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07 December 2012: Vale John McKay, 1937 - 2012
Our thoughts are with the family of John McKay (Henry John McKay) who passed away last night after a lengthy battle with cancer.
John was a Victorian champion snooker player, and an administrator and organiser of cue sports in Victoria. He played a key role in the development of opportunities for many junior players, including Neil and his brother Marc. John was a legend of the sport on and off the table, and will be dearly missed.
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06 December 2012: UK Championship - Quarter Final
Neil was defeated 6-4 by Mark Selby.
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05 December 2012: UK Championship - Round 2
Neil defeated Barry Hawins 6-2 to advance to the Quarter Finals.
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03 December 2012: UK Championship - Round 1
Neil defeated Tom Ford 6-1 to advance to the Last 16, with breaks of 129, 112, 74, 100, and 127.
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27 November 2012: ET6 (Munich Open) Qualifiers
Neil defeated Sam Craigie 4-0 and Joe Swail 4-2 to advance to the Last 32.
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24 November 2012: Premier League (Semi Final)
Neil was defeated 5-4 by Judd Trump.
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18 November 2012: ET4 (Bulgarian Open)
Neil defeated Marcus Campbell 4-2 and Ben Woollaston 4-2 to reach the Semi Final, where he was defeated by John Higgins 4-2.
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17 November 2012: ET4 (Bulgarian Open)
Neil defeated Hans Blanckaert 4-2, Ryan Causton 4-1, and Anthony Hamilton 4-2 to reach the Last 16.
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15 November 2012: Premier League
Neil defeated Ding Junhui 4-2 to finish 2nd in his group and progress to the semi-finals of the Premier League.
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04 November 2012: International Championship - Final
Neil was defeated 10-8 by Judd Trump, finishing Runner-Up in the inaugural International Championship.
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03 November 2012: International Championship - Semi Final
Neil defeated Shaun Murphy 9-5 to reach his first ranking final in China.
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01 November 2012: International Championship - Quarter Final
Neil defeated Lu Haotian 6-2 to advance to the Semi Finals.
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31 October 2012: International Championship - Last 16
Neil defeated Matthew Stevens 6-2 to advance to the Quarter Finals.
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28 October 2012: International Championship
Neil defeated Ryan Day 6-3 to advance to the Last 16.
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25 October 2012: Premier League
Neil was defeated 6-0 by Stuart Bingham.
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21 October 2012: ET3 (Antwerp Open) - Last 16 & Quarter Final
Neil defeated Alfie Burden 4-3 but was then defeated 4-3 by Andrew Pagett in the Quarter Final.
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20 October 2012: ET3 (Antwerp Open)
Neil defeated Joe Steele 4-0, Daniel Wells 4-2, and Kurt Maflin 4-3 to advance to the Last 16.
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07 October 2012: ET2 (Gdynia Open) Final
Neil defeated Jamie Burnett 4-3 to win ET2 in Gdynia, Poland.
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07 October 2012: ET2 (Gdynia Open) Quarter Final & Semi Final
Neil defeated Tian Pengfei 4-0 and Stephen Maguire 4-2 to reach the Final of ET2.
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06 October 2012: ET2 (Gdynia Open) Last 16
Neil defeated Martin Gould 4-3 to advance to the Quarter Finals.
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05 October 2012: ET2 (Gdynia Open) Last 32
Neil came from 3-1 down to defeat Jamie Jones 4-3 and advance to the Last 16.
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27 September 2012: Premier League
Neil defeated Shaun Murphy 4-2.
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20 September 2012: Shanghai Masters
Neil was defeated 5-0 by Joe Perry in the Last 16.
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19 September 2012: Shanghai Masters
Neil defeated Chen Feilong 5-2 to advance to the Last 16.
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14 September 2012: General Cup - Hong Kong
Neil defeated Ricky Walden 7-6 in the final.
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08 September 2012: PTC3
Neil defeated Michael Leslie 4-2 before losing 4-0 to Stuart Bingham.
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06 September 2012: Premier League
Neil defeated Mark Selby 5-1.
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25 August 2012: ET 1 (Paul Hunter Classic)
Neil defeated Daniel Wells 4-1 before losing 4-1 to Barry Hawkins in Round 2 of ET1.
