Mcmanus vows to get back into worlds top 16
November 30, 2008
Scottish snooker star Alan McManus has promised his fans that he will get back into the world top 16 snooker players with help from his new cue.
McManus has been slipping down the World rankings in recent years and has now slipped down to position 37 due to poor form in recent ranking events. Mcmanus however is not embarrassed of his latest rankings as he is fully aware of how high the standard has become in recent seasons.
McManus is hopeful however that with the help of his new cue he can catapult himself back into the worlds top 16, and join fellow professionals such as John Higgins and Stephen Hendry. Aside from O’Sullivan all the best players have struggled for form in recent years and have slipped at some point. Snooker is getting stronger and stronger and McManus hopes he gets stronger and stronger
Judd Trump wins his first professional title
November 28, 2008
Judd Trump has won his first professional snooker title and has now succesfully managed to qualify for his first prestigious masters title.
Judd put together some strong breaks during his win, including a high break of 138 to beat opponent Joyce to quality for the tournament. Judd was excited after qualifying for the Masters tournament as he has never been to Wembley and is relishing the prospect of playing there against some of the worlds top players.
Judd has watched the Master tournament on the TV for a number of years and use to really enjoy watching Jimmy White play, and is looking forward to being on the telly himself this time.
The Masters tournament will be played in January and will involve the top 16 top snooker players in the world. Keep looking back on www.foulandamiss.com for more news
Mark Selby confident he can win Premier League
November 28, 2008
Mark Selby has had a fast introduction to the professional game quickly becoming one of the best players in the game. Selby has risen quickly through the snooker ranks and has recently become the Masters champion, and is now confident he can go on to win Snookers Premier League event.
Selby is also part of a hot shots snooker scheme along will other professional players, which are aiming to attract a new younger generation of fans into the game to try and protect the future of the game.
Selby loves playing in the Premier League as its a different type of tournament to the other ranking events, with the shot time being considerably less.This makes for a more exciting match making it possible for so called lesser players to win.
The Premier League also makes it possible for players who have been defeated due to a bad day, to come back and win the event, something that is not possible in Snookers other ranking events
Ron Jones wins Welsh ranking event
November 27, 2008
Ron Jones has won the over 40 Welsh ranking final, winning the final by three frames to nil. Ron has now won the event 2 times and is now well above his fellow over 40′s players in ranking points.
Jones beat some good players on his way to the final including Brian Rees and former champion Darren Thompson in some good matches. The longest battle of the tournament which lasted 3 hours was between Phil Williams and Mills, Mills managed to win a long fought hard game 3-2.
In other Welsh snooker news Jamie Tudor was playing brilliant snooker in the under-21 event, winning his second ranking tournament in a row this season. He beat felow Welshman Duane Jones 3-2 in a pulsating final.
Tudor playing some great snooker in the final starting very quickly and racing into a 2 nil lead with some incredible pots. His opponent however was in no mood to get heavily beaten and forced himself back into the match to level at 2-2. Tudor held his nerver in the final frame with a great 43 break to push him over the winning line
Higgins puts on a brilliant performance for the Russians
November 25, 2008
John Higgins played some fantastic snooker whilst beating Chinese Snooker star Ding Junhui. Higgins thrashed Ding 5-0 and was given a standing ovation for his performance by the Russain crowd.
In fact Higgins did not lose a single frame, and really enjoyed playing in Russia. Even a great player such as Ding could only watch as Higgins complete a famous rout to win for the second time
A full house enjoyed their first live show of snooker, and everyone of them applauded the fantastic scot after the match. The Russians will be hoping more and more snooker is played in their back yard, as they seem to really have developed a taste for it now.
The 1000-strong full house, enjoying their first taste of top-flight snooker, rose to their feet at the end of the match to applaud Higgins. The Grand finals of Snooker Masters will be fought out next March in the Kremlin in Russia, and the adoring russain fans will be anticipating another great performance from Higgins and his fellow players.
Selby Targets Winning Snookers Premier League
November 24, 2008
Mark Selby has publicly declared that he would rate winning Snookers Premier League just as highly as winning a ranking event.
