tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post5004973365315794707..comments2024-02-03T12:04:16.336+00:00Comments on SNOOKER SCENE BLOG: IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO TODAY...Dave Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-24646656244551166322012-01-13T07:58:02.229+00:002012-01-13T07:58:02.229+00:00Ronnie is the best player because he is very very ...Ronnie is the best player because he is very very good and the fastest at being good. It makes his fans like me, smile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-3067668430939567702012-01-12T15:46:58.711+00:002012-01-12T15:46:58.711+00:00Faster is better: the FASTER O'Sullivan retire...Faster is better: the FASTER O'Sullivan retires, the BETTER.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-6140120218153935682012-01-12T11:03:43.598+00:002012-01-12T11:03:43.598+00:00Faster is better? Why?Faster is better? Why?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-73225680376891967012012-01-12T10:14:58.832+00:002012-01-12T10:14:58.832+00:00Faster is better 8.48, so Ron's are the best!!...Faster is better 8.48, so Ron's are the best!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-47857656952561655932012-01-12T10:13:39.511+00:002012-01-12T10:13:39.511+00:00All maximums are equal, but some are more equal th...All maximums are equal, but some are more equal than others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-5829103927729192772012-01-12T08:48:24.939+00:002012-01-12T08:48:24.939+00:00David Vine should be one of the 4 faces, should yo...David Vine should be one of the 4 faces, should you carve (non-player) snooker legends in a Mount Rushmore type monument.<br /><br />As for the 147, that pink alone made it legendary. Ronnies 5 minutes 20 seconds was ofcourse genius, but so was the 5 hours 20 minutes 147 by Cliff. Let's just not compare them. Why should one be 'better' than the other?Gerardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-72048469806311090832012-01-12T01:37:32.890+00:002012-01-12T01:37:32.890+00:00H i David. Indeed, The first televised 147, was on...H i David. Indeed, The first televised 147, was on January 11th, 1982. A great moment in snooker history.<br /><br />Three years ago,On January 11th, 2009, David Vine sadly passed on. Sympathies to his Family and frieds. <br /><br />Great and well respected names in snooker. David Vine, as a presenter, Steve Davis, as a player.JAMIE O'REILLYnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-51640872699688630742012-01-11T21:50:37.459+00:002012-01-11T21:50:37.459+00:00@725 Climbers have climbed Everest faster than Hil...@725 Climbers have climbed Everest faster than Hillary and Tenzing, but I don't see them walking away with knighthoods.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-34977512227255075722012-01-11T20:07:20.515+00:002012-01-11T20:07:20.515+00:00It was a great night, I remember it so well and wa...It was a great night, I remember it so well and was fortunate that I was on the front row. After the match ended, a chap called Elton Welsby came out with some champagne and asked the audience to hang around a little. John Spencer was a treasure, cracking jokes and no sense of resentment at all. Steve was utterly mobbed afterwards, so never did get his autograph!Brynnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-77303507564988321462012-01-11T19:25:16.302+00:002012-01-11T19:25:16.302+00:00It's good, but it still is not anywhere near a...It's good, but it still is not anywhere near as good as any of Ronnie O'Sullivans maximums. His 147's are the best as they are fastest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-75751944623625272502012-01-11T19:18:43.051+00:002012-01-11T19:18:43.051+00:00whats on, you tube?whats on, you tube?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-38902390946397274852012-01-11T18:13:10.848+00:002012-01-11T18:13:10.848+00:00Its on you tubeIts on you tubeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-86668508871547342002012-01-11T18:08:15.335+00:002012-01-11T18:08:15.335+00:00"The most obvious was that the TV cameramen h..."The most obvious was that the TV cameramen had decamped to McDonalds for a break of their own and so did not record it."<br /><br />I bet John Spencer wasn't "loving it".Greg Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00346602906924608907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-88490252288425031312012-01-11T17:58:48.058+00:002012-01-11T17:58:48.058+00:00There would be rights issues as it was an ITV even...There would be rights issues as it was an ITV eventDave Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08037719321756898982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-32710777886364553852012-01-11T15:19:11.299+00:002012-01-11T15:19:11.299+00:00I really hope that Eurosport and the BBC will cele...I really hope that Eurosport and the BBC will celebrate this achievement and show the 147 frame in it's entirety. Perhaps in the interval of the Ronnie / Ding match. A suggestion for you to take up with your guvnors perhaps Dave? I think many people would welcome this.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-28468814402076038342012-01-11T13:18:26.387+00:002012-01-11T13:18:26.387+00:00Ray, not a lot excited Pully. He was usually anaes...Ray, not a lot excited Pully. He was usually anaesthetised by large quantities of Whiskykildare cuemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-34284425896138838802012-01-11T11:51:04.984+00:002012-01-11T11:51:04.984+00:00An iconic moment in sport. Potting the final pink ...An iconic moment in sport. Potting the final pink to get on the black using side and the rest is indelibly imprinted on my mind.What a shot!!!!<br />It's funny now to listen to John Pulman's commentary because it was as if nothing special was happening. Thank God for the Silver Fox who was co-commentating and was so excited about what was happening, as was I. Sport don't get any better.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-22239101412166896602012-01-11T11:51:04.504+00:002012-01-11T11:51:04.504+00:00He has done it at least once, check out his 147 in...He has done it at least once, check out his 147 in Budapest on YouTube! <br /><br />Dave, could you try and find out how many maximums Steve has made in total, even in practice?Colin Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-41994822310000608022012-01-11T11:42:48.156+00:002012-01-11T11:42:48.156+00:00I think its different styles. Hendry, O'Sulliv...I think its different styles. Hendry, O'Sullivan and most of the modern greats from the early 90's had one goal. Get in and win in one visit. If they had to play safe on 45 they were disappointed.<br /><br />The older players had a slightly different goal. Win the frame at all costs. They would take what was there but by all accounts, dont try anything that might let your opponent in. As a result, players like Taylor, Griffiths and Thorburn, all world beaters in their own right, had relatively few maximums.kildare cuemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-65093444308674756552012-01-11T11:35:08.595+00:002012-01-11T11:35:08.595+00:00these days if a player boke off like that we'd...these days if a player boke off like that we'd assume frame (/match) fixing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-35758176708909608012012-01-11T10:23:45.272+00:002012-01-11T10:23:45.272+00:00Thanks for taking us back Dave. I never get tired ...Thanks for taking us back Dave. I never get tired of your well written historical accounts.<br /><br />Roland brings up something quite interesting. Davis hasn't done it since! Does this perhaps have to do with different styles of play, compared to Hendry's long list of maximums, or is Hendry and Ronnie just superior break builders in general?Clausnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-25057157619713427372012-01-11T09:43:02.657+00:002012-01-11T09:43:02.657+00:00Nice piece Dave H. I remember watching that at a v...Nice piece Dave H. I remember watching that at a very tender age and getting very excited by it. The crazy thing is though, Davis was the World Champion at the time having just clinched his first of six world crowns and was right at the start of his period of domination, and yet here we are 30 years later and of all the thousands of frames played in the mean time he's yet to repeat the feat.Rolandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605452.post-74429883349505500392012-01-11T08:12:31.512+00:002012-01-11T08:12:31.512+00:00I genuinely think that Ken was never the same afte...I genuinely think that Ken was never the same after that miss, it really played on his mind for years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com