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Cazoo Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Pink Ball

Hello ladies and gentlemen.

Our third Think Pink season is nearing its end, with SnookerFan guaranteed to win with a record score. He also became the first poster to have won both the World Championship and Think Pink.
LDS finished last and had to accept the dreaded Pink Dildo, while young Fan Zhengyi registered a record score as he won the Pink Gift Certificate, awarded each year to the Player of the Year.

But while the 2022 prize recipients have only just been confirmed, the 2023 selection window will open right after the World Championship final concludes.

The rules for 2022/23 are unchanged from the past two seasons:

1. The world’s top 96 ranked players will be split into 16 groups of six according to rankings at the conclusion of the 2022 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. Should a new ranking event be announced, I will let you know whether or not it will count, and how valuable it will be.
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 15, 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 a moderator 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 2023 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
2022: SnookerFan

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 2022/23

Postby Pink Ball

Would like people to note that there's a very narrow selection window this year. As always, you will have to get your teams in between the end of the World Championship and the start of Q School, but I wouldn't delay this year because, if you forget about it, you may not have time to get a team in by the time you remember.

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Pink Ball

Groups for 2022/23, based on the world rankings as of 23.15pm, May 2, 2022:

Group One: Ronnie O’Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, John Higgins, Zhao Xintong
Group Two: Mark Williams, Kyren Wilson, Shaun Murphy, Jack Lisowski, Barry Hawkins, Luca Brecel
Group Three: Stuart Bingham, Mark Allen, Yan Bingtao, Anthony McGill, Hossein Vafaei, Ricky Walden
Group Four: David Gilbert, Ali Carter, Matthew Selt, Jordan Brown, Zhou Yuelong, Stephen Maguire
Group Five: Jimmy Robertson, Joe Perry, Robert Milkins, Ryan Day, Martin Gould, Tom Ford
Group Six: Jamie Jones, Ding Junhui, Gary Wilson, Lu Ning, Graeme Dott, Fan Zhengyi
Group Seven: Noppon Saengkham, Xiao Guodong, Liam Highfield, Liang Wenbo, Jak Jones, Ben Woollaston
Group Eight: Chris Wakelin, Sam Craigie, Lyu Haotian, Scott Donaldson, Joe O’Connor, Li Hang
Group Nine: Jamie Clarke, Anthony Hamilton, Mark King, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Pang Junxu, Mark Davis
Group Ten: David Grace, Matthew Stevens, Oliver Lines, Mark Joyce, Dominic Dale, Elliot Slessor
Group Eleven: Robbie Williams, Alexander Ursenbacher, Tian Pengfei, Stuart Carrington, Michael Holt, Kurt Maflin
Group Twelve: Martin O’Donnell, Cao Yupeng, Akani Songsermsawad, Ashley Hugill, Andrew Higginson, Jackson Page
Group Thirteen: Allan Taylor, Gao Yang, Simon Lichtenberg, Ashley Carty, Andy Hicks, Rory McLeod
Group Fourteen: Fergal O’Brien, Yuan Sijun, Steven Hallworth, Nigel Bond, Lukas Kleckers, Wu Yize
Group Fifteen: Ken Doherty, Zhao Jianbo, Zhang Anda, Ben Hancorn, Hammad Miah, Mitchell Mann
Group Sixteen: Lee Walker, Peter Devlin, Aaron Hill, Peter Lines, Zhang Jiankang, Duane Jones

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Pink Ball

Team name: The 32-County Republic
Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: Mark Williams
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: Stephen Maguire
Group five: Joe Perry
Group six: Ding Junhui
Group seven: Liam Highfield
Group eight: Scott Donaldson
Group nine: Jamie Clarke
Group ten: Oliver Lines
Group eleven: Robbie Williams
Group twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group thirteen: Andy Hicks
Group fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group fifteen: Hammad Miah
Group sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wild card: Xu Si

