Lancashire Telegraph | Snooker

Chris is building Foundations

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 13:35:54 +0100

FROM coaching snooker to a handful of kids to talking to a TV audience of millions, Chris Lovell has come a long way in a short space of time.

Low Moor on a high as they reach North West last four

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:45:41 +0100

Low Moor swept into the semi-finals of the North West small table snooker championship with a 4-1 win away to Excelsior No 1 at Blackpool.

Tributes as Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins blows out

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:00:00 +0100

UPDATE: Tributes have poured in for snooker great Alex ‘Hurricane’ Higgins, East Lancashire’s first world champion in 1972, who died on Saturday.

Ajaib is Far and away the best

Tue, 11 May 2010 16:58:39 +0100

FARAK AJAIB showed his class to win the CFS Burnley Snooker League singles final.

Dennis Taylor replays 1985 World Championship Final

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 10:47:40 +0100

DENNIS Taylor replayed the final frame of his classic 1985 World Championship final with Steve Davis yesterday - 25 years to the day since the East Lancashire snooker star's dramatic win.

Murtaughs keep it in the family

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:58:52 +0100

FATHER and son Howard and Niki Murtaugh made sure the CFS Burnley and District League’s doubles final was a family affair after sweeping to victory.

McCulloch goes to pot and misses out on Crucible

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:48:39 +0000

Walton-le-Dale star Ian McCulloch missed out on a place at this year’s World Championships after losing 10-7 to Barry Hawkins in his final qualifying round.

Snooker legend on cue to help Whalley club launch

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:31:58 +0000

SNOOKER legend Steve Davis helped launch a new initiative aimed at keeping young people off the streets in the Ribble Valley.

Snooker legend Jimmy White to take on the public in Burnley

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:50:00 +0100

JIMMY White will challenge members of the public to a game of pool when he opens new offices at a Burnley business park tomorrow.

Burnley snooker star bows out

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:50:00 +0000

BURNLEY star Stephen Ormerod bowed out of the World Championship at the second qualifying stage despite being in top form in his opening game.

Burnley potter Ormerod wins through

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:54:12 +0000

Burnley potter Stephen Ormerod made it through the first stage of qualifying for the World Championship thanks to a 5-0 win over Christopher Flight at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.

Feniscowles look to defend North West championship

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:28:54 +0000

STANHILL Working Men’s Club are always close to the action in the Blackburn with Darwen small table snooker league. But, surprisingly, they've never put a team into the North West championship.

Snooker legend right on cue at Padiham club

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:14:02 +0000

Snooker star Jimmy White played charity frames with patrons of Padiham Snooker Club to raise money for the Paul Hunter Foundation.

Jimmy White to visit snooker club which aims to ‘pot’ jobs

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:00:00 +0000

YOUNGSTERS can join a pioneering snooker club in Accrington which aims to help those without a job get into employment.

Top snooker referee backs Paul Hunter Foundation

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:35:18 +0000

ONE of snookers most respected referees has lent his support to the Paul Hunter Foundation.

Paul Hunter Academy launched at Padiham

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:19:00 +0100

THE Paul Hunter Foundation Snooker Academy was launched last weekend at Paul Rinaldi's Padiham Snooker Centre.

Shokat on cue for return to big time

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:30:00 +0100

ACCRINGTON snooker star Shokat Ali could be on his way back towards the big-time after stumbling across a new cue.

Thorburn makes surprise visit to Accrington

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 12:05:59 +0100

CANADIAN Cliff Thorburn paid a surprise visit to the Paul Hunter Foundation/Y-not weekly road show at Cue Masters Snooker Club in Accrington.

Snooker initiative launched in Padiham

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:30:00 +0100

A SNOOKER academy for under privileged and disabled children is to be launched in Padiham.

Inter League is now miles better

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:05:32 +0100

THERE can’t be many players who clock up more miles than those competing in the Inter Town Team Summer Snooker League.

Alfonso denied Further honours

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:11:00 +0100

FURTHERGATE pair George Holden and Andy Lancaster clinched the doubles title in the Lancashire Telegraph CIU Games League - and deny Alfonso Bellusci the chance of a clean sweep' of honours.

Students take on cue ace Steve Davis

Tue, 20 May 2008 15:39:00 +0100

YOUNG learners got a lesson from one of the country's top achievers - six-times world snooker champion Steve Davis - at a competition in Padiham.

East Lancs Coast to Trophy triumph

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:45:00 +0000

IT'S getting a bit too one-sided these days.

Sweet revenge for the Alex

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:48:00 +0000

SWEET revenge for the Alexandra! The Nelson snooker club, hammered by Darwen's Punch Hotel in last year's North West small table final, knocked them out of this season's campaign on their own table.

‘New boy’ Mick cooking on Gas

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:47:00 +0000

VETERAN Mick McHugh makes his debut for the East Lancs team to play the Fylde on Sunday in the second leg of the Gascon Trophy.

Rivals ready for knockout blow

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:16:00 +0000

IT'S the final of the Clitheroe & District snooker league team knockout this week and next between Low Moor A and Royal British Legion.

Dream day for birthday boys

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:04:00 +0000

Wilpshires 21st party! IT MIGHT be something to do with the law of averages.

Macca eyes world champs

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:53:00 +0000

IAN McCulloch must now set his sights on April's World Snooker Championships after being knocked out of the Welsh Open by Shaun Maguire.

McCulloch bids for Welsh glory

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:58:00 +0000

IAN McCulloch is confident of piling more agony on world number three Shaun Murphy tonight as he bids for Welsh Open glory.

All to play for in Borough pairs final

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:12:00 +0000

THERE is close on £400 at stake on Tuesday, January 22, when the Borough Pairs snooker tournament reaches its climax at the Darwen pub.