SNOOKER SCENE BLOG

There is no more snooker this year so it’s time to take stock, preferably with as much food and alcohol as possible. It’s traditional t...

It was no great surprise to me that Ronnie O’Sullivan was not named on the shortlist for BBC Sports Personality of the Year. This is no...

Neil Robertson’s recovery from 5-1 down to beat Mark Selby 10-7 and win the UK Championship in York last night was final confirmation, as i...

A tournament which began with a chorus of complaints will end in a grandstand finish when world no.1 Neil Robertson meets world no.2 Mark S...

From Oldham Civic Centre to the Barbican in York with many stops in between it has taken just under 32 years since Steve Davis made the fir...

Ronnie O’Sullivan turns 38 today and, judging by his performance at the UK Championship in York last night, he will remain a major force fo...

A week into the UK Championship and talk remains centred around the format and, more particularly, the venue. It seems to me the Barbic...

One of the undoubted positives of the new UK Championship format is that there are more faces to see and, for the media, more to write abou...

David may have beaten Goliath according to biblical myth but victory for any of the four amateurs playing the top four seeds in York today ...

“It’s like a circus,” said Judd Trump last night of the UK Championship. I’m not sure when circuses started to get such a bad rap but t...

In 866, the Vikings invaded York. This week, a horde of snooker players have descended on the city in pursuit of one of the sport’s oldest ...

The williamhill.com United Kingdom Championship has a fine history forged from 36 years of competition. The event began as a non-rankin...

The UK Championship was first held in 1977. Its champion in 1978 was Doug Mountjoy, who two years earlier had won the world amateur tit...