Its been a while!!

Hi folks.

Sorry its been a while since my last post but i have been busy moving house!

I haven't watched (or played) much snooker recently but i am hoping to get back into both very soon!

One thing i have done though is purchase myself a new snooker cue!!! Check it out

My brand new top of the range Peradon Cue it's a Peradon York and i got it from my fav snooker equipment store Pjn Sports.

Anyway enough plugging i'll be back soon with some more snooker gossip

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Congratulations

Congratulations to Tom Ford for winning his very first pro snooker title last week when he won the third event in the Players Tour Championship. Well done Tom and good luck for the rest of the season.

You can read the full article about Toms's win here: BBC Snooker

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Snooker Cues

Just thought I would let you know that I have found a couple of bargains on pjnsports.co.uk. They are having a sale and have reduced some of there Peradon Snooker Cues. You can get the Peradon Earl 3 piece cue and the Peradon Crown 2 piece cue at very good prices.

Check out the links below:

Peradon Earl Snooker Cue
Peradon Crown Snooker Cue

Snooker Pro's VS Snooker Amateurs?

The newest tournament to be introduced into the snooker world is the Players Tour Championship. The idea is that amateur players can fight it out with some of the worlds best players for a £50,000 prize. There will be a total of 73 pros and 55 amateurs in this first edition which will take place in Sheffield.
Read more about it here: BBC Snooker

WPBSA refers John Higgins investigation to independent body

Little bit of news about John Higgins.. The World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) has now referred it to an independent body for investigation. For those of you that don't know - John was suspended from playing tournament snooker pending an investigation regarding match fixing by a leading newspaper. The newspaper has a video of John and his agent "allegedly" discussing throwing frames in exchange for a financial reward. John still insists he is 100% innocent and is determined to clear his name.

Hopefully this can get sorted out very soon.

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Tour Players 2010/2011

Here are the 96 players on the professional snooker tour for this and next year. Thanks go to WorldSnooker.com for this list:

1. John Higgins
2. Neil Robertson
3. Ronnie O'Sullivan
4. Allister Carter
5. Ding Junhui
6. Stephen Maguire
7. Shaun Murphy
8. Mark Williams
9. Mark Selby
10. Mark Allen
11. Stephen Hendry
12. Ryan Day
13. Graeme Dott
14. Marco Fu
15. Mark King
16. Liang Wenbo
17. Jamie Cope
18. Peter Ebdon
19. Joe Perry
20. Ricky Walden
21. Barry Hawkins
22. Steve Davis
23. Stephen Lee
24. Michael Holt
25. Matthew Stevens
26. Mark Davis
27. Judd Trump
28. Gerard Greene
29. Stuart Bingham
30. Ken Doherty
31. Dave Harold
32. Andrew Higginson
33. Mike Dunn
34. Rory McLeod
35. Stuart Pettman
36. Robert Milkins
37. Jamie Burnett
38. Nigel Bond
39. Joe Swail
40. Marcus Campbell
41. Tom Ford
42. Anthony Hamilton
43. Martin Gould
44. Adrian Gunnell
45. Dominic Dale
46. Alan McManus
47. Fergal O'Brien
48. Ian McCulloch
49. Rod Lawler
50. Peter Lines
51. Matthew Selt
52. Michael Judge
53. Andy Hicks
54. Tony Drago
55. David Gilbert
56. Jimmy Michie
57. Barry Pinches
58. Mark Joyce
59. David Morris
60. Jimmy White
61. Joe Delaney
62. Bjorn Haneveer
63. Jimmy Robertson
64. Paul Davies

(One-year ranking list:)

65. James Wattana
66. Patrick Wallace
67. Zhang Anda
68. Simon Bedford
69. Joe Jogia
70. Michael White
71. Matthew Couch
72. Ben Woollaston

(Pontin's International Open Series qualifiers)

73. Jack Lisowski
74. Liam Highfield
75. Paul Davison
76. Anthony McGill
77. Kyren Wilson
78. Jamie O'Neill
79. Justin Astley
80. Jamie Jones

(International)

