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Post by Panda on Jan 7, 2009 11:47:43 GMT 1
Former referee John Street, who took charge of 5 World Championship finals, has died at the age of 77.
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Post by Panda on Jan 8, 2009 17:04:01 GMT 1
Draw for the Masters, which begins on Sunday:
Wild card round: Mark King v Ricky Walden Mark Allen v Judd Trump
Last 16: Mark Selby v King/Walden Ryan Day v Allen/Trump John Higgins v Marco Fu Shaun Murphy v Ding Junhui Stephen Maguire v Graeme Dott Stephen Hendry v Neil Robertson Ali Carter v Peter Ebdon Ronnie O'Sullivan v Joe Perry
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 10, 2009 3:31:50 GMT 1
Draw for the Masters, which begins on Sunday: Wild card round: Mark King v Ricky Walden Mark Allen v Judd Trump Last 16: Mark Selby v King/Walden Ryan Day v Allen/Trump John Higgins v Marco Fu Shaun Murphy v Ding Junhui Stephen Maguire v Graeme Dott Stephen Hendry v Neil Robertson Ali Carter v Peter Ebdon Ronnie O'Sullivan v Joe Perry cheers dude sunday i herd saturday be bbc1 bbc2 2 # hope ronnye last meean playing last yooo dammmmmmmmmmm skippyy mooo upppppppppppppppppppppp
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Post by Elmer on Jan 10, 2009 8:15:59 GMT 1
Former referee John Street, who took charge of 5 World Championship finals, has died at the age of 77. Thats sad news. I remember him well !
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 10, 2009 20:02:09 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jan 11, 2009 16:52:44 GMT 1
That's right. As the Masters is an invitation event, it doesn't count towards the world rankings. Despite this, it is generally seen as the second-most prestigious tournament, behind the World Championship and with £150,000 to the winner, it's easy to see why.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 11, 2009 21:25:05 GMT 1
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 12, 2009 2:35:29 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jan 12, 2009 2:38:43 GMT 1
Ronnie's quarter-final will be on Friday night.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 12, 2009 2:55:55 GMT 1
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Post by -Big Dan- on Jan 12, 2009 14:35:40 GMT 1
David Vine has died of a heart attack aged 73.
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Post by Panda on Jan 12, 2009 15:40:33 GMT 1
Very sad news. The original and best snooker presenter. They just had a minute's silence at Wembley Arena before this afternoon's match.
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Post by Panda on Jan 12, 2009 15:42:19 GMT 1
Yes. That match was scheduled for Friday night regardless of who was going to be in it. The quarter-finals don't start until the first round has finished and as the Masters only features one table, that takes a while. There are 2 quarter-finals on Thursday and 2 on Friday. Both semi-finals are on Saturday with the final on Sunday.
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Post by -Big Dan- on Jan 12, 2009 17:46:10 GMT 1
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Post by Elmer on Jan 12, 2009 18:18:08 GMT 1
David Vine has died of a heart attack aged 73. Yeah very sad news. I'm sure it was him commentating on womens weightlifting and quoted "She's already got a 100kg snatch under her belt"
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 13, 2009 4:07:40 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jan 13, 2009 19:34:51 GMT 1
I can totally see Ronnie's point, though I would argue Barry Hearn would be a better option than Simon Cowell. The way snooker's run and promoted is an absolute joke. Whilst those in charge have a difficult job, especially given the financial climate, they get so many other things wrong, it's unbelievable, such as: Scheduling a tournament at short notice that clashed with a Premier League date, meaning the players involved in the Premier League had to miss the tournament and miss out on ranking points Manipulating press coverage of the sport so only what they want people to read gets reported Needlessly pursuing a disciplinary case against Graeme Dott, who was merely speaking his mind at a time when people complain that snooker lacks "characters". Organising a tournament in Bahrain that was blighted by poor attendances when there are places like Germany crying out for a ranking tournament It just needs someone to take hold of the sport and shake it up and that's what Ronnie is getting at. When you look at what Barry Hearn has done for darts , you wonder what he could do if he had a bigger role in snooker. He's the man behind the Premier League, which has been going for 20 years now, and was a major part of snooker's popularity boom in the 80s (Snooker Loopy, anyone?).
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 13, 2009 21:40:15 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jan 13, 2009 23:19:10 GMT 1
Ebdon plays Ali Carter tomorrow night.
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Post by ligerdog7 on Jan 14, 2009 0:58:41 GMT 1
Ebdon plays Ali Carter tomorrow night. cheers dude go ebdon kool dude yoooooooooo damm skippyy upppp
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