Snooker season 2020/21

Arthur Daley · 31-08-2020 4:57pm #1

I see that all events between now and the UK championship are due to take place in Milton Keynes.

This includes the Northern Ireland Open, so no trips to Belfast this year. And the German Masters is also in Milton Keynes

But at least the UK is back in the Barbican from 24th November

https://wst.tv/full-calendar/

The calendar looks reasonably regularised now apart from that. For most non Eurosport TV viewers in UK & Ireland the new season would kick off with the English Open on 12th Oct followed by ITV's Champion of Champions

I will no doubt invest in the Eurosport annual pass for €40 and trust in the Eurosport player to arrive in the year 2020

zuutroy · 01-09-2020 1:07pm

I wonder will it become dull having all of the events in the same place. Would be interesting to know is there plans to have small crowds at them. I must say even with the complete lack of live sport at the time, I thought the Championship League was incredibly dull.

zuutroy · 01-09-2020 10:38pm

Hendry back on the tour :-O

AllForIt · 01-09-2020 11:16pm

Arthur Daley wrote: »

I will no doubt invest in the Eurosport annual pass for €40 and trust in the Eurosport player to arrive in the year 2020

Didn't know it was that inexpensive for the year. I took a single 6.99 monthly in haste for the Worlds. Shudda took the year.

Their server is very good though, never cut out and I don't have the fastest of internet speeds.

US2 · 01-09-2020 11:54pm

Crazy news About Hendry! Can he be competitive??

kegg · 02-09-2020 7:14pm

Can't wait to see how he gets on. Never a huge fan but hope he does well.

cudsy1 · 17-01-2021 10:20am

Bump, hows the post masters calender shaping up?

ArmaniJeanss · 17-01-2021 2:25pm

cudsy1 wrote: »

Bump, hows the post masters calender shaping up?

German Masters and Shootout next, both in Milton Keynes behind closed doors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020–21_snooker_season#Calendar

Can't see the Welsh Open or the Players being in their normal venues in February either.
The Tour Championship at the end of March probably the earliest chance of a normal event, but unlikely.
Hopefully the Crucible in April can be in front of a vaccinated audience.

mrunsure · 17-01-2021 6:05pm

WST Pro Tour starts tomorrow. Coverage on matchroom.live and on betting sites.

zuutroy · 17-01-2021 6:54pm

Have to say the Pro Series looks like a crock of sh*t. Still not sure I'll get to Sheffield again this year. If so, I'm sure semi-final Saturday will be be more entertaining than last year! :rolleyes:

Joe_ Public · 18-01-2021 11:25am

Have less interest in this new comp as i have in championship league and that is as near to zero as makes no difference. But it's definitely useful for players to keep ticking over and especially for those at lower end of rankings. Aaron Hill is out tomorrowagainst the likes of Kyren Wilson, Li Hang and Yuan Sijun which will be decent game time for him.

And, quelle surprise, no hendry. Apparently, his work at the masters didnt give him sufficient time to prepare. Or something.

mrunsure · 18-01-2021 1:46pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Aaron Hill is out tomorrow

According to

http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=1113&template=24&season=2020&tzm=1

Hill has withdrawn, replaced by Scottish player Dean Young.

Even though this is ranking this seems to be lower key than the non-ranking Championship League from a few days ago. There is no commentary on matchroom.live, matchroom.live is only showing one out of the four matches going on at the same time whereas you could see both simultaneous matches for the Championship League. The Championship League also had TV coverage on Freesports whereas the Pro Tour has no TV coverage outside China.

All matches can be seen on betting sites.

zuutroy · 27-01-2021 12:27am

Welsh Open to be played in.....Wales. Now there's a surprise!

waynescales1 · 27-01-2021 4:25pm

German Masters starts today with the final 32. Just looking at Fergal O'Brien's draw, there's no one in his section of the draw he should fear. And with Higgins withdrawing he could make a semi final if he plays well.

Joe_ Public · 27-01-2021 4:48pm

Good chance alright for fergal, going alright against Michael White here. Watched a bit of ding earlier, was extremely poor, only for a miscue Filicpak would almost certainly have beaten him. With judd just back after covid, its definitely a wide open looking event this week.

waynescales1 · 27-01-2021 5:56pm

Fergal wins 5-1, into the last 16. Either Mark Joyce or Joe O'Connor in the next round. Won't get a better chance at making a QF again in his career.

Mysterypunter · 27-01-2021 6:07pm

Dominic Dale beat Stephen Maguire 5-4, good win but Maguire threw the toys out of the pram again

Joe_ Public · 27-01-2021 7:09pm

Mysterypunter wrote: »

Dominic Dale beat Stephen Maguire 5-4, good win but Maguire threw the toys out of the pram again

Didnt see the finish but saw dale getting 3 snookers to win one of the earlier frames, that wouldn't have done mags' mood a power of good!

eric hoone · 28-01-2021 3:02pm

zuutroy wrote: »

Welsh Open to be played in.....Wales. Now there's a surprise!

Interesting, where did you hear that?

zuutroy · 28-01-2021 4:28pm

https://wst.tv/celtic-manor-resort-to-host-snookers-betvictor-welsh-open/

Joe_ Public · 28-01-2021 4:41pm

There's a real early season vibe about this tournament, some of the little of it i've watched has been extremely patchy to say the least. Judd looking very undercooked here for one. Alas, not looking good for fergal 0-4 vs Joe O'Connor.

eric hoone · 28-01-2021 4:58pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

There's a real early season vibe about this tournament, some of the little of it i've watched has been extremely patchy to say the least. Judd looking very undercooked here for one. Alas, not looking good for fergal 0-4 vs Joe O'Connor.

Yeah there's no buzz about this tournament at all

waynescales1 · 28-01-2021 5:13pm

Joe_ Public wrote: »

There's a real early season vibe about this tournament, some of the little of it i've watched has been extremely patchy to say the least. Judd looking very undercooked here for one. Alas, not looking good for fergal 0-4 vs Joe O'Connor.

Fergal has him right where he wants him now...

Joe_ Public · 28-01-2021 5:17pm

eric hoone wrote: »

Yeah there's no buzz about this tournament at all

While its good in one sense to see new names, when 7 of the top 16 are already gone by the tv stages, its going to take away some of the attraction. Perry doing his best here to keep judd in it at least!

Joe_ Public · 28-01-2021 5:38pm

And perry misses frame ball to let judd in and clean up the match. Good night and good luck!

28-01-2021 5:49pm

Really hope it's the Lisowski match (v Brecel) that's shown tonight... The rest look x-rated

Bingham ranked higher, so mightn't bother watching if they put on him v R. Williams instead

28-01-2021 8:11pm

Savage pot from Lisowski there!

eric hoone · 28-01-2021 8:51pm

Big frame won by Lisowski there 3-0

Joe_ Public · 28-01-2021 10:43pm

This has got to be the week for lisowski. Might have to beat judd but judd a little off colour from what i've seen. Otherwise no excuses for jack this time.

eric hoone · 29-01-2021 3:54pm

Ding struggling here, as usual vs top player these days

Joe_ Public · 29-01-2021 4:21pm

That black by judd in F2 will be right up there among the shots of the season. Dunno if even ronnie could have played that, remarkable.

Snooker season 2020/21

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