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With the start of the snooker season yesterday came the welcome return of the World Cup hosted in Wuxi, China. The event began with 24 countries competing made up of teams with easily recognised and less so known names and faces. Now known as the Beverly World Cup, it seems like the other day but…

The International championship is the second biggest Chinese tournament on our calendar and the qualifiers for this year’s tournament are being held at Ponds Forge leisure centre in Sheffield. Snookerfans.co.uk sponsored player Kurt Maflin (pictured above) made it 2 wins from 2 qualifiers with a convincing 6-1 victory over Chinese prospect Long Zehuang. Maflin was in…

As the start of the snooker is only days away I thought it was only right to preview the first event; the Snooker World Cup. Now a recent addition to the tour, the previously played event has been agreed to be a permanent feature with the tournament being played every two years, guaranteed for the…

Jackson Page, nicknamed “The Diamond” is the most promising player to come out of Wales in recent years. At only 17 years of age this potting machine from Ebbw Vale in South Wales, the hometown of my Grandfather, has been tipped for great things by former World Champion Mark Williams. Jackson plays in the same…

Jamie Jones was until recently an accomplished professional snooker player but unfortunately a mishap crossed his path with an accusation of match fixing. Jones was accused of “throwing”several matches and his case was subsequently brought before the disciplinary committee. Following a review of the case Jones was cleared, exonerated from the charge of match fixing…

Jamie O’Neil (pictured below) launched his return to the professional tour with a sparkling 4-1 victory over the excellent Barry Hawkins. O’Neil stroked in breaks of 73, 101 and 120On route to victory and spoke to howeveryoulikebreak.com reporter Curtis Braithwaite after the match and said ” It was so strange i just felt really relaxed out there…

Neal Foulds is recognised nowadays as a pundit for Eurosport, ITV and previously at the BBC but it wasn’t that long ago that he was an accomplished professional player. Reaching a high of number 3 in the World rankings he attained 6 major titles including the 1986 International Open, the 1988 Dubai Masters and the…

Former world amateur champion Kurt Maflin got his season off to a solid start with a 4-1 victory over German professional Simon Litchenberg. Maflin started the match in excellent style stroking in a wonderful century and built on that lead by taking the second frame in quick succession. Litchenberg won the third frame but Maflin…

Graeme Dott (pictured below) battled back from 2-1 and 3-2 down to beat Robbie Williams 4-3. Dott always finds a way to come through matches like this and made a superb break of 61 in the decider to clinch victory. This season will be a very important one for Graeme as he will see it as a chance to…

Chen Zifan (pictured below) got his season off to a bright start with a confidence building 4-2 victory over Michael Georgiou in the Riga masters qualifiers. Zifan raced into a 3-0 lead aided by breaks of 52 and 61 but Georgiou bounced back to win the next two frames to cut the deficit to 3-2.…