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18 August 2012: ET 2 (Stage 1)
Neil defeated Alex Taubman 4-0 and Yu Delu 4-3 to advance to the Last 32, which will be played in Poland in October.
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11 August 2012: PTC2
Neil defeated Jamie Rhys Clarke 4-0 and David Gilbert 4-0 before losing 4-0 to Martin Gould in Round 3 of PTC2.
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12 July 2012: Australian Goldfields Open - Round 2
Neil was defeated 5-1 by Mark Davis in the Last 16.
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09 July 2012: Australian Goldfields Open - Round 1
Neil defeated Nigel Bond 5-1 to advance to the Last 16, with breaks of 135, 81, 92, 113, and 93. Post match interview.
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26 June 2012: Wuxi Classic - Round 1
Neil was defeated 5-1 by Jamie Burnett.
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10-11 May 2012: MOTHER Made Me Do It
Sydney-siders joined Neil at the MOTHER Fuelled Backyard Pool Challenge on May 10th and 11th outside Customs House at Circular Quay in Sydney, Australia.
For more information go to www.facebook.com/MotherEnergy
Have a look at what MOTHER made Neil do on their 6m x 3m outdoor Pool Table:
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02 May 2012: World Championship - Quarter Final
After trailing Ronnie O'Sullivan 7-5 at the end of the second session, Neil was defeated 13-10 in the third session.
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01 May 2012: World Championship - Quarter Final
At the end of the first of three sessions Neil leads Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3.
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27 April 2012: World Championship - Last 16
Neil defeated David Gilbert 13-9 to advance to the Quarter Finals.
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27 April 2012: World Championship - Last 16
At the end of the second session Neil leads David Gilbert 10-6.
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26 April 2012: World Championship - Last 16
At the end of the first of three sessions Neil leads David Gilbert 5-3.
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22 April 2012: World Championship - Last 32
Neil defeated Ken Doherty 10-4 to advance to the Last 16.
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21 April 2012: World Championship - Last 32
Neil compiled 3 centuries in a row to end the first session ahead 7-2.
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30 March 2012: China Open - Quarter Final
Neil was defeated 5-3 by Peter Ebdon.
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29 March 2012: China Open - Last 16
Neil defeated Stephen Hendry 5-3 to advance to the Quarter Finals.
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26 March 2012: China Open - Last 32
Neil defeated Jamie Cope 5-4 to advance to the Last 16.
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21-22 March 2012: Championship League - Winners Group
Mark Davis 3-1 Neil
Shaun Murphy 3-2 Neil
Judd Trump 3-1 Neil
Ding Junhui 3-0 Neil
Neil 3-1 Mark Allen
Neil 3-2 Barry Hawkins
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18 March 2012: PTC Grand Final - Final
Neil was defeated 4-0 by Stephen Lee.
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18 March 2012: PTC Grand Final - Semi Final
Neil defeated Stephen Maguire 4-0 to advance to the Final.
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17 March 2012: PTC Grand Final - Quarter Final
Neil defeated Joe Perry 4-1 to advance to the Semi Finals.
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15 March 2012: PTC Grand Final
Neil defeated Jack Lisowski 4-1 to advance to the Quarter Finals.
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01 March 2012: Haikou World Open
Neil was defeated 5-2 by Stephen Lee in the Last 16.
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29 February 2012: Haikou World Open
Neil defeated Stephen Hendry 5-3 to advance to the Last 16.
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14 February 2012: Welsh Open
Neil was defeated 4-1 by Stephen Hendry in Round 1 (Last 32).
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14 February 2012: Australian Goldfields Open 2012
IMG, World Snooker, and the Victorian State Government have announced the Australian Goldfields Open will return to Bendigo on the 9th of July.
More info: Media Release (PDF), Fact Sheet (PDF)
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03 February 2012: German Masters
Neil was defeated 5-1 by Matthew Stevens in Round 2 (Last 16).
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02 February 2012: German Masters
Neil defeated Marcus Campbell 5-2 to advance to the Last 16.
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24 January 2012: Championship League - Group 3, Day 2
Neil finished 3rd on the league table of 7 players and went on to win Championship League Group 3 to qualify for the Championship League Winners Group in March.
