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Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Hello ladies and gentlemen.

Our second Think Pink season has come to an end. McManusfan has succeeded our inaugural champion, Rekoons, who in turn went from the top of the table to the bottom in 2021, picking up the dreaded Pink Dildo from 2020 recipient Wildey. Kurt Maflin won the Pink Gift Certificate in 2020 as Player of the Year, but in 2021 he relinquished his crown to Jordan Brown.

But that was 2021. Now the search is on for our 2022 prize winners. Yes, Think Pink 2021/22 will open for business soon.

The rules for 2021/22 are unchanged from the 2020/21 season:

1. All 96 tour players will be split into 16 groups of six according to the rankings at the conclusion of the 2021 World Championship. Group one will contain players ranked one to six; group two will contain players ranked seven to 12; group three will contain players ranked 13 to 18, and so on and so forth until group 16, which will contain players ranked 91 to 96.
2. Each entrant picks one player in each group as a team member.
3. You must then select a 17th player as a wildcard. This can be any snooker player who is not ranked inside the world's top 96.
4. Every ranking tournament counts towards the scoring, except for the Shootout. Invitational events do not count.
5. The scoring criteria is the same as last year. If your Group One player makes it to a quarter final, they score you one point; two for a semi-final; three for a final; and four for winning a ranking tournament. If your Group Two player makes it to a quarter final, they score you two points; four for a semi-final; six for a final; and eight for winning a ranking tournament. For group three players it goes 3, 6, 9, 12; group four goes 4, 8, 12, 16, and so on and so forth until group 16 players, which goes 16, 32, 48, 64. A wildcard player, meanwhile, scores 25, 50, 75, 100 for the above.
6. The World Championship carries triple points on the above.
7. Any tournament whose final is shorter than best of 17 will be worth half points on what’s stated in rule five.
8. The first tie-break criteria is to check which of the tied entrants has the highest-scoring team member. If still tied, we check the second-highest-scoring team member, then third, and so on and so forth.
If the tie-break hasn't been broken after checking each team member, then it's a dead-heat between the players, unless both players have picked exactly the same team. In that case, whoever entered their team first wins.
9. We will be open to entries once the World Championship final is over, and entries will be accepted until 23:59:59 on May 26, the eve of Q School.
10. All you have to do to enter is fill out the template below once the deadline is open and the players included in each group have been posted.
11. Once you have entered, you cannot change your team. I will ask Wildey to move this thread to the predictions section as soon as entries are open in order to prevent post editing.
12. Once I have confirmed your team is eligible, then you are signed up to battle for the 2022 Coland Rox Memorial Trophy.
13. Any participants who moderators confirm have entered twice using more than one Snooker Island ID will be disqualified.

This is the roll of honour:
2020: Rekoons
2021: McManusfan

This is the template:

Team name:
Group one:
Group two:
Group three:
Group four:
Group five:
Group six:
Group seven:
Group eight:
Group nine:
Group ten:
Group eleven:
Group twelve:
Group thirteen:
Group fourteen:
Group fifteen:
Group sixteen:
Wild card:

And here is the beautiful trophy:

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Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Groups for 2021/22, based on the world rankings as of 23.31pm, May 3, 2021:

Group One: Judd Trump, Mark Selby, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Shaun Murphy, Kyren Wilson
Group Two: John Higgins, Ding Junhui, Stephen Maguire, Yan Bingtao, Mark Williams, Mark Allen
Group Three: Barry Hawkins, Jack Lisowski, Stuart Bingham, Anthony McGill, Zhou Yuelong, Graeme Dott
Group Four: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Joe Perry, Kurt Maflin, Tom Ford, David Gilbert, Ali Carter
Group Five: Martin Gould, Zhao Xintong, Liang Wenbo, Ryan Day, Xiao Guodong, Matt Selt
Group Six: Michael Holt, Ricky Walden, Gary Wilson, Scott Donaldson, Lu Ning, Matthew Stevens
Group Seven: Robert Milkins, Li Hang, Luca Brecel, Jordan Brown, Hossein Vafaei, Mark Joyce
Group Eight: Liam Highfield, Noppon Saengkham, Alexander Ursenbacher, Ben Woollaston, Stuart Carrington, Martin O’Donnell
Group Nine: Mark Davis, Elliot Slessor, Sam Craigie, Mark King, Lyu Haotian, Anthony Hamilton
Group Ten: Jamie Jones, Andrew Higginson, Sunny Akani, David Grace, Tian Pengfei, Chris Wakelin
Group Eleven: Dominic Dale, Joe O’Connor, Jimmy Robertson, Nigel Bond, Ian Burns, Louis Heathcote
Group Twelve: Alan McManus, Yuan Sijun, Chang Bingyu, Jak Jones, Luo Honghao, Pang Junxu
Group Thirteen: Eden Sharav, Gerard Greene, Igor Figueiredo, Chen Zifan, Jackson Page, Xu Si
Group Fourteen: Mei Xiwen, Jamie Clarke, Marco Fu, Daniel Wells, Mitchell Mann, Jamie O’Neill
Group Fifteen: Robbie Williams, Kacper Filipiak, Duane Jones, Jimmy White, Andy Hicks, James Cahill
Group Sixteen: Rod Lawler, Si Jiahui, Peter Lines, Steven Hallworth, Ashley Carty, David Lilley
Wild Card: Any player not mentioned above.