81. Noppon Saengkham (Thailand. IBSF World Under-21 Champion)
82. Alfie Burden (England. IBSF World Champion)
83. (Kuldesh Johal. England. EASB Pro-Ticket play-off winner)
84. Adam Wicheard (England. Topped Pro Ticket rankings)
85. Jak Jones (Wales. European Under-19 Champion)
86. Kurt Maflin (Norway. European Play-Off Champion)
87. Issara Kachaiwong. (Thailand. Asian Champion)
88. Liu Chuang (China. Asian Under-21 Champion)
89. Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (Thailand. Asian Championship semi-finalist)
90. James McBain (Scotland Play-off winner)
91. Andrew Pagett (Welsh nominee)
92. Dermot McGlinchey (Northern Ireland nominee)

(Wild cards)

93. Patrick Einsle (Germany. Two-times European under-19 semi-finalist)
94. Igor Figuierado (Brazil. IBSF World Championship finalist)
95. Xiao Guodong (China. Reached last 16 of 2009 China Open)
96. Reanne Evans (England. Six-times World Ladies Champion)

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The Cue Tip

Today i am going to follow on from my discussion on the snooker cue and talk a little bit about a very important part of the cue overall which is the Cue Tip.
The tip is quite possibly the most important part of the snooker or pool cue as is the only part that ever makes contact with the white ball. The tip is made of dense leather and is usually glued (although sometimes screwed) onto the end of the cue above the ferrule. The tip should be shaped into a dome structure using a piece of sandpaper or a specially designed file. The domed like shape will help the player impart more spin on the cue ball and should therefore help with positional play. Famously at he 2006 World Snooker Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan bit off his tip in frustration before losing the match to Graeme Dott and giving his cue to a member of the audience! Looking after your cue tip is very important. Try to keep it in good shape, keep shaping it into a nice dome and don't forget that chalk!

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Snooker Cues

Choosing a snooker cue is a difficult decision and because a new cue should last many years it should be chosen wisely. The main differences between different snooker cues are the split, the weight, the length and the material type.
Today I am going to talk about the split:
One piece snooker cues are the traditionalists choice - they look really good and don't have a seam which means a smooth feathering action, however they can be a pain to transport because they can’t be shortened. Next we have the two piece snooker cue and as the name suggests this type of cue splits equally into two pieces. The Two piece snooker cue is probably the most common type of cue - there advantages are that they can be shortened easily and transported without taking up to much space, there disadvantages are mainly that there is a seam in the center of the cue which can disrupt the feathering action. The Three quarter jointed snooker cue is probably the snooker cue that most advanced and professional snooker players. These cues split around 6 inches from the base which means there are no issues with feathering and there is also possibility of adding a longer screw-in extension to the cue as well.
Other things to consider when buying a new snooker cue are the length, the weight and the type of wood the cue is made from. I will be talking a little bit about the other factors over the next week or so.

You can buy good quality Snooker Cues at PjnSports

Snooker World Championship - Past Champions

There's not a lot of snooker news today so thought i would post a list of previous winners of the snooker world championships

1980 Cliff Thorburn
1981 Steve Davis
1982 Alex Higgins
1983 Steve Davis
1984 Steve Davis
1985 Dennis Taylor
1986 Joe Johnson
1987 Steve Davis
1988 Steve Davis
1989 Steve Davis
1990 Stephen Hendry
1991 John Parrott
1992 Stephen Hendry
1993 Stephen Hendry
1994 Stephen Hendry
1995 Stephen Hendry
1996 Stephen Hendry
1997 Ken Doherty
1998 John Higgins
1999 Stephen Hendry
2000 Mark Williams
2001 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2002 Peter Ebdon
2003 Mark Williams
2004 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2005 Shaun Murphy
2006 Graeme Dott
2007 John Higgins
2008 Ronnie O'Sullivan
2009 John Higgins
2010 Neil Robertson

Current Top 16

Thought i would post the current official top 16 players in the world - and here they are:

1. John Higgins
2. Neil Robertson
3. Ronnie O'Sullivan
4. Allister Carter
5. Ding Junhui
6. Stephen Maguire
7. Shaun Murphy
8. Mark Williams
9. Mark Selby
10. Mark Allen
11. Stephen Hendry
12. Ryan Day
13. Graeme Dott
14. Marco Fu
15. Mark King
16. Liang Wenbo

Hearn Takes Charge Of World Snooker

Barry Hearn has won a majority vote to take control of the World Snooker.
Hearn saw off competition from John Davison who was also in the running for the post and now takes control for the next 15 years.
Hearn has promised an increase in prize money to £4.5 million and hopes to turn snooker around in a similar way to which he did with darts

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