2025 World Championships

[snookerfollower]

That seems contradictory because if they were playing dead frames it would be even more reason for Joe Davis to throw the odd frame to stretch out the match and make the spectators feel like they got their ticket monies worth. I'm sure there are sources to be found online that confirm the top players of that era were encouraged not to whitewash opponents.

Why would you throw frames when you need to play them anyway? Back in those days it wouldn't matter much to spectators if the game was alive or dead with no TV coverage. There's was a lot of ridiculous things about the era of the game but I think suggesting the biggest protagonist of the sport in that era was a match fixer is a bit much.

[MrRottweiler]

He could do his party trick

https://youtu.be/TVc_8h2bWV0?si=8cdSkBlzLcj1Ts9a

Brilliant, TFI Friday was always good fun. Rob Walker must have had some serious core muscles to do that. I wonder if he could have taken a punch from Kimbo Slice!

[MrRottweiler]

Why would you throw frames when you need to play them anyway? Back in those days it wouldn't matter much to spectators if the game was alive or dead with no TV coverage. There's was a lot of ridiculous things about the era of the game but I think suggesting the biggest protagonist of the sport in that era was a match fixer is a bit much.

Not match fixing in the modern sense so I think you're reading too much in to it.

[trains]

Home Nations events have 10am starts.

The top 32 didn't play in the opening rounds of the Home Nations events this season unlike the previous 6 seasons , they didn't play until the main ITV or whatever channel it was televised stages.
I think it was player power, Shaun Murphy ? amongst others that got it changed.

There were three days of qualifying to whittle down the lower 96 to 32 progressing to the televised stage, those three days of qualifying would have started at 10 a.m. but the main televised stage, the last 64 i think started at 1 p.m.

[snookerfollower]

The top 32 didn't play in the opening rounds of the Home Nations events this season unlike the previous 6 seasons , they didn't play until the main ITV or whatever channel it was televised stages.
I think it was player power, Shaun Murphy ? amongst others that got it changed.

There were three days of qualifying to whittle down the lower 96 to 32 progressing to the televised stage, those three days of qualifying would have started at 10 a.m. but the main televised stage, the last 64 i think started at 1 p.m.

The Last 64 started at 10am at the Welsh Open.

[Cue crafty]

He could do his party trick

https://youtu.be/TVc_8h2bWV0?si=8cdSkBlzLcj1Ts9a

That's a Mammoth performance, shame it didn't Truncate his career.... Sorry.

[trains]

The Last 64 started at 10am at the Welsh Open.

Ok fair enough, i'm completely disattached from terrestrial tv and whatever Parrott would think anyway.

[PatBlock]

That's a Mammoth performance, shame it didn't Truncate his career.... Sorry.

That's a great line cc I won't even attempt to trumpit

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[GeordieDS]

It seems to be working for him, so who are we to criticise.

For his talent he’s a massive underachiever so I beg to differ

[Cue crafty]

Great reception for the players this morning, I usually give this part a miss but knew it would be good today with Higgins & Williams coming out to play each other.

really ramped up the atmosphere nicely. 👏

[DeanH]

What a cracking line-up, and still one amateur :0

Is this the furthest into the event any amateur has got?


Edit: Yes this is the furthest and only the second time an amateur got to the Crucible stage of the event; first and only other time was James Cahill in 2019, he got to the L16 round.

[Ginger Freak]

What a cracking line-up, and still one amateur :0

Is this the furthest into the event any amateur has got?


Edit: Yes this is the furthest and only the second time an amateur got to the Crucible stage of the event; first and only other time was James Cahill in 2019, he got to the L16 round.

Michael White 2 years ago as well! (Although we don't speak his name any more )

[Ginger Freak]

Whilst on the subject, I know Darren Morgan reached the semis of a ranking event whilst an amateur a few years ago, does anyone know if that can be beat? (A shame Statman is around any more!)

[DeanH]

Michael White 2 years ago as well! (Although we don't speak his name any more )

You're right, Michael White was an amateur at the Crucible in 2022; only L32 round though.

So Zhao Xintong, is the third and the furthest ever

[PatBlock]

Glad Chris was able to pinch the last frame with some well executed match craft, 7 - 1 seems a bridge too far. Great the way Mark responded to John's challenge in frame 7, "OK, if you think you can pot that and make something of it, good luck" So he did, and did. It was a cracking opener to be fair.

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