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Richard Hercock

Sheffield

Journalist at The Yorkshire Post

Yorkshire Post sports journalist

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  • Featherstone Rovers and York Knights on a Wembley collision course

    3 weeks ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock

    Featherstone Rovers and York Knights are heading to Wembley in the final of the AB Sundecks 1895 Cup. Featherstone reached the national stadium after winning at Oldham 40-14, while York beat Bradford Bulls 28-20 to make it an all-Yorkshire affair – a repeat of the 2021 final. The final is part of a triple-header at Wembley Stadium on Saturday 7 June, alongside the finals of the women's and men’s Challenge Cup. At Boundary Park, Featherstone took an early lead through a Ben Reynolds penalty.

  • Zhao Xintong’s Crucible title has ‘made in Sheffield’ stamped all over it

    1 month ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock

    ‘Born in China, made in Sheffield’. It could be an advertising slogan. But the reality is it perfectly describes snooker’s new world champion Zhao Xintong. Following in the footsteps of Ding Junhui, who swapped China for the Steel City as a teenager to chase his snooker dreams, many Chinese players have taken the same route over the last two decades.

  • Sheffield to China: Zhao Xintong ready to embrace life as new world snooker champion

    1 month ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock

    New world snooker champion Zhao Xintong will fly home to China today. And if the scenes which greeted him when he met fans outside the Crucible theatre in Sheffield yesterday morning – just 12 hours after lifting the Halo World Championship – are anything to go by, then he is guaranteed a hero’s welcome in his homeland.

  • World Championship final: Zhao Xintong crowned world champion on historic night at Crucible

    1 month ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock

    Zhao Xintong created snooker history tonight after winning the Halo World Championship in his adopted hometown of Sheffield. The 28-year-old is the first player from Asia – as well as the first amateur in the sport’s history – to win the world title, after beating three-time champion Mark Williams 18-12 at the Crucible theatre. He resumed on Monday evening leading 17-8, needing just one more frame for a historic win.

  • World Snooker final: Meet the Bulgarian referee making history at the Crucible

    1 month ago | yorkshirepost.co.uk | Richard Hercock

    Desislava Bozhilova was a landscape architecture student in Bulgaria when she first had designs on becoming a snooker referee. Tomorrow, she will walk out at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield to officiate in the Halo World Championship final. In doing so the 32-year-old will make history as the first women to referee all three of snooker’s Triple Crown events – the Masters, UK Championship and World Championship.

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Richard Hercock
Richard Hercock @RHercockYPSport
9 May 25

'Born in China, made in Sheffield': Amazing journey of new snooker world champion Zhao Xintong. @Wst @Vics_Snooker https://t.co/nkgPjOXZLx

Richard Hercock
Richard Hercock @RHercockYPSport
8 May 25

RT @Vics_Snooker: A cyclone has arrived at Shenzhen airport, China 🇨🇳 We hope Zhao Xintong makes it out of there in time for next season,…

Richard Hercock
Richard Hercock @RHercockYPSport
7 May 25

Home from home: New world champion Zhao Xintong flies back to China today and is set for a hero's welcome. Here's my piece with Zhao at @Vics_Snooker as he reflects on his amazing win. https://t.co/H6QuumRxVa