19.com To Sponsor Trio Of Snooker’s Home Nations Events

http://www.worldsnooker.com/19-com-to-s ... ns-events/

However, the new Chinese sponsor is blocked in the UK.

So, they're not sponsoring the Welsh Open this season, but they are next season?

SnookerFan wrote:So, they're not sponsoring the Welsh Open this season, but they are next season?

I think ManBetX still have the contract for this season.

Ash147 wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:So, they're not sponsoring the Welsh Open this season, but they are next season?

I think ManBetX still have the contract for this season.

Seems weird that they have different sponsors, considering World Snooker try to lord it that there's some kind of connection between these tournaments.

SnookerFan wrote:

Ash147 wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:So, they're not sponsoring the Welsh Open this season, but they are next season?

I think ManBetX still have the contract for this season.

Seems weird that they have different sponsors, considering World Snooker try to lord it that there's some kind of connection between these tournaments.

Next season the Home Nations will all be sponsored by 19.com. Then you'll have all of the ITV events sponsored by Coral. It would be nice if they managed to get all the Triple Crown events under one sponsor too. It certainly helps to make the events feel like they're connected.

I wouldn’t want the TC events to feel any more connected than they currently are, actually.

I’d much rather they have their own distinct ‘personalities’. Which sadly the UK no longer has.

Iranu wrote:I wouldn’t want the TC events to feel any more connected than they currently are, actually.

I’d much rather they have their own distinct ‘personalities’. Which sadly the UK no longer has.

If they returned the UK to it's old format, that would be a big step in re-establishing it as one of the majors.

Dan-cat wrote:In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was twenty-six
In inininininin Vietnam, he was nineteen
In Vietnam, he was nineteen
N-n-n-n-nineteen

What, so in 30 years he'd got seven years younger?

What's his secret?

Ash147 wrote:

Iranu wrote:I wouldn’t want the TC events to feel any more connected than they currently are, actually.

I’d much rather they have their own distinct ‘personalities’. Which sadly the UK no longer has.

If they returned the UK to it's old format, that would be a big step in re-establishing it as one of the majors.

Honestly at this point I’d settle for the semis being bo17 in the short term, even that would help.

Iranu wrote:

Ash147 wrote:

Iranu wrote:I wouldn’t want the TC events to feel any more connected than they currently are, actually.

I’d much rather they have their own distinct ‘personalities’. Which sadly the UK no longer has.

If they returned the UK to it's old format, that would be a big step in re-establishing it as one of the majors.

Honestly at this point I’d settle for the semis being bo17 in the short term, even that would help.

That's how it was in 2011, 2012 and 2013, before they full bastardised it in 2014.

Dan-cat wrote:In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was twenty-six
In inininininin Vietnam, he was nineteen
In Vietnam, he was nineteen
N-n-n-n-nineteen

First thing I thought of when I saw the title.