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Post by -Big Dan- on May 1, 2006 17:33:49 GMT 1
They've both won 2 frames so far, and Dott looks to be winning this one.
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Post by -Big Dan- on May 1, 2006 19:33:02 GMT 1
It's 15-7 at the end of the penultimate session, which means there's a potential 13 frames to be played tonight.  |
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Post by Panda on May 1, 2006 19:41:00 GMT 1
Somehow, I can't see there being 13 frames tonight...
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Post by -Big Dan- on May 1, 2006 23:06:42 GMT 1
15-12 now to Ebdon after a 74 minute frame, the longest in Crucible history. I've watched the whole championship so far so I will be sticking with this to the end.
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Post by Pablo on May 2, 2006 0:05:59 GMT 1
man! looks like its going to be a yawner and looking like its going to be the longest final match in crucible history.
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Post by izario on May 2, 2006 0:57:27 GMT 1
ok ppl just thought i would say that its over greham dott won 18-14
Come ON the Scots
and the only bad thing is my lil bro aged 18 almost beat the new champ lol lost by only the pink and black came down to the last two balls between then
so yea greham dott new world champion YES!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by -Big Dan- on May 2, 2006 10:36:46 GMT 1
Yep I watched it too. Very happy for Graeme, he deserved to win. I'm glad it didn't go on for too much longer though.
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Post by rubcale on May 2, 2006 10:40:54 GMT 1
Well done to Mr Dott.
Is Ebdon trying to kill snooker off? The slow play got beyond ridiculous. I watch it occasionally but the number of times sessions overran was ridiculous. A number of programmes I wanted to see were postponed. Even my husband who is a fan got fed up.
The last frame in the afternoon session (they actually had to cut it short) was a farce. Dott 15 ahead with 13 points on the table. The two farted about for 30 minutes before Dott finally killed the pink.
Meanwhile, the whole family was waiting for Eggheads which was cancelled.
I know it's a World Championship but surely the time has come to put a limit on how long they can take between shots?
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on May 2, 2006 12:57:07 GMT 1
was boring wasnt it
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Post by Panda on May 2, 2006 17:39:11 GMT 1
The first three sessions were hard going but I'm impressed by the way Ebdon fought back last night. Over the whole final though, Dott deserved to win and I'm glad it ended when it did.
World ranking news coming soon...
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Post by Panda on May 2, 2006 18:03:17 GMT 1
Here are the official world rankings for next season, based on ranking points accumulated over the last 2 years. The top 16 qualify automatically for all tournaments, including the World Championship. The top 64 keep their place on the Main Tour next season, along with the top 8 from outside that 64, based on points from this season only. 24 other players will join the Main Tour for next season, through other competitions and a number of wild cards.
(Last season's rankings in brackets)
1(2) Stephen Hendry
2(11) Ken Doherty
3(1) Ronnie O'Sullivan
4(6) John Higgins
5(21) Shaun Murphy
6(13) Graeme Dott
7(7) Peter Ebdon
8(9) Mark Williams
9(3) Stephen Maguire
10(10) Stephen Lee
11(15) Steve Davis
12(30) Barry Hawkins
13(28) Neil Robertson
14(4) Matthew Stevens
15(19) Ali Carter
16(17) Anthony Hamilton
17(33) Ryan Day
18(14) Joe Perry
19(12) Alan McManus
20(27) Nigel Bond
21(24) Michael Holt
22(25) Marco Fu
23(23) David Gray
24(37) Stuart Bingham
25(32) James Wattana
26(16) Ian McCulloch
27(62) Ding Junhui
28(38) Mark Selby
29(20) Mark King
30(40) Joe Swail
31(31) Andy Hicks
32(26) Robert Milkins
33(18) Barry Pinches
34(5) Paul Hunter
35(8) Jimmy White
36(45) Dave Harold
37(48) Ricky Walden
38(42) Mark Davis
39(37) Gerard Greene
40(34) Dominic Dale
41(46) Adrian Gunnell
42(35) Drew Henry
43(29) John Parrott
44(43) Michael Judge
45(51) Tom Ford
46(44) Fergal O'Brien
47(60) Rod Lawler
48(-) Jamie Cope
49(52) Marcus Campbell
50(49) Rory McLeod
51(55) Robin Hull