Day 2 results:
Neil 3-1 Jamie Cope
Neil 3-1 Martin Gould
Neil 3-2
Matthew Stevens (Semi Final)
Neil 3-2 Mark Selby (Final)
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23 January 2012: Championship League - Group 3, Day 1
At the end of day 1 in Group 3, with 12 out of 21 matches complete, Neil sits at 5th on the league table of 7 players, with 2 wins and 2 losses. His results:
Neil 3-2 Matthew Stevens
Neil 2-3 Mark Davis
Neil 0-3 Mark Selby
Neil 3-1 Stephen Hendry
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22 January 2012: The Masters - Final
Neil defeated Shaun Murphy 10-6 to claim his first Masters title, and maintain his perfect record of 9 victories from 9 televised finals appearances.
Post match video [Youtube]
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21 January 2012: The Masters - Semi Final
Neil defeated Judd Trump 6-3 to advance to the Final of the Masters for the first time.
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20 January 2012: The Masters - Quarter Final
Neil defeated Mark Williams 6-4 to advance to the Semi Finals of the Masters for the first time.
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18 January 2012: Vale Bill Hart, 1930 - 2012
Condolences to friends & family of Bill Hart who passed away yesterday aged 81.
Most recently the Secretary at Rooty Hill RSL, Bill was a pillar of the snooker and billiards community in Australia for more than 40 years as a player, referee coordinator, tournament director, and organiser. Bill was also one of Australia's most qualified referees.
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17 January 2012: The Masters - Last 16
Neil defeated Mark Allen 6-3 to advance to the Quarter Finals.
Tournament Schedule - Season 2011/2012:
| Date | Tournament | Location | Status |
| Jul 11-17 | World Cup | Thailand | Complete |
| Jul 18-24 | Australian Goldfields Open | Bendigo, Australia | Complete |
| Aug 6-10 | PTC2 | Gloucester, England | Complete |
| Aug 18 | Premier League | Skegness, England | Complete |
| Aug 17-21 | PTC3 | Sheffield, England | Complete |
| Aug 24-28 | PTC4 (Paul Hunter Classic) | Fuerth, Germany | Complete |
| Sep 5-11 | Shanghai Masters | Shanghai, China | Complete |
| Sep 15-18 | Brazilian Masters | Santa Catarina, Brazil | DNE |
| Sep 22 | Premier League | Motherwell, Scotland | Complete |
| Sep 21-25 | PTC5 | Sheffield, England | Complete |
| Sep 29-Oct 2 | PTC6 | Warsaw, Poland | Complete |
| Oct 5-9 | PTC7 | Gloucester, England | Complete |
| Oct 20 | Premier League | Exeter, England | Complete |
| Oct 20-23 | PTC8 | Killarney, Ireland | Complete |
| Nov 3 | Premier League | Southhampton, England | Complete |
| Nov 10-13 | PTC9 | Antwerp, Belgium | Complete |
| Nov 19-20 | Power Snooker Masters | Manchester, England | Complete |
| Nov 26-27 | Premier League Final | Hopton-on-Sea, England | DNQ |
| Nov 26-30 | PTC10 | Sheffield, England | Complete |
| Dec 3-11 | UK Championship | York, England | Complete |
| Dec 15-16 | PTC12 | Sheffield, England | DNE |
| Dec 17-19 | PTC11 | Sheffield, England | Complete |
| Jan 6-8 | PTC12 (Last 16) | Munich, Germany | DNE |
| Jan 11-12 | Championship League | Stock, England | Complete |
| Jan 15-22 | The Masters | London, England | Complete |
| Jan 23-24 | Championship League Group 3 | Stock, England | Complete |
| Jan 27-29 | Snooker Shoot Out | Blackpool, England | Withdrawn |
| Feb 1-5 | German Masters | Berlin, Germany | Complete |
| Feb 13-19 | Welsh Open | Newport, Wales | Complete |
| Feb 27-Mar 4 | World Open | Hainan, China | Complete |
| Mar 14-18 | PTC Final | Galway, Ireland | Complete |
| Mar 21-22 | Championship League Final | Stock, England | Complete |
| Mar 26-Apr 1 | China Open | Beijing, China | Complete |
| Apr 21-May 7 | World Championship | Sheffield, England | Complete |
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11-12 January 2012: Championship League Group 2
Neil was defeated by Mark Williams 3-2 and Stuart Bingham 3-0, before defeating Matthew Stevens 3-2, Shaun Murphy 3-2, and Mark Davis 3-2 to reach the Semi Final stage, during which he lost to Mark Selby 3-1.
