2014 World Championship Qualifiers

[dieselman147]

looking at todays maches the only one thats standing out is wenbo against Martin Gould. the winner of this with a favourable draw could go quite far.

[scottley]

Exactly what i thought, cheers.

Having just watched the incident again on youtube WITH commentary its seems that Tom needed a snooker after the second miss, whoops, its here from 34:00 onwards if you care, perhaps i wasn't paying enough attention to the situation and i got the complete wrong end of the stick lol.

http://youtu.be/lcf3LCAsPkk

[SnookerFan]

I hope I get to see Doherty's match this weekend. I wouldn't mind seeing Dominic Dale either.

[scottley]

only applies if the balls have been replaced...



If the striker, in making a stroke, fails to first hit a ball on when there is a
clear path in a straight line from the cue-ball to any part of any ball that
is or could be on, the referee shall call FOUL AND A MISS, unless:
(i) any player needed penalty points before, or as a result of, the
stroke being played; (see (b) (ii))
(ii) before or after the stroke, the points available on the table are
equal to the points difference excluding the value of the re-spotted
black;
and the referee is satisfied that the miss was not intentional.
(c) After a miss has been called under paragraph (b) above when there
was a clear path in a straight line from the cue-ball to a ball that was
on or that could have been on, such that central, full-ball, contact was
available (in the case of Reds, this to be taken as a full diameter of any
Red that is not obstructed by a colour), then:
(i) a further failure to first hit a ball on in making a stroke from the
same position shall be called as a FOUL AND A MISS regardless
of the difference in scores;
(ii) if asked to play again from the original position, the offender shall
be warned by the referee that a third failure will result in the frame
being awarded to his opponent; and
(iii) if asked to play again from a different position, the Foul and a Miss
situation starts again.

Exactly what i thought, cheers.

[gettingbetter]

Looking at the players I would be very surprised if a qualifier gets past the 1st round this year and definitely couldn't see one in the QFs.

Hmm, looking at who has qualified thus far, I would say you are right. Not sure who from today can go deep into the tournament.

[cueman]

note about MJWilliams, he has got to get rid of that "low-deflection" cue, he has been terrible since he got it - that is if it survives his bashing it about like he has been...

absolutely, trouble is most people who work with Chris Henry get duped into using one and then their career goes down the pan.

Williams has used 2 I believe, the latest one he had just before Christmas and like you said has struggled with it terribly. I don't believe he is that poor, I really think he needs to get a normal cue and play on instinct like he used to.

[DeanH]

note about MJWilliams, he has got to get rid of that "low-deflection" cue, he has been terrible since he got it - that is if it survives his bashing it about like he has been...

[dieselman147]

Looking at the players I would be very surprised if a qualifier gets past the 1st round this year and definitely couldn't see one in the QFs.

[mythman69]

It is a random draw. When it occurs, I do not know.

The draw will take place at 12pm on Thursday and streamed live on YouTube for the first time.

To watch, just go to www.youtube.com/WorldSnookerOfficial

http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/New...768655,00.html

[gettingbetter]

It is a random draw. When it occurs, I do not know.

[the montrealer]

HI Would like to know when the qualifers advance to top 16 players in the World Champs 2014 would it
be Random Draw. Maybe someone knows

Cheers Leonard

[GeordieDS]

It's sad seeing a player with Williams ability playing like that , the one plus is that it's snooker and not boxing otherwise he'd get seriously injured.

[lk8]

Looks like most people are watching Alan Willo, i would be to if a local lad were'nt playing.


Typical an incident has happened that i'd liked to have heard commentary on, i wonder if someone can clarify, right, Ford goes in off on the yellow, the yellow lands on top of the black which is over the bottom left pocket as you look, Stevens puts him back in, so Ford puts the cueball roughly on the yellow spot and plays to go cushion first to catch the yellow thin and back to baulk, he misses completley, the cueball comes to rest near the baulk cushion, Stevens makes him play from there, is this strike one? I'm thinking not because the ball has not been replaced, Ford then misses the yellow again and again Steven makes him play from where it lands, so now if it is the 3 mss rule he has to hit it, now Ford tries to play a slow roll up and land on the yellow but pots the black, so he must have needed to hit it, surely the 3 miss rule only comes into play when the ball is replaced each time?

only applies if the balls have been replaced...



If the striker, in making a stroke, fails to first hit a ball on when there is a
clear path in a straight line from the cue-ball to any part of any ball that
is or could be on, the referee shall call FOUL AND A MISS, unless:
(i) any player needed penalty points before, or as a result of, the
stroke being played; (see (b) (ii))
(ii) before or after the stroke, the points available on the table are
equal to the points difference excluding the value of the re-spotted
black;
and the referee is satisfied that the miss was not intentional.
(c) After a miss has been called under paragraph (b) above when there
was a clear path in a straight line from the cue-ball to a ball that was
on or that could have been on, such that central, full-ball, contact was
available (in the case of Reds, this to be taken as a full diameter of any
Red that is not obstructed by a colour), then:
(i) a further failure to first hit a ball on in making a stroke from the
same position shall be called as a FOUL AND A MISS regardless
of the difference in scores;
(ii) if asked to play again from the original position, the offender shall
be warned by the referee that a third failure will result in the frame
being awarded to his opponent; and
(iii) if asked to play again from a different position, the Foul and a Miss
situation starts again.

[gavpowell]

I use to work with Robbie Williams' sister and the pair of them beat me in the eurosport fantasy snooker thing. That's as much of a claim to fame as I'm gonna get, but I've still never seen him play! Keep missing him or he keeps getting knocked out of tournaments, which is very selfish of him.

I like the little I've seen of Wilson, though - he seems fast and fluid, which should make him quite the draw if he can convert his promise into a regular TV player.

[jw147]

Thats sickening, i thought jim was safe, just about....well, come on obrien then tomoro, grind williams off the table.