tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post6292004897136157564..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: THE POWER OF GOULDDave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-53613047361923103502011-12-08T01:04:17.758+00:002011-12-08T01:04:17.758+00:00Power snooker 2012 series. 500k prize money launch...Power snooker 2012 series. 500k prize money launched in Jan. Want an exclusive?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-90419986546684336972011-11-24T11:32:46.567+00:002011-11-24T11:32:46.567+00:00For all those wanting an interview with Hearn abou...For all those wanting an interview with Hearn about the tinkering of the UK, there's an interview over on Pro Snooker Blog with the next best thing, Steve Davis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-86203756307039106432011-11-22T20:01:23.525+00:002011-11-22T20:01:23.525+00:00Apparantly some American billionaire wants to fina...Apparantly some American billionaire wants to finance a power snooker tour and Sky are interestedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-24602414003044954142011-11-22T19:48:25.403+00:002011-11-22T19:48:25.403+00:00squeakymom,
Theres no denying theres far more wom...squeakymom,<br /><br />Theres no denying theres far more women following snooker now than even just a few years ago.<br /><br />The stereotypical female snooker fan of the past was the old blue rinse brigade, infact similar to them lovely twins in the audience at the German PTC earlier this season.<br /><br />Now whether its Equal Opportunities, Political Correctness or just the age of the Social Networking online, the female fans presence is far greater now, though to quote Snooker Backer a great bulk of them are "Snoopies" (Snooker Groupies) who are primarily there cos theyve the hots for a few players and hope to strike it lucky and become a snooker WAG. <br /><br />Theres no difference between them and red blooded guys like myself who indulge in wine, women and song and enjoy the addition of the Power Girls to our snooker viewing experience.Witz78noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-78646474842300434102011-11-22T14:41:55.681+00:002011-11-22T14:41:55.681+00:00A couple more tournaments are planned apparently l...A couple more tournaments are planned apparently later in the season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-18342702686035025502011-11-22T13:38:01.061+00:002011-11-22T13:38:01.061+00:00Anonymous said...
"So Power Snooker is over f...Anonymous said...<br />"So Power Snooker is over for another year"<br /><br />Will some tell Michaela Tabb this please, she is tweeting there is another one in Febuary!<br /><br />12:17 PM<br />-------------<br /><br />oh f@€# noAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-89360257913280997582011-11-22T12:17:29.312+00:002011-11-22T12:17:29.312+00:00"So Power Snooker is over for another year&qu..."So Power Snooker is over for another year"<br /><br />Will some tell Michaela Tabb this please, she is tweeting there is another one in Febuary!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-59544313111558059282011-11-22T07:27:28.965+00:002011-11-22T07:27:28.965+00:00Your point about alienating the female snooker fan...Your point about alienating the female snooker fans was made much more eloquently than I could. My response to the "power girls" was unprintable, at least in a family snooker blog. (And for Witz78's reference, female snooker fans are not a "recent influx", many of us have been around for years.)Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859801323932242600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-33059445174225644182011-11-21T21:11:40.776+00:002011-11-21T21:11:40.776+00:00One of the reasons darts changed was that it was r...One of the reasons darts changed was that it was relatively easy to pick up yourself, at home: nail a board to a wall, buy some beer, invite some friends and start aiming for triple 20. Do this regularly and a couple of years later you might play in proper competitions.<br /><br />Snooker is totally different and should be treated differently. I dread the day BH will introduce Powersnooker elements into proper rankers he promised he wouldn't touch.<br /><br />Dave, please ask him why he did touch the UK, apart from the TV argument.Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-73204718199506659122011-11-21T21:04:46.262+00:002011-11-21T21:04:46.262+00:00To be fair the earlier point about the Premier Lea...To be fair the earlier point about the Premier League dominating the early part of the calendar is moot because Hearn pushed it back a month to fit in new tournaments and space was made in the calendar to fit in the World Open at the end of October until it was moved to March. It's the PTC'S that are the problem, there are too many of them and they're not spread out across the season.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-4346527144219970292011-11-21T21:00:59.318+00:002011-11-21T21:00:59.318+00:00its a shame that the one person PS wanted to win d...its a shame that the one person PS wanted to win didnt. oh well, only a year to wait to ignore this banana skin of an eventAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-83501058901354255772011-11-21T19:35:23.228+00:002011-11-21T19:35:23.228+00:00Well, until snooker's answer to Woodward and B...Well, until snooker's answer to Woodward and Bernstein get onto the case, we have the good old Daily Mail:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2059958/I-guilty-blackmailing-OSullivan-stars-admits-Hearn.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2059958/I-guilty-blackmailing-OSullivan-stars-admits-Hearn.html</a><br /><br />It seems to me he isn't a press dodger in regards to the PTC controversy, he's probably just a busy man; he gives his reasons, and they are pretty fair ones all things considered. As Barry rightly points out, the Brazil fiasco justifies his decision to "rape" Ronnie and "pimp" Maguire.Betty Logannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-13373097823058084992011-11-21T18:51:06.623+00:002011-11-21T18:51:06.623+00:00dave, youre kidding me on that you dont have his p...dave, youre kidding me on that you dont have his phone number (and need to "track him down")?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-21205231502176431702011-11-21T18:42:43.818+00:002011-11-21T18:42:43.818+00:00Some tinkering with Power Snooker will make this f...Some tinkering with Power Snooker will make this form of the game a winner, as follows:<br /><br />All players should be allowed a time-out if they need coaching during a match.<br />The audience should be allowed to boo and hiss players, officials and commentators alike.<br />The tables should be painted gold.<br />There should be a purple ball on the table worth 10 points as in the old game "Snooker Plus" which should be placed on the baulk cushion in line with the spots.<br />Presenter should interview luminaries of a higher calibre than one of the Nolan Sisters, I recommend Freddie Starr.