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31.5.11

DOHERTY OPENS NEW ACADEMY

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Ken Doherty is hoping to unearth some stars of the future after opening his own snooker academy in Dublin. Doherty, the 1997 world champi...
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30.5.11

IN THE PINK

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The second annual Pink Ribbon pro-am begins on Wednesday at the South West Snooker Academy in Gloucester. Several top professionals, incl...
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28.5.11

FINAL FOUR PASS Q SCHOOL TEST

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So Q School is finally over and we have the last four qualifiers for the main tour: Dave Gilbert, Kurt Maflin, Adam Duffy and Stuart Carrin...
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27.5.11

THE BEST WHO EVER WASN'T

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There was a discussion on Twitter yesterday – which I am now shamelessly hijacking – as to who is the best player never to be world champio...
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26.5.11

ONE MAN BANNED AND OTHER STORIES

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I was amused earlier this week to see Sir Alex Ferguson enhance his status as a sane, rational person by attempting to ban a journalist who ...
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23.5.11

THREE YEAR DEAL FOR AUSTRALIAN OPEN

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The heavily trailed Australian Open has today been officially announced and will be held in Bendigo, Victoria. This is great news. Even b...
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22.5.11

FOUR MORE QUALIFY FROM Q SCHOOL

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Congratulations to the second group of qualifiers for the professional circuit from Q School – Tian Pengfei, Li Yan, Davey Morris and Simon ...
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19.5.11

BUSY YEAR AHEAD FOR PLAYERS

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Do you remember the days when nothing used to happen for about four months after the World Championship finished? Snooker is now clearly mov...
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18.5.11

MAGUIRE V BURNETT: POLICE CASE DROPPED

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The criminal investigation into the Stephen Maguire-Jamie Burnett match at the 2008 UK Championship, which attracted an unusually high volum...
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17.5.11

WORLD SNOOKER WILDCARDS REVEALED

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World Snooker has confirmed it has awarded main tour wildcards to Luca Brecel, James Wattana, Lucky Vatnani and Yu Delu. There will be 100 p...
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16.5.11

FAB FOUR HEADING FOR TOUR

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The first Q School event is over and congratulations go to David Grace, Adam Wicheard, Robin Hull and Andrew Norman, who have secured places...
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SHAUN MURPHY'S YEAR

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Shaun Murphy has given an extensive review of his season over at his website. You can read it here. I'm pleased to see Shaun making an e...
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15.5.11

ALL CHANGE FOR PREMIER LEAGUE

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The Premier League, an ever present fixture on the circuit since 1987, will undergo a major format change this year. There will be ten playe...
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14.5.11

CHANDLER JOINS FORCES WITH EX-110 DIRECTORS

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Ricky Cowan of the now apparently defunct 110sport has joined forces with International Sports Management, headed by leading sports agent An...
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9.5.11

ON CUE FOR Q SCHOOL

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Q School is World Snooker’s latest method of producing qualifiers for the main tour. There have been many over the years. Originally players...
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7.5.11

AWARD WINNING NIGHT

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A good time – and in some cases a very good time – was had by all at the World Snooker Awards at the Dorchester in London last night, the fi...
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6.5.11

GRIFFITHS JOINS ON Q

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Terry Griffiths, the 1979 world champion and one of the game’s most respected coaches, has been appointed Director of Coaching for On Q Pro...
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5.5.11

SEASON REVIEW: THE AWARD WINNERS

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So the season is over and that can mean only one thing: the annual Snooker Scene Blog awards, if your definition of ‘annual’ is something I ...
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3.5.11

GREAT END TO A GOLDEN SEASON

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A peak viewing audience of 6.4m on BBC2 – the biggest snooker figure for years – watched the thrilling conclusion of the Betfred.com World C...
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HIGGINS DOES IT AGAIN

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Well, what can you say? John Higgins has once again proved his strength of character to win a fourth world title following an engrossing Wor...
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I am the assistant editor of Snooker Scene magazine, commentate on snooker for Eurosport and write for various newspapers and publications. Contact me at snookersceneblog@aol.com
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