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01 January 2012: New Wallpapers
New wallpapers have been added to the Gallery page.
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17 December 2011: PTC11
Neil was defeated 4-1 by Dominic Dale.
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09 December 2011: UK Championship - Semi Final
Neil was defeated 9-7 by Judd Trump.
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08 December 2011: UK Championship - Quarter Final
Neil defeated Ding Junhui 6-2 to advance to the Semi Finals of this event for the first time.
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06 December 2011: UK Championship - Last 16
Neil defeated Graeme Dott 6-3 to advance to the Quarter Finals.
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03 December 2011: UK Championship
Neil defeated Tom Ford 6-1 to advance to Round 2.
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30 November 2011: PTC10
Neil was defeated 4-3 by John Higgins.
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28 November 2011: PTC10
Neil defeated William Lemons 4-0, Mark Allen 4-2, and Gerard Greene 4-1 to reach the Last 16.
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20 November 2011: Power Snooker Masters
Neil defeated Stephen Lee 271-125 to reach the Semi Finals, but was defeated 519-157 by Ronnie O'Sullivan.
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19 November 2011: Power Snooker Masters
Neil defeated Stephen Macguire 238-174 to reach the Quarter Finals.
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13 November 2011: PTC9 (Belgium)
Neil defeated Michael White 4-1 to reach the Quarter Finals, where he was defeated 4-1 by Ronnie O'Sullivan.
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11 November 2011: PTC9 (Belgium)
Neil defeated Mario Wehrmann 4-0, Cao Yupeng 4-2, and Kurt Maflin 4-3 to reach the Last 16 in Antwerp.
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03 November 2011: Premier League
Neil was defeated by Ding Junhui 3-2 in their semi final.
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22 October 2011: PTC8 - Semi Final & Final
Neil defeated Mark Allen 4-3 and Judd Trump 4-1 to claim his second PTC title of the season.
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22 October 2011: PTC8 - Last 16 & Quarter Final
Neil defeated Martin Gould 4-0, and Ben Woollaston 4-0 to advance to the Semi Finals.
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21 October 2011: PTC8 (Ireland)
Neil defeated Gary Wilson 4-1, Tony Drago 4-1, and Joe Jogia 4-0 to advance to the Last 16 at PTC8.
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20 October 2011: Premier League - Exeter
Neil defeated Shaun Murphy 3-1 in his semi-final but was defeated 3-1 by Judd Trump in the final.
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07 October 2011: PTC7
Neil was defeated 4-1 by Anthony Hamilton.
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02 October 2011: PTC6
Neil defeated Stephen Lee 4-0 in the semi-final and then defeated Ricky Walden 4-1 in the final to claim his first PTC title, jump to the top of the PTC Order of Merit, and climb to #4 on the official world rankings at the October revision.
Frame Scores: 98-0 (76), 2-81 (62), 75-4 (69), 96-0 (95), 80-46 (68)
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02 October 2011: PTC6
Neil defeated Stephen Macguire 4-3 to advance to the Quarter Finals, and then defeated Shaun Murphy 4-3 to reach the Semi Finals.
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01 October 2011: PTC6
Neil defeated Daniel Wells 4-2, Gerard Greene 4-3 and Peter Ebdon 4-3 to advance to the Last 16 of PTC6.
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25 September 2011: PTC5
Neil defeated Li Yan 4-3 to reach the Quarter Finals but was defeated 4-1 by John Higgins.
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24 September 2011: PTC5
Neil defeated Eden Sharav 4-0, Aditya Mehta 4-3, and Scott Mackenzie 4-2 to advance to the Last 16 of PTC5.
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22 September 2011: Premier League - Scotland
Neil defeated John Higgins 3-0 and Ding Junhui 3-1 to win tonight's Premier league session including the evening's high break of 140.
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10 September 2011: Shanghai Masters - Semi Final
Neil was defeated 6-5 by world #1 Mark Williams.
