Thursday 23 Jul 2015 04:41PM A relaxing summer break has left Barry Hawkins ready to regain his best form in the new season. World number eight Hawkins elected to miss the Australian Goldfields Open in order to give him a full two months to recharge his batteries, and he’s now […]

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Friday 17 Jul 2015 12:02PM Coaches from as far away as Israel and Spain were at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds recently to take part in the WPBSA World Snooker Community Coach Certificate Course, to achieve the Level One Certificate. Chris Lovell said: “It was a great day with […]

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Friday 10 Jul 2015 08:23AM How much do you remember about the 2014/15 season? It’s Friday so time for a bit of snooker fun. Try these 20 questions…answers at the bottom of the page. 1. “He has taught me so much about the game and been such a great influence […]

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Sunday 5 Jul 2015 01:53PM John Higgins won the 27th ranking title of his career by beating Martin Gould 9-8 in an exciting final at the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo. Gould, who had been seeking his first ranking title, fought back from 7-5 and 8-7 down to 8-8, but […]

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Wednesday 1 Jul 2015 10:13AM As part of the World Confederation of Billiards Sports General Assembly last week, the newly appointed board and delegates were given a brief presentation by the IWGA organising committee for the Wroclaw 2017 World Games. This was followed by a visit to the Congress Centre […]

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Monday 29 Jun 2015 12:57PM Stuart Bingham’s first ranking event match as World Champion ended in a 5-4 defeat to Fergal O’Brien at the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo. Bingham claimed the world title for the first time last month, but has made a slow start to the new season. […]

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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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Iran’s only professional Hossein Vafaei Ayouri qualified for the final stages of a ranking event for the first time by beating Dominic Dale 5-3 in the Australian Goldfields Open. Visa problems prevented Hossein from playing in the UK until this year, but he is now able to compete on the […]

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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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