Allison Fisher- out in two
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Greetings and many salutations from across the old mill pond!
Looking forward with interest to the semi finals and hoping that the gracious Miss K Fisher will triumph and gain the No1 Rating for at least a short while.
It's quite an exciting year 2008 and, the redoubtable Miss A Fisher has, (this outing excepted), shown remarkable tenacity in holding onto her position, for those doubters of the Duchess - Tish! Never write off a member of the aristocracy.
So toodle pip, I will be visiting the brackets and updates throughout the evening through my monacle which is masquerading as a computer.
Cheerio
:wink:
Greetings and many salutations from across the old mill pond!
Looking forward with interest to the semi finals and hoping that the gracious Miss K Fisher will triumph and gain the No1 Rating for at least a short while.
It's quite an exciting year 2008 and, the redoubtable Miss A Fisher has, (this outing excepted), shown remarkable tenacity in holding onto her position, for those doubters of the Duchess - Tish! Never write off a member of the aristocracy.
So toodle pip, I will be visiting the brackets and updates throughout the evening through my monacle which is masquerading as a computer.
Cheerio
:wink:
C'mon Jeanette. I wanted to see her and either Yu Ram, or Iris in the final. This will be a good one if Jeanette makes it.
Tournament chart.
Tournament chart.
Pjadedd said:
This is pretty strange, to be honest. Allison Fisher has won five of the last seven WPBA titles (with Corr and Pan the winners of the other two), although it will be five of the last eight by the end of today. The WPBA is presently an eight event per calendar year tour, so this stretch represents a full year of competition.
How this could add up to anything but a #1 ranking for Allison is hard to fathom. By every reasonable measure, it would be fair to say that Allison has dominated on the tour of late.
What is wrong with this picture?
Well
Not really Jay.
I HATE A SEEDED TOURNEYMENT, IT IS TOTAL BULL$HIT IN MY OPINION.
Let them do a blind draw or that goofy thing they do at DCC. Seeded tourneyments are a joke.
I was in FL and spent some time talking to Ray Martin. He said when he won the World Championships it was set up so you played everyone in the tourneyment. If you won the tourneyment then, you really were the best.
Seeded tourneyments, and even double elimination has "luck of the draw".
IT SEEMS THAT ALLISON WASNT TOO LUCKY DRAWING SARAH.
Ken
jay helfert said:
Not really Jay.
I HATE A SEEDED TOURNEYMENT, IT IS TOTAL BULL$HIT IN MY OPINION.
Let them do a blind draw or that goofy thing they do at DCC. Seeded tourneyments are a joke.
I was in FL and spent some time talking to Ray Martin. He said when he won the World Championships it was set up so you played everyone in the tourneyment. If you won the tourneyment then, you really were the best.
Seeded tourneyments, and even double elimination has "luck of the draw".
IT SEEMS THAT ALLISON WASNT TOO LUCKY DRAWING SARAH.
Ken
They're only using the last four tournaments to do the rankings. Yes, it makes things exciting, but does it give the most accurate picture of who is the best? It was reported that Allison will fall to sixth. Yes, going two-and-out is the worst thing that can happen (ranking wise), but should one bad result cause that much damage at the top of the game?
PJ
PJ
Well the new method sure shakes up the rankings for sure. I am pretty sure it was done to break the Allison and Karen dominance of the rankings. This is a sad thing if it was the reason. However it does add a layer of pressure to the mix for all the players.
Single elimination final sixteen combined with rankings through the last four tournaments definitely takes aways the cushy position that Allison and Karen enjoyed for a decade. Not that they didn't earn their spots, they certainly did through stellar play and utter dominance.
However the way that the rankings were set up - through the last 12 tournaments or so made it incredibly difficult for the players to break into the top spots or change the rankings.
Maybe this is too much but it sure does make things more exciting. I for one am glad to see Kelly Fisher attain the number one spot. Even though under this format it will be much harder for her to hold on to it.
Single elimination final sixteen combined with rankings through the last four tournaments definitely takes aways the cushy position that Allison and Karen enjoyed for a decade. Not that they didn't earn their spots, they certainly did through stellar play and utter dominance.
However the way that the rankings were set up - through the last 12 tournaments or so made it incredibly difficult for the players to break into the top spots or change the rankings.
Maybe this is too much but it sure does make things more exciting. I for one am glad to see Kelly Fisher attain the number one spot. Even though under this format it will be much harder for her to hold on to it.
Thanks everyone for the kind words and a big congrats goes out to Kelly and Iris both. They played great and deserved their great finishes. Kelly is a great person to be at the top.
I would give details about the run-out hill/hill, but I really don't remember! I know I made two balls on the break and only one ball was touching a rail. It was a simple out that was made tough because of the circumstances. Me being me, I left myself a little long on every shot. The story said I was calm but believe me, I was nervous as can be! I have to also say Allison was not her usual self. She made more errors in that match than I have seen in a very long time, if ever. All I had to do was hold it together and capitalize. I know and everyone else knows, she will not play like that again.
I'm happy to have one such a tough match, but I really wish I would have done better. Tiffany was a fighter and fought her way back after being down the whole time to win the match. She played great.
Thanks again everyone. Everyone has been very supportive for many years and I really appreciate it.
Sarah
I would give details about the run-out hill/hill, but I really don't remember! I know I made two balls on the break and only one ball was touching a rail. It was a simple out that was made tough because of the circumstances. Me being me, I left myself a little long on every shot. The story said I was calm but believe me, I was nervous as can be! I have to also say Allison was not her usual self. She made more errors in that match than I have seen in a very long time, if ever. All I had to do was hold it together and capitalize. I know and everyone else knows, she will not play like that again.
I'm happy to have one such a tough match, but I really wish I would have done better. Tiffany was a fighter and fought her way back after being down the whole time to win the match. She played great.
Thanks again everyone. Everyone has been very supportive for many years and I really appreciate it.
Sarah
