by Wildey » 20 Sep 2022 Read
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by SnookerFan » 20 Sep 2022 Read
Looks like there might be some trouble with Avanti West Coast trains, which is who I am travelling with to Milton Keynes. #prayforsnookerfan
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by Juddernaut88 » 20 Sep 2022 Read
Come on Judd!
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by Wildey » 20 Sep 2022 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Looks like there might be some trouble with Avanti West Coast trains, which is who I am travelling with to Milton Keynes. #prayforsnookerfan
Go by plane its much much cheper.
Look at this guy flew from London to Manchester via Dublin for £33 instead of the train at £389
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ne ... 67726.html
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by McManusFan » 21 Sep 2022 Read
Wildey wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Looks like there might be some trouble with Avanti West Coast trains, which is who I am travelling with to Milton Keynes. #prayforsnookerfan
Go by plane its much much cheper.
Look at this guy flew from London to Manchester via Dublin for £33 instead of the train at £389
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ne ... 67726.html
What an absurd situation. The trains need sorting, it's been a joke for so long now.
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by SnookerFan » 21 Sep 2022 Read
Wildey wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Looks like there might be some trouble with Avanti West Coast trains, which is who I am travelling with to Milton Keynes. #prayforsnookerfan
Go by plane its much much cheper.
Look at this guy flew from London to Manchester via Dublin for £33 instead of the train at £389
https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/ne ... 67726.html
It was only £15 I spent London Euston to Milton Keynes.
Problem is, Avanti have a staff shortage problem so can't guarantee that any trains will run in advance.
There are trains that run from Euston from a different train company, and I don't think they put prices up at the last minute like some train companies, so at least I have a back-up.
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by HappyCamper » 21 Sep 2022 Read
how do they get to 389 for london to manchester!? that's usually like 50-70 innit. geezo.
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by SnookerFan » 21 Sep 2022 Read
HappyCamper wrote:how do they get to 389 for london to manchester!? that's usually like 50-70 innit. geezo.
That might be helpful if I was going to Manchester.
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by SnookerFan » 21 Sep 2022 Read
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by Wildey » 21 Sep 2022 Read
SnookerFan wrote:https://twitter.com/WeAreWST/status/1572561812146511872?cxt=HHwWgICzhd2o7tIrAAAA
Dave Hendon sent WST a E Mail suggesting a trophy is named after Clive
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by SteveJJ » 21 Sep 2022 Read
Wildey wrote:SnookerFan wrote:https://twitter.com/WeAreWST/status/1572561812146511872?cxt=HHwWgICzhd2o7tIrAAAA
Dave Hendon sent WST a E Mail suggesting a trophy is named after Clive
And it has been
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by SnookerFan » 21 Sep 2022 Read
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by Iranu » 21 Sep 2022 Read
I don’t trust this link. Knowing you, it’ll be WST sharing a video of that food reviewer.
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by SnookerFan » 21 Sep 2022 Read
Iranu wrote:I don’t trust this link. Knowing you, it’ll be WST sharing a video of that food reviewer.
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by SnookerFan » 21 Sep 2022 Read
He's looking a bit scruffy there.
Where's his blazer?
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by mantorok » 22 Sep 2022 Read
Tempted to book tickets for the first day, but am I likely to get rubbish seats booking this late?
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by SnookerFan » 22 Sep 2022 Read
mantorok wrote:Tempted to book tickets for the first day, but am I likely to get rubbish seats booking this late?
Not necessarily.
Quite often they aren't designated seats in the first few rounds. It's often only the semis and the final where you're instructed where to sit. If there's more than one match going on at a time, they tend to let you wonder around and decide what match you want to see.
Secondly, often the booking systems on the websites that are programmed to give you "the best seats" on booking, have got no idea what constitutes a good seat. The worst ones are often down the front, which are the ones that go early anyway. So even if they do give you a named seat, you'll probably be alright.
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by mantorok » 22 Sep 2022 Read
Booked it anyway, looking forward to it, loads of good players on the first day.
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by SnookerFan » 22 Sep 2022 Read
mantorok wrote:Booked it anyway, looking forward to it, loads of good players on the first day.
