24.7.06

THE RIGHT DECISION

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An EGM of the players has today resulted in a change to the WPBSA constitution allowing the board to freeze a player's ranking for a who...
22.7.06

RONNIE STILL AN ENIGMA

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As I write this, Ronnie O'Sullivan is in Las Vegas preparing for his debut on the IPT Pool circuit. Despite what you may have read, thou...
17.7.06

ROCK 'N' ROLL 'N' SNOOKER

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Last week I went to Nottingham to interview The Spinto Band (l-t-r Tom, Nick, Joe, Jon, Jeff, Sam) for the magazine. You probably know we do...
12.7.06

JOHN SPENCER: 1935-2006

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John Spencer, the three-times world champion, died on July 11 at the age of 70. John had been ill for many years. In 1985, he was diagnosed ...
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6.7.06

PAUL HUNTER NEWS

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Further to my post about Paul Hunter here, http://snookerscene.blogspot.com/2006/06/why-paul-hunter-deserves-break.html , an EGM will be hel...
3.7.06

TWO INTO ONE DOESN'T GO

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What is the point in wildcards for the Masters? They can only be to boost ticket sales and media interest. Two are available and, with almos...
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28.6.06

UP AND UP FROM DOWNER

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A heavy thud on the office floor can mean one of only two things: either Clive has fallen over the shredder or Chris Downer's updated Cr...

SNOOKER ROCKS

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Who said snooker wasn't cool? The Rolling Stones have a guy in their tour part whose job it is to erect a snooker table at every venue t...
27.6.06

WHY PAUL HUNTER DESERVES A BREAK

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Should Paul Hunter have his ranking frozen at 34th so that he doesn’t have to play during the 2006/07 campaign? That is the unprecedented co...
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THE LINKS EFFECT

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There isn’t a great deal of news in between seasons because there are no professional tournaments going on. Also, the likes of me are spendi...
25.6.06

WHAT'S THE STOREY?

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I'm happy for Sean Storey that World Snooker has given him a wildcard to play on the circuit next season. Sean has been suffering from a...

NOT QUITE FLYING HIGH ENOUGH

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The skies over Tiptree are set to become unexpectedly crowded with the news that Brian Morgan is following Ali Carter’s example by training ...
19.6.06

SHAMELESS ADVERTISING

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The new issue of Snooker Scene includes a full report of the EASB finals weekend, the new tournament calendar and Clive Everton's accoun...

BAPTISM OF FIRE

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It will be interesting to see how some of the new, younger faces fare in this new season. With only seven ranking events being contested and...
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12.6.06

IN PRAISE OF GRAEME DOTT

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The manner in which Graeme Dott laboriously ground out victory at the Crucible did not win him legions of fans but much of the criticism lev...

BLOGGING ON

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Snooker Scene has, month by month, year by year, for 35 years, formed an historical record of the game on and off table. Now we are launchin...