Snooker returns with Northern Ireland Trophy

So after absolutely ages, Snooker finally returned with the Northern Ireland Trophy.

As everyone expected, Ronnie won. But there were many surprising players during the tournament:

Dave Harold - Stunned Maguire and Higgins to reach his first final for 15 years.

Mark Davis - World No. 50 beat Joe Swail and Ding 5-4 to reach the Third Round, chances are however, he won't do it again.

Liang Wenbo - Beat 'The Nugget' 5-3 and then thumped Ebdon 5-0 to show his Quarter-Final showing at the Crucible was no fluke. Sadly a Kamikaze Pot-Every-Ball showing against Higgins live on Eurosport sent him back home.

Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White - The story of the qualifying round. The World No.65 (Yes, 65!) won 3 matches at Pontin's to qualify and lead Barry Hawkins 2-0 before losing 5-3.

As usual, Eurosport bored everyone to death with their coverage. A joke about Northern Ireland getting flooded starts getting boring after 12 times. But Ronnie was entertaining as always, his comeback against Doherty was stunning. No 147 this year, Ronnie and Holt got about a run of 40.

Still after months of just World Series of Snooker, it was good to see it back!