2010 World Snooker Championship – Day 3

On Monday 19th April 2010 I was back at the Crucible Theatre for the World Championships and the Ronnie O’Sullivan v Liang Wenbo match.

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2010 World Snooker Championship – Day 2

On Sunday 18th April 2010 I was back at the Crucible once again for the snooker. I watched a former world champion play a former world runner-up and met some of the legends of the game.

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2010 World Snooker Championship – Opening Saturday

On Saturday 17th April 2010 I went to the Crucible Theatre for the opening day of the 2010 Betfred.com World Championship. I had a wonderful day, watching two world champions play,and meeting three players involved in the championships plus it was lovely sunny weather too!

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2010 World Snooker Championship – Preparations

On Friday 16th April 2010 I went to the crucible theatre to see the final preperations for the 2010 Championships which begin tommorrow. While there I met Stephen Hendry and held the World Snooker trophy. Over the next two weeks you can follow my story of the championship here.

You can all the pictures by clicking below.

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Paul Collier Q&A

Former professional snooker referee Paul Collier is the latest snooker star to be interviewed on ryan147.com.

Since turning professional in 1991, Paul Collier had a very successful career as a snooker referee.  Paul refereed his first Ranking Event Final in January 2002, the Welsh Open. Then in 2004 Paul was lucky enough to take charge of the 2004 World final between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Graeme Dott at the Crucible Theatre. Sadly at the end of the 2004/05 season Paul gave up being a professional referee, however he still takes charge of the Premier League each year.

Click below to read the interview.

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Chesterfield 2-2 Dagenham and Redbridge – League 2

On Saturday 10th April I went to watch Chesterfield face Dagenham and Redbridge at Saltergate.

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Snooker Legends at the Crucible Theatre

On Thursday 8th April 2010 I went to the Crucible Theatre to watch the first ever ‘Snooker Legends’. The players included Jimmy White and Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins who returned to the Crucible for the first time in over 15 years.

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