Billiard Coach – Mike Fieldhammer

2015 Bet Fred World Snooker Championship

Posted on 26. Apr, 2015 by Mike Fieldhammer.

There’s 8 days to go and 12 players remaining, soon to be eight. I’m glad I’ve got things to do Monday. I won’t be missing but a handful of frames of snooker.

Nearing the end of Sunday night matches

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Betfred World Snooker Championships 2015

Posted on 17. Apr, 2015 by Mike Fieldhammer.

World Snooker Championships begins tomorrow!

My favorite event all year gets underway tomorrow morning! For the uninitiated, it is the final event of the snooker season and a huge one at that. It’s a seventeen day tournament with the top 16 in the world seeded playing 16 qualifiers that have played in the previous weeks to secure a spot. The draw is on the World Snooker website or updated in near real time at Wikipedia. Links below:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_World_Snooker_Championship

http://www.worldsnooker.com/

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Ronnie O’Sullivan defeats Judd Trump to advance to finals

Posted on 04. May, 2013 by Mike Fieldhammer.

The defending world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan prevailed 17-11 over Judd Trump for a chance to repeat.

Yesterday, there was some commotion in the session when referee Michaela Tabb warned him for making a lewd gesture with his cue stick. I captured these photos while they discussed the indecent. Ronnie said he simply had to wipe down his cue.

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Jonesing for some time on the baize!

Posted on 03. May, 2013 by Mike Fieldhammer.

Watching all this world-class snooker has me itching to play a few frames. I can’t tell you it was lucky for me there were no cues laying about in the practice room. I was in there alone for a while examining the equipment. If there had been so much as a broomstick, I’d have been busted for sure.

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