Posts tagged Steve Davis
Romford duo square up at World Championship
Mar 12th
Steve Davis, making his 30th World Championship appearance next month, will take on hip-hop connoisseur Mark King at the Crucible next month.
The Nugget is now playing professional snooker for the fifth consecutive decade, but last won this tournament back in 1989. It’s also 25 years since that epic final involving Dennis Taylor.
How Davis would love [...]
Snooker’s record breakers keep on coming
Feb 3rd
Snooker is a sport that is slow enough to encourage pondering. Every now and then we find ourselves wondering if what we’re seeing is something unique and spectacular or just a common occurrence.
Keeping track of all the records and statistics isn’t easy when it comes to a sport that has been played professionally for decades.
There [...]
Angry Allen must focus his aggression
Jan 8th
There has been a lot of buzz around 23-year-old Mark Allen from Northern Ireland lately. This young, upcoming star became professional only four years ago and despite his age,
Allen has already had a very impressive career. He is currently number 11th in the world rankings and on his record you’ll find a last 16 placement [...]
The Masters: a guide
Jan 6th
The Masters. A tight clash between the top players and an opportunity for the audience to see the best snooker there is. High quality playing, excitement and prestige – that’s The Masters in a nutshell. It really is a great way to start the new year.
Although not a ranking tournament, this is still one of [...]
Davis v Taylor still the mother of all finals
Dec 29th
Ask people about the most memorable moment in snooker history and it’s pretty safe to say that you will get ”the 1985 World Championship final” from the majority of them.
Yes, even from those who were too young to watch it. The historic moment of the last black ball waiting to be potted by either Steve [...]
Champion Murphy makes winning start
Dec 7th
Most of the first UK Championship matches this weekend were quite predictable. The match between Stephen Maguire and Michael Holt was exciting for a while when Holt reduced 4-1 to 4-4, however, he was never really a threat to Maguire. The match finally ended 9-6.
Gerard Greene seemed to have a hard time with defending champion [...]
Steve Davis launches snooker program
Oct 22nd
Snooker’s grand old man, Steve Davis, recently visited Whalley to launch a free snooker coaching program together with snooker coach and leader of the Paul Hunter Foundation, Chris Lovell. Aside from the obvious snooker training, the purpose of the program is to get young people off the streets. The idea came from a charity snooker [...]
