Snooker Season 2024/25

ArmaniJeanss

A few ranking events completed already. World Champion Kyren Wilson took a £180K pot in China, and Judd Trump won the mega £500K first prize in Saudi.

Calendar here 2024–25 snooker season - Wikipedia

On-going is the first of the Home Nations series, with the English Open in Brentwood. Coverage on Eurosport.

Semi-finals today. Chris Wakelin is the highest ranked player remaining (not a sentence often typed) and tonight plays Neil Robertson who is hopefully having a return to form. In the afternoon Wu Yize is up against Ishpreet Chadra. The latter is a new name to me anyway, Indian lad from Mumbai in his late 20s. Got to be good for the game if another country can get involved at a high level. Hasn't had a soft run by any means, beating Dott, Jak Jones, HossVaf and Mark Selby, so must have something to his game.

Brian?

Wu Yize is making the best comeback in ever seen.

extra-ordinary_

Is that a sprung floor or what, with the noise of Robertson striding around?

The Nal

Cheap floor aside, nice to see Robbo back winning

cudsy1

Aaron hill in a decider with ding

Rothko

Great win for Aaron over Ding

The Nal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122646461#Comment_122646461

Williams lost. Ronnie pulled out 2 hours before his match

Arthur Daley

Good win for Aaron, bit unlucky to draw Mark Allen in last 64, but that's the flat draw for you.

Allen wasn't happy with the tables at all today, so may be out of sorts here.

Willo all over the shop with that hollow sounding cue he has for the last 2 weeks. Aluminium ferrule, he didn't sound too convinced. Hendry says he's been paid plenty for it, but if he keeps going home early, it'll soon turn into a liability.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122647511#Comment_122647511

I watched a bit of that Williams Thor match noticed the sound of Williams cue straight away, then started thinking maybe I was imagining it, surely he wouldn't play with a cue that was that bad etc.

But they commented on it at the analysis post match. Hendry basically said the noise goes "through him" "like a nail on a blackboard". Plus implied Williams was paid money to play with that cue.

Also said Williams was stubborn and won't change even if was not working. I never saw that Thor fella play before (even though he is around awhile), although Williams was poor, Thor played some solid/sensible sort of snooker.

I didn't see the Hill/Ding match but will watch back highlights. I like the way Hill talks about his game seems enthusiastic willing to learn/improve.

Genghis

Anyone know if Allen / Hill is on the TV table? I reckon Hill has a chance if Mark is not playing Table 1 (a lot of his rant yesterday was to do with him not being happy to not be on the main table, I reckon he will be fuming if he is on the same table today).

cudsy1

On itv4

Sporting a pair of ons I believe

cudsy1

Not at the races. Hendry and main comms being nice to him

Rothko

At least he got a frame on the board now.

Arthur Daley

Stan Moody into the last 16 with a win over Zhang Anda.

Moody has just turned 18 and he is moving up the rankings, should be into the top 64 soon if he keeps this up.

Brian?

I don’t understand the British open. It’s a home nations event that isn’t a home nation’s event.

I’m generally not a best of 7 fan, so 2 weeks in a row is a real turn off for me

The Nal

RIP

Remeber being delighted he got to commentate on Ronnies 1000

https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2024/0927/1472305-voice-of-snooker-everton-dies-aged-87/

Arthur Daley

Clive got to a big age, he was commenting right up to when the lockdown shut the sport in Feb 2020.

Been reading his book, he really loved the sport, a legendary commentator.

The British Open trophy presented on Sunday is named after him and everyone around the tour will be sad this week.

The Nal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122655894#Comment_122655894

You and everyone else. Luca Brecel the other night. Recent world champion and I doubt there were 20 people at it. It looked like a covid tournament.

Arthur Daley

Trump hitting his 1,000th century. Years ahead of O'Sullivan amd Higgins did it.

Of course a lot more frames now, but could Trump end up with 2,000 before he is done.

ebbsy

RIP Clive.

A cast iron legend.

TheChrisD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122655894#Comment_122655894

It's never been a home nation event, though. Also since it was brought back in 2021, it's been the yearly "open random draw each round" tournament, like the UK Open in darts.

Brian?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122662664#Comment_122662664

I know all this.

My opinion is that it’s shite. Let’s just leave it there.

Arthur Daley

Selby vs this new Mark Allen, this could be a long old night

Brian?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122663886#Comment_122663886

I remember when Allen used to be one of the more attacking players to watch. He’s gone full Selby though.

Arthur Daley

Last session of the week moved to ITV3 because of La Liga football.

And ITV3 recently made a move on the satellite, so may need to be tuned in.

ITV3 is now on 11344 H 27500 if you manually tune in.

Arthur Daley

Good win for 62 year old James White beating Jackson Page to qualify for the Northern Ireland Open in Belfast.

Aaron Hill lost so won't be in Belfast in three weeks time.

gormdubhgorm

Nice to see Selby back, John Higgins as well. Seems to be same issue with Higgins when he gets to finals, he just gets knackered at the latter part of a match. That foul hitting black was a good example of what happens him.

Brian?

Poor Higgins has the yips. I think he’ll slip out of the 16 at the end of the year and retire.

El_Duderino 09

147s flying in this season. Already 11 this calendar year which is 2 more than last year.

Seems to be one a week for the last few weeks.

Interesting to see the 147s per year here.

Zhao Xintong made one this week in a Q School tournament so I'm not sure if it counts.

Mark Allen made back-to-back 147s in an exhibition in the few last weeks, which is pretty cool.

https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/how-many-147-breaks-in-snooker-have-been-made-and-who-made-them/35800

Arthur Daley

Another good win for Stan Moody over 18 in the rankings Ryan Day.

That lad will be looking to target the 32 next year if he keeps this progress up.

Genghis

Aaron Hill whitewashed. He is not having a good start to the season by any means (Ding win aside) and without studying every probability, I think he will sadly be outside the top 64 by the end of the week.