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Allan Taylor (snooker Player)
Allan Taylor (born 28 November 1984) is an English professional snooker player, who comes from Basildon, Essex but resides in Southend. He used to work at a police station in Birkenhead, supporting the police force by studying CCTV footage. Taylor turned professional in 2013 after being the sixth highest ranked amateur on the PTC Order of Merit, winning a tour card for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. He then remained on tour until 2019, however upon finishing outside the top 64 he lost his tour card and was unable to re-qualify for the tour through the 2019 Q School. He practices and prepares in St Mary's Mens Club. Career Debut season Taylor won just two matches during the 2013–14 season to end his first season on tour ranked world number 123. 2014/2015 season Taylor lost 6–2 to Anthony McGill in the first round of the UK Championship. A few weeks later he beat Michael Holt 4–3 to qualify for the Indian Open, where he was defeated 4–3 by Li Hang in the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population of (in ), Liverpool is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liverpool City Region, a combined authority, combined authority area with a population of over 1.5 million. Established as a borough in Lancashire in 1207, Liverpool became significant in the late 17th century when the Port of Liverpool was heavily involved in the Atlantic slave trade. The port also imported cotton for the Textile manufacture during the British Industrial Revolution, Lancashire textile mills, and became a major departure point for English and Irish emigrants to North America. Liverpool rose to global economic importance at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and was home to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Carrington
Stuart Carrington (born 14 May 1990) is an English former professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Steven Hallworth and Ian Glover in Grimsby. In May 2011, Carrington qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final 2011 Q School event. Career Debut season Carrington won just two matches during the 2011/2012 season. He finished the season without a world ranking and would not play on the main tour in the 2012–13 season. 2012/2013 season Carrington played in eight out of twelve PTC events during the 2012–13 season, with his best results being last 32 defeat at the 2012 Scottish Open earned him a place in the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-offs. At the event Carrington beat Jeff Cundy 4–2 and Adam Wicheard 4–0 to claim a place back on the snooker tour for the 2013–14 season and 2014–15 season. 2013/2014 season Carrington beat Ken Doherty 6–3 to qualify for the International Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Slessor
Elliot Slessor (born 4 August 1994) is an English professional snooker player. In May 2013, Slessor qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first Q School event. Career Slessor began playing snooker at the age of eight after his aunt bought him a table for Christmas. He joined the main snooker tour in May 2013 after he won through the 2013 Q School courtesy of a 4–0 victory over Chris Wakelin. 2013/2014 season Slessor's first wins as a professional were at the qualifying rounds of the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open 5–4 against Jamie Clarke and 5–2 against Cao Yupeng, before losing 5–2 to Simon Bedford. His debut at the main stage of a ranking event came at the Indian Open by seeing off Kurt Maflin 4–2. In New Delhi he lost 4–2 to Mark Davis. Slessor also suffered first round exits at the UK Championship and Welsh Open 6–2 to Liang Wenbo and 4–1 to Stephen Maguire respectively. He finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Gibraltar Open
The 2017 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2017 jojobet.com Gibraltar Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 5 March 2017, at the Victoria Stadium (Gibraltar), Tercentenary Sports Hall in Gibraltar. It was the 16th ranking event of the Snooker season 2016/2017, 2016/2017 season. The main event ran from 3 to 5 March and was preceded by amateur pre-qualifying rounds on 1 and 2 March. Marco Fu was the defending champion, but he chose not to participate in this edition of the tournament. Shaun Murphy won the tournament, beating Judd Trump 4–2 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below. *Winner: Euro, €25,000 *Runner-up: €12,000 *Semi-finals: €6,000 *Quarter-finals: €4,000 *Last 16: €2,300 *Last 32: €1,200 *Last 64: €700 *Total: €125,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000 (€26,600). Main draw Main rounds draw Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hull
Robin Hull (born 16 August 1974) is a Finnish former professional snooker player. For some time, he was the sole Nordic countries, Nordic player on the game's Snooker world rankings, main tour. He is known as a solid -builder, having compiled over 150 competitive during his career, among the highest for a player who has never featured in the top 16 in the world rankings. Hull is one of six players to have missed the final black in attempting a maximum break, alongside Ken Doherty, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (three times), Barry Pinches, Mark Selby and Liang Wenbo. Career Hull became a professional snooker player in 1992. In the 2001–02 snooker season, 2001–02 season, he reached the last 16 of the 2001 UK Championship, and later qualified for the 2002 World Snooker Championship, 2002 World Championship, knocking out Steve Davis in the final qualifying round; in the first round proper, he lost 6–10 to Graeme Dott. These results contributed to Hull entering the world top 32 at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2017 Welsh Open (officially the 2017 Coral Welsh Open) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 13 to 19 February 2017 at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. It was the fourteenth Snooker world rankings, ranking event of the Snooker season 2016/2017, 2016/2017 season. The 2017 Welsh Open was being held as part of a new Home Nations Series, introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the new English Open (snooker), English Open, Northern Ireland Open (snooker), Northern Ireland Open and Scottish Open (snooker), Scottish Open tournaments. The tournament's trophy was renamed to the Ray Reardon Trophy in honour of six-time world champion Ray Reardon. The defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan lost 3–4 against Mark Davis (snooker player), Mark Davis in the last 64. Stuart Bingham won his first Welsh Open title and fourth ranking title overall, beating Judd Trump 9–8 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money is shown below. *Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Northern Ireland Open
