by Monique » 27 Mar 2011 Read
http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsAr ... 27,00.htmlWhirlwind out of China Open
Visa problems end Jimmy White's hopes as Tian Pengfei is given a bye
Jimmy White has had to withdraw from the Bank of Beijing 2011 World Snooker China Open due to visa problems.
White, 49, had been due to play China's Tian Pengfei in the Wildcard Round at the Beijing Students University Stadium on Monday evening.
However, Tian Pengfei is now awarded a bye and will now meet Mark Selby in the first round on Wednesday.
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by kostasmad » 27 Mar 2011 Read
how come Stevens got a visa in the last day (Friday) and White couldnt?
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by GJ » 27 Mar 2011 Read
stevens showing dedicaton
white showing lack of interest
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by Monique » 27 Mar 2011 Read
kostasmad wrote:how come Stevens got a visa in the last day (Friday) and White couldnt?
Stevens was to collect his visa on Friday, but maybe he had asked for it well before. I just don't know. (I my country that's the way it works, you don't get it right away)).
Whatever it's a bit surprising and a shame. He certainly could do with the ranking points.
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
this beggers belief
how can this happen not being funny but jimmy should know the drill hes not a rookie.
will he get that ranking points or stupidaty should be punished.
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by GJ » 27 Mar 2011 Read
disgraceful unprofessional behaviour
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by Smart » 27 Mar 2011 Read
GJ wrote:disgraceful unprofessional behaviour
I heard a rumour Jimmy been spending a lot of time with Robbo, so this slip up kinda makes sense now. The influence of Robbo rubbing off.
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by Smart » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Is Robbo definitely going to China........................has anyone checked his passport, tickets, hotel, money. A lot of things can go wrong with Robbo involved.
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by GJ » 27 Mar 2011 Read
he is there
Off to China today. Practiced really well for this tournament so hopefully get a good result out there leading into the worlds.
wheres james warren white .....
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by Smart » 27 Mar 2011 Read
GJ wrote:he is there
Off to China today. Practiced really well for this tournament so hopefully get a good result out there leading into the worlds.
wheres james warren white .....
can you please use the
quote option
cos its hard to tell what is your rubbish and what is Robbos rubbish.
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by GJ » 27 Mar 2011 Read
wheres james white
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
jimmys last match of the season was against Liu Chaung in the last 80 of the World Championship and at the time nobody knew.
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by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Seems odd that White would make this kind of mistake. I think his dedication to the sport is unquestioned, but how can he buck that up? He recently played a non-ranker in India. So, you'd think he would would know what he was doing when it comes to international tournaments.
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
SnookerFan wrote:Seems odd that White would make this kind of mistake. I think his dedication to the sport is unquestioned, but how can he buck that up? He recently played a non-ranker in India. So, you'd think he would would know what he was doing when it comes to international tournaments.
absalutly
he first Won a overseas Ranking Event in 1988 so christ sake hes done that baught the t shirt so often hes on their christmas card list lol
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by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2011 Read
I wonder if there's more to this story, or do I just have an active imagination.
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by likelylad » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Apparently Jimmy showed his credit card to China customs and was not allowed in.
In seriousness, if it would be O'sullivan, everyone would go on the band wagon and say its another excuse not to play. I only can assume
White did not want to go, as hes been on the circuit for a couple of decades and travelled all over the world
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by likelylad » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Wild wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Seems odd that White would make this kind of mistake. I think his dedication to the sport is unquestioned, but how can he intercourse that up? He recently played a non-ranker in India. So, you'd think he would would know what he was doing when it comes to international tournaments.
absalutly
he first Won a overseas Ranking Event in 1988 so christ sake hes done that baught the t shirt so often hes on their christmas card list lol
LOL!!
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by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2011 Read
likelylad wrote:Wild wrote:SnookerFan wrote:Seems odd that White would make this kind of mistake. I think his dedication to the sport is unquestioned, but how can he intercourse that up? He recently played a non-ranker in India. So, you'd think he would would know what he was doing when it comes to international tournaments.
absalutly
he first Won a overseas Ranking Event in 1988 so christ sake hes done that baught the t shirt so often hes on their christmas card list lol
LOL!!
