Friday 12 Jun 2015 11:15AM The winner’s of next week’s Nongfu Spring World Cup will be a sure of a place at the Champion of Champions in Coventry in November. With the 2015 Champion of Champions set for the Ricoh Arena, Coventry from 10th to 15th November, there are ten […]

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The fifth annual Paul Hunter Day took place on the middle Sunday of the Betfred World Championship. Over 75 guests from the Foundation’s projects around the country visited Cue Zone, and together with a packed audience they watched Steve Davis play Foundation youngsters and perform trick shots. The highlight of […]

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Following the success of the 2014/15 Cue Zone Into Schools Sheffield Inter Schools Competition, the WPBSA is launching the 2015/16 championship. The event will be open to primary, specialist and secondary schools in Sheffield. This season, 4000 individual school children took part in the 14/15 championship, which concluded on the […]

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Stuart Bingham won the Betfred World Championship for the first time by beating Shaun Murphy 18-15 in an extraordinary final at the Crucible. Murphy looked to have the momentum when he came from 15-12 down to 15-15, but Bingham won a crucial hour-long 31st frame and went on to take […]

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World Snooker Chairman Barry Hearn was at the Crucible today to announce plans for the professional tour for the coming years. Hearn took control of snooker in 2010 when total prize money for the tour was £3.5 million, with just eight events on the circuit. Now the prize money has […]

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Ronnie O’Sullivan moved within two wins of a fourth consecutive Crucible final by beating Matthew Stevens 13-5 in the last 16 of the Betfred World Championship. O’Sullivan claimed his fourth and fifth world crowns in 2012 and 2013 then lost to Mark Selby in the final last year. Victory this […]

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Mark Selby fell victim to the Curse of the Crucible as qualifier Anthony McGill produced a fantastic performance to beat him 13-9. Talented McGill’s reputation is growing by the day, provoking memories of Shaun Murphy’s leap into the limelight in 2005 when he went all the way to the title. […]

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Gritty Evans Denied By Doherty 09th April 2015 Reanne Evans’ dream of becoming the first woman to play at the Crucible was dashed as she lost 10-8 to Ken Doherty in the first round of the Betfred World Championship qualifiers. Related News Reanne Evans To Compete In World Championship Perfect […]

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Q School Deadline April 6 26th March 2015 All snooker players who dream of competing on the professional tour take note: Q School 2015 is now open for entry!   The tournament will take place in May and for the first time it will be held at the Meadowside Leisure […]

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Judd Trump won six frames in a row to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-7 in the final of the inaugural 888.com World Grand Prix. Just as he did in the final of the World Championship last season against Mark Selby, O’Sullivan lost his way in the closing stages and let slip […]

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