The big question everyone in snooker asked themselves the moment Ronnie O’Sullivan went level with Steve Davis on six world titles over the summer was this: could he go one better and share the outright Crucible record with Stephen Hendry? Unlike “The Nugget” and the seven-time world champion, “The Rocket” hasn’t dominated for a decade
CUESTARS has released details of the remaining under-21 tournaments for the 2019/20 season. Update: Since the original article was published, the advice from the Government has changed. Please see “Season resumption update” on the Cuestars site. Further updates are possible so keep looking! Also, the advice/guidance from the EPSB is being updated See: EPSB Guidance
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At a meeting of the International Billiards and Snooker (IBSF) Executive on 5 September it was decided to cancel all tournaments for 2020. This is taken directly from the IBSF site: The IBSF Executive held a Zoom meeting on Saturday, 5th September 2020, where we discussed the impact, COVID-19 Pandemic is having on sports, travel,
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The Drumaness Masters 2020 will take place from Saturday 24th October – Wednesday 28th October. Invites will go out to the top 16 in Northern Ireland after the NI Championships plus 8 wildcards to play for the £1000 prize money and the Jimmy McGivern Memorial Cup. Further details will appear here when available
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The 147 Snooker Club and the Pines Snooker and Pool Club have closed but been replaced by the Antrim Sports Club As announced by Mark Allen on Facebook, the new venue will be opening on Saturday 29 August at 6pm. “Kicking off party style…… it will be free pool and snooker(and hopefully darts) all evening
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Insolvency specialists are seeking a buyer for Rileys Sports Bars after the pool and snooker hall chain fell into administration amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of the 21 sites have closed but it is hoped that a buyer can be found and some, if not all, of the others will reopen. With the loss of
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I recently received the following from Jan Lindrum. Unfortunately, due to the global pandemic we have not, as yet, been able to launch The Variety Club Horace Lindrum Challenge and The Variety Club Lindrum Masters but we are monitoring the situation and we will keep you posted. In the interim we have released Lindrum: The Uncrowned King, the 6-camera capture of
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Just in case you haven’t heard this by email or via Facebook etc – The English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards (EPSB) have reiterated their commitment to finish the 2019/20 campaign and deservedly crown national champions across several different age categories. However, it is still unclear as to when events can recommence to complete the
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World Women’s Snooker (WWS) are hoping to return to action this year. The WWS recently set out their “road map” for a return to action to the World Women’s Snooker Tour following postponement of some events due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently the WWS took a look back at the 2019/20 season –
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All eyes are on Sheffield of course but for some they are over at the English Institute of Sports for Q School 2020. There’s a great preview over on the WPBSA site – Like most of our lives at the moment there is a different feel about Q School this year and it remains to
