Re-Rack question

vodkadiet wrote:If an evening session at The World Championships is due to start at 7pm and the last frame of an afternoon which had started at 6.10pm, has to be re-racked at 6.23 pm, would they play the re-racked frame again straight away, or after the evening session has finished? In theory, the frame has started, which means it should be played right away. However, the session should be stopped there and then, as it has overrun.

Would they start one at 6:10 anyway? It kind of depends who is playing, I know. But I'd say there was a chance of it overrunning even then. Especially if it's Peter Ebdon vs Dave Harold.

vodkadiet wrote:

SnookerFan wrote:

vodkadiet wrote:If an evening session at The World Championships is due to start at 7pm and the last frame of an afternoon which had started at 6.10pm, has to be re-racked at 6.23 pm, would they play the re-racked frame again straight away, or after the evening session has finished? In theory, the frame has started, which means it should be played right away. However, the session should be stopped there and then, as it has overrun.

Would they start one at 6:10 anyway? It kind of depends who is playing, I know. But I'd say there was a chance of it overrunning even then. Especially if it's Peter Ebdon vs Dave Harold.

I think the cut of point is 45 minutes. It may be 40, it could even be 50.

For argument's sake, let's then say it started at 6.07 pm, and had to be re-racked at 6.23pm.

I have no idea what they'd do. I take it it's never happened. If it has, Wild will use his autistic-style knowledge of matches that happened at The Crucible to let you know what happened.

vodkadiet wrote:

Wild wrote:ref "come on we got to re rack it cant go on but it will be after the evening session"

player "sod that ill give them a whack and hope"

Tannoy announcement:

"The evening session will commence at approximately 11.45pm due to the fact that the final frame of the Rory Mcleod vs Rod Lawler match being re-racked 12 times! We aplologise for the delay, but this was in due in the main to the fact that in one of the re-racks, the yellow was lodged in the ref's nether regions, and neither player wanted to risk playing the shot to remove it. Please don't let the late start spoil your enjoyment of the Fergal O'Brien vs Marcus Campbell match".

When I was at the Masters in 2010, they had Rob Walker do his usual speel of; "As we're not full up, come down to the front if you're near the back, it looks better on telly. I know you've got numbered seats, but don't worry about that. I've been informed that the Wembley staff don't mind."

He hadn't been informed that, he assumed. And the Wembley Staff did mind. So at mid-session, they announced over the tanoy; "Can everybody please sit back in their original seats, despite what you've been told."



This year, they had a sit where you like policy for most of the tournament.