This is the template:
Team name:
Group one:
Group two:
Group three:
Group four:
Group five:
Group six:
Group seven:
Group eight:
Group nine:
Group ten:
Group eleven:
Group twelve:
Group thirteen:
Group fourteen:
Group fifteen:
Group sixteen:
Wild card:

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Team name: The 32-County Republic
Group One: Judd Trump
Group Two: Ding Junhui
Group Three: Jack Lisowski
Group Four: David Gilbert
Group Five: Zhao Xintong
Group Six: Gary Wilson
Group Seven: Hossein Vafaei
Group Eight: Noppon Saengkham
Group Nine: Sam Craigie
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Joe O’Connor
Group Twelve: Pang Junxu
Group Thirteen: Jackson Page
Group Fourteen: Jamie Clarke
Group Fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group Sixteen: Ashley Carty
Wildcard: Bai Langning

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Reg Varney

Team Name: Luxton & District Traction Company

Group One: Kyren Wilson
Group Two: Yan Bingtao
Group Three: Jack Lisowski
Group Four: Tom Ford
Group Five: Martin Gould
Group Six: Ricky Walden
Group Seven: Luca Brecel
Group Eight: Ben Woollaston
Group Nine: Elliot Slessor
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Jimmy Robertson
Group Twelve: Jak Jones
Group Thirteen: Eden Sharav
Group Fourteen: Jamie Clarke
Group Fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group Sixteen: David Lilley
Wildcard: Allan Taylor

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby rekoons

Team name: Cue across

Group One: Judd Trump,
Group Two: Yan Bingtao,
Group Three:, Jack Lisowski,
Group Four: David Gilbert,
Group Five: Matt Selt
Group Six: Gary Wilson
Group Seven: Luca Brecel,
Group Eight: Liam Highfield,
Group Nine:, Elliot Slessor
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Joe O’Connor
Group Twelve: Chang Bingyu,
Group Thirteen: Igor Figueiredo,
Group Fourteen: Mei Xiwen,
Group Fifteen: Robbie Williams,
Group Sixteen: Ashley Carty
Wild Card: Peter Devlin

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Alex0paul

Anyone picking Alan McManus needs to be shot

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby rekoons

PS: how come McManus is in the list? Didn't he retire :chin:

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Alex0paul

Team Name: Back Row Bryan

Group One: Judd Trump
Group Two: Yan Bingtao
Group Three: Jack Lisowski
Group Four: Tom Ford
Group Five: Martin Gould
Group Six: Ricky Walden
Group Seven: Luca Brecel
Group Eight: Noppon Saengkham
Group Nine: Sam Craigie
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Louis Heathcote
Group Twelve: Pang Junxu
Group Thirteen: Gerard Greene
Group Fourteen: Jamie Clarke
Group Fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group Sixteen: Ashley Carty
Wildcard: Wu Yize

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby The_Abbott

Team Name: King of the Cruce


Group One: Judd Trump
Group Two: Yan Bingtao,
Group Three: Stuart Bingham
Group Four: David Gilbert
Group Five: Zhao Xintong
Group Six: Gary Wilson
Group Seven: Li Hang
Group Eight: Noppon Saengkham
Group Nine: Anthony Hamilton
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Joe O’Connor
Group Twelve: Jak Jones
Group Thirteen: Xu Si
Group Fourteen: Jamie Clarke
Group Fifteen: Andy Hicks
Group Sixteen: Steven Hallworth
Wild Card: Wu Yize

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby SnookerEd25

Alex0paul wrote:Anyone picking Alan McManus needs to be shot


That’s rather draconian :shock:

What’s wrong with a good old-fashioned birching? :chin:

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby sundaygirl

Pinky there’s a problem with Group Six which may prevent me entering :parrot:

Michael Holt, Ricky Walden, Gary Wilson, Scott Donaldson, Lu Ning, Matthew Stevens

May I have the other one as my wildcard?

