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Open reaches business end – without Welsh players

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14 Feb 2020
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Joe Richards
Home snooker stars all knocked out as tournament heads into quarter-finals SEVEN of world’s top 10 players are into the quarter-finals of...
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Welsh Open: Ebbw teen unlucky to lose to world No 8

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11 Feb 2020
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John Jones
Jackson Page threatened incredible upset but was knocked out 4-3 by Kyren Wilson WELSH teenager Jackson Page came close to causing a...
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Meet one of the referees changing the face of snooker

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15 Feb 2019
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George Morgan
IN 2001, the chief executive of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, Jim McKenzie, said he wanted to change the stuffy,...
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Mark Williams wins thrilling all-Welsh contest

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11 Feb 2019
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George Morgan
REIGNING World Champion Mark Williams beat lowly ranked Cardiffian Kishan Hirani 4-3, in a gripping game at the Welsh Open. The lead...
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Mark Williams bids for first Welsh Open title in 20 years

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08 Feb 2019
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George Morgan
Nine months after his shock World Championship triumph Mark Williams is back in Cardiff hoping to recapture his 1990s heroics. The maverick Welshman has...
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Ronnie O'Sullivan

O’Sullivan out of Welsh Open after masterclass from Higgins

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02 Mar 2018
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Jack Hunsley
RONNIE O’Sullivan is out of the 2018 Welsh open after being thoroughly beaten 5-1 by world number five, John Higgins, tonight. The...
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World number 58 into Welsh open semi-finals

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02 Mar 2018
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Will Jefford
WORLD number 58, Noppon Saengkham will play Barry Hawkins in the semi-finals of the Welsh open on Saturday. The Thai player beat...
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Ronnie O'Sullivan

O’Sullivan sets up quarter-final battle with John Higgins

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02 Mar 2018
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Will Jefford
RONNIE O’Sullivan will play John Higgins in the Welsh Open quarter-finals after beating Englishman Mike Dunn 4-0. The world number two, who...
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Matthew Stevens

Stevens ploughs on for Wales after Williams left snowed under

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01 Mar 2018
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Jack Hunsley
MATTHEW Stevens will be Wales’ sole representative in the fourth round of the 2018 Welsh Open after world number 24, Martin Gould,...
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Mark Williams

Snooker star Williams victorious in testing opener

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27 Feb 2018
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Will Jefford
WORLD number six Mark Williams got off to a winning start in the Welsh open against Englishman Mark King in Cardiff this...
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Michael White

“I feel like chucking my cue in the river,” says defeated White

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27 Feb 2018
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Jack Hunsley
WORLD number 27 Michael White said he felt like throwing away his cue after being knocked out of the 2018 Welsh Open....
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Teenager Page into snooker second round

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27 Feb 2018
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Jack Hunsley
16-YEAR-OLD snooker player Jackson Page has made it into the second round of the Welsh Open for the second year in succession....
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Mark Williams

Snooker stars descend on the Motorpoint for Welsh Open

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23 Feb 2018
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Jack Hunsley
FOURTEEN of Wales’ finest snooker players will join the world’s best at the Motorpoint Arena next week as the 2018 Welsh Open...
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Snooker stars return to Cardiff arena

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23 Jan 2018
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Will Jefford
SNOOKER’S Welsh Open returns to the Motorpoint Arena this season, with the sport’s leading cue kings heading to Cardiff. The world ranking...
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Bingham beats Trump in thrilling Welsh Open final

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21 Feb 2017
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Cathy Duncan
STUART Bingham has become snooker’s Welsh Open champion after beating Judd Trump by a single frame in a thrilling final at Cardiff’s...
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A schoolboy’s rise and a champion’s demise at snooker’s Welsh Open

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17 Feb 2017
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Cathy Duncan
IN every master-and-protégé relationship, there comes a time when the master is outshone by the protégé. For Mark Williams — twice world...
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Snooker legend Mark Williams crashes out of Welsh Open

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15 Feb 2017
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Cathy Duncan
WALES’ home favourite Mark Williams has crashed out of snooker’s Welsh Open after losing to world number 115 Elliot Slessor in the...
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Michael White (left) and Ryan Day (right) will face off in an all-Welsh last 16 clash.

Ryan Day pulls off shock win to seal all-Welsh snooker Grand Prix clash

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07 Feb 2017
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Cathy Duncan
BRIDGEND’S Ryan Day has claimed a shock 4-2 win against world number 2 Stuart Bingham in snooker’s World Grand Prix in Preston....
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Welsh players face tough tests at snooker’s World Grand Prix

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07 Feb 2017
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Cathy Duncan
THERE will be three snooker players from South Wales competing in the first round of the World Grand Prix in Preston today....
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Welsh success in UK Snooker Championship hides lack of young players

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29 Nov 2016
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Cathy Duncan
THERE will be five snooker players from South Wales playing in the last 32 of the UK Championship today, but the manager...
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Five Welshmen play the day after Rocket's protest

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16 Feb 2016
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Cathy Duncan
SNOOKER fans will be watching intently as five Welshmen will play on day two of the Welsh Open Championship. Ronnie O’Sullivan declined...
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Williams' exit ends home interest at Welsh Open

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28 Feb 2014
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Cathy Duncan
All hopes of a home-grown winner of the Welsh Open Snooker Championship were dashed yesterday as the final Welshman left in the competition was defeated.

Good day for home crowd favourites at the Welsh Open

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25 Feb 2014
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Cathy Duncan
Matthew Stevens came through a tough encounter to reach round 3 (Photo: Bill da Flute) It was a positive day yesterday for...
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