Snooker News

Last year's defending champion and EPTC6 champion Michael Holt spoke to me at this year's Pink Ribbon tournament at the South West Snooker Academy. How does he feel his career has been so far? And what is his top tip for aspiring snooker players? Read on to find out!

Mark Joyce the world no.42 and 2006 English amateur champion from Walsall has ended a long trophy drought by winning the Pink Ribbon 2011 tournament at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester. He beat the defending champion Michael Holt 4-0 in the final.

Results from days 3 and 4 at the Pink Ribbon 2011 tournament at the South West Snooker Academy. John Higgins, Martin Gould, Stephen Maguire and defending champion Michael Holt all entered the fray at this stage.

Here are photos from some of the players at the Pink Ribbon 2011 tournament in the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester. Top pros attending the event including John Higgins, Stephen Maguire and Martin Gould.

Photos, results and more from day 2 at the Pink Ribbon 2011 tournament at the South West Snooker Academy, Gloucester. This was the last full day of pre-qualifying for the main event and dozens of amateurs were battling for a place in the final rounds tonight and saturday.

It was the first day of the Pink Ribbon 2011 tournament at the South West Snooker Academy yesterday and I had my first experience of playing a match on a professional table against a player half my size; 14-year-old Ben Fortey! John Higgins, Jimmy White and many other top pros start the event proper after the launch on friday.

Full results and updated draw from Event 3 (May 23-28) of the World Snooker Q School at the Star Academy in Sheffield. This is the final chance to qualify for the 2011/2012 main tour and the four players to reach the semi-finals get the coveted places.

Australian Snooker star Neil Robertson was in Bendigo today to help launch the first ever ranking tournament to be held in the country; the Australian Goldfields Open. Held during 18th-24th July 2011 it will be a full World Snooker event with prize money and ranking points to match.

At the end of the 2011/12 season, the top eight players (amateur or professional) on the PTC order of merit who have not already finished in the top 64 of the world rankings will get a place on the World Snooker tour for the 2012/13 season.

After more than three years of investigations in to the first-round match between Stephen Maguire and Jamie Burnett at the 2008 UK Championship where suspicious bets were placed, Scottish police have finally decided to drop the case.