Fatty Facesitter's Snooker Loopy thread

[deathrey]

1 hour ago, hallicks said:

Urgh are they sold out already! Did they only go on sale yesterday?

Yep went on sale yesterday, my brother tried the presale on Sunday and the proper sale on Monday and all the regular seats were gone. Premium were still available but at £150+ they were too much for us. I'm guessing a lot were bought by touts.

[Cod Eye]

We go on the middle Sunday(afternoon sesh) every year, and never buy tickets in advance. Just got the ticket office an hour or two before the session and ask what is available. 12 consecutive years now, and weve got  tickets every time(for the last few years, we got 5 together in the wheelchair accessable area that had not been purchased).

[Tim Healys Chutney Spoon]

Channel 5 are showing the seniors championship from tomorrow. 

 

Dread to think how poor the coverage will be! 

[deathrey]

Ooo thanks for the tip @Cod Eye. My parents are 40 mins from Sheffield so we can time with a trip to them just in case we don't get tickets.

Edited May 7, 2024 by deathrey

[Pork Pie]

This weeks English Open is the first bit of snooker I've really watched this season. I think of September as when the snooker season gets going, but that seems to be changing with some big tournaments earlier in the season now. 

Neil Robertson has been difficult to watch over the last couple of years. He became quite slow and negative but he's looked good this week. He's speeded his game up a bit and going for his chances more. 

Robertson is favourite to win the final today but Wu is a very promising player who I wouldn't be surprised to see get a tournament win. 

The British Open will be starting tomorrow on ITV4 with the second table being shown on ITVX

[Gus Mears]

Really fun tournament that. Good to see Selby picking up a win. He's grown to be one of my favourites on tour as he's opened up about his mental health challenged and just generally come across as a quality bloke. 

[Hugh Thesz]

Shit

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/articles/c30p1150jz1o

[Just Some Guy]

That's sad. I always enjoyed watching Mark King play until I got the chance to see him live, and he was up against Rod Lawler.

 

[Gus Mears]

I'm off to the snooker cupboard in Leicester for the next 2 days to watch some extreme UK Championship qualifiers action. Handsome Hoss Vafaei, Rob Milkins and some of my other favourites on tonight and looking forward to it.

[Gus Mears]

Absolutely rammed.

[DJM]

10 hours ago, Gus Mears said:

I'm off to the snooker cupboard in Leicester for the next 2 days to watch some extreme UK Championship qualifiers action. Handsome Hoss Vafaei, Rob Milkins and some of my other favourites on tonight and looking forward to it.

It's being shown live on Youtube if anyone want to give the qualifiers a watch and try to spot @Gus Mears

 

[Pork Pie]

It was nice to see Mark Williams win the Champion of Champions last week. I enjoy just about all the snooker that I watch but Williams really is a joy to watch. 

[Gus Mears]

I think what I respect most about Williams is that he puts no effort whatsoever into remaining a world class player approaching 50. The bloke subsists on a diet of pies and McDonald's and is regularly winning tournaments still. I think he'd die if he tried to go out running with O'Sullivan and he's made no changes to his lifestyle like Higgins has. He's great.

 

[Callum1993]

18 minutes ago, Gus Mears said:

I think what I respect most about Williams is that he puts no effort whatsoever into remaining a world class player approaching 50. The bloke subsists on a diet of pies and McDonald's and is regularly winning tournaments still. I think he'd die if he tried to go out running with O'Sullivan and he's made no changes to his lifestyle like Higgins has. He's great.

 

He’s a regular in a pub in the town where I grew up and he spends most of his days playing cards and betting on horses. Champion. 

[DJM]

Great to see Bai Yulu doing really well in the qualifiers for the UK Championship. 

She beat Farakh Ajaib in Round 1 of qualifying, Jamie Jones in Round 2 (in doing so, becoming the first woman in 25 years to win back-to-back matches in a ranking event) and beat Scott Donaldson 6-5 yesterday in Round 3. She plays Jack Lisowski now in the 4th Round for a place in the Main Draw.