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09 September 2011: Shanghai Masters - Quarter Final
Neil defeated reigning world champion John Higgins 5-2 to advance to the Semi Finals.
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08 September 2011: Shanghai Masters - Last 16
Neil defeated Michael Holt 5-2 to advance to his first ever Quarter Final in China.
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07 September 2011: Shanghai Masters - Last 32
Neil defeated Liang Wenbo 5-1 to advance to the Last 16.
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28 August 2011: PTC4
Neil defeated Mark Joyce 4-2 and Passakorn Suwannawat 4-1 to advance to the Semi Finals, where he was
defeated by Mark Davis 4-2.
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27 August 2011: PTC4
Neil defeated Chris Norbury 4-0, David Hogan 4-2, and Peter Lines 4-1 to advance to the Last 16 of PTC4.
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19 August 2011: PTC3
Neil defeated Scott Mackenzie 4-1 and Ali Carter 4-3, before losing to Joe Jogia 4-2 in the Last 32.
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18 August 2011: Premier League
Neil was defeated 3-0 by Matthew Stevens.
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10 August 2011: PTC2
Neil was defeated 4-3 by Judd Trump in the last 16.
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09 August 2011: PTC2
Neil defeated Chen Zhe 4-1, John Whitty 4-1 and Anthony McGill 4-0 to advance to the Last 16.
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21 July 2011: Australian Goldfields Open
Neil was defeated 5-4 and by just 1 point by Dominic Dale in the Last 16.
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19 July 2011: Australian Goldfields Open
Neil defeated Nigel Bond 5-2 to advance to the Last 16 at the inaugural Australian Goldfields Open.
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16 July 2011: World Cup - Quarter Final
Australia was defeated 2-4 by Wales (Mark Williams & Matthew Stevens) in the Quarter Finals of the World Cup.
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15 July 2011: World Cup - Group Stage
Australia defeated United Arab Emirates 4-1 to guarantee their progression to the Quarter Finals.
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14 July 2011: World Cup - Group Stage
Australia was defeated by China 2-3.
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12 July 2011: World Cup - Group Stage
Australia defeated Malta 3-2.
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11 July 2011: World Cup - Group Stage
The Australian team (Neil Robertson & Steve Mifsud) defeated Thailand1 by 4-1 in their opening match of the group stages of the World Cup in Bangkok.
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23 May 2011: Australian Goldfields Open announced
World Snooker have announced that a new major ranking event the "Australian Goldfields Open" will be held in Bendigo, Victoria (Australia) for the next 3 years.
More info: Media Release (PDF), BBC, Herald Sun, NineMSN
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16 May 2011: Premier League 2011
The line-up for the 2011 Premier League has been announced. Neil joins Ronnie O'Sulllivan, Mark Williams, John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Ali Carter, Shaun Murphy, Judd
Trump, Matthew Stevens and Jimmy White in a new
10 man format.
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16 April 2011: World Championship - Round 1
Neil was defeated by Judd Trump 8-10.
16 April 2011: World Championship - Round 1
At the end of their first session, Neil trails Judd Trump 4-5. Play resumes 7pm UK time.
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31 March 2011: China Open - Last 16
Neil was defeated 5-1 by Peter Ebdon.
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11 March 2011: Chinalife Xingpai Hainan Classic - Group Stage Results
Neil 2-1 Cao Yupen
Neil 1-2 Jamie Cope
Neil 1-2 Jin Long
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24 February 2011: Chinalife Xingpai Hainan Classic
Neil will join John Higgins, Stephen Hendry, Mark Allen, Peter Ebdon, Ali Carter, Graeme Dott, Jamie Cope, Ricky Walden and Ding Junhui at an invitational tournament in Hainan, China, from March 10-13. More info.
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17 February 2011: Welsh Open - Last 16
Neil was defeated 4-1 by Grame Dott in the Last 16.
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15 February 2011: Welsh Open - Last 32
Neil won 4 frames in a row from 2-0 down to defeat Nigel Bond 4-2, and advance to the Last 16 where he meets Graeme Dott.
Click here to view Neil's 130 break in frame 5.
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11 February 2011: Twitter & 2010 Wallpapers
Neil can now be found on Twitter
Today we've added to the Gallery page a new series of desktop and mobile phone wallpapers, from Neil's shoot with leading Australian photographer Andrew Maccoll.
