Ruhr Championship (EPTC 5)

Bourne wrote:You sometimes get 3 tournaments a week in tennis and players can pick and choose which one they go to depending on how they feel they'll do there, I hope snooker can get to that stage eventually, I think it's great.

i think it will be hard to get to there but yes players should be now picking and choosing there might also be a case of picking 8 best performance out of 12 PTC Events going towards your ranking but with all main rankers and PTC Final counting.

wildLOVESWAGNER wrote:

Bourne wrote:You sometimes get 3 tournaments a week in tennis and players can pick and choose which one they go to depending on how they feel they'll do there, I hope snooker can get to that stage eventually, I think it's great.

i think it will be hard to get to there but yes players should be now picking and choosing there might also be a case of picking 8 best performance out of 12 PTC Events going towards your ranking but with all main rankers and PTC Final counting.

But then what if some players enter and others dont.. say williams higgins and selby do but robertson murphy and ronnie dont..you wont have as many classic clashes in matches if you get me.

But we will have to live with that......

if we want a proper tour we cant expect players top players to play in every events.

Yes they will play in Bigger Events but with more Main Rankers there will be Less That will play in Every PTC.

there could even be a case to play a PTC during the same weekend as the Finals of a Ranking event so if you reach the Quarters of that Ranking Event on Friday you cant play in a PTC But for other players that lost early in a Rankers theres a chance to get back on a horse at a PTC Event.

What im saying there might come a time where you could organize a PTC When there is a Ranking Tournament On.

Good luck - Higgins, Allen, Ding & Hendry

case_master wrote:Good luck - Higgins, Allen, Ding & Hendry

Ding is not playing. He's in the Asian games.

wildLOVESWAGNER wrote:But we will have to live with that......

if we want a proper tour we cant expect players top players to play in every events.

Yes they will play in Bigger Events but with more Main Rankers there will be Less That will play in Every PTC.

there could even be a case to play a PTC during the same weekend as the Finals of a Ranking event so if you reach the Quarters of that Ranking Event on Friday you cant play in a PTC But for other players that lost early in a Rankers theres a chance to get back on a horse at a PTC Event.

What im saying there might come a time where you could organize a PTC When there is a Ranking Tournament On.

yeh the PTCs could eventually become the snooker equivalent of the Challenger events on the tennis circuit for the lowly ranked players to compete in.

Theres 147 on the tables never mind how much balls is potted

Neither Ronnie nor Robbo will be there. They were discussing it yesterday night in PL before their match

Monique wrote:Neither Ronnie nor Robbo will be there. They were discussing it yesterday night in PL before their match

Robbo said in his interview with Dave Hendon and as for Ronnie well no surprise there

Jimmy White 0-4 Rod Lawler

Rod Lawler is a year off becoming Witz Version of Unofficial World Senior Champion

as we speak John Higgins has hit his first ball of the season 9-0 Jogia at the moment

Come on Higgo

Higgins wins his first frame back from exile

1-0

Live Scoring is a bit of a flop Kachaiwong been on a 5 minute 1 Break then it jumped to Hamilton on 25

unbelievable

Snooker Island is the only site that carries full Results from hamm

Sonny wrote:Higgins wins his first frame back from exile

1-0

wildLOVESWAGNER wrote:unbelievable

Snooker Island is the only site that carries full Results from hamm

I'm on my way to Hamm, coming from Grimsby.
I will put all results up with break details when I get there.
Currently at Manchester airport at the gate to embark for Duesseldorf. Should be at the venue around 7 pm local time.
BTW Wild feel free to check on ROS: I've put a link to yesterdays photo album. Copy it here if you want.
I'm doing this from my mobile ... Not very easy posting

good decision by the world champion seeing as he has a remote chance to qualfiy and his main rivals ding and ronnie wont be in the ptc finals his motivation levels wont be high for this event

robbo

bring on the uk

Monique wrote:

wildLOVESWAGNER wrote:unbelievable

Snooker Island is the only site that carries full Results from hamm

I'm on my way to Hamm, coming from Grimsby.
I will put all results up with break details when I get there.
Currently at Manchester airport at the gate to embark for Duesseldorf. Should be at the venue around 7 pm local time.
BTW Wild feel free to check on ROS: I've put a link to yesterdays photo album. Copy it here if you want.
I'm doing this from my mobile ... Not very easy posting

im finding laptop harder than desktop so god knows how ill manage on Mobile lol

GJtheaussiestud wrote:good decision by the world champion seeing as he has a remote chance to qualfiy and his main rivals ding and ronnie wont be in the ptc finals his motivation levels wont be high for this event

robbo

bring on the uk

All he had to do to Qualify Win a PTC Event isnt he up to that ????

Stephen Hendry is not playing either Gerard Greene gets a Walk Over

John Higgins Beats Jogia 4-2 and plays Harold at 6pm

Welcome back John

Luca Brecel comes back from 3-0 down to beat Mark Davis 4-3 and advance to play Barry Pinches in the Last 64.

A 4-2 win for John Higgins but leaves me feeling empty. Best of luck to Alan McManus this evening.

Caledonian Craig wrote:A 4-2 win for John Higgins but leaves me feeling empty.

DJ back on the baize.....................he travelled across on flight number 261 from Glasgow.

John Higgins MBE 2-0 against Harold

case_master wrote:John Higgins MBE 2-0 against Harold

come on Pitbull