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby chengdufan

Team name: With apologies to the following players
Group One: Neil Robertson
Group Two: Kyren Wilson
Group Three: Yan Bingtao
Group Four: Zhou Yuelong
Group Five: Jimmy Robertson
Group Six: Ding Junhui
Group Seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group Eight: Sam Craigie
Group Nine: Pang Junxu
Group Ten: Oliver Lines
Group Eleven: Tian Pengfei
Group Twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group Thirteen: Allan Taylor
Group Fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group Fifteen: Zhang Anda
Group Sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wild card: Michael White

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Cloud Strife

Team name: Lord's Resistance Army

Group one: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Group two: Kyren Wilson
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: David Gilbert
Group five: Tom Ford
Group six: Ding Junhui
Group seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group eight: Scott Donaldson
Group nine: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Group ten: Matthew Stevens
Group eleven: Tian Pengfei
Group twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group thirteen: Ashley Carty
Group fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group fifteen: Zhao Jianbo
Group sixteen: Zhang Jiangkang
Wild card: Michael White

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby McManusFan

[quote="Pink Ball"]

Name: The Phantom Striper
Group One: John Higgins
Group Two: Mark Williams
Group Three: Hossein Vafaei
Group Four: David Gilbert
Group Five: Ryan Day
Group Six: Ding Junhui
Group Seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group Eight: Scott Donaldson
Group Nine: Pang Junxu
Group Ten: Matthew Stevens
Group Eleven: Alexander Ursenbacher
Group Twelve: Jackson Page
Group Thirteen: Gao Yang
Group Fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group Fifteen: Ken Doherty
Group Sixteen: Peter Devlin
Wildcard: Marco Fu

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby mantorok

Name: Bott's Army

Group One: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Group Two: Jack Lisowski
Group Three: Yan Bingtao
Group Four: Stephen Maguire
Group Five: Jimmy Robertson
Group Six: Ding Junhui
Group Seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group Eight: Lyu Hoation
Group Nine: Jamie Clarke
Group Ten: Matthew Stevens
Group Eleven: Michael Holt
Group Twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group Thirteen: Andy Hicks
Group Fourteen: Lukas Kleckers
Group Fifteen: Zhang Anda
Group Sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wildcard: Lei Peifan

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby LDS

Team name: All Aboard For Wenden's Ambo!
Group one: Zhao Xintong
Group two: Kyren Wilson
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: Zhou Yuelong
Group five: Jimmy Robertson
Group six: Fan Zhengyi
Group seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group eight: Lyu Haotian
Group nine: Pang Junxu
Group ten: Oliver Lines
Group eleven: Alexander Ursenbacher
Group twelve: Jackson Page
Group thirteen: Gao Yang
Group fourteen: Wu Yize
Group fifteen: Zhao Jianbo
Group sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wild card: Xu Si

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Iranu

Team name: Pink Pals 3: Pinkin’ Ain’t Easy

Group One: Judd Trump
Group Two: Mark Williams
Group Three: Yan Bingtao
Group Four: David Gilbert
Group Five: Ryan Day
Group Six: Ding Junhui
Group Seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group Eight: Joe O’Connor
Group Nine: Jamie Clarke
Group Ten: Oliver Lines
Group Eleven: Tian Pengfei
Group Twelve: Jackson Page
Group Thirteen: Gao Yang
Group Fourteen: Steven Hallworth
Group Fifteen: Zhao Jianbo
Group Sixteen: Peter Devlin
Wildcard: Marco Fu

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby giargi

Group One: John Higgins
Group Two: Mark Williams
Group Three: Yan Bingtao
Group Four: Stephen Maguire
Group Five: Joe Perry
Group Six: Ding Junhui
Group Seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group Eight: Lyu Haotian
Group Nine: Pang Junxu
Group Ten: Matthew Stevens
Group Eleven: Alexander Ursenbacher
Group Twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group Thirteen: Gao Yang
Group Fourteen: Wu Yize
Group Fifteen: Ken Doherty
Group Sixteen: Peter Devlin
Wildcard: Marco Fu

