sports Publishing to offer readers the opportunity to purchase the book at a very special price of £9.98 (plus postage and packaging), a significant saving on the RRP of £18.99. Click below for details…
Following the first mid-season revision to the seedings this Monday, World Snooker have wasted little time in publishing the full draw for the 2011 UK Championship and you can now view that here at PSB. The first in over 20 years to see Stephen Hendry among the qualifiers, it is not without interest however a full preview and analysis will follow closer to the time.
Incidentally news has also surfaced today of the return of Power Snooker, which will take place at the Trafford Centre in Manchester between the 19th-20th November 2011 and again be televised on ITV4. More information on this will no doubt follow…
While the PTC7 event may now be well underway in Gloucester, tonight sees the continuation of the Premier League as Mark Williams, Judd Trump, John Higgins and Matthew Stevens entertain the crowd in Weston-Super-Mare. Chat about the action below from 7:30pm:
As readers may be aware, former world number 7 and current incumbent of one of the prized seats in the BBC commentary box Willie Thorne has recently released his autobiography ‘Taking a Punt On My Life’ which looks back at the highs and lows of his at times turbulent life to date. Click below for my take on the book…