<br />Finally and crucially, potting a ball with the wrong hand (ie left handed if a right handed player) should double the points for that shot.<br />This means for example, Ronnie O'Sullivan potting a purple ball from the power zone in a power play would be 80 points.<br />That would be amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-31394063064305270082011-11-21T18:10:33.535+00:002011-11-21T18:10:33.535+00:00Don't be ridiculous. Those CLS breakfasts for ...Don't be ridiculous. Those CLS breakfasts for the commentators are extraordinary.<br /><br />Ray: Barry gives Clive quotes whenever he rings him up, including quite a few in the new issue of SS. I will however attempt to track him down before the UK champs.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-55808839922427754152011-11-21T17:57:51.013+00:002011-11-21T17:57:51.013+00:00Surely its the Championship league that needs to g...Surely its the Championship league that needs to go and not the PL.kildare cuemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-57267296673760499912011-11-21T17:20:34.601+00:002011-11-21T17:20:34.601+00:00Dave, has Barry Hearn refused an interview with yo...Dave, has Barry Hearn refused an interview with you or Snooker Scene? Or maybe he's only prepared to be interviewed if he can write the questions himself!!!!!!<br />So much for the new era of transparency of the new regime.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-52430265979676388742011-11-21T16:53:28.374+00:002011-11-21T16:53:28.374+00:00yes its very clear here the reason the PTC is domi...yes its very clear here the reason the PTC is dominant over the last few months is because it fits in well with the PL Schedule and thats why they not spread over a season better.<br /><br />witz makes a good point and to get the callender working well so that theres tournaments better spread over a season is to do something with the PL.wildnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-49247245744058286982011-11-21T16:06:00.518+00:002011-11-21T16:06:00.518+00:00You're not going to have a ranking event every...You're not going to have a ranking event every single week though are you? For instance, if we still had the World Open, the closest you would have them is Shanghai running to Sunday 1, and then the World Open starting the weekend of Sunday 2 running all through the week to Sunday 3. Even if you have a full calendar you get a dead few days in alternate weeks (in this example between Sunday 1 & 2, and then again between Sunday 3 & 4), which are ideal for the League. Even in a full all year calendar you would have about 25 'dead' weeks between a full ranker ending and another starting the following weekend. As long as the League is slotted into dead weeks and doesn't dictate the calendar I don't see the problem with it; in fact it give you something to fill the blanks with, unless you believe that players should have a full week off between events.Betty Logannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-84258314952582198902011-11-21T15:34:20.092+00:002011-11-21T15:34:20.092+00:00It takes weeks out of the tournamnent where you ca...It takes weeks out of the tournamnent where you can have a full ranking event. The last one of those was getting on for three months ago.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-68796527021271596392011-11-21T15:21:54.671+00:002011-11-21T15:21:54.671+00:00Does the Premier league really take weeks out of a...Does the Premier league really take weeks out of a calendar. The PTCs are usually played over the weekend so the League doesn't interfere. Tournaments are usually played weekend to weekend, so that means you get a 'dead' week between tournaments i.e. Tuesday–Thursday. So in reality the Premier League doesn't take any time out of the calendar provided it is scheduled after the tournaments.<br /><br />Also, it has to be said Graeme Dott blew his match against O'Sullivan. He was something like 100 points ahead with just the colours left with about ten minutes to go, and should have just played hide and seek on the colours. I'm pretty sure a top pro could keep the colours up if they wanted. Same with Ali Carter too; 100 points up after the first five minutes, and Ronnie couldn't possibly overtake him in that frame so he should have just kept it going. Some bad tactical decisions in there, and this format would actually be a great format for some like Davis who could probably score 70-80 and then kill the match.Betty Logannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-19152952939322812322011-11-21T15:07:31.410+00:002011-11-21T15:07:31.410+00:00Hi David. Great event. I would not have that forma...Hi David. Great event. I would not have that format for ANY other event at allthough. Well done to Martin Gould.JAMIE O'REILLYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-31685954914317169102011-11-21T14:29:15.614+00:002011-11-21T14:29:15.614+00:00Witz - you make a good point about the Premier Lea...Witz - you make a good point about the Premier League, but I think it will stay in some form.<br /><br />Taking out nine weeks of the year is, though, as you say, not ideal.Dave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-49408177846987925802011-11-21T14:27:36.148+00:002011-11-21T14:27:36.148+00:00Regarding these "Power Girls".
What was...Regarding these "Power Girls".<br /><br />What was the Point ?<br /><br />all they did was Walk half way to the table with the Player.<br /><br />They were human version of the Sat Nav incase players got lost on the way lol<br /><br />you either have them Dancing around the players or you dont bother it was totally Pointless.wildnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-91872586435334859692011-11-21T13:23:44.401+00:002011-11-21T13:23:44.401+00:00As for the whole concept, I think people need to c...As for the whole concept, I think people need to chill out. It's no threat to the traditional format of the game. <br /><br />And I think the final and O'Sullivan-Dott matches showed that the format can be entertaining. <br /><br />I wholeheartedly agree with Dave about keeping the regular snooker atmosphere, but the whole point of this event is that it's something different, so makes sense to have crowd interaction in the way that darts does. On television, it doesn't come across that well, but to be honest I didn't really hear most of the chants. It just came through as incessant noise but nothing audible in regards to actual words. <br /><br />The event should reain as a one-off though. <br /><br />I read someone on Twitter say the abuse Michaela Tabb got was as bad as racist and homophobic abuse. Can anyone verify some of the things that were said? <br /><br />Had no issue with the attractive women being there. Don't see it as dumbing down the game as it's just a cosmetic add-on to the presentation, which in recent years had become staid.jamie brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01668254365608375328noreply@blogger.com