PTC Grand Finals Galway 2013

Greenbaize

Hi All

I have been on the world snooker website but ticket info for the Grand Finals in March is not available, Im sure it will be available soon but can anyone here give me some info on what the ticket prices were last year? I missed the event last year but is the case that in the early rounds of the grand finals that people can view diffrent matches and be able to walk around? Also is there anyone that was at the final itself as i would be eager to attend this. Anyone have an idea of how much the tickets are for that?

Also where is the closest hotel or BnB to the venue

Be great to be able to meet all the players!!

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Spiderpig92

there is just the one table where all the matches are on a roll on and off the basis, the tickets will cost u no more then 20euro for a session. Dont have any idea about the accomodation. think the tickets go on sale in the middle of this month

Greenbaize

Just one table???

Spiderpig92

yep, it was just one table last year. Theres 3 matches (best of 7) each afternoon and evening session, still a brilliant experience though!!

Spiderpig92

anyone have an idea when the tickets are going on sale??? Thought they would have been on sale by now

giant_midget

Spiderpig92 wrote: »

anyone have an idea when the tickets are going on sale??? Thought they would have been on sale by now

You just buy them from NUI direct there in the hall where the snooker is on was €10 for a whole afternoon session if i remember. Just rock up on the first day and buy your lot from there, That's what im planning on doing.

Watch the clampers down onsite they have eyes everywhere!

giant_midget

Sorted now! I'm in Galway from the Wed morning through to the sat afternoon, Roll on the Guinness and snooker! :pac:

cherryghost

Tickets are officially on sale here

_feedback_

Have just bought my tickets for Friday evening, Saturday both sessions and Sunday both sessions. I'll be travelling solo so would love to hear from anyone else that'll be knockin around! Looking forward to it.

Spiderpig92

Does anyone know when the draw is taking place?,would be good to know when the players are playing in what sessions

giant_midget

_feedback_ wrote: »

Have just bought my tickets for Friday evening, Saturday both sessions and Sunday both sessions. I'll be travelling solo so would love to hear from anyone else that'll be knockin around! Looking forward to it.

Hey - Im going solo myself - and cant wait for the peace and quiet :pac: I have full day tickets for wed, thurs and fri - I'll pass you my number nearer the occasion if you are interested? if im not in the ajoining bar watching the snooker i will be in the hall

cherryghost

Am going down for Weds and Thurs myself, can't wait.

loi09

Is it unreserved seating and is their chance of meeting the players?

giant_midget

loi09 wrote: »

Is it unreserved seating and is their chance of meeting the players?

Yep - You can sit anywhere you like...that is the beauty about it! you will see loads of the players and ref's in the ajoining bar or walking around campus.. i did anyways. Had a nice chat with Tom Ford last year.. sound bloke!

loi09

Cnt wait can tickets be bought on the day? Would love to meet ken doherty

_Puma_

The Fixtures and the Draw. I'm thinking of booking the Friday off work and going for the full day. Did the same last year and it was great value for the games that were played!

From what I remember the tickets could be bought for the weekday games at the hall but the friday evening Saturday and Sunday were booked out

giant_midget

loi09 wrote: »

Cnt wait can tickets be bought on the day? Would love to meet ken doherty

can't wait myself, dont know if its a few days off work or going to the snooker, perhaps a mix.

The tickets can be bought at the desk in the main hall, the semis and final might be sold out not sure..
(I think students of NUI get a discount, if you know anyone there?)

Greenbaize

Just to let you know, Ken Doherty is actually playing an exhibition on March 21st @ The Newbury Hotel in Mullingar, Westmeath. Tickets available from Hotel at just €10. Exhibitions are a great way to meet the pros.

loi09

Greenbaize wrote: »

Just to let you know, Ken Doherty is actually playing an exhibition on March 21st @ The Newbury Hotel in Mullingar, Westmeath. Tickets available from Hotel at just €10. Exhibitions are a great way to meet the pros.

thanks for the that information !

AngryLoner

Hey,

Anybody know the best hotel to stay on the sunday night... i.e. how can I drink beer with the players ?

Glenman

Does anyone know when Ken Doherty is playing his last 32 match? What day and is it an evening session?

Glenman

Its OK, I got the info at the this link.

Nice to see Joe Swail back, interesting article about him on World Snooker website. He will be playing in the last match of the opening session on Tuesday.
Ken will be playing in the evening session on Wednesday

giant_midget

Glenman wrote: »

Does anyone know when Ken Doherty is playing his last 32 match? What day and is it an evening session?

Wed night, Trump is playing Alfie Burden at 19:30 so that will be over by 19:50 :pac:, Ken is due on after that so 20:10 LATEST

carpothepunk

I have a few spare tickets to the morning session tomorrow. Great session. If anyone wants them, drop me a message, I can meet you at NUIG. Throw me a fiver or a sambo or something.

ev612337

I have all day tickets for the Sunday and they have row & seat numbers on them.

