Murphy gets back into contention

Robert Murphy put himself back into contention for the Irish No.1 spot with a superb 5-0 victory over fellow Dubliner Robert Redmond in the final of the Irish Masters last weekend in Carlow.

Allen progresses to finals

Northern Ireland's Mark Allen progressed to the final stages of the Championship League today thanks to a 3-0 win over Peter Ebdon in the final of today's Group 6 event.

Ebdon had led the way after day one in the groups and still finished No.1 despite a 3-2 defeat to Allen earlier in the day but he couldn't stop Allen taking the main prize.

Alex Higgins Interview

The Telegraph recently interviewed Alex Higgins about his love for the sport and his ten year battle with cancer. Alex recently took part in the 6 Red World Championships and this year embarks upon the Legends Tour across the UK and Ireland along with Jimmy White, John Parrot, Cliff Thorburn and more. 

Ebdon leads the way

Peter Ebdon was in superb form today in the Championship League as he took three wins from his four matches to lead the pack at the end of day one.

Ebdon had superb wins over Barry Hawkins 3-0, Mark Williams 3-1 and Joe Swail 3-1 compiling three superb centuries along the way.

Robertson thunders into finals

The thunder from down under Neil Robertson is through to the final group stage of the Championship League after a resounding 3-0 win over Jamie Cope in the final of todays Group 5. Robertson reached the playoff's with 3-2 victories over both Cope and Walden despite losing out to Barry Hawkins in his second last match.

Four wins from six was good enough to leave Robertson in second place behind Cope and gave him a semi final match against Mark Williams who had a great run of wins today to finish third. Williams defeated Cope, Harold and then Hawkins in which he finished off in style with a superb 143 break in only 7 minutes.

Cope in pole position

Jamie Cope is in pole position after day one of the latest instalment of the Championship League thanks to superb wins over Ricky Walden, Dave Harold and Barry Hawkins. Cope should only now need at least one win against Robertson, Ebdon or Williams tomorrow to secure his playoff place for tomorrow evening.

Both Robertson and Ebdon however are hot on his heals with Ebdon having three superb wins over Walden, Robertson and Williams to keep him in touch with Cope although having played one more match.