snooker

[angel]

Agree, hoping its ronnie and he gets his 7th masters. And with a new tip.

[angel]

What a match, where did that come from?  Looks like Ronnies title though, touch wood. Perry delighted just to get there, he looks shattered.

[Silent Runner]

For a second there I thought Perry was going to catch him. He won two nice frames and Ronnie hit some awful shots. A worthy winner in the end. 

[angel]

Need another worlds this year, want him to beat hendrys record.

[the_debaser]

Ronnie gave him chances to come back and win that last frame but he didn't have the temperament to take the advantage. Nice to see Ronnie win the masters record because I can't see him overtaking Hendry in the Worlds. 

[angel]

Perry almost quit 2 weeks ago, he was fed up. Nice to see him do well, he's a nice guy and a good pro. This was the big time though, Masters final..and he just didn't have the nerve. He'll get there though hopefully, like his pal Barry Hawkins. He made a world final as a total surprise, then got the taste for the big time. Nice to see.

 

To be totally honest I should have put money on Ronnie, as soon as Wenbo missed than black to put him out, his name was on the title. I bet a few thought the same.

[Timmo]

Enjoyed this one:

 

 

[the_debaser]

Ding - Selby has been a great semi final so far. 

[Naysonymous]

Yeah, the session which took the game to 12-12 was wonderful stuff.  I'd like to see Ding win the title, he's played some sensational snooker at this tournament and his break building is second to none at the moment. 

[Silent Runner]

Anyone watching? Selby just played a shot to roll up just behind the black for a snooker, it didn't touch the ball so the ref. gave a foul but Selby said he saw it hit the ball and disputed the foul call. The ref. then had a chat with someone in the audience and was going to reverse the call but then stuck with his decision. They showed replays from every angle and it doesn't look like it hit the black at all. Selby chancing one maybe? 

[makkuwata]

That probably hit, but I want this to go on for a while!

[Dude Ranch]

Don't think it hit so that's disappointing from Selby.

[the_debaser]

Hawkins - Williams final session has been littered with mistakes from both players. One of the lowest quality semi finals I’ve ever seen. 

[Naysonymous]

Aye. Probably down to the tension of the occasion but John Higgins has got the beating of either of these two. 

[Silent Runner]

Can't believe he took on that double on the pink. Fair play like. 

[the_debaser]

Well that was one of the best finals I’ve ever seen. Williams was immense towards the end. 

[Shoes]

 

[deerokus]

Trump is on fire just now. 

[Shoes]

Higgins is very gammon. 

[Loik V credern]

Slow down Trump, geez. I want to be watching this come 7pm. That red he potted from the break was ridiculous.

[Nosejam]

This is a great final, thought Trump was going to get a maximum then.

[Shoes]

Trump is fucking sensational. A total burial of John Higgins. Poor sod. 

[DC Lemon]

Snooker is back on TV and better than ever.

 

[milko]

Ronnie Swearengen!

[JohnC]

Willie Thorne passed away.

[jonathanhoey]

48 minutes ago, JohnC said:

Willie Thorne passed away.

 

Only in his 60s. A real shame.

 

I never met him but I played a few frames of snooker at his club in Cambridge. I worked for a couple of years at one of the shops beneath it, and they gave all the staff free membership.

[kiroquai]

Ah man that's such a shame. He seemed a genuinely nice guy.

 

Back in... I guess 2000 or so, my local backwater village was opening a brand new shiny One Stop convenience store and in an amazing turn of events, Willie Thorne somehow got the gig to cut the ribbon. You can imagine that it had the potential to go all a bit Alan Partridge with a probably-not-very-famous-ever snooker player opening a nondescript convenience store in a small village no-one had ever heard of, but the guy was hilariously self-deprecating and I vaguely recall that he went on from the ceremony to have a drink or two with some of the locals in the pub next door (of which he paid for).

 

Rest in peace Willie.

[Hanzo the Razor]

Nobody watching this? Like the footie it's a bit weird with the pre-recorded crowd reaction but I'm enjoying it.

[JohnC]

Recorded crowd reaction at snooker? Do they have recorded referee telling them to shush too?

 

(It's a very long time since I watched and I thought crowd reaction was generally frowned upon)

[Fry Crayola]

I've not been paying enough attention but there's been canned applause at the end of a frame, at least.