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The Amway Championship kicked off today with a Press Conference followed by a Players Meeting and a Dinner Buffet at the Westin hotel in Downtown Taipei.
48 Players are attending this tournament, although some of them did not make it to the players meeting. They will play round robin followed by a single knock out stage to determine who will claim the World Champion Title and the first price of USD$20,000.
The 48 players were being divided into 8 groups. Here is the list,
A
Ga Young Kim
Melissa Herndon
Kynthia Orfanidis
Kelly Fisher
Lyndall Hulley
QT1
B
Meng Meng Zhou
Monica Webb
Charlotte Sorensen
Christine Feldmann-Naeff
Linda Marthinez
QT 2
C
Makiko Takagi
Helena Thornfeldt
Bernadette De Jonge
Hsing Ling Tan
Myriam Lafranchise
QT 3
D
Shin Mei Liu
Jasmin Ouschan
Lynette Horsburgh
Lucia Wever
LRubilen Amit
QT 4
E
Yuan Chun Lin
Yukiko Hamanishi
Line Kjorsvik
Valerie Finnie
Adriana Villar
QT 5
F
Akimi Kajitani
Chun Chen Jennifer Chen
Jeannie Seaver
Veronika Hubrtova
Denise Wilkinson
QT 6
G
Sung Hyun Jung
Tiffany Nelson
Wendy Jans
Shu Han Chang
Nishami Surajlall
QT 7
H
Xiao Ting Pan
Shu Pin Kao
Estelle Bijnen
Jennifer Barretta
Ine Helvik
QT 8
The first three players from each group will advance into the single knock out stage.
The tournament will start at 11am on 2006/3/1 with the first match featuring Ga Young Kim vs Melissa Herndon.
There is a very interesting rule regarding the break in this tournament. If the player break with the cue ball passing the line but not touching any ball, then the incoming player will have ball in hand from the kitchen; however, if any ball was disturbed but not enough balls have touched the rail for the break to be deemed legal, then the incoming player can have ball in hand anywhere on the table.
Another interesting rule is that a player has a right to inspect a rack by taking not more than 3 seconds, and a right to demand a rerack. However, each player can only demand one rerack from her opponent per game.
Any player who is late 5 minutes will lose one game automatically. An additional game will be deducted for each additional 5 minutes when the player is late; therefore, a player will lose the whole match if she is late for 30 minutes.
I have posted some pictures on my site. Please click pictures and scroll to the bottom.
I will try to post more updates tomorrow.
Richard
The Amway Championship kicked off today with a Press Conference followed by a Players Meeting and a Dinner Buffet at the Westin hotel in Downtown Taipei.
48 Players are attending this tournament, although some of them did not make it to the players meeting. They will play round robin followed by a single knock out stage to determine who will claim the World Champion Title and the first price of USD$20,000.
The 48 players were being divided into 8 groups. Here is the list,
A
Ga Young Kim
Melissa Herndon
Kynthia Orfanidis
Kelly Fisher
Lyndall Hulley
QT1
B
Meng Meng Zhou
Monica Webb
Charlotte Sorensen
Christine Feldmann-Naeff
Linda Marthinez
QT 2
C
Makiko Takagi
Helena Thornfeldt
Bernadette De Jonge
Hsing Ling Tan
Myriam Lafranchise
QT 3
D
Shin Mei Liu
Jasmin Ouschan
Lynette Horsburgh
Lucia Wever
LRubilen Amit
QT 4
E
Yuan Chun Lin
Yukiko Hamanishi
Line Kjorsvik
Valerie Finnie
Adriana Villar
QT 5
F
Akimi Kajitani
Chun Chen Jennifer Chen
Jeannie Seaver
Veronika Hubrtova
Denise Wilkinson
QT 6
G
Sung Hyun Jung
Tiffany Nelson
Wendy Jans
Shu Han Chang
Nishami Surajlall
QT 7
H
Xiao Ting Pan
Shu Pin Kao
Estelle Bijnen
Jennifer Barretta
Ine Helvik
QT 8
The first three players from each group will advance into the single knock out stage.
The tournament will start at 11am on 2006/3/1 with the first match featuring Ga Young Kim vs Melissa Herndon.
There is a very interesting rule regarding the break in this tournament. If the player break with the cue ball passing the line but not touching any ball, then the incoming player will have ball in hand from the kitchen; however, if any ball was disturbed but not enough balls have touched the rail for the break to be deemed legal, then the incoming player can have ball in hand anywhere on the table.
Another interesting rule is that a player has a right to inspect a rack by taking not more than 3 seconds, and a right to demand a rerack. However, each player can only demand one rerack from her opponent per game.
Any player who is late 5 minutes will lose one game automatically. An additional game will be deducted for each additional 5 minutes when the player is late; therefore, a player will lose the whole match if she is late for 30 minutes.
I have posted some pictures on my site. Please click pictures and scroll to the bottom.
I will try to post more updates tomorrow.
Richard
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