Tag: Meadowbank

Gary Wilson retained the BetVictor Scottish Open title with a 9-5 win over Thai star Noppon Saengkham at Meadowbank and he is only the third player ever to retain his maiden ranking title. He did it in...

Thai star Noppon Saengkham stands between Englishman Gary Wilson and the successful defence of the BetVictor Scottish Open snooker title.The 31-year-old from Samut Prakan ended John Higgins' bid to claim the title for the first...

John Higgins kept his cool to edge Tom Ford 5-3 and overcome another hurdle as he bids to win the Scottish Open for the first time.The Wishaw Wizard (pictured) logged breaks of 132, 61...

The World Snooker Tour have confirmed the quarter-final line-ups for the BetVictor Scottish Open which continues at Meadowbank in Edinburgh today.Scotland's last hope, John Higgins, goes in against Leicester-based Tom Ford, ranked No 18 in...

John Higgins moved into the third round of the BetVictor Scottish Open snooker at Meadowbank with a 4-1 win over his Chinese opponent He Guoqiang, but was unhappy with his performance.The man nicknamed the...

Ronnie O'Sullivan disappointed many of his Scottish fans by pulling out of the BetVictor Scottish Open which started at Edinburgh's Meadowbank Stadium on Monday.The seven-time world champion was due to play Glasgow's teenage prospect,...

Gary Wilson lifted the BetVictor Scottish Open snooker title 12 months ago and he is first on the table when the tournament returns to Edinburgh's Meadowbank Stadium from Monday, December 11.The Tyneside-based cueman pocketed £80,000...

Schoolchildren from across Edinburgh, all in Primary 4,  have taken part in a pilot ‘Tag Team’ tournament at Meadowbank Stadium developed in partnership between Tennis Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council.The format consisted of...

Plans for the former TK Maxx unit to become twelfth Edinburgh supermarket for the discount retailerPlans to open a new Lidl store at Edinburgh’s Meadowbank retail park have been revealed.The supermarket is set to...

Gary Wilson claimed six frames in a row to win his first ranking title with a 9-2 scoreline against Joe O'Connor on the BetVictor Scottish Open at Meadowbank.The 37-year-old from Wallsend near Newcastle accumulated...

Gary Wilson (pictured) held a commanding lead over Joe O'Connor at the end of the afternoon session in the best-of-17 frame final of the BetVictor Scottish Open at Meadowbank.The 37-year-old from Wallsend, who has a...

Gary Wilson faces Joe O'Connor in the final of the BetVictor Scottish Open at Meadowbank in Edinburgh from 1pm today (Sunday) and it could be a defining day in their careers.Wilson beat Thai star...

Anthony McGill, the last Scot in the BetVictor Scottish Open, bowed out 4-2 in a tense battle with Australian cueman, Neil Robertson.The Glaswegian (pictured) started well, accumulating a 39 break, then he had another...

John Higgins admitted his disappointment after bowing out of the star-studded BetVictor Scottish Open to Jamie Jones, despite holding a two-frame lead.The 34-year-old from Neath, the youngest player ever to make a maximum...

The snooker star nicknamed The Rocket was blasted out of the BetVictor Scottish Open. Ronnie O'Sullivan (pictured), the seven-time world champion and world No 1, was edged 4-3 by a sparkling display from Gary...

John Higgins remains in the BetVictor Scottish Open, but it had to use all his experience to squeeze through to the next round after edging Chinese talent Cao Yupeng.The Scot started well, winning the first two frames...

Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world champion and world no 1, underlined his class with a 4-2 victory over Ben Woollaston in the BetVictory Scottish Open at Meadowbank, Edinburgh. He led 3-0 before his Midlands rallied, but Ronnie's...

Kyren Wilson produced three ton-plus breaks to dispose of Hong Kong-born women's professional On Yee Ng in his first BetVictor Scottish Open appearance.But the Kettering-based professional (pictured) was annoyed that he missed a potable...

Ronnie O'Sullivan blew his Chinese opponent away in less than an hour at the BetVictor Scottish Open at Meadowbank and the lightning fast four frame win included the second fastest century break on record.The...

Scotland’s leading player, John Higgins, world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, Mark Williams, Shaun Murphy and defending champion Luca Brecel will all be in action on the first day of...

The new Meadowbank Sports Centre will open to the public from 7.00am on Tuesday.There will be little in the way of ceremony since the official opening will take place later in the summer,...

The search is on for names to be added to the Wall of Honour at the new Meadowbank Sports Centre.A space within the atrium in the new building has been reserved to honour any...

If you are out and about in Fountainbridge or Meadowbank then keep an eye out for lockdown photography from Lottie Nadeau who recently graduated from Edinburgh College of Art.The photographs are part of an...

Earlier in the week councillors listened to the detail behind the plans for the council-owned land at Meadowbank where a new stadium is already taking shape.The land around the new sports facilities has...

The new Meadowbank will be a place for participating rather than spectating, argues Edinburgh Leisure's CEO, June Peebles.The claims by Save Meadowbank campaigners that Edinburgh Leisure has steamrollered Edinburgh Council for the sake of...

The City of Edinburgh Council approved plans for the new sports stadium to replace the Meadowbank Stadium built in 1970 for the Commonwealth Games.They have just announced that they will approve the appointment of...

Next week councillors are set to appoint a contractor to deliver a new state-of-art Meadowbank Sports Centre for Edinburgh. It has been designed to meet the current and future needs of the local community...

There will be consultations beginning tomorrow 20 August 2018 about the council's development of the new sports centre in Meadowbank.On 29 June 2018 the council deliberated over two separate planning applications for Meadowbank at...

Campaigners who are trying to 'Save Meadowbank' have begun a crowdfunder to raise money for their cause.They want the council to increase the sports facilities offered in the new stadium, reduce the amount of...

We visited the store where all the sports equipment was kept and then handed out just ahead of each event. It has that certain smell that you will recall from any school changing room...