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Welcome to the site of Ricky Walden Snooker Professional
Hi and welcome to my official website. Firstly, I'd like to offer my personal thanks to everyone who has supported me, and watched my career unfold.
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2007 |
Ravenace Metals Pro AM (Event 1) Sept 2007 Winner |
2007 |
Ravenace Metals Summer Pro AM 2007 Winner |
2007 |
Oswestrysnooker.com Pro am February 07 Winner |
2006 |
Pontins Pro AM Series R/up |
2006 |
wrexhamsnooker.com pro am Winner (inc 147 in final) |
2005 |
Swiss Open Champion |
2005 |
China Open Qtr Finalist |
2004 |
UK Championship Last 16 |
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2001 |
World Under 21 Snooker Champion |
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This weekend Ricky is playing in the Pontin's World Pro-Am Event One at (who would have thought!) Pontin's.
So far he's reached the quarterfinals with two easy 4-0 wins and a 4-1 victory in the last 16 over Michael Wild.
All the remaining matches up to the very last frame and the usual celebration party will be played on Sunday.
Follow this link for latest updates.
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| Walden sets up Selby clash |
 RICKY Walden showed steel to book his place in the last 32 of the China Open yesterday.
The 25-year-old from Bagillt was in trouble at 3-1 down in his wild card clash with Yu Delu.
But in what is his last shot at glory this season, Walden, who had earlier made a break of 107, fought back to win the next four frames with runs including 84 and 104.
The world number 36’s 5-3 victory sets up a first-round showdown with world number 11 Mark Selby, this year’s Welsh Open winner and last year’s World Championship runner-up.
Flintshire Chronicle
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| World dream ends for Walden |
RICKY Walden will have to wait at least another year to make his World Championship debut after losing his final qualifying round showdown to Mark Allen.
The 25-year-old from Bagillt went down 10-8 to the most gifted player to emerge from Northern Ireland since Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor on Saturday.
The first six frames at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield were shared with Walden making breaks of 71, 73 and 78.
The 22-year-old from Antrim then stormed into a 7-3 lead only for the former Flint High School student to cut the deficit to one with an 86 and an 82.
Walden then had a chance in the next frame but broke down on 32, and Allen took full advantage to go in front 8-6.
The duo then traded blows before the world number 29 won the 18th with a fine 104 to book his place at the Crucible.
World number 36 Walden has one last shot of glory this season at the China Open later this month.
Source - Flintshire Chronicle
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| Beijing beckons for Bagillt ace Walden |
RICKY WALDEN has had mixed success in his attempts to quality for the final stages of two tournaments on snooker's professional circuit.
The 25-year-old Bagillt potter, provisionally ranked 35th in the world, was competing for a place in the televised stages of the China Open and Welsh Open to enhance his chances of a place in the top 32 for next season. And Walden booked his place in the China Open alongside snooker's elite players, but missed out on a slot at the Welsh Open.
Entering qualifying for the China Open at the third round stage, Walden began his campaign with a 5-3 victory against Jimmy Michie. That lined up a final qualifying round match against Shanghai Masters champion Dominic Dale which Walden won 5-4, edging a 45-minute eighth frame on the black before winning the decider 68-1 to sink Welshman Dale, provisionally ranked 22nd in the world. Walden, who reached the quarter finals of the China Open in 2005 before losing to Stephen Hendry, will play a Chinese player in the wildcard round of the event which is being held in Beijing in March. The prize for the winner is a place in the last 32 against Masters champion Mark Selby.
And Selby will be in no mood to end his winning run after he revealed that reaching the World Championship final at the Crucible last year helped him clinch the Masters title at the first attempt. Selby, who thrashed Stephen Lee 10-3 in the Masters Final, said: "I handled the pressure at the Crucible and that helped me cope at the Masters. "I got to the final in Sheffield last May and now I have won the Masters – I will take that." Selby's victory makes him the fifth person, after John Spencer, Doug Mountjoy, Terry Griffiths and Stephen Hendry, to win the Masters on his debut.
Walden, meanwhile, was less successful in attempting to reach the final stages of the Welsh Open. Having entered qualifying at the third and final round stage, Walden was taken to another deciding frame by Marcus Campbell but this time did not win through, going down 5-4.