52(36) Tony Drago
53(47) Stuart Pettman
54(53) Mike Dunn
55(56) Jamie Burnett
56(54) Shokat Ali
57(61) David Roe
58(65) Paul Davies
59(72) Andrew Norman
60(69) Scott Mackenzie
61(57) Jimmy Michie
62(-) Mark Allen
63(63) Joe Jogia
64(73) Joe Delaney
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65(68) Sean Storey
66(66) Darren Morgan
67(70) Alfie Burden
68(-) David Gilbert
69(64) Simon Bedford
70(77) Paul Wykes
71(-) Matthew Couch
72(74) Leo Fernandez
73(-) Lee Spick
74(50) Patrick Wallace
75(-) Judd Trunp
76(-) Chris Norbury
77(79) Gary Wilson
78(-) Liang Wenbo
79(58) Lee Walker
80(-) Alex Borg
81(71) Bjorn Haneveer
82(59) Brian Morgan
83(-) James Tatton
84(-) Justin Astley
85(78) Gary Wilkinson
86(79) David McDonnell
87(67) Nick Dyson
88(81) Hugh Abernethy
89(80) Adam Davies
90(-) Stuart Mann
91(-) Habib Subah
92(-) Moh Keen Ho
93(85) Steve James
94(93) Jin Long
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Post by Panda on May 2, 2006 18:09:07 GMT 1
The top 8 players from this season who haven't already qualified for next season are:
David Gilbert
Matthew Couch
Lee Spick
Judd Trump
Chris Norbury
Paul Wykes
Liang Wenbo
Alfie Burden
Those 8 will qualify for next season's Main Tour. The following 22 players will lose their place, unless given a reprieve (eg if someone else retires or resigns):
Alex Borg
Bjorn Haneveer
Gary Wilson
Sean Storey
Leo Fernandez
Gary Wilkinson
Darren Morgan
Patrick Wallace
Lee Walker
Justin Astley
James Tatton
Nick Dyson
Simon Bedford
Hugh Abernethy
Stuart Mann
Adam Davies
David McDonnell
Brian Morgan
Habib Subah
Jin Long
Moh Keen Ho
Steve James
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Post by mypcsarabbtintwat on May 2, 2006 18:23:46 GMT 1
The top 8 players from this season who haven't already qualified for next season are: David Gilbert Matthew Couch Lee Spick Judd Trump Chris Norbury Paul Wykes Liang Wenbo Alfie Burden Those 8 will qualify for next season's Main Tour. The following 22 players will lose their place, unless given a reprieve (eg if someone else retires or resigns): Alex Borg Bjorn Haneveer Gary Wilson Sean Storey Leo Fernandez Gary Wilkinson Darren Morgan Patrick Wallace Lee Walker Justin Astley James Tatton Nick Dyson Simon Bedford Hugh Abernethy Stuart Mann Adam Davies David McDonnell Brian Morgan Habib Subah Jin Long Moh Keen Ho Steve James whys roonies name in thare dont say curse he suxs  dude whwns next snooker start  ;D  roonie needs get pratice he kick but mooooooooooo yoooooooooooooooooooooooooo roofyy woofyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy westside wwuzupppppppppppppppp ;D |
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Post by Panda on May 2, 2006 18:54:15 GMT 1
The top 8 players from this season who haven't already qualified for next season are: David Gilbert Matthew Couch Lee Spick Judd Trump Chris Norbury Paul Wykes Liang Wenbo Alfie Burden Those 8 will qualify for next season's Main Tour. The following 22 players will lose their place, unless given a reprieve (eg if someone else retires or resigns): Alex Borg Bjorn Haneveer Gary Wilson Sean Storey Leo Fernandez Gary Wilkinson Darren Morgan Patrick Wallace Lee Walker Justin Astley James Tatton Nick Dyson Simon Bedford Hugh Abernethy Stuart Mann Adam Davies David McDonnell Brian Morgan Habib Subah Jin Long Moh Keen Ho Steve James whys roonies name in thare dont say curse he suxs dude whwns next snooker start ;D roonie needs get pratice he kick but mooooooooooo yoooooooooooooooooooooooooo roofyy woofyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy westside wwuzupppppppppppppppp ;D Ronnie's name isn't in there. The new season should start around August. |
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Post by mypcsarabbtintwat on May 2, 2006 19:22:23 GMT 1
Ronnie's name isn't in there. The new season should start around August. augest chricky dude my birfday donkyesssssssssssssssss moooooooo yoooooooooooooooooooooooo roofyy woofyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy westside ;D |
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Post by Panda on May 2, 2006 20:19:03 GMT 1
Just to really confuse everyone, this is what the PROVISIONAL rankings will look like going into the first tournament of next season. This list is based on points from this season only.
The OFFICIAL rankings are in brackets.
