Miscellaneous Stuff

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Grace reflects on "surreal" UK Championship campaign
http://www.livesnooker.com/category/snooker-interviews/david-grace-snooker-interview-20151215-0000/

 

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This youtube poster is not a fan of Mark Selby
Here is a sample of this point of view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK1wCbq6vgg

Selby's #1 - apparently it works for him,
For Ebdon, not so much. :grin:

 

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The World Seniors Qualifiers start today.
End tomorrow.
Thought you'd like to know.
Best of 3
Don't want to wear out these elderly players.
And who are these elderly players?
Amongst others. a crew from the Tour:
Barry Pinches
Dominic Dale
Mark Davis
Robert Milkins
Mark King
Anthony Hamilton
Jamie Burnett
Peter Lines
Joe Swail
Fergal O'Brien
Rod Lawler
Rory McLeod

http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=507

on LiveWorldSnooker
Haven't found anywhere else.

In other news
hahasports.com seems to be defunct - garbage links instead of sports coverage

 

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Who qualifies for what

European Order of Merit
http://www.wpbsa.com/blog/european-order-of-merit-gibraltar-update

Neil Robertson and Ronnie O'Sullivan cannot qualify for the Players Championship. This is because they are currently outside of that top 24 and have elected not to play in Poland.

 

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Neil Robertson playing Chinese 8 ball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM9LBJ6TEt0

9 ft. table
2 1/4" balls

 

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A Year In Snooker: Highlights of 2015
http://www.wpbsa.com/blog/a-year-in-snooker-highlights-of-2015

A Look Ahead to 2016 In Snooker
http://www.wpbsa.com/blog/a-look-ahead-to-2016-in-snooker
if any player is able to win all four of those events during the same season, they will pocket an incredible £1,000,000 bonus

 

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OBE and MBE ... And before Michaela

Reading about Ronnie and his OBE
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2015/12/31/davis-ronnie-gong-was-long-overdue

It mentions Vera Selby.
Who her?

https://www.snookerisland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=4779

Vera Selby was the ladies world snooker champion and I have an amusing little anecdote about her: Mrs Selby was giving an exhibition at the local labour club and she was beating everyone who came up against her. One particular individual whom Vera had just trounced said " after that, I think I'll go home and have a baby", quick as a flash Vera responded "I'll beat you at that too"

Attitude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5AFwbmUq7g
Break
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FsS7K8RwmE
Safety
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGAo2YdwCFQ
Spin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yidLYNfevM
Potting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNIYY1mFCPk

And Len Ganley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Ganley
His technique the subject of a song
http://halfmanhalfbiscuit.uk/back-in-the-dhss/the-len-ganley-stance/

 

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WHAT HAS GONE WRONG WITH DING JUNHUI?
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2016/1/11/what-has-gone-wrong-with-ding-junhui

 

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THE RACK PACK
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2016/1/15/the-rack-pack-a-nostalgic-treat-from-the-bbc
“they have played me like a nerd at that age, but I was”

To be shown Sunday, 17th January.

Perhaps it will show up on youtube, in which case, download; it may not be there long.

 

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The Rack Pack
Preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDX3gmUuEi0

 

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Why did snooker get its big break in the '80s?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zcvfcwx#zpfsrdm

More Rack Pack propaganda.

Videos don't work outside the UK.
Check youtube.

 

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This poster has been busy lately, posting a lot of old matches.
Not always getting the year into the description.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnGyTVHdO8rC8hC-X0X_SoA/videos

 

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PUT SENIORS ENTRY AGE BACK UP TO 45
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2016/1/20/opinion-put-seniors-entry-age-back-up-to-45
the decision last year, to lower the age limit to 40 from 45 as long as the birthday fell in that season, look bizarre in the extreme.

Some 40-year-olds didn’t do too badly on the tour of late. Ronnie O’Sullivan has just won the Masters, John Higgins has won two ranking titles at 40, Joe Perry won one.

 

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The top five snooker rivalries
http://www.livesnooker.com/category/off-the-table/top-snooker-rivalries-countdown-20160122-0001/

Five underdogs to look out
http://www.livesnooker.com/category/off-the-table/snooker-underdogs-2016-20160121-0001/

 

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Paul's accidental snooker trick shot becomes online hit

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...r-trick-shot-becomes-online-hit-34362948.html

Talk about potting balls off the lampshades lol .:grin-square:

 

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The Non-Snooker Stories
http://www.thecourier.co.uk/news/lo...-stephen-hendry-splits-from-his-wife-1.318173

Hendry met his girlfriend while she was officiating at a series of Snooker Legend exhibition games.

Steve Davis a “secret” birthmark on his bottom.

Alex “Hurricane” Higgins confessed to a night of passion with Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger’s ex-girlfriend Marianne Faithful.

Jimmy White's wife found other women’s phone numbers in his pockets and scrawled them over the walls of their home.

 

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Interesting : My Autobiography - by Steve Davis
https://books.google.ca/books?id=VwTIBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT2&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

Not all of it is there, but you can't complaint when you are reading for free.

 

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BEATING THE BEST MAKES TITLES EVEN SWEETER
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2016/1/31/beating-the-best-makes-titles-even-sweeter

 

[church66]

King of the Oche loves Snooker

http://www.worldsnooker.com/king-of-the-oche-loves-snooker/

 

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GOULD: 'I WAS PLAYING JUST WORRYING ABOUT BILLS'
http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2016/2/10/gould-i-was-playing-just-worrying-about-bills