In my opinion not having a crowd has helped me enjoy the snooker more. There's no distraction from the table, with people moving about, wearing football shirts or coughing. The shoot out i never liked because it was getting a bit too like the darts.
In my opinion not having a crowd has helped me enjoy the snooker more. There's no distraction from the table, with people moving about, wearing football shirts or coughing. The shoot out i never liked because it was getting a bit too like the darts.
I could say i am in two minds, as i have gone on the odd occasion. Personally it feels a bit odd, similar to footy with the no crowd, fake crowd noises and as its at the same place every week its become a bit mundane.
The shootout, is always one of those good for entertainment, but i do not think it should be ranking as its essentially a different game. In the past its also made a massive difference to someone getting into the World Championship or an event like Champions of Champions, however the novelty factor and the crowd is one of those annoying things but also a way to get other people interested in snooker as a good day out similar to the darts.
So i am on the fence alot, but i would recommend it for any casual fans really no need to be interested in snooker as with the short format, shot clock it always creates alot of drama. Kind of nice not hearing people shout out, but the fake noise is kind of silly.
In my opinion not having a crowd has helped me enjoy the snooker more. There's no distraction from the table, with people moving about, wearing football shirts or coughing. The shoot out i never liked because it was getting a bit too like the darts.
I could say i am in two minds, as i have gone on the odd occasion. Personally it feels a bit odd, similar to footy with the no crowd, fake crowd noises and as its at the same place every week its become a bit mundane.
The shootout, is always one of those good for entertainment, but i do not think it should be ranking as its essentially a different game. In the past its also made a massive difference to someone getting into the World Championship or an event like Champions of Champions, however the novelty factor and the crowd is one of those annoying things but also a way to get other people interested in snooker as a good day out similar to the darts.
So i am on the fence alot, but i would recommend it for any casual fans really no need to be interested in snooker as with the short format, shot clock it always creates alot of drama. Kind of nice not hearing people shout out, but the fake noise is kind of silly.
Yeah I don't understand why they persist with the fake crowd noise. Everyone knows there's no-one there but they keep doing it as if too fool us into thinking there is.
Matthew Stevens vs Robert Milkins Noppon Saengkham vs Ken Doherty Michael White (a) vs Louis Heathcote Haydon Pinhey (a) vs Lyu Haotian Hamim Hussain (a) vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Joe Perry vs Gerard Greene Ian Martin (a) vs Sunny Akani Ryan Day vs Ben Hancorn
Xiao Guodong vs Mark Williams Declan Lavery (a) vs Elliot Slessor Martin O’Donnell vs Alexander Ursenbacher Zhou Yuelong vs Martin Gould Liang Wenbo vs David Gilbert Allan Taylor vs Craig Steadman (a) Liam Highfield vs Mark Selby David Grace vs Mark Allen
apparently Hendry missed out on this Welsh open due to a glitch on the online application form. seems a bit unlikely but anyway he's been meaning to come back for months now so its good that he has actually made it. As its best of 7 I'll be surprised he will go all the way through cos i would believe he must be a bit rusty.
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The shoot out i never liked because it was getting a bit too like the darts.
The shootout, is always one of those good for entertainment, but i do not think it should be ranking as its essentially a different game. In the past its also made a massive difference to someone getting into the World Championship or an event like Champions of Champions, however the novelty factor and the crowd is one of those annoying things but also a way to get other people interested in snooker as a good day out similar to the darts.
So i am on the fence alot, but i would recommend it for any casual fans really no need to be interested in snooker as with the short format, shot clock it always creates alot of drama. Kind of nice not hearing people shout out, but the fake noise is kind of silly.