1(2) Ken Doherty
2(4) John Higgins
3(6) Graeme Dott
4(8) Mark Williams
5(5) Shaun Murphy
6(7) Peter Ebdon
7(1) Stephen Hendry
8(12) Barry Hawkins
9(27) Ding Junhui
10(10) Stephen Lee
11(11) Steve Davis
12(3) Ronnie O'Sullivan
13(30) Joe Swail
14(13) Neil Robertson
15(24) Stuart Bingham
16(18) Joe Perry
17(22) Marco Fu
18(21) Michael Holt
19(25) James Wattana
20(9) Stephen Maguire
21(48) Jamie Cope
22(20) Nigel Bond
23(29) Mark King
24(17) Ryan Day
25(23) David Gray
26(36) Dave Harold
27(15) Ali Carter
28(16) Anthony Hamilton
29(28) Mark Selby
30(40) Dominic Dale
31(39) Gerard Greene
32(14) Matthew Stevens
33(38) Mark Davis
34(62) Mark Allen
35(37) Ricky Walden
36(53) Stuart Pettman
37(31) Andy Hicks
38(33) Barry Pinches
39(44) Michael Judge
40(57) David Roe
41(41) Adrian Gunnell
42(26) Ian McCulloch
43(46) Fergal O'Brien
44(42) Drew Henry
45(34) Paul Hunter
46(43) John Parrott
47(59) Andrew Norman
48(35) Jimmy White
49(51) Robin Hull
50(32) Robert Milkins
51(45) Tom Ford
52(19) Alan McManus
53(60) Scott Mackenzie
54(68) David Gilbert
55(47) Rod Lawler
56(50) Rory McLeod
57(71) Matthew Couch
58(58) Paul Davies
59(73) Lee Spick
60(74) Mike Dunn
61(49) Marcus Campbell
62(55) Jamie Burnett
63(63) Joe Jogia
64(64) Joe Delaney
65(75) Judd Trump
66(76) Chris Norbury
67(52) Tony Drago
68(61) Jimmy Michie
69(70) Paul Wykes
70(78) Liang Wenbo
71(67) Alfie Burden
72(56) Shokat Ali
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Post by -Big Dan- on May 3, 2006 9:08:59 GMT 1
Ken Doherty the world #1? That will not stay like that for long!
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Post by mypcsarabbtintwat on May 3, 2006 14:23:02 GMT 1
Ken Doherty the world #1? That will not stay like that for long! hell year ;D ;D roonie be back 1 soone moooooooo roofyyyyyyyyyyyyyy woofyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy mooo westside nooooooooooooooooooooo diigtyyyyyyyyyyyyyy wwwuzuppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppp ;D |
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Post by Panda on May 3, 2006 17:16:50 GMT 1
Ken Doherty the world #1? That will not stay like that for long! To be fair, Doherty had a pretty good season in a year where no-one dominated and the world #1 didn't even win a tournament. The 6 ranking tournaments had 6 different winners. The points at the top of the rankings are pretty close and I think there'll be a lot of movement next season. I wouldn't be surprised if Ken came out on top at the end of it, though. |
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Post by Panda on May 13, 2006 17:28:06 GMT 1
The final PIOS event of the season took place last week and was won by Andrew Higginson. The win means he finishes in the top 8 in the rankings and is promoted to next season's Main Tour.
Here are the top 20 of the rankings: (top 8 are promoted to the Main Tour)
1. Liu Song
2. Andrew Higginson
3. Ian Preece
4. Chris Melling
5. Mark Joyce
6. Paul Davison
7. Tian Pengfei
8. Lee Page
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9. Colm Gilcreest
10. Jamie O'Neill
11. Stephen Rowlings
12. Jamie Jones
13. Craig Steadman
14. Munraj Pal
15. Michael Wild
16. Craig Taylor
17. James Leadbetter
18. Martin Gould
19. Brendan O'Donoghue
20. Richard King
Liu Song was on the Main Tour from 2003 to 2005. Andrew Higginson was on the tour between 2000 and 2004, reaching a high of 68 in the world rankings. Ian Preece spent a season on the Main Tour in 2003-4, as did Chris Melling, who is a former World 8-ball Pool champion, while Paul Davison was on the tour the season before last. Mark Joyce, Tian Pengfei and Lee Page will be making their debuts on the Main Tour, though Tian Pengfei was a wildcard entry in this season's China Open.
Some more newcomers to the tour have been revealed. Mark Boyle who finished as runner-up in the ISBF World Grand Prix (effectively the World Amateur Championship) has been awarded a place on the tour because the winner, Michael White, is too young to play on the tour.
Veteran New Zealander Dene O'Kane will return to the Main Tour next season after winning the Oceania Championship. He was once as high as #18 in the world rankings and reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 1987.
European Under-19 champion Ben Woollaston returns to the tour after a year's absence.
A number of wild cards are being awarded. 2 from England and 1 each from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Asia, plus 1 from World Snooker itself. James Leadbetter has been given England's first wild card, Jamie Jones is the Welsh nomination and Robert Stephen represents Scotland.
A number of tournaments (not likely to be televised) are coming up which will decide some more participants for next season:
European Championship
Romanian Open
Asian Championship
Asian Under-21 Championship
ISBF World Under-21 Championship
As things stand, there are still 10 places available on next season's Main Tour.
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roonie needs get pratice he kick but