Scots star James McBain ready to make TV debut a family affair
August 26, 2010 (10:15) [ Indexed from The Daily Record ]
SCOTS snooker star James McBain will have full family support when he makes his TV debut at the World Open in Glasgow's SECC next month. More...

A Rankings Bonus
August 25, 2010 (23:45) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
In addition to the updated provisional list yesterday, due to popular demand I have also knocked up a one-year rankings table, demonstrating exactly who have been the stars of 2010/11 even at this early stage. This list is to be taken with a pinch of salt really as the top 16 players have not opened [...] More...

Scotsmen book Open spots
August 25, 2010 (14:01) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ]
A trio of Scotsmen booked their places in final stages of the World Open in Glasgow, joining three more who have had their qualifying matches held over for the venue. More...

Joel misses out
August 25, 2010 (11:15) [ Indexed from The Star ]
SHEFFIELD potter Joel Walker suffered disappointment over the weekend as he failed to qualify for next month's new World Open in Glasgow (Sept 18-26). More...

Judd comes up Trumps in Sheffield
August 25, 2010 (11:15) [ Indexed from The Star ]
SHEFFIELD-based snooker ace Judd Trump is Glasgow-bound having qualified for this season's new World Open. More...

Snooker Ranking changes confirmed
August 24, 2010 (23:31) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
Following on from my post yesterday concerning rumoured changes to the World Snooker ranking system, I can now confirm that having seen the letter sent to the players last week by WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson, those changes are indeed correct… As is stated within the letter: “Players joining the Tour in 2010/2011 season have to [...] More...

Maguire eyes Glasgow glory
August 24, 2010 (22:01) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ]
Stephen Maguire rates winning the upcoming World Open on home soil as the next best thing to winning the World Championship at the Crucible. More...

World Open Qualifiers 2010: Stevens and McManus through as Holt continues to struggle
August 24, 2010 (19:45) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
Today saw Matthew Stevens and Alan McManus come through potentially tricky ties against countrymen Darren Morgan and Anthony McGill respectively. For all the scores please click here to visit Global Snooker. I hope to be able to post more information about the matches later tonight but firstly am going to get to work updating my [...] More...

O'Sullivan - Nothing to prove
August 24, 2010 (15:15) [ Indexed from Sky Sports ]
In an exclusive interview, Ronnie O'Sullivan tells Sky Sports News he feels he has nothing more to prove to the snooker world. More...

Craig MacGillivray fails in snooker bid
August 24, 2010 (12:31) [ Indexed from Scotsman.com ]
Edinburgh's Craig MacGillivray was disappointed but realistic after failing to qualify for the final stages of the World Snooker Open. More...

Hot pots Marcus Campbell & Alan McManus eye up World Open spots
August 24, 2010 (10:15) [ Indexed from The Daily Record ]
SCOTS Marcus Campbell and Alan McManus are closing in on qualification for next month's Glasgow World Open. More...

Snooker Rankings Latest: Starter Points Adjusted!
August 24, 2010 (01:01) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
Regular readers may recall that recently I posted that there will soon be a revision to the latest provisional rankings that I have on the site following a letter sent by the WPBSA to the players… While this has not yet been confirmed on the official WSA website, it would appear from the posting of [...] More...

World Open Qualifiers 2010: And then there were 64
August 23, 2010 (22:15) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
Photo courtesy of Janie Watkins Day Three has now reached its end at the EISS and the last 64 players involved in the World Open are now known. As has been the case throughout these qualifiers so far, upsets were few and far between but there were a couple of notable exceptions… It is four [...] More...

World Open Qualifiers 2010: Day Two Wrap
August 23, 2010 (00:01) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
Day Two of the World Open 2010 qualifiers is now at an end and those through to the third round include Matt Couch who was a double winner today… The day began with the final eight matches of the first round and like yesterday there were few shocks, the likes of Matt Couch, Anthony McGill, [...] More...

World Open Qualifiers 2010: Day One News
August 21, 2010 (23:15) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
Today saw the start of the World Open qualifiers as the 65-96 ranked players took on the 32 amateur qualifiers for the event at the Academy in Sheffield… With 24 of the 32 first round matches so far concluded, it has been a case of so far so good for the professionals as just eight [...] More...

World Open 2010: Qualifying Reminder
August 20, 2010 (21:15) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
A quick reminder that tomorrow will see the start of the final World Open qualifiers which like the PTC events will be staged at the Academy in Sheffield. To follow the results the best place to go will as ever be Global Snooker (as assisted by Janie Watkins, now of On Q Promotions), over here. More...

Snooker: MacGillivray on glory trail
August 20, 2010 (12:15) [ Indexed from Scotsman.com ]
Edinburgh snooker star Craig MacGillivray travels to Sheffield this weekend knowing that a good performance at the World Open Final Qualifying round could secure him a place a More...

Joel dreams of Ronnie tie
August 20, 2010 (11:15) [ Indexed from The Star ]
RISING Sheffield potter Joel Walker will lock horns with the big boys of snooker this weekend. More...

Stephen Hendry: The Sense of Possibility
August 19, 2010 (22:45) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
As Stephen Hendry enters his 26th professional season on the back of what was arguably the worst season of his career to date, the vultures are circling and predicting that we might not even see the seven-times world champion at the Crucible this season. Could this really happen or will Hendry prove the doubters wrong [...] More...

Selby to marry
August 18, 2010 (19:45) [ Indexed from Pro Snooker Blog ]
Congratulations to Mark Selby who has recently announced on his website that he is to marry long-time girlfriend Vikki following his proposal today during a holiday in Venice. Mark will be hoping to mark the occasion by winning his first Shanghai Masters title early next month… More...