Blog Facebook Changes

A very quick note to say that as of today I will be gradually moving all updates about the blog and the Snookerbacker Classic to this page on Facebook. So if you want to keep up to date with new...

Introducing….Royc ey’s Ref School

This season’s Snookerbacker Classic will see a number of changes. There will be more prize money, an order of merit list and three new venues. There will also be Ref School, an initiative I have...

Final Day at Q-School and New Season Draws

Whatcha Gotta Lose? The tour just got flatter The marathon that is Q-School reaches its conclusion today with the final 16 players in Q-School 3 fighting it out for the last 4 main tour places up...

Grantham Junior Snooker Open: SB Classic Slots Up for Grabs

During the course of running the last 2 Snookerbacker Classics I have been lucky enough to meet some great people. Not only the players but those who work hard behind the scenes to support snooker...

Here’s the Season….

It’s off to sunny Quedgeley next Monday Despite the fact that the 2012/13 professional season finished just two weeks ago at the Crucible, the new one starts in earnest a week today as the South...

Big Day at Q-School

Jamie Clarke – still in the hunt. It’s another life-changing day over in Sheffield today as the 16 players left in Q-School 2 start at 10am knowing that they are all just 8 frames away from the...

Jimmy White Talks Car Security

I just had to share this with the group. It’s Friday, I’m off for a game of snooker, but I am a bit worried about where I leave the car. THIS is what I have been waiting for……….(with thanks to Joe...

The Willie Awards 2013: Winners and Losers Revealed!!!

After an exhausting day for yours truly, I can now reveal the winners and losers of this season’s Willies. The only snooker awards that really matter to fans. Upton Snodsbury Comrades Club again...

Keep Up with Q-School and Countdown to The Willies

I’m having a few days off while I get things sorted out for next season’s Snookerbacker Classic but I am keeping an eye on Q-School and in particular the Snookerbacker Classic boys from whom I...

Q’s at the Ready and a sneak SB Classic preview

David hopes to keep the 100% record in tact. Tomorrow sees the start of two more weeks of snooker as the amateurs play in their very own World Championship in pursuit of 12 more main tour places...

The World’s Greatest?

He came. He saw. He scurried off with the trophy. It’s the morning after the night before and newspapers and internet sporting based sites are awash with images of Ronnie with the World...

World Championship Final: Will the Rocket Complete Mission (Im)possible?

Will it be back in the Chigwell trophy cabinet tomorrow night? The culmination of the months and months of snooker we have seen this season is the World Championship Final and this year Ronnie...

Ronnie Talks to Rob after Beating Judd

Semi Finals: Conclusion

She can spot a wanker a mile off. Today is the day that we find out who will be contesting this years World Championship Final with Ronnie O’Sullivan currently leading Judd Trump 14-10 and Ricky...

The Semi-Finals Continue

The Boys are Back in Town. It’s day two of the semi-finals today and a cracking day ahead which sees Judd and Ronnie slug it out this morning and this evening. Will we be any closer to knowing the...

World Championship Semi Finals

Go on, admit it. You weren’t expecting to see him here where you? The semi-finals kick off today and whilst the top half pits together the highest two seeded players from that section it’s fair to...

World Championship Day 12

Locked in battle. Day 12 at the Crucible is usually one of the best days of the Championship and has seen some dramatic twists and turns down the years, today we find out who will be the four...

Day 11 at the World Championship: Quarter Final Preview (UPDATED)

We are down to the final eight. As there is a pretty quick turnaround after the Monday evening session I thought it best to get the Quarter Final preview up for the first two matches that we know...

Ronnie Talks

World Championship Day 10

Likes: Shoes, Vegas and Hanging out. Dislikes: Education, Old Stuff. What a cracking day we have in store today on Day 10 of the World Championship. There are only two sessions but each of them see...

World Championship Day Nine

You can read my match by match second round betting preview here. 10am Stuart Bingham 4-4 Mark Davis Robert Milkins 3-5 Ricky Walden 2.30pm Ronnie O’Sullivan 9-7 Ali Carter Mark King 7-9 Ding...

World Championship Day 8

Footy Shirt Man (left) and Ronnie (right) Day 8 at the Crucible sees the return of the defending champion, a full week after he won his opening match. If Ronnie is going to win this great...

World Championship Day 7

Sheffield here we come. Hi-ho, hi-ho to the Crucible we go…Day 7 is Ladies Day at the World Championship and it’s also Mrs SB’s birthday and as a special treat I am taking her to Sheffield, what a...

World Championship Round Two Preview

Round 2 includes a repeat of last year’s final. The Last 16 gets underway on Thursday after a mixed first round for the seeded players. I don’t think many would have expected a Dechawat Poomjaeng v...

World Championship Day 6

Golden Boy. Day six at the Crucible sees the last two first round matches play to a finish and the first two second round matches get underway. There is no play this morning so a chance for snooker...

Judd on his Chances, his Fitness and The Poomster

Our New Hero in Extended Interview: Poomy Speaks!!

World Championship Day 5

Just Like That: The Star of the Show (and Poomy getting in his way) It’s Day 5 at the Crucible and those seeds just keep on toppling. Day 4 saw a new Crucible cult hero born as Thailand’s Dechawat...

Chirpy King and Knackered Dott on their Day 3 Wins

World Championship Day Four

Thailand’s answer to Charlie Chaplin isn’t exactly going down a storm with Mags. It’s Day 4 of the World Championship at the Crucible and those seeds just keep on toppling as John Higgins and Mark...