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03 February 2011: German Masters
Neil was defeated 5-4 by Anthony Hamilton in the first round of the German Masters.
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30 January 2011: World Snooker Shoot-Out - Last 16 / Quarter Final
Neil defeated Ken Doherty 63-13 to reach the Quarter Finals, where he was defeated 57-49 by Marcus Campbell.
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29 January 2011: World Snooker Shoot-Out - Last 64 / Last 32
Neil defeated Barry Pinches 106-15 to advance to the Last 32. He then defeated Alan McManus 50-49 to advance to the Last 16. With just over a minute remaining Neil trailed 13-49, but he managed to close the gap and pot his final black to make a break of 37 and win by 1 point with just 1 second to spare.
14 January 2011: The Masters
Neil was defeated 6-4 by Mark Allen in the quarter finals of The Masters.
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12 January 2011: The Masters
Neil defeated Stephen Hendry 6-3 to advance to the quarter finals of The Masters
where he'll meet Mark Allen.
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09 December 2010: UK Championship
Neil was defeated by Shaun Murphy 9-7 in the quarter finals of the UK Championship.
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06 December 2010: UK Championship
Neil defeated Andrew Higginson 9-5, and will now play either Shaun Murphy or Ryan Day in the quarter finals of the UK Championship.
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05 December 2010: UK Championship
Neil is through to the last 16 in the UK Championship with a 9-1 defeat of Rory McLeod. Neil's next match is against Andrew Higginson.
Frame Scores: (Neil's score first)
0-117(61), 136(125)-0, 81-41, 64(57)-30, 137(137)-0, 89(60)-34, 62(62)-57, 64(61)-49, 110(105)-17, 84(84)-40
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27th November 2010: Premier League
Neil was defeated in the Semi-Finals 5-1 by Ronnie O'Sullivan.
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18th November 2010: Premier League
Neil defeated Shuan Murphy 4-2 to advance to the play-offs in the Premier League. Neil's next match will be against Ronnie O'Sullivan on November 27.
Frame Scores (Neil's score first)
17-56, 67-33, 116(116)-0, 0-108, 124(124)-0, 70-29
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4th November 2010: Premier League
Neil was defeated by Marco Fu 4-2.
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29th October 2010: EPTC4
Neil defeated David Morris 4-1 in Round 1, but was defeated 4-2 by Lui Song in Round 2.
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23rd October 2010: EPTC3
Neil defeated Rod Lawler 4-3 in Round 1, advanced through Round 2 after Matthew Stevens withdrew at 1-0 due to an injury, but was defeated 4-1 in Round 3 by Liang Wenbo.
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21st October 2010: Premier League
Neil
defeated Ding Junhui 6-0
Frame Scores (Neil's score first):
120(120)-0, 74-33, 72-44, 97-12, 87(87)-7, 73-25
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16th October 2010: PTC6
Neil defeated Rod Lawler 4-1 and Stuart Carrington 4-1 to advance to Round 4 of PTC6, but was defeated 4-1 by Dominic Dale.
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14th October 2010: Premier League
Neil match versus Mark Williams resulted in a draw (3-3).
Frame Scores (Neil's score first):
53-59, 79-39, 0-78(70), 82(55)-25, 7-109(105), 73(65)-1
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10th October 2010: PTC5
Neil defeated Mark King, Andy Hicks, and Graeme Dott to advance to Round 6 of PTC5, but was defeated 4-2 by Andrew Higginson.
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2nd October 2010: EPTC2
Neil defeated Barry Pinches 4-1 in Round 3 of EPTC2 in Belgium, but was defeated 4-2 by Jimmy White in Round 4.
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30th September 2010: Premier League
Neil was defeated 4-2 by Mark Selby.
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26th September 2010: World #1 Ranking
The world rankings update following the World Open has elevated Neil to world #1.
Neil joins an elite group as only 7 other professionals have held this position since world rankings began in 1976: Ray Reardon, Cliff Thorburn, Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Higgins, Mark Williams, and Ronnie O'Sullivan.
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26th September 2010: World Open (Final)
Neil defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-1 to maintain his perfect record of 6 victories from 6 finals appearances, his 6th world ranking title in 5 years, and has now won this event 3 times in 5 years.