I used to love going to the first rounds. Did it in Newport for a few times. Don't think it was even a tenner for a whole day ticket, and you could sit where you like and watch whatever match you wanted.
When they reduced it to best of sevens, I went once and found I wasn't enjoying it as much. You get the advantage of seeing more different players, which is what I think you'll enjoy being your first time, but on a couple of occasions I saw a "match" that was 4-0 and over in 40-odd minutes. Ended up going up to the semis and the final more often after that.
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by mantorok » 22 Sep 2022 Read
SnookerFan wrote:mantorok wrote:Booked it anyway, looking forward to it, loads of good players on the first day.
I used to love going to the first rounds. Did it in Newport for a few times. Don't think it was even a tenner for a whole day ticket, and you could sit where you like and watch whatever match you wanted.
When they reduced it to best of sevens, I went once and found I wasn't enjoying it as much. You get the advantage of seeing more different players, which is what I think you'll enjoy being your first time, but on a couple of occasions I saw a "match" that was 4-0 and over in 40-odd minutes. Ended up going up to the semis and the final more often after that.
Definitely, the variety makes it worth it especially as a first timer.
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by Wildey » 23 Sep 2022 Read
SnookerFan wrote:mantorok wrote:Booked it anyway, looking forward to it, loads of good players on the first day.
I used to love going to the first rounds. Did it in Newport for a few times. Don't think it was even a tenner for a whole day ticket, and you could sit where you like and watch whatever match you wanted.
When they reduced it to best of sevens, I went once and found I wasn't enjoying it as much. You get the advantage of seeing more different players, which is what I think you'll enjoy being your first time, but on a couple of occasions I saw a "match" that was 4-0 and over in 40-odd minutes. Ended up going up to the semis and the final more often after that.
Yea Best of 7s is very often a disappointment If a player Goes 3-0 up in a best of 7s more often than not its over in Best of 9 a 3-0 up makes frame 4 a important one at 3-1 before the Interval and often it goes 3-3 after the interval.
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by SnookerFan » 23 Sep 2022 Read
Wildey wrote:Yea Best of 7s is very often a disappointment If a player Goes 3-0 up in a best of 7s more often than not its over in Best of 9 a 3-0 up makes frame 4 a important one at 3-1 before the Interval and often it goes 3-3 after the interval.
Weird as it sounds, I think the presence of a mid-session helps. I mean, in a best of nine, even if you're 4-0 up at the MSI, you know a player's momentum can be broken by the break in play. If the player who is losing gets the first frame back to trail 4-1, it still adds the possibility that a comeback is on and momentum will swing.
I'm not saying that a best of seven can't end 4-3, or that a player 4-1 down in a bo9 will automatically win another frames. Just when watching it live, it feels more exciting somehow.
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by SnookerFan » 23 Sep 2022 Read
Didn't they experiment with one tournament having best of nines with no mid-sessions once?
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by Wildey » 23 Sep 2022 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Didn't they experiment with one tournament having best of nines with no mid-sessions once?
Intervals are a important player in excitement of Snooker.
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by Andre147 » 23 Sep 2022 Read
Wildey wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Didn't they experiment with one tournament having best of nines with no mid-sessions once?
Intervals are a important player in excitement of Snooker.
They did, and I was reffing at that particular event. The players themselves were ok with it, but I can understand why WST got rid of that idead pretty quick.
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by GeF » 23 Sep 2022 Read
Wildey wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Didn't they experiment with one tournament having best of nines with no mid-sessions once?
Intervals are a important player in excitement of Snooker.
Intervals are important for the crowd. How can you watch 9 frames without a beer!
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by Juddernaut88 » 23 Sep 2022 Read
GeF wrote:Wildey wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Didn't they experiment with one tournament having best of nines with no mid-sessions once?
Intervals are a important player in excitement of Snooker.
Intervals are important for the crowd. How can you watch 9 frames without a beer!
It's very easy for a lot of people not to drink beer.
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by HappyCamper » 23 Sep 2022 Read
Beer is liquid bread it's good for you!
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by Iranu » 24 Sep 2022 Read
Don’t forget to choose your Revolving Cues team for the British Open.
No scores so far so if you haven’t entered yet you haven’t lost any ground.
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