Someone said you can sit anywhere, is that true? i.e. get there early or you'll not get a good seat?

Also, does anyone have a floor plan or seating layout? In case my tickets seat assignment is enforced, I'd like to figure out where I'll be in advance

Thanks

Glenman

Here all day since 10am. Hoping to see Joe Swail but have to leave now. Robertson v Burnett is very slow. 3-2 to Neil now. poor match. pretty boring.

StephenHendry

great win for joe swail over stephen maguire, joe now faces mark allen on thursday

carpothepunk

Managed to give away those tickets. Was more difficult than I anticipated. Final and Semi Final tickets are allocated seating, for whoever was asking.

I now have two spare tickets to the final to sell, two people bailed on me. 20 euro each, can meet in Galway.

cherryghost

trump playing very poorly tonight

Glenman

Another very long day at the snooker. It could be 11 o clock by the time the Doherty match starts!

mrkiscool2

For anyone interested, this is a good blog for updates.
http://www.sin.ie/2013/03/13/live-blog-ptc-snooker-grand-finals/

AngryLoner

Trump gone, Higgins gone, Selby gone, Doherty gone... crumbs... I've got a semis/final ticket but no travel or accommodation yet... I sure hope I don't go to all that hassle and expense for something like and Alfie Burden v Kurt Maflin final... not meaning to be disrespectful or anything... but a guy likes a bit of glamour in his snooker.....

cherryghost

Watched all the matches bar the Allen-Swail match as it was too late for me to watch. Some really dodgy games in there to be honest. The McGill match had some very poor standards.

A chuckled a bit when I read the headlines on worldsnooker.com for Allen-Swail match though:

Pistol Shoots Down Outlaw

wotausername

ding v allen in quarter final

cherryghost

Funny, because so far in the finals I can only see Ding or Allen winning it. Robertson has been a bit iffy at times and I don't see the other 5 making an impact. I reckon the winner of Ding/Allen will go on to win outright.

cherryghost

147!!

cherryghost

Ding just called a foul on himself after Michaela didn't see it. You wouldn't see sportsmanship like that in any other sport let me tell you.

califano

Pockets are looking plenty big.

Setun

There's been a lot made of the timetable on the blogs and on twitter - it seems to be a bit of a mess, what with one or two matches not beginning until after midnight!

Also it's a shame to see absolutely zero reporting on the irish times and independent websites. Is there any mention of it on rte/tv3? I don't know how snooker will grow in Ireland when it is practically non-existent in the national media.

cherryghost

Setun wrote: »

There's been a lot made of the timetable on the blogs and on twitter - it seems to be a bit of a mess, what with one or two matches not beginning until after midnight!

Also it's a shame to see absolutely zero reporting on the irish times and independent websites. Is there any mention of it on rte/tv3? I don't know how snooker will grow in Ireland when it is practically non-existent in the national media.

Agree with all this. Media coverage has been very very poor unfortunately. Turnout looks to be lower than last years too but that's only going by what I can see and nothing more. And I might also add that the standard has been very average this week. The Ding vs Allen match was fantastic, everything else has been a bit of a letdown. How Maflin is in the semi's I'll never know.

My money is on Ding now to win outright. He's played some great stuff and the 147 was great to watch.

Setun

Yeah I noticed that turnout looks a bit miserable. What happened with the tournament at DCU a few years ago? I thought that went pretty well, or am I mistaken? It's a real shame about the lack of support by the Irish Times etc - I know they will only report on a sport that a large demographic are interested in, but it really is hard to see the sport growing here without mainstream publicity.

I haven't seen Ding play this week as I've only had time to keep up with the blog reports, but from what they're saying I think you're right about him going the distance unless Robertson sorts himself out today.

oneillMan999

And ding comes from 3 zip down to win 4-3 !
Great final and a great atmosphere, well done Galway see ya next year hopefully! :-)

Good to see so many of the worlds top players in Galway. Very large TV audiences over the course of the week aswel. Great comeback from Ding to win it.

loi09

great tournament great to meet all the players so down to earth hope its back next year on tuesday and wednesday night was very big was great to see and your certain of getting a quality seat

mickdw

Was at the saturday morning session. Got to see the 147 and that was a great match. T Ford and Fu not so good.
I will say that I thought it was poorly organised around the event. We turned up at the same carpark as last year and there were zero spaces due to a large rowing event taking place. Perhaps there was another carpark but there were no marshals or anybody to direct people to where they could park. It just gave the impression that the tournament wasnt wanted. In the entrance lobby, there was a student canteen place with all shutters down when it was the obvious location for sales of drinks, chocolate etc.