KEY RULES
Friday February 5
From 2pm
ROUND TWO
Saturday, February 6
Afternoon session, from 1pm
Evening session, from 7pm
Live on Eurosport from 12.45 & 18.45
mark williams
mark Allen
elliot slessor
ryan day
Last 32 Draw
(Matches begin at 1pm in Milton Keynes)
Matthew Stevens vs Robert Milkins
Noppon Saengkham vs Ken Doherty
Michael White (a) vs Louis Heathcote
Haydon Pinhey (a) vs Lyu Haotian
Hamim Hussain (a) vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Joe Perry vs Gerard Greene
Ian Martin (a) vs Sunny Akani
Ryan Day vs Ben Hancorn
Xiao Guodong vs Mark Williams
Declan Lavery (a) vs Elliot Slessor
Martin O’Donnell vs Alexander Ursenbacher
Zhou Yuelong vs Martin Gould
Liang Wenbo vs David Gilbert
Allan Taylor vs Craig Steadman (a)
Liam Highfield vs Mark Selby
David Grace vs Mark Allen
Live on Eurosport at 12.45 & 18.45
Doug Mountjoy, one of Wales' greatest ever snooker players, has died at the age of 78.
He was a World Championship runner-up in 1981, one of only six Welshmen to reach snooker's biggest contest.
The former coal miner might have won even more tournaments, but did not turn professional until he was 34.
Mountjoy began his professional career by winning the 1977 Masters tournament and is also one of only four Welsh players to win the UK Championship.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/51946334
Welsh Open at Celtic Manor
Round one
Monday, February 15th
Tuesday, February 16th
- Stuart Carrington v Sohail Vahedi (10:00)
- Ryan Day v Ian Burns (10:00)
- Kurt Maflin v Ken Doherty (10:00)
- Jamie Clarke v Oliver Lines (10:00)
- Jami Curtis-Barrett v Liam Highfield (10:00)
- Lu Ning v Dylan Emery (a) (10:00)
- Sunny Akani v Igor Figueiredo (10:00)
- Jack Lisowski v Lei Peifan (10:00)
- Ricky Walden v Jackson Page (12:00)
- Graeme Dott v Billy Joe Castle (12:00)
- Stuart Bingham v Robert Milkins (13:00)
- Mark Williams v Michael White (a) (13:00)
- Tom Ford v Peter Devlin (13:00)
- Fergal O'Brien v Aaron Hill (13:00)
- Tian Pengfei v Alan McManus (14:00)
- Ben Woollaston v Alex Borg (14:00)
- Nigel Bond v Rod Lawler (14:00)
- David Gilbert v Rory McLeod (14:00)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan v Robbie Williams (14:00)
- Yan Bingtao v Xu Si (16:30)
- Ali Carter v Daniel Wells (16:30)
- Scott Donaldson v Gao Yang (16:30)
- Gerard Greene v Farakh Ajaib (16:30)
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Sam Craigie (19:00)
- Neil Robertson v Mark King (19:00)
- Anthony Hamilton v Ben Hancorn (19:00)
- Jamie Wilson v Duane Jones (19:00)
- Jimmy Robertson v Kacper Filipiak (19:00)
- Kyren Wilson v Chen Zifan (20:00)
- Zhou Yuelong v Ashley Carty (20:00)
- Martin Gould v Mitchell Mann (20:00)
- Mark Joyce v Jimmy White (20:00)
Live on Eurosport today from 13.30 & 18.45Live coverage
13:00-16:15 - BBC Red Button
19:00-20:00 - BBC Red Button
Highlights
23:00-01:40 - BBC Red Button
bet the players are pleased to get away from Milton Keynes.
DRAW AND RESULTS
Round one
Monday, February 15th
Tuesday, February 16th
13:00-16:35 - BBC Red Button
19:00-21:30 - BBC Red Button
DRAW AND RESULTS
Tuesday, February 16th
Round Two
Wednesday, February 17th
13:00-16:35 - BBC Red Button
19:00-21:30 - BBC Red Button
DRAW AND RESULTS
Round Two
Wednesday, February 17th
Round Three
Thursday, February 18th
Round Four
Thursday, February 18th
Live coverage on Eurosport from 12.45 & 18.45
13:00-16:35 - BBC Red Button
19:00-21:30 - BBC Red Button
DRAW AND RESULTS
Round ThreeRound Four
Thursday, February 18th
Quarter finals
Friday, February 19th
Semi-finals
Saturday, February 20th
Live coverage
Eurosport from 11.45 & 18.45
13:00-16:35 - BBC Red Button
19:00-21:30 - BBC Red Button
they played like it was the Shoot Out, they were both under 20 secs a shot