The Ball Run E61 – My tip for the Masters, good run in Scotland, Liam Pullen’s huge potential, ‘chicken dinner’ in Leicester… and under new management

Stuart Bingham chats to host James Colasanti about recent results, life on the World Snooker Tour… and life in general.

In this episode, Ball Run talks about his results at the Scottish Open, German Masters and Championship League.

Bingham also explains why he is backing Liam Pullen as a star of the future, how his son Shae hustles him on the dartboard, and why he will miss working with friend-of-30-years Gary Pukiss on Tour.

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The Ball Run E60 – The Captain and China, going way back with David Lilley, the ‘big pockets’ debate, crowd control at the Shoot Out, Matchroom’s magical Mosconi Cup … and our new dog Rocco

Stuart Bingham chats to host James Colasanti about recent results, life on the World Snooker Tour… and life in general.

In this episode, Ball Run chats about results at the International Championship, UK Championship and Shoot Out.

Bingham also explains how he had David Lilley have known each other for three decades, why he hopes to star at the Mosconi Cup one day, and how new dog Rocco is ripping up the family home!

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The Ball Run E30 – Strong showings at the Masters, German Masters and Pro Series, no crowd at the Shoot-Out… and Facebook wars with Michelle!

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Hamilton success is richly deserved

STUART BINGHAM was thrilled to see Anthony Hamilton win his maiden ranking title – despite a grueling semi-final defeat to his friend at the German Masters.

Ballrun was out of sorts in the 6-4 loss in Berlin and the Sherriff of Pottingham, 45, went on to claim a memorable comeback win over Ali Carter in the following day’s final.

World No 2 Bingham was not at his best but put in a solid week with wins over Alfie Burden (5-2), Yu Delu (5-3), Zhang Yong (5-3), David Gilbert (5-4) and the highly-rated Yan Bingtao (5-2) to reach the last four.

But after fighting back to 5-4 from 5-1 down against Hamilton, a mistake in his break-off in the tenth frame – when Bingham hit the blue – gave Hamilton a chance to close the match out.

Bingham said: “Beforehand I was in the toilets with Anthony as we were putting on our bow ties and I said, ‘I hope you are as nervous as me?’. He said, ‘Yeah, I’m twitching big time at the moment!’.

“Obviously playing in front of 2,500 people, and waiting around all day to play, made it hard to enjoy when it finally started.

“I was gutted with my own performance and put on Twitter that I was very disappointed. But I texted Anthony late last night to say I was well chuffed for him.

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Bingham excited by Berlin trip and new-look Shoot-Out

STUART BINGHAM is looking forward to his usual warm welcome in Berlin this week as he bids to land his first ranking title of the season.
The world champion gets his German Masters campaign underway against world No 34 Fergal O’Brien at The Tempodrom on Thursday afternoon (February 4).
Ball Run beat Daniel Wells and Anthony Hamilton in the qualifiers to book his place in Germany, while Fearless Fergal saw off Hossein Vafaei Ayouri and Peter Ebdon to progress.
Bingham knows his Irish opponent well and they both took part in the Dafabet Irish Legends Cup in an Ireland versus England event last month.