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It wasn't in his line of sight and I doubt he made a sound. It just looked tacky. I think if Shane could have the moment back, he would have made sure he looked a little less eager to get to the table. Mainly because I certainly don't believe he is a bad guy or fundamentally a poor sport.

Personally, I would 100% have told him that he was shooting the wrong ball, but I also don’t think it was Shane’s responsibility to do so. I don’t think SVB covered himself in glory standing up and practically Shane Van Bouncing to the table, but he was under a lot of pressure at the time. As a...

How about this for a wonderful sporting moment. Marco Fu who is a Hong Kong snooker legend, making a 147 in the deciding frame in the semi finals of the Hong Kong Masters. The roar of the crowd is amazing. Apparently 5,000 people were in the crowd, which has to be a record.

I think there is a fair solution that wont appease either side of the argument, but I think it could be used across all sports. If a trans person would like to participate in events as a woman, then they should have to qualify by being regularly tested (every 6 months) and having their...

I don't think the Mosconi Cup is broken or a dying format, as it is still drawing big crowds and is by far the most dominant event on the calendar in terms of profile. What I think could actually enhance it and make it an even more fun event to watch, would be to reserve one wild card spot every...

Awesome that you invented a game to match what you wanted to play. I bought pool sized snooker balls and playing with ten reds works okay, but definitely not ideal. I would definitely be open to trying your game out. Nice work. Off to the UK in a week, so I will be playing snooker every day when...

Point taken. It depends on what their goal of seeding is. Is it to make for a better tournament by seeding better players or to reward people for loyally attending? I would suggest that having players seeded by known ability, is going to make for a better tournament, than seeding them as per...

Ah so they use the attendance record in order to calculate seedings. Fargo is pretty good actually, but I do understand that when people are lower than what their ego thinks it is, they generally say Fargo is crap. ;)

I found the seedings bizarre for the recent WPBA tournament. It meant virtual free money for some players and rough draws for others. For example Jasmin being seeded 9th and facing Kelly in the third round was very odd. As was Kaylee being seeding 29th, when she is far stronger (higher Fargo)...

The reason it is on Sky in the UK is so that it has an opportunity to reach non pool/snooker fans. A non cue sport fan would never subscribe to matchroom live, however most households have Sky. As the Matchroom pool events are on the Sky TV guide, it gives a wider audience the opportunity to...

A fun tournament so far and the commentary has been great with the exception of Rollie (sorry to sound harsh), who doesn't add anything and just makes me put the commentary on mute. There are better options, outside of the players there. Nick Schulman would be great, but I know he has a pretty...

Most definitely. They showed some of their hand and when discussing the US Open a little while ago, when they said that they are looking at running a big Amateur tournament alongside the US Open in Atlantic City. With not everyone satisfied with the current large scale amateur tournaments in...

Pool is in the best shape it has been in for decades, if not ever. Where pool players can actually make money and the fans have some great events to watch with proper coverage, excellent commentators and professional standards. Much of this is down to Matchroom’s involvement, but yet people want...

I have never seen this happen before, but I thought I would share this amazing break by Doug Mountjoy.

The match tables they use for the pro tournaments are also traditionally much tighter than the average club table (unless that has changed) and are heated to improve consistency. I used to practice on Ali Carter's table at my local club, which had brutally tight pockets. The first time...

From what I understand the top snooker players have been practicing for several hours a day since they were very young. These days if you are not making hundred breaks by about the age of ten you have very little chance of making it. Even then the jump from exceptional amateur player to touring...

Dr Steve Peters, has worked with Ronnie since 2011. He really has worked miracles. https://chimpmanagement.com/professor-steve-peters/

In my experience they do play all the rules, except the miss rule. If someone did what was deemed a deliberate foul, there would be a riot. The only other slight thing would be, that you might let someone carry on in a friendly game and not call a foul if they feathered the ball (hit the cue...

It was amazing. Frame 16 is one of the best frames of snooker I can remember.

Trump has really found his form today and Williams is off. It has been an excellent tournament so far. If anyone has not seen it, Gods of Snooker is definitely worth watching