Oh what happened to you? Whatever happened to me? What became of the people we used to be?
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by Monique » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Janie Watkins who works for Paul Mount, Jimmy's management says on twitter the visa problems are genuine and that Jimmy must be gutted.
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by GJ » 27 Mar 2011 Read
sorry if he put his paper work in early enough this wouldnt be an issue
matthew got his sorted early and is fine
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Monique wrote:Janie Watkins who works for Paul Mount, Jimmy's management says on twitter the visa problems are genuine and that Jimmy must be gutted.
i have no doubt its genuine jimmy would be at the opening of a letter these days but how can there be problams for jimmy and not for a newcomer like Kurt Mafflin ?
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by Black2white » 27 Mar 2011 Read
thats what Matt PSB just wrote on twitter
'Jimmy arrived in China, then went to Thailand for a promotion and they wouldn't let him back into China because it was a one-time visa that he had. No idea if that's accurate.'
well that is something I would believe
shame if its true
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by likelylad » 27 Mar 2011 Read
that would be harsh, poor Jim. Finally qualifying again, and then this bummer! Though it normally says on the visa, only for 1 visit / entry, unless its in Chinese, he could not read it
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by Wildey » 27 Mar 2011 Read
Black2white wrote:thats what Matt PSB just wrote on twitter
'Jimmy arrived in China, then went to Thailand for a promotion and they wouldn't let him back into China because it was a one-time visa that he had. No idea if that's accurate.'
well that is something I would believe
shame if its true
buck me
there needs to be a total shake up with this visa bullocks.
last 2 seasons theres been so much crap relating to visa problems and burocracy red tape cobblers
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by SnookerFan » 27 Mar 2011 Read
likelylad wrote:Apparently Jimmy showed his credit card to China customs and was not allowed in.
In seriousness, if it would be O'sullivan, everyone would go on the band wagon and say its another excuse not to play. I only can assume
White did not want to go, as hes been on the circuit for a couple of decades and travelled all over the world
I was waiting for somebody to bring up Ronnie O'Sullivan's name. But the difference being that Ronnie has pulled out of so much in the last few seasons, that it's going to make people suspicious of his reasons.
With Jimmy on the other hand, the highlighted bit in your quote leads me to believe that Jimmy isn't pulling out because he doesn't want to play there. He was playing in India a few months back, on a voluntary non-ranking event. Why would he want to pull out when there was ranking points at stake? That doesn't make sense.
For me, Jimmy's love of the game is not in question. If it was, why would he still be playing on now he's a gazillion years old?
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by Sarah Mount » 27 Mar 2011 Read
I am still looking into the situation but from what I can gather at present, this is the situation:
Jimmy was working in China a couple of weeks ago at an exhibition event. When he applied for his visa for this work, he explained that he needed a visa for this earlier event and for the China Open. This was granted and he went to China as planned. He has since been in Thailand and was due to fly from Thailand to China in time for his match on Monday. He went to the airport in Bangkok to board his flight to China and was told there was a problem with his visa and he was not allowed onto his flight to China. As you can imagine, Jimmy is devastated and more than a little annoyed! After such a great season this is a terrible way for it to end for him. Please be assured that Jimmy was 100% intending on playing in the China Open and no-one is more disappointed than him that he will not be able to do that.
That is as much as I know at the moment until I speak with the company that issued the visa tomorrow during their opening hours.
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by GJ » 27 Mar 2011 Read
rules are rules
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by Smart » 27 Mar 2011 Read
GJ wrote:rules are rules
I hope you get over this dissapointment by tomorrow GJ. I'd hate Jimmy's non attendance to put a cloud over the tourny for you.........you seem really devastated.
Can I suggest .................................
If things get too tough to cope with now that Jimmy is not gonna play.
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