The Masters Champion has made an excellent start to his Premier Leagure career winning four of his first 5 games. Mark managed to nick a place in the last four of the tournament with a great 4-2 win over Higgins, and will be met in the semi’s with fellow great players such as Ronnie O’Sullivan and Stephen hendry
Selby believes that winning the Snooker Premier League would be a fantastic achievement as the best players in the world are competing. Selby has enjoyed played in the league, and wishes to keep his place in the tournament next year.
Selby did have an issue with the Premier League clashing with the Bahran Tournament, however this should not be an issue anymore as the dates have been changed so that they don’t clash.
Higgins Blast Snooker for not moving into Europe more
November 21, 2008
Higgins was angered last night blasted Snookers governing body for not creating the German Open, saying that they are stupid.
Higgins who was a major player in creating the succesful Snooker World Series firmly believes that to move the sport foward, and create more revenue they need to have more and more tournaments outside the UK.
Higgins has played around Europe for a number of years now, and believes the snooker buzz around Europe is similar to it was around Britain when Higgins first turned into a professional player.
There is a lot of buzz around Snooker in Germany and around 1400 people watched each session last time Higgins played there. A German open would be good for the game, and bring in much needed money to keep the future of the sport safe.
Why the leaders of Snooker can’t have a German Open is stupid!
Allen hopes Crucible keeps World Championships
November 19, 2008
Another snooker player, this time Mark Allen has backed the Crucible to keep the Snooker World Championships
His statement contradicts two time world champion John Higgijns whi claimed the crucible set up was a mess. Allen joined the debate saying that he wouldn’t like the tournament moved, as it was a dream of his to play their as a kid.
The Crucible is also packed with history, and is a firm favourite for snooker players and fans. Allen however did admit that that snooker may have to move where the money is and sadly currently this is not the Crucible or the UK
Allen, who is trying his best to promote snooker around the UK has been dissapointed with the amount of fans turning up to watch games. The 1980′s were massive for snooker with more charasmatic players, nowadays the game is a bit more professional. To bring the crowds back to snooker they need to bring the entertainment back and possibly Alex Higgins!!
Roberston makes it into top 16
November 18, 2008
Austrailia’s best snooker player Neil Roberston has jumped back into the worlds top 16 players after winning the Bahrain Snooker Tournament. Robertson moves the position 14 in the world after beating Matthew Stevens 9-7 in the final to claim his third world ranking event.
Robertson won his last two ranking events back in last season but had suffered from a dip in form since the last campaign. Infact Robertson’s bad start to this season pushed him down to position 21.
Robertson does have one good statistic through, he has never been beated in a major final! Robertson addmitted that a defeat would have devastated him having played great snooker throughout the campaign.
His opponent Matthew Stevens seems to have the opposite luck in finals, with Saturdays final defeat his 6th defeat in 7 finals. Stevens however did move up 11 places in the World rankings following his performances to get into the final, moving from 33rd to 22nd position
Ryan Day out of Bahrain Tournament
November 14, 2008
One of the Bahrain Tournament favourites Ryan Day has been knocked out of the championship against fellow welshman Matthew Stevens.
In what was a fantastic match Stevens managed to rally back from some serious bad luck to win the match 5-4. Stevens had looked odds on for a 5-3 victory when he was ahead with just three pots needed for a win, he then put Day in very difficult snooker
Day did not escape from the snooker but managed to clip the object ball and place it near a pocket, whilst simultanuesuly leaving the cue ball safe.
Stevens however held his nerve on the final frame and seal the result with a 70 break. Stevens is good friends with Day and they had a bit of banter after the game about how luck Day was!
Stevens is very happy with his victory against Day who is a top player and one of the highest seeds in the tournament. Stevens will now go on to face another Welsh player in the shape of Dominic Dale. Dale has made it to this stage of the tournament after his previous opponent Steve Davis had to pull out because of an Ilness.
I look forward to another exciting match against fellow the two Welshman, and hope that Stevens keeps improving, and becomes the force he once was in the game
