Since posting “My favorite biliard blogs” almost a year ago a lot has happened in our small section of the blogosphere. New blogs have appeared while others have ceased to exist. Here’s a short rundown of the year in billliard blogs:
New blogs
Players
Grady’s Place is written by legendary player Grady “The Professor” Mathews. He has just […]

Since posting “My favorite biliard blogs” almost a year ago a lot has happened in our small section of the blogosphere. New blogs have appeared while others have ceased to exist. Here’s a short rundown of the year in billliard blogs:
New blogs
Players
Grady’s Place is written by legendary player Grady “The Professor” Mathews. He has just […]

Europe won a much wanted Mosconi Cup by beating their US rivals 11-8.
The US team had the best start, leading 4-1 after the opening day. Europe managed to tie up the contest at 5-5 after day two though, and held a 9-6 lead after day three. German Mosconi Cup veteran Ralf Souquet clinched the match […]

Ronnie O’Sullivan from England won the UK Championship for a fourth time this weekend.
In the final O’Sullivan overwhelmed Scotland’s Stephen Maguire 10-2 to capture his first ranking title since the 2005 Irish Masters.
For the third straight ranking tournament 2006 world champion Shaun Murphy (England) lost out in the semi-finals. This time he was beaten 9-5 […]

Ronnie O’Sullivan from England won the UK Championship for a fourth time this weekend.
In the final O’Sullivan overwhelmed Scotland’s Stephen Maguire 10-2 to capture his first ranking title since the 2005 Irish Masters.
For the third straight ranking tournament 2006 world champion Shaun Murphy (England) lost out in the semi-finals. This time he was beaten 9-5 […]

Daniel Sánchez from Spain won the three cushion World Cup event in Seoul, South Korea.
In the last match he trounced surprise finalist Chi Tranh Tran (Vietnam) 3-0 (15-14, 15-9, 15-4).
Ramon Rodriguez from Peru and Frédéric Caudron (Belgium) shared third spot.
The home nation’s Jae Dong Choi had the highest average in the tournament with 2.357. Caudron’s […]

Italy’s Bruno Muratore won his first major title by grabbing the Dynamic Costa del Sop Open.
In the final he edged Radoslaw Babica (Poland) 10-9 to win €5000. Földes took home €3300 for the runner-up position.
In the semi-finals Muratore beat last event’s winner Mark Gray (England) 10-7 and Babica defeated Netherland’s Niels Feijen 10-4. Defending champion […]

Thailand’s Atthasit Mahitthi and Reanne Evans from England won gold medals at the IBSF World Snooker Championships.
Mahitthi beat fellow Thai Passakorn Suwannawat 11-7 in the men’s final while Evans blanked defending champion Wendy Jans (Belgium) 5-0.
This was Mahitthi’s first world title. His previous best was joint third in 2006. Evans has won once before, in […]

England’s Allison Fisher won the Cuetec Cues WPBA National Championship for the seoond year in a row.
In the final she defeated countrywoman Kelly Fisher 7-2. Ga Young Kim (South Korea) and Jeanette Lee (USA) finished joint third.
It was Fisher’s seventh National Championship. It was also her fourth WPBA win of the season and the 51st […]

Ryuuji Umeda from Japan won the World Three Cushion Championship.
In the tight final against Daniel Sanchez from Spain he won 3-2, with the set scores 6-15, 15-9, 4-15, 15-7 and 15-12. Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) and Ramón Rodriguez (Peru) captured the bronze medals.
Sanchez had the highest average in the tournament, with 1.805. He also had the […]