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby giargi

giargi wrote:Group One: John Higgins
Group Two: Mark Williams
Group Three: Yan Bingtao
Group Four: Stephen Maguire
Group Five: Joe Perry
Group Six: Ding Junhui
Group Seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group Eight: Lyu Haotian
Group Nine: Pang Junxu
Group Ten: Matthew Stevens
Group Eleven: Alexander Ursenbacher
Group Twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group Thirteen: Gao Yang
Group Fourteen: Wu Yize
Group Fifteen: Ken Doherty
Group Sixteen: Peter Devlin
Wildcard: Marco Fu

Name: Match fixers

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby The_Abbott

Team Name: A pinch of Selt spoils the baize

Group One: Judd Trump,
Group Two: Mark Williams
Group Three:, Yan Bingtao
Group Four: Stephen Maguire
Group Five: Martin Gould
Group Six: Fan Zhengyi
Group Seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group Eight: Lyu Haotian
Group Nine: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Group Ten: Elliot Slessor
Group Eleven: Tian Pengfei
Group Twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group Thirteen: Andy Hicks
Group Fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group Fifteen: Zhang Anda
Group Sixteen: Duane Jones
Wildcard: Si Junhui

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Holden Chinaski

Team name: Can't work under these bucking conditions.

Group one: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Group two: Kyren Wilson
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: Zhou Yuelong
Group five: Jimmy Robertson
Group six: Ding Junhui
Group seven: Xiao Guodong
Group eight: Lyu Haotian
Group nine: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Group ten: Elliot Slessor
Group eleven: Kurt Maflin
Group twelve: Jackson Page
Group thirteen: Ashley Carty
Group fourteen: Wu Yize
Group fifteen: Zhao Jianbo
Group sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wild card: Michael White

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby snoopy2608

Team name: Mid-table mediocrity

Group one: Neil Robertson
Group two: JackLisowski
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: Dave Gilbert
Group five: Tom Ford
Group six: Ding Junhui
Group seven: Jak Jones
Group eight: Lyu Haotian
Group nine: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Group ten: Oliver Lines
Group eleven: Tian Pengfei
Group twelve: Jackson Page
Group thirteen: Allan Taylor
Group fourteen: Wu Yize
Group fifteen: Zhang Anda
Group sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wild card: Michael White

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Pink Ball

Entrants so far (11):
The 32-County Republic (Pink Ball)
With apologies to the following players (Chengdufan)
Lord's Resistance Army (Cloud Strife)
The Phantom Striper (McManusfan)
Bott's Army (Mantorok)
All Aboard For Wenden's Ambo (LDS)
Pink Pals 3: Pinkin' Ain't Easy (Iranu)
Match fixers (giargi)
A pinch of Selt spoils the baize (The_Abbott)
Can't work under these bucking conditions (Holden Chinaski)
Mid-table mediocrity (snoopy2608)

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby James Bentley

Team name: The John Pulman Erotic Cabaret

Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: Jack Lisowski
Group three: Stuart Bingham
Group four: David Gilbert
Group five: Robert Milkins
Group six: Graeme Dott
Group seven: Noppon Saengkam
Group eight: Scott Donaldson
Group nine: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Group ten: Oliver Lines
Group eleven: Robbie Williams
Group twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group thirteen: Ashley Carty
Group fourteen: Wu Yize
Group fifteen: Zhang Anda
Group sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wild card: Si Jiahui

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby TheRocket

Team name: Obelisk the Tormentor

Group one: Ronnie O'Sullivan
Group two: Kyren Wilson
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: Stephen Maguire
Group five: Jimmy Robertson
Group six: Ding Junhui
Group seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group eight: Li Hang
Group nine: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Group ten: Oliver Lines
Group eleven: Kurt Maflin
Group twelve: Jackson Page
Group thirteen: Andy Hicks
Group fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group fifteen: Hammad Miah
Group sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wild card: Michael White

