• Venue - The Newport Centre
    City - Newport
    Country - Wales
    Date - January 25 - 31

    Photo Gallery


       The boys are back in town
    The Welsh Dragons -
    Mark Williams, Ryan Day, Matthew Stevens
    and Dominic Dale
    hope to breath fire into their home tournament
     One of the huge posters
    outside the venue.
    Looks like a line up for a Ganster movie!
    		  
      Allister Carter made a good start
    to the defence of his title.
     O'Sullivan breezed through his
    first match against Bingham.
       Mark Williams with
    his young lad Connor.

     Barry Pinches forced
    Matthew Stevens to a
    deciding frame in their Last 48 match.
      Fergal O'Brien sizes up his options
     Courtesy cars lined up to whisk
    the players to
    wherever they need to go.
      O'Sullivan contemplates whether
    he needs to book a visit
    to the Newport Nail care Centre!
     Mark Allen is full of smiles
    after beating Tom Ford
      Stuart Bingham looks very
    intent here but
    he left his A-game back home in Essex
     Does Jamie Cope reckon
    that's 'one in the eye' for Ding or
    is he suggesting he can
    beat Ronnie with one eye shut?
      No peace for Ding.
    Even when he's lost he's surrounded
    by the demanding Chinese Media.
    Neil's had the tongs on his hair
    to get rid of the curly look!
       Irish Granite!
     Rob Walker whips the
    crowd into a frenzy!
      Matthew, still surprised by his
    amazing clearance to beat
    Shaun Murphy
     This way to the Snwcer -
    er that's Welsh for Snooker!
       Brendan Moore will be refereeing his
    first major final on Sunday
     Michael Judge gets a rare tv match,
    against John Higgins
     A rather unhappy
    Ding after his first round exit.
      Barry Hawkins,
    a picture in pink.
    Stephen Hendry is happy with his
    performance against Dave Harold.
    His logo refers to the series of
    challenge matches against Ding.

      Mark Williams rues a missed
    opportunity as
    Fergal O'Brien posts a century.
     Matthew Stevens has been
    through and put the Welsh fans through
    the wringer so far this week.
    Two thrilling 5-4 wins
      Williams stroked in
    back to back centuries
    against Fergal O'Brien
     Dominic Dale does his bit for
    Sport Relief
       
     Running is a lot more strenuous
    than playing snooker!