World Snooker Interview and Match Report
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26th September 2010: World Open (Semi Final)
Neil came from 2-0 down to defeat Mark Williams 3-2 in their semi final, and now meets Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final.
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25th September 2010: World Open
Neil defeated Ricky Walden 3-1 to reach the semi-finals of the World Open. Neil will now play Mark Williams for a place in the final.
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24th September 2010: World Open
Neil defeated Andrew Higginson 3-2 in the Last 16 of the World Open, and will now meet Ricky Walden in the Quarter Final.
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22nd September 2010: World Open
Neil defeated David Morris 3-1 in the Last 32 of the World Open, and will now meet either Marco Fu or Andrew Higginson in the Last 16.
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18th September 2010: World Open
Neil defeated Graeme Dott 3-1 in the Last 64 of the World Open.
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8th September 2010: Shanghai Masters
Neil was defeated by Peter Ebdon 5-4 in the Last 32.
August 2010: EPTC1
Neil defeated
Andy Hicks 4-0 in Round 1, defeated Martin Gould 4-1 in the Last 64, but was defeated by Stuart Bingham 4-0 in the Last 32.
August 2010: PTC4
Neil was defeated by Daniel Wells 4-3 in the Last 128.
August 2010: PTC3
Neil defeated Allan Taylor 4-0 in the Last 128, but was defeated by Dominic Dale 4-2 in the Last 64.
Latest News and Results: Season 2009/2010
24 May 2010: Austrian Snooker Open
Neil finished Runner-Up in the Austrian Snooker Open, defeated 6-4 in the final by Judd Trump.
Quarter Final: 4-2 over Peter Ebdon
Semi Final: 5-3 over Mark King
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23 May 2010: Austrian Snooker Open
Neil progressed through the round robin stage without losing a frame, and also compiled a maximum break (147). Knock-out stage results:
Last 64: 3-0 over Soner Sari
Last 32: 3-1 over Mark Davis
Last 16: 3-1 over Stuart Bingham
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12 May 2010: Special Announcement
Neil and his partner welcome into the world their first child, Alexander.
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03 May 2010: Australia has a new world champion
Neil defeated Graeme Dott 18-13 to claim his first world title, and extend his record to 5 wins from 5 ranking event finals, with 1 victory in each of the last 5 calendar years.
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02 May 2010: World Championship - Final
After their first session Neil trailed Graeme Dott by 5-3, but at the end of
the second session Neil leads by 9-7. Play resumes 3pm Monday (UK time).
FOXTEL will broadcast the third and fourth sessions LIVE in Australia, so if you don't have it at home, find yourself a venue and help us cheer Neil across the line to become Australia's first snooker world champion.
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01 May 2010: World Championship - Semi Final
Neil defeated Ali Carter 17-12 to advance to his first world title final.
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30 April 2010: World Championship - Semi Final
Neil leads Ali Carter 15-9 at the end of their third session. Their fourth and final session starts at 2.30pm Saturday (UK time).
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30 April 2010: World Championship - Semi Final
Neil leads Ali Carter 10-6 at the end of their second session. Match resumes 7pm Friday (UK time).
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29 April 2010: World Championship - Semi Final
Neil leads Ali Carter 6-2 at the end of their first of four sessions. Match resumes 10am Friday (UK time).
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28 April 2010: World Championship - Quarter Final
Neil defeated Steve Davis 13-5 to reach his second world championship semi-final in a row.
Semi-final session times (UK time):
2pm Thursday 29th
10am & 7pm Friday 30th
2.30pm Saturday 1st
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27 April 2010: World Championship - Quarter Final
At the end of the first session of his Quarter Final, Neil led Steve Davis 7-1, and at the end of the second session Neil leads 12-4.
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24 April 2010: World Championship - Last 16
Neil defeated Martin Gould 13-12 to advance to a Quarter Final encounter with Steve Davis.
Martin won the first 6 frames of their match and the first session ended with Neil trailing 2-6.
Martin extended his lead through the second session, which ended with Neil trailing 5-11.
Neil won the first 5 frames of the third session to close the gap to 10-11, before Martin won the 22nd frame to achieve 10-12, just one frame from victory. But Neil won the next 3 frames to complete a stunning comeback, winning a total of 8 of the 9 frames played in the final session.