Meanwhile, as well as having the China Open to look forward to, Walden is hoping to secure his place in the televised stages of one other event – and it's the big one. He is just one match away from reaching the World Championships at the Crucible for the first time in his career. Victory over Issara Kachaiwong in the fourth qualifying round means Walden is just one match away from a place in the first round at Sheffield of the sport's most prestigious event. Walden will take on Mark Allen, up to a provisional world ranking of 19 following an excellent season, in the final qualifying round in March.
www.eveningleader.co.uk
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| Ricky closing in on Crucible debut |
RICKY WALDEN is just one match away from a first ever appearance at the Crucible.
The Bagillt potter has never qualified for the World Championships since turning professional in 2000, but the 25-year-old will be hoping to line-up with the sport's elite for this year's Sheffield tournament in April.
Provisionally ranked 35 in the world, Walden entered qualifying at the fourth round – the penultimate stage – and he recorded a 10-4 win over Tailand's Issara Kachaiwong.
Walden now takes on Mark Allen, who has jumped up to 19th in the provisional rankings, in the final qualifying round next month.
www.flintshirestandard.co.uk
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| Ricky is knocked out by ex-World champ |
Two-time UK champion Mark Williams is through to the second round after an impressive 9-3 victory over qualifier Ricky Walden.
The Welshman has slipped alarmingly down the rankings in the past couple of seasons, but his win now means he will lock horns with Allen in the second round.
Bagillt-based Walden had a top break of 71, but Williams pocketed breaks of 63, 88, 71, 65 and 63 to make sure of his place in the next phase.
http://www.wrexhamleader.co.uk/
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Ricky Walden secured his place in the final stages of the 2007 Maplin UK Championship yesterday by beating Gerard Greene 9-8.
Walden started the evening session 5-3 down but took first 4 frames to turn the dificit into a 7-5 lead. However Greene batteled back to level the match at 8-8. Ricky then sealed the victory in the decider with a break of 48 to set up a last 32 meeting with two-times world champion Mark Williams.
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| Walden wins In Birmingham |
.gif) Ricky Walden continued his fine recent form with victory in last weekend's Pro-Am event in Birmingham. (Courtesy of worldsnooker.com)
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The Ravenace event was held at the Rileys snooker club and featured a number of Main Tour and PIOS players. Stephen Maguire, Ryan Day, Joe Perry, Barry Hawkins and Mark King were just some of the players looking for a little extra match practise in the early part of the season.
Fresh from his Belgian triumph, Walden fairly blitzed the opposition once he reached the quarter-finals. Kuldesh Johal was dispatched 5-1 in the quarters before Ben Woollaston left by the same scoreline.
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| Ricky beats King In Birmingham Show Piece |
Courtesy Of Northwalessnooker.com.
Ricky Walden has won the 1st ever Ravenace Summer Pro -am beating Mark King 5 - 1 in the Final.
Full story will follow.
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Courtesy of World Snooker Web Site.
The off season can be a difficult time for snooker players - how do you maintain your practise and fitness levels?
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Ricky Walden seems to have found the answer. Combining practise and rest his management team have found him a club in Brugge, Belgium.
The club is located on the outskirts of Brugge called The TrickShot. They have agreed to install a Professional Match Table exclusively for Walden's use during his vists to the city. Olivier Vandenbohede, the owner of The Trickshot is keen to further the interest of Snooker in Belguim.
Walden was there recently for a weeks stay and played against new Main Tour Belgian Professional Kevin Van Hove in a best of 5 encounter. He had to come from 2 - 1 down to snatch victory in the decider. He then went on to play a team of local players including 12-year-old up and coming junior Luca Brecel and came out a 9 - 1 winner against the them. Walden's highest break of the tour was a 130 clearance against club owner Vandenbohede.
As if that wasn't enough, Walden now starts an 8 week training program in an effort to get fit ahead of The Great North Run which he will be doing in aid of the Paul Hunter Foundation and also to get into shape physically for the season ahead.
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| Ricky presents Award to League Stalwart |
Brian Tudor has played snooker and billiards for the last 56 years and among the many awards he has won, none can compare to the latest award that he received last week.
The Oswestry and District Billiards and Snooker League gave him a special lifetime achievement award and asked professional Ricky Walden to present it to him at Oswestry Cricket Club.
Brian, 71, said: "It was quite unexpected, but very much appreciated."
He made his first appearance at Weston Rhyn Institute in his first league game at age 15.
But he had started playing before that on the table at the Old Britannia Institute in Bronygarth. "My father loved billiards and I had three brothers and we used to play on a 6ft by 3ft table in our sitting room when I was 12 or 13.
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