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Yanfan

Team name: The Mangelwurzels

Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: Mark Williams
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: Stephen Maguire
Group five: Robert Milkins
Group six: Fan Zhengyi
Group seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group eight: Lyu Haotian
Group nine: Jamie Clarke
Group ten: Matthew Stevens
Group eleven: Tian Pengfei
Group twelve: Jackson Page
Group thirteen: Gao Yang
Group fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group fifteen: Zhang Anda
Group sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wild card: Xu Si

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Pink Ball

Yanfan wrote:Team name: The Mangelwurzels

Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: Mark Williams
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: Stephen Maguire
Group five: Robert Milkins
Group six: Fan Zhengyi
Group seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group eight: Lyu Haotian
Group nine: Jamie Clarke
Group ten: Matthew Stevens
Group eleven: Tian Pengfei
Group twelve: Jackson Page
Group thirteen: Gao Yang
Group fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group fifteen: Zhang Anda
Group sixteen: Zhang Jiankang
Wild card: Xu Si

Valid entry, welcome aboard!

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Pink Ball

Entrants so far (14):

The 32-County Republic (Pink Ball)
With apologies to the following players (Chengdufan)
Lord's Resistance Army (Cloud Strife)
The Phantom Striper (McManusfan)
Bott's Army (Mantorok)
All Aboard For Wenden's Ambo (LDS)
Pink Pals 3: Pinkin' Ain't Easy (Iranu)
Match fixers (giargi)
A pinch of Selt spoils the baize (The_Abbott)
Can't work under these bucking conditions (Holden Chinaski)
Mid-table mediocrity (snoopy2608)
The John Pulman Erotic Cabaret (James Bentley)
Obelisk The Tormenter (TheRocket)
The Mangelwurzels (Yanfan)

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Juddernaut88

Team name: Next year will be our year
Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: Mark Williams
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: David Gilbert
Group five: Martin Gould
Group six: Ding Junhui
Group seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group eight: Chris Wakelin
Group nine: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Group ten: Oliver Lines
Group eleven: Kurt Maflin
Group twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group thirteen: Ashley Carty
Group fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group fifteen: Zhang Anda
Group sixteen: Peter Lines
Wild card: Si Jiahui

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby eraserhead

Will enter. Thanks for running it again pinkball and thanks for last year as well. :hatoff:

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Pink Ball

Juddernaut88 wrote:Team name: Next year will be our year
Group one: Judd Trump
Group two: Mark Williams
Group three: Yan Bingtao
Group four: David Gilbert
Group five: Martin Gould
Group six: Ding Junhui
Group seven: Noppon Saengkham
Group eight: Chris Wakelin
Group nine: Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Group ten: Oliver Lines
Group eleven: Kurt Maflin
Group twelve: Cao Yupeng
Group thirteen: Ashley Carty
Group fourteen: Yuan Sijun
Group fifteen: Zhang Anda
Group sixteen: Peter Lines
Wild card: Si Jiahui

Valid entry, Juddernaut. Welcome aboard!

Re: Think Pink 2022/23

Postby Pink Ball

Entrants so far (15):

The 32-County Republic (Pink Ball)
With apologies to the following players (Chengdufan)
Lord's Resistance Army (Cloud Strife)
The Phantom Striper (McManusfan)
Bott's Army (Mantorok)
All Aboard For Wenden's Ambo (LDS)
Pink Pals 3: Pinkin' Ain't Easy (Iranu)
Match fixers (giargi)
A pinch of Selt spoils the baize (The_Abbott)
Can't work under these bucking conditions (Holden Chinaski)
Mid-table mediocrity (snoopy2608)
The John Pulman Erotic Cabaret (James Bentley)
Obelisk The Tormenter (TheRocket)
The Mangelwurzels (Yanfan)
Next year will be our year (Juddernaut88)