Neil's Quarter Final against Steve Davis commences 10am Tuesday 27th (UK time).
Neil's post-match interview:
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21 April 2010: World Championship - Last 32
Neil defeated Fergal O'Brien 10-5 to advance to the Last 16.
At 69 minutes, the 13th frame was the joint third longest in Crucible history.
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20 April 2010: World Championship - Last 32
Neil leads Fergal O'Brien 6-3 at the conclusion of their first session. Play resumes 2.30pm Wednesday 21st (UK time).
The third frame featured a deep screw blue described by the commentators as the shot of the tournament.
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30 March 2010: China Open - Last 16
Neil was defeated 5-1 by Peter Ebdon in the Last 16 of the China Open, however he did achieve a personal milestone by compiling his first maximum break (147) in a professional tournament.
Neil becomes the first Australian to join the exclusive "147 Club".
Video of Neil's 147: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and post-match interview.
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30 March 2010: China Open - Last 32
Neil defeated Mike Dunn 5-2, with breaks of 112, 88 and 102, to advance to the Last
16 where he will face either Peter Ebdon or Judd Trump.
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28 January 2010: Welsh Open - Last 16
Neil was defeated 5-2 by current title-holder Ali Carter.
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26 January 2010: Welsh Open - Last 32
Neil defeated Liu Song 5-2 to advance to the Last 16.
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12 January 2010: The Masters
Neil was defeated 6-4 by Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Frame Scores:
Neil Robertson 4-6 Ronnie O'Sullivan
78(65)-1, 102(101)-0, 74(34,34)-68(63), 3-114(114), 36-70(57), 0-87(87),
19-79(49), 140(140)-0, 14-106(106), 8-80(76)
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09 December 2009: UK Championship
Neil overcame his first session deficit to level the match at 8-8, but was ultimately defeated by John Higgins
9-8. Read Match Report [worldsnooker.com]
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08 December 2009: UK Championship
Neil trails reigning world champion John Higgins 5 frames to 3, at the end of their first session in the Last 16.
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06 December 2009: UK Championship
Neil won all 4 frames of his second session with breaks of 64, 53, 87, and 119 to defeat Tom Ford 9-3 and advance to the Last 16.
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05 December 2009: UK Championship
Neil concluded the first session of his 5th round match against Tom Ford ahead 5-3, including breaks of 100 and 137.
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12 November 2009: Premier League
Neil was defeated 2-4 by Shaun Murphy.
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05 November 2009: Premier League
Neil defeated Marco Fu 4-2.
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30 October 2009: Premier League
Neil was defeated by John Higgins 4-2.
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11 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil defeated Ding Junhui 9-4 to claim his second Grand Prix title and his 4th professional ranking title from 4 finals appearances.
In the final he also passed another milestone, compiling his 100th century in ranking events.
Neil wins the Grand Prix Championship 2009
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10 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil compiled 3 centuries on his way to a 6-5 semi final victory against John Higgins, which was decided on the black and featured extremely high quality snooker from both players.
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09 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil defeated Joe Perry 5-1 to advance to the Semi Finals of the Grand Prix.
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07 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil wins his Last 16 encounter with Ken Doherty 5-2, to advance to the Quarter Finals of the Grand Prix.
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05 October 2009: Grand Prix
Neil has won his first round match against Gerard Greene 5-3. Neil's next match will be on Wednesday 7th October (random draw).
Frame Scores (Neil's Score First):
32(32)-95(79), 13-74, 74(56)-27, 0-97(97), 79(78)-5, 66-28, 85(61)-0, 77-41
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01 October 2009: Premier League
Neil draws his match with Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-3.
Frame Scores (Neil's Score First):
48-70, 84-6, 14-113, 42-86, 117-0, 72-4
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24 September 2009: Premier League
Neil was defeated 5-1 by Stephen Hendry in their week 3 Premier League match.
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08 September 2009: Roewe Shanghai Masters
Neil has lost to Ken Doherty 4-5 in a close first round match of the Roewe Shangahi Masters.
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03 September 2009: Premier League
Neil wins his first match in the Premier League 4-2 against Judd Trump.
