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  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    So just thought for the Gibraltar Open it as the opening 2 days are crazy it would just be simpler to update at the end of the day.

    So after day 1 going into Sundays final day

    Ben Woollaston v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 
    Fergal O'Brien v Kyren Wilson 

    Lyu Haotian v David Grace 
    Tian Pengfei v Mark Williams 


    Then again tomorrow you have more 1st/2nd and 3rd round matches and after that we will end the day with another 8 players to complete the final 2 quarters of Sundays final day
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    The difference for Saturday and Sunday is that the event is now behind closed doors.

    For the first few days they were letting 100 people in only, but as from tomorrow no one will be allowed in.

    Will be interesting to see if they take the same stance with the Tour Championship now
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    I heard there was a game without a ref? The players spotted balls for each other, just like playing in the local club. 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    I heard there was a game without a ref? The players spotted balls for each other, just like playing in the local club. 
    There was more than one
     A number of refs were unable to turn up due to flight restrictions so the outside tables had roaming refs this morning as the refs that where there had to have a rest in between matches, which meant that players where picking the balls out for their opponents, appalling really and not acceptable at a ranking event no mater what the circumstances are.

    Neal Fould tried to justify it by saying the playerd are used to it in practice they usually pick the balls out for each other, but this isn't practice its a serious ranking event, what if there was a foul and a miss on one of the roaming tables and the balls needed to be replaced would they expect the 2 players to figure it out between themselves 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Gibraltar Open
    Last 16

    Ben Woollaston v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 
    Fergal O'Brien v Kyren Wilson 

    Lyu Haotian v David Grace 
    Tian Pengfei v Mark Williams 

    Rory McLeod v Jimmy Robertson
    Tom Ford v Xiao Guodong 

    Ashley Hugill v Liang Wenbo 
    Li Hang v Judd Trump
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Gibraltar Open
    Last 16
    Results

    Xiao Guodong 4-2 Tom Ford 
    David Grace 4-1 Lyu Haotian
    Liang Wenbo 4-2 Ashley Hugill
    Judd Trump 4-1 Li Hang
    Jimmy Robertson 4-1 Rory McLeod
    Kyren Wilson 4-3 Fergal O'Brien
    Mark Williams 4-3 Tian Pengfei
    Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4-2 Ben Woollaston 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Gibraltar Open
    Quarter Finals

    Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Kyren Wilson
    David Grace v Mark Williams 
    Jimmy Robertson v Xiao Guodong 
    Liang Wenbo v Judd Trump 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Gibraltar Open 
    Quarter Final 
    Results 

    Judd Trump 4-1 Liang Wenbo 
    Xiao Guodong 4-3 Jimmy Robertson 
    Mark Williams 4-1 David Grace 
    Kyren Wilson 4-0 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Gibraltar Open 
    Semi Finals 

    Kyren Wilson v Mark Williams 
    Xiao Guodong v Judd Trump 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Gibraltar Open 
    Semi Final
    Results 

    Kyren Wilson 4-0 Mark Williams
    Judd Trump 4-3 Xiao Guodong
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  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Gibraltar Open
    Final

    Kyren Wilson v Judd Trump
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Not been a bad start to the final 3 centuries in a row, just a shame there is no crowd to witness it
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    JUDD TRUMP IS GIBRALTAR OPEN CHAMPION 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Gibraltar Open
    Final
    Result

    Judd Trump 4-3 Kyren Wilson 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    By winning the final Judd Trump wins £200,000,  £50,00 for winning the Gibraltar Open and £150,000 for winning the Betvictor Series 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Judd Trump also becomes the first player to win 6 ranking event tournaments in 1 season with a possible 2 still to go
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Judd Trump and Kyren Wilson waving to noone with the medals lol 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    So on Llandudno which atm is going ahead they are heading to Wales and will be setting up tomorrow so as it stands looks like it will be on.


    Tour Championships
    Quarter Final

    Judd Trump v John Higgins
    Neil Robertson v Ding Junhui 

    Mark Selby v Yan Bingtao
    Shaun Murphy v Mark Allen

    Proper event this
    Quarter Finals best of 17
    Semi Finals best of 19
    Final best of 27 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    TOUR CHAMPIONSHIPS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

    Following today’s advice from the UK Government, there will be no access for fans at this week’s Coral Tour Championship.

    At 5pm today the government advised the public to avoid pubs, clubs, theatres and other such social venues. We have reacted to this advice with the decision to close the doors at Venue Cymru in Llandudno to all fans.

    We realise this will be disappointing to fans but we must act according to the latest government advice.

  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    edited March 2020
    World Snooker and Barry Hearn have a big decision to make.

    Cancelling or Postponing(although if you postpone when do you have 17 free days to fit it in) The World Championships would be a massive thing, but how can it be played behind closed doors the Worls Championship is all about the Crucible Theatre atmosphere 
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  • Chippycafc
    Chippycafc Posts: 14,140
    So on Llandudno which atm is going ahead they are heading to Wales and will be setting up tomorrow so as it stands looks like it will be on.


    Tour Championships
    Quarter Final

    Judd Trump v John Higgins
    Neil Robertson v Ding Junhui 

    Mark Selby v Yan Bingtao
    Shaun Murphy v Mark Allen

    Proper event this
    Quarter Finals best of 17
    Semi Finals best of 19
    Final best of 27 
    Indeed. As i said earlier, players don't like best of 7.
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,780
    World Snooker and Barry Hearn have a big decision to make.

    Cancelling or Postponing(although if you postpone when do you have 17 free days to fit it in) The World Championships would be a massive thing, but how can it be played behind closed doors the Worls Championship is all about the Crucible Theatre atmosphere 
    I think they have to play it.  As you say, it's not easy finding seventeen free days.  It's great telly so I'd be quite happy watching it without the audience.
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    And its over the one sport thing that was left has gone.


    CORAL TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP POSTPONED

    Tuesday 17 Mar 2020 10:15AM

    WST and ITV Sport have taken the decision to postpone this week’s Coral Tour Championship in Llandudno as a precaution against the spread of coronavirus.

    The event was due to run from Tuesday to Sunday this week, televised by ITV4.

    Following Monday’s announcement from the UK government that public are advised to avoid pubs, clubs, theatres and other such social venues, we have liaised with ITV Sport and come to the decision to postpone the event, with new dates of July 21st to 26th this year at the same venue.

    We appreciate this is very short notice and a disappointment for the fans and the television audience, however the assessment could only be made at short notice after yesterday’s announcement from the government which came at 5pm.

    The box office at Venue Cymru in Llandudno will contact ticket holders . Those tickets will be transferred automatically to the rescheduled dates. Fans who are unable to attend in July can contact the box office after April 1st for a refund.

    Announcements on future events including the World Championship will be made in due course, with all scenarios to be considered depending on further government advice. 

  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Cant see the Worlds going ahead now
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    I wonder if they will reschedule it. If they do it probably won't be the full 17 days, maybe quarter finals onwards?
  • LawrieAbrahams
    LawrieAbrahams Posts: 3,779
    I've just read that Willie Thorne has been diagnosed with leukaemia. 
  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    I've just read that Willie Thorne has been diagnosed with leukaemia. 
    Yeah he announced it today, he is in Spain having Chemotherapy 


  • paulie8290
    paulie8290 Posts: 23,344
    Daily Mirror apparently reporting the news before World Snooker now lol



    Lets see if its true, I do like this response from David Grace


  • Officially confirmed now.  Inevitable unfortunately