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Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby Iranu

LDS, since I’ll potentially be tallying these in accordance with other people’s choices, are you happy for me to use the following:

5) Shaun Murphy’s fist pumps
4) Judd Trump missing the final pink and losing the UK final
3) Yan Bingtao winning the Masters
2) Jordan Brown winning the Welsh Open
1) Mark Selby winning a fourth World Title

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby gninnur karona

1st Jordan Brown at the Welsh Open. Seven-times underdog seven-times victor. Has that ever been done before?

2nd Chengdufan's ranking thread reference work. Indispensable guide to the idiosyncracies of historic rankings. Will WST take action before a capricious billionaire renders the World Championship in ranking terms insignificant, accentuating ranking injustices?

3rd Judd Trump's green against Barry Hawkins. How better to illustrate to the uninitiated the importance of controlling the cueball? The clip I shared most often this season.

4th Mark Williams controversially announcing he wouldn't be counting the Pro Series as a ranking title. Sorry Mark a ranking event is any event which gives out ranking points. Well OK not according to WST as no doubt you'd remind me. I don't know why they don't count your 2013 Rotterdam Open triumph either.

5th John Higgins at the Players Championship. The A-game week of the season.

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby Holden Chinaski

1. Yan Bingtao winning the Masters.
2. Robbo beating Trump in the UK final.
3. Ronnie beating Higgins at the Tour Championship.
4. Ronnie breaking Hendry's record of 57 ranking final appearances at the Tour Championship.
5. Hendry's comeback century break.

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby Running side

1 Higgins best session of snooker this year.
2 Mark Williams new break off
3 Fans back at the Crucible
4 Bingtao masters
5 Desi asking Trump to bend down, the wasp incident.
6 Ronnie breaking Hendrys ranking finals.

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby Running side

Iranu wrote:
HappyCamper wrote:1) "sixteen stone of basildon beast"
2) TBC
3) TBC
4) TBC
5) TBC

HC are you intending to add numbers 2-5?

Amended ro 18 stone after hols,noticed I've picked 6,I'd drop willow break off.

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby HappyCamper

Iranu wrote:
HappyCamper wrote:1) "sixteen stone of basildon beast"
2) TBC
3) TBC
4) TBC
5) TBC

HC are you intending to add numbers 2-5?


oh aye, that. i'll do it presently.

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby Iranu

HappyCamper wrote:
Iranu wrote:
HappyCamper wrote:1) "sixteen stone of basildon beast"
2) TBC
3) TBC
4) TBC
5) TBC

HC are you intending to add numbers 2-5?


oh aye, that. i'll do it presently.

<ok> Cheers

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby Iranu

Running side wrote:5 Desi asking Trump to bend down, the wasp incident.

This happened in the 2019/20 season. Do you have a replacement?

Edit: actually never mind.

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby Iranu

Once I had combined some of the most similar nominations, there were a total of 36 unique choices for favourite moment of the season.

After collating and scoring the responses, the Top 16 seeds going through to the knockout rounds are:

1. Yan Bingtao wins the Masters
2. Jordan Brown wins the Welsh Open
3. John Higgins’ performance and victory at the Players Championship
4. Neil Robertson beats Judd Trump in the UK Championship final
5. Crowds return for the World Championship
6. Judd Trump beats Jack Lisowski in the World Grand Prix final after a thrilling fightback from Jack
7. Chengdufan’s rankings thread
8. Stephen Hendry’s comeback and 776th century
9. Stephen Hendry vs Jimmy White in World Championship qualifying
10. The Simpsons Snooker Memes Twitter account
11. Anthony McGill beats Ronnie O’Sullivan in the World Championship after a thrilling fightback from Ronnie
12. Think Pink going from strength to strength
13. Judd Trump’s green against Barry Hawkins
14. Snookerfan’s name being read out on ITV for answering their snooker quiz question
15. Stuart Bingham: “sixteen stone of Basildon Beast”
16. Mark Selby wins a 4th World Championship title

Numbers 17-32, which in the spirit of the British Open will be drawn randomly to face the 16 seeds in the first round of the knockout stages:

17. The many new posters who have joined the forum
18. Judd Trump’s comeback to beat Barry Hawkins at the German Masters
19. Pink Ball vs Johnny Bravo in the Snooker Island World Championship
20. Mark Williams’ new break-off shot
21. Female players taking part in World Championship qualifying
22. Ronnie O’Sullivan beating John Higgins in the Tour Championship
23. Jonah Wall’s Most Influential Posters list
24. Judd Trump beats Ronnie O’Sullivan in the Northern Ireland Open final for the third time in a row
25. Snookertipster spots a fleshlight on camera in Shaun Murphy’s dressing room
26. Juddernaut88 getting nervous whenever a Judd Trump match went close
27. Brian Ochoiski beats Paul Davison in the Welsh Open
28. Ronnie O’Sullivan beats Stephen Hendry’s record of 57 ranking finals
29. Eurosport calls out Mark Selby gaining an unfair advantage against Stuart Bingham
30. Brian Ochoiski making his first century against Ronnie O’Sullivan
31. Mark Williams refuses to consider his WST Pro Series a ranking title
32. Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski become BBC pundits at the World Championship

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby Iranu

Many thanks for your votes over the last five days! After an eventful round of 32, the moments through to the last 16 are below.

The biggest casualty was the number 4 seed, Robertson’s UK victory over Judd, as it was beaten 9 votes to 6 by female players in Crucible qualifying. The 14, 15 and 16 seeds also lost, which leaves us with an interesting lineup for the last 16:

1. Yan Bingtao wins the Masters
2. Jordan Brown wins the Welsh Open
3. John Higgins’ performance and victory at the Players Championship
5. Crowds return for the World Championship
6. Judd Trump beats Jack Lisowski in the World Grand Prix final after a thrilling fightback from Jack
7. Chengdufan’s rankings thread
8. Stephen Hendry’s comeback and 776th century
9. Stephen Hendry vs Jimmy White in World Championship qualifying
10. The Simpsons Snooker Memes Twitter account
11. Anthony McGill beats Ronnie O’Sullivan in the World Championship after a thrilling fightback from Ronnie
12. Think Pink going from strength to strength
13. Judd Trump’s green against Barry Hawkins
20. Mark Williams’ new break-off shot
21. Female players taking part in World Championship qualifying
22. Ronnie O’Sullivan beating John Higgins in the Tour Championship
28. Ronnie O’Sullivan beats Stephen Hendry’s record of 57 ranking finals

Matches to follow shortly.

Re: SI’s Favourite Snooker Moment of 2020/21

Postby Iranu

Only the one upset in the Last 16, as McGill beating Ronnie at the World Championship (11) defeated Judd vs Jack in the WGP Final (6) by 9 votes to 6.

Quarter finals coming up shortly!