The 2016 Northern Ireland Open (officially the 2016 Coral Northern Ireland Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 November 2016 at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. This was the inaugural Northern Ireland Open event, being held as part of a new Home Nations Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new English Open and Scottish Open tournaments. The winner of the Northern Ireland Open is awarded the Alex Higgins Trophy which is named in honour of Northern Irish two-time world champion Alex Higgins. Mark King won the first ranking title of his career by defeating Barry Hawkins 9–8 in the final. John Higgins made the 123rd official maximum break in the fifth frame of his last 64 match against Sam Craigie. It was Higgins' eighth professional maximum. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Indian Open
The 2016 Indian Open (snooker), Indian Open was a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–9 July 2016 at the Hyderabad International Convention Center (HICC), HICC Novotel Hotel in Hyderabad, India. It was the second ranking event of the Snooker season 2016/2017, 2016/2017 season. Hyderabad hosted the event for the first time, the previous venue being Grand Hyatt Mumbai, Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. Michael White (snooker player), Michael White was the defending champion, but he lost 1–4 against Anthony Hamilton (snooker player), Anthony Hamilton in the held over qualifying round. Anthony McGill won the first ranking title of his career, defeating Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: Pound sterling, £50,000 * Runner-up: £25,000 * Semi-final: £13,500 * Quarter-final: £9,000 * Last 16: £6,000 * Last 32: £3,000 * Last 64: £2,000 * Televised highe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 World Open (snooker)
The 2016 Hanteng Autos World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 July 2016 at the Yushan No.1 Middle School in Yushan, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Joe Perry in the quarter-finals. Ali Carter won the fourth ranking title of his career, defeating Perry 10–8 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £90,000 * Runner-up: £40,000 * Semi-final: £21,000 * Quarter-final: £12,500 * Last 16: £8,000 * Last 32: £6,500 * Last 64: £4,000 * Highest break: £2,000 * Total: £520,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000. Wildcard round These matches were played in Yushan on 25 July 2016. Main draw Final Qualifying These matches were held between 31 May and 2 June 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 frames. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Riga Masters
The 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22–24 June 2016 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. It was the first ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. This was the first time for which the event was a ranking tournament, having previously been a minor-ranking event of the Players Tour Championship. Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he decided not to defend his title. Neil Robertson won the 12th ranking title of his career, defeating Michael Holt 5–2 in the final, from trailing 1–2. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: €50,000 * Runner-up: €25,000 * Semi-final: €15,000 * Quarter-final: €6,000 * Last 16: €3,000 * Last 32: €1,400 * Last 64: €700 * Non-televised highest break: €200 * Televised highest break: €2,000 * Total: €200,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000. Main draw Final Qualifying These matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hamilton (snooker Player)
Anthony Stephen Hamilton (born 29 June 1971) is an English retired professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1991 and spent fifteen seasons ranked within the top 32, including five within the top 16, reaching a career high of number 10 in the Snooker world rankings 1999/2000, 1999/2000 season. He reached three ranking finals during his career, losing 7–9 to Fergal O'Brien in the 1999 British Open (1998/1999), 1999 British Open final and 8–9 to Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams in the 2002 China Open (snooker), 2002 China Open final before winning his only ranking title at the 2017 German Masters, beating Ali Carter 9–6 in the final. His best performances in Triple Crown (snooker), Triple Crown events were reaching four World Snooker Championship quarter-finals, in 2000 World Snooker Championship, 2000, 2002 World Snooker Championship, 2002, 2004 World Snooker Championship, 2004, and 2007 World Snooker Championship, 2007, and reaching one Masters (sn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Lines
Oliver Lines (born 16 June 1995) is an English professional snooker player who practices at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. He is the son of former professional snooker player Peter Lines. Career Amateur Lines switched sports from football to snooker at aged 14. His progression continued by entering into the Players Tour Championship events in 2011, but made little impact in the 2011/2012 season. 2012/2013 saw major improvement and a notable 4–3 over Joe Perry in 2012 UKPTC 3. He also entered Q School for the first time in May 2013 in the hope of qualifying on the main but failed to do after securing four wins in the three events. Despite not qualifying for the main tour, Lines’ performances in Q School were enough to earn him a top up place in the qualifying round of the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open, his first senior ranking event. He won in the opening round, beating fellow Leeds-based player David Grace 5–4, but suffered a 5–4 reverse in the second round l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
