Northern Ireland Trophy
24th - 31st August 08

Waterfront Hall, Belfast

First Round - Mark Davies 5 - 4 Joe Swail

The Northern Ireland Trophy is a professional snooker tournament. It began as an invitational event introduced for the 2005/06 season and was contested by 20 players. From the 2006/07 season, it is a full ranking event, attended by the world's top 32 players plus 16 qualifiers.

The event is the first major tournament to be held in Northern Ireland and has been staged as part of World Snooker's continuing efforts to popularise the game in more territories.

The tournament currently takes place at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast. Prize money for 2006 totalled £200,500 ($387,586) with the winner receiving £30,000 ($57,992).

In the 2006 Northern Ireland Trophy Ronnie O'Sullivan, broke a world record during his semi-final against Dominic Dale. He won the match in 53 minutes of play, which was the fastest ever time in best-of-11 match.

Tournament Round-up
Joe was knocked out in the first round 5 - 4 to Mark Davies. Joe created a few chances to nick it, but failed to take full advantage of them. He has commented that he was bitterly disappointed to lose infront of his home fans, and hopes that with all your continued support he'll be back to winning ways again.

Ronnie O'Sullivan was the eventual winner of the tournament after cruising to a 9 - 3 win over world number 28 Dave Harold, making this his third ranking tournament win in nine months. O'Sullivan is reported to have said that he can reach 30 ranking titles before his career is out, the Northern Ireland Trophy being his 21st.

Qualifier Shanghai Masters
5th Sept

Pontins Prestatyn, Wales

Shanghai Masters
29th Sept - 5th Oct 08

Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China

Final: Ricky Walden 10 - 8 Ronnie O'Sullivan

The Shanghai Masters, sponsored by the Chinese motor vehicle company Roewe, was a new tournament to the snooker calendar in 2007.

Last year’s tournament produced the first shock of the season when outsider Dominic Dale beat Ryan Day in the final to take the title and the £48,000 prize money.

This years tournament continued the trend of shock winners when Ricky Walden ranked world number 35 saw off world number 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan in an exciting 10-8 final. Ricky proved his ability in collecting his first ever ranked title and his biggest pay cheque yet of £52,000. O’Sullivan will be disappointed to have missed out on his chance of winning three consecutive titles.
 

Royal London Watches Grand Prix
11th - 19th Oct 08

Bahrain Championship Qualifiers
27th - 30th October

Pontin's, Prestatyn

Joe is due to play qualifiers on 30th October.

Please return to see result of qualifiers.

Bahrain Championship
8th - 15th November 2008

Bahrain International Exhibition Centre, Manama

New tournament just added to the snooker year.

Qualifier UK Championship
7th - 8th Dec

Academy in Sheffield

Maplin UK Championship
13th -21st Dec 08

The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

SAGA Insurance Masters
11th - 18th Jan 09

Qualifier China Open
24th Jan '09

Pontins Prestatyn, Wales

Welsh Open
16th - 22nd Feb 09

Qualifier World Championship
7th - 10th March '09

The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

888.com World Snooker Championship
18th April - 4th May 09

The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

Malta Cup
To be confirmed

China Open
To be confirmed