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Juddernaut88

sundaygirl wrote:Pinky there’s a problem with Group Six which may prevent me entering :parrot:

Michael Holt, Ricky Walden, Gary Wilson, Scott Donaldson, Lu Ning, Matthew Stevens

May I have the other one as my wildcard?


I'd opt for Ricky Walden. Everytime I see him play I'm always like it's Darryl Braxton from Home and Away :D

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby giargi

Team name: Match fixers

Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: John Higgins
Group three: Anthony McGill
Group four: Tom Ford
Group five: Martin Gould
Group six: Ricky Walden
Group seven: Luca Brecel
Group eight: Stuart Carrington
Group nine: Mark King
Group ten: Jamie Jones
Group eleven: Joe O'Connor
Group twelve: Chang Bingyu
Group thirteen: Xu Si
Group fourteen: Marco Fu
Group fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group sixteen: Steven Hallworth
Wild card: Cao Yupeng

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Juddernaut88

Team name: Where's the cueball going
Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: Ding Junhui
Group three: Jack Lisowski
Group four: David Gilbert
Group five: Martin Gould
Group six: Ricky Walden
Group seven: Luca Brecel
Group eight: Noppon Saengkham
Group nine: Lyu Haotian
Group ten: Jamie Jones
Group eleven: Louis Heathcote
Group twelve: Yuan Sijun
Group thirteen: Jackson Page
Group fourteen: Marco Fu
Group fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group sixteen: Ashley Carty
Wild card: Stephen Hendry

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

rekoons wrote:PS: how come McManus is in the list? Didn't he retire :chin:

These landmines have always been there. In the first edition, two people picked Jamie Jones even though he was effectively banned. Alfie Burden was there last year. They're in the top 96 at the time the World Championship ends, so they go in.

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Reg Varney wrote:Team Name: Luxton & District Traction Company

Group One: Kyren Wilson
Group Two: Yan Bingtao
Group Three: Jack Lisowski
Group Four: Tom Ford
Group Five: Martin Gould
Group Six: Ricky Walden
Group Seven: Luca Brecel
Group Eight: Ben Woollaston
Group Nine: Elliot Slessor
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Jimmy Robertson
Group Twelve: Jak Jones
Group Thirteen: Eden Sharav
Group Fourteen: Jamie Clarke
Group Fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group Sixteen: David Lilley
Wildcard: Allan Taylor

Valid entry, Reg. Welcome aboard!

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Juddernaut88

Judd Trump carried my team to narrowly avoid relegation, with some new signings there is strong belief the team can improve and maybe challenge for the top 6!

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Valid entry. The 2020 champion is back to shed his 2021 Pink Dildo shame. Welcome aboard, Rekoons!

rekoons wrote:Team name: Cue across

Group One: Judd Trump,
Group Two: Yan Bingtao,
Group Three:, Jack Lisowski,
Group Four: David Gilbert,
Group Five: Matt Selt
Group Six: Gary Wilson
Group Seven: Luca Brecel,
Group Eight: Liam Highfield,
Group Nine:, Elliot Slessor
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Joe O’Connor
Group Twelve: Chang Bingyu,
Group Thirteen: Igor Figueiredo,
Group Fourteen: Mei Xiwen,
Group Fifteen: Robbie Williams,
Group Sixteen: Ashley Carty
Wild Card: Peter Devlin

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Valid entry, Alex. Welcome aboard!

Alex0paul wrote:Team Name: Back Row Bryan

Group One: Judd Trump
Group Two: Yan Bingtao
Group Three: Jack Lisowski
Group Four: Tom Ford
Group Five: Martin Gould
Group Six: Ricky Walden
Group Seven: Luca Brecel
Group Eight: Noppon Saengkham
Group Nine: Sam Craigie
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Louis Heathcote
Group Twelve: Pang Junxu
Group Thirteen: Gerard Greene
Group Fourteen: Jamie Clarke
Group Fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group Sixteen: Ashley Carty
Wildcard: Wu Yize

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Valid entry. Welcome aboard!
The_Abbott wrote:Team Name: King of the Cruce
Group One: Judd Trump
Group Two: Yan Bingtao,
Group Three: Stuart Bingham
Group Four: David Gilbert
Group Five: Zhao Xintong
Group Six: Gary Wilson
Group Seven: Li Hang
Group Eight: Noppon Saengkham
Group Nine: Anthony Hamilton
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Joe O’Connor
Group Twelve: Jak Jones
Group Thirteen: Xu Si
Group Fourteen: Jamie Clarke
Group Fifteen: Andy Hicks
Group Sixteen: Steven Hallworth
Wild Card: Wu Yize

