We¹ are at the Crucible. Yesterday was the first day of the 2025 World Seniors Snooker Championship.

Four matches were played yesterday, two in the afternoon, ttwo in the evening. All results are available on snooker.org.

Joe Perry 4-2 Fabio Luersen

This was a good match as you can guess by the scores. There was a break over 50 in every frame bar one. Joe is still very much main tour standard and Fabio gave him a good game. Keep in mind that in Brazil they play on slightly smaller tables, that Fabio had to travel to Europe, deal with a huge time difference, played professional and that this is the Crucible … he did, really, really well!

1. We means “my camera and me” … 😊 ↩︎

Dominic Dale 4-2 – Craig Steadman

A scrappier match and Proletina Velichkova debut on the Seniors tour. The first two frames were very close and generally the match was very, very scrappy, which was to be expected with these two…

Igor Figuereido 2-4 Wayne Townsend

It’s hard to know how much the pressure of being World Champion “weighted” on Igor. He was the heaviest scorer in this match but lost to an inspired Wayne who was supported by his wife and young daughter. Wayne is a very good player and those who follow the seniors snooker tour knew that already. Qualifying for this event isn’t easy. Wayne is also an “emotional” type of person and he showed his emotions during the match … for which he was criticised in some corners. So much so that he felt the need to apologise on Facebook:

Aaron Canavan 4-1 Andrew Norman

Aaron Canavan has won this title before and yesterday looked extremely determined to put his hands on the trophy again. Nothing against Aaron but I felt for Andrew who is a close friend and was well and truly outplayed for most of the match.