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Valid entry, giargi. Welcome aboard!
giargi wrote:Team name: Match fixers

Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: John Higgins
Group three: Anthony McGill
Group four: Tom Ford
Group five: Martin Gould
Group six: Ricky Walden
Group seven: Luca Brecel
Group eight: Stuart Carrington
Group nine: Mark King
Group ten: Jamie Jones
Group eleven: Joe O'Connor
Group twelve: Chang Bingyu
Group thirteen: Xu Si
Group fourteen: Marco Fu
Group fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group sixteen: Steven Hallworth
Wild card: Cao Yupeng

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Valid entry, Juddernaut. Welcome aboard!
Juddernaut88 wrote:Team name: Where's the cueball going
Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: Ding Junhui
Group three: Jack Lisowski
Group four: David Gilbert
Group five: Martin Gould
Group six: Ricky Walden
Group seven: Luca Brecel
Group eight: Noppon Saengkham
Group nine: Lyu Haotian
Group ten: Jamie Jones
Group eleven: Louis Heathcote
Group twelve: Yuan Sijun
Group thirteen: Jackson Page
Group fourteen: Marco Fu
Group fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group sixteen: Ashley Carty
Wild card: Stephen Hendry

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Entries so far (7):
The 32-County Republic (Pink Ball)
Luxton & District Traction Company (Reg Varney)
Cue across (rekoons)
Back Row Bryan (Alex0Paul)
King of the Cruce (The_Abbott)
Match fixers (giargi)
Where's the cueball going (Juddernaut88)

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby sundaygirl

Team Name
Sunday Boyz 3: The Last Cuesade

Group One: Judd Trump
Group Two: Yan Bingtao
Group Three: Jack Lisowski
Group Four: David Gilbert
Group Five: Xiao Guodong
Group Six: Ricky Walden
Group Seven: Jordan Brown
Group Eight: Alexander Ursenbacher
Group Nine: Mark Davis
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Dominic Dale
Group Twelve: Jak Jones
Group Thirteen: Xu Si
Group Fourteen: Daniel Wells
Group Fifteen: James Cahill
Group Sixteen: Ashley Carty,
Wild Card: Stephen Hendry ;-)

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Valid entry, sundaygirl. Welcome aboard!
sundaygirl wrote:Team Name
Sunday Boyz 3: The Last Cuesade

Group One: Judd Trump
Group Two: Yan Bingtao
Group Three: Jack Lisowski
Group Four: David Gilbert
Group Five: Xiao Guodong
Group Six: Ricky Walden
Group Seven: Jordan Brown
Group Eight: Alexander Ursenbacher
Group Nine: Mark Davis
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Dominic Dale
Group Twelve: Jak Jones
Group Thirteen: Xu Si
Group Fourteen: Daniel Wells
Group Fifteen: James Cahill
Group Sixteen: Ashley Carty,
Wild Card: Stephen Hendry ;-)

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby Pink Ball

Entries so far (8):
The 32-County Republic (Pink Ball)
Luxton & District Traction Company (Reg Varney)
Cue across (rekoons)
Back Row Bryan (Alex0Paul)
King of the Cruce (The_Abbott)
Match fixers (giargi)
Where's the cueball going (Juddernaut88)
Sunday Boyz 3: The Last Cuesade (sundaygirl)

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby csprince

Team name:ding has this ck told me.
Group one:judd trump
Group two:ding junhui
Group three:jack lisowski
Group four:ali carter
Group five:zhao xintong
Group six:scott donaldson
Group seven:luca brecel
Group eight:ben woolaston
Group nine:sam craigie
Group ten:jamie jones
Group eleven:joe o'connor
Group twelve:jak jones
Group thirteen:jackson page
Group fourteen:marco fu
Group fifteen:robbie williams
Group sixteen:si jiahul
Wild card:aaron hill

Re: Think Pink 2021/22

Postby mick745

Group One: Mark Selby
Group Two: Yan Bingtao
Group Three: Zhou Yuelong
Group Four: David Gilbert
Group Five: Zhao Xintong
Group Six: Gary Wilson
Group Seven: Hossein Vafaei
Group Eight: Stuart Carrington
Group Nine: Lyu Haotian
Group Ten: Jamie Jones
Group Eleven: Jimmy Robertson
Group Twelve: Chang Bingyu
Group Thirteen: Xu Si
Group Fourteen: Daniel Wells
Group Fifteen: Robbie Williams
Group Sixteen: Si Jiahui
Wild Card: Wu Yize

Team name: Just Jestin'