[Snooker] Algemeen topic #8: Snooker lockdown

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Op zondag 13 maart 2022 19:25 schreef Faraday01 het volgende:

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niet gezien, allemaal uit 1 snooker?

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Judd Trump is considering taking a break from snooker, as the former world champion and Mark Williams discussed the 2022/23 calendar.

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Op zaterdag 2 april 2022 15:15 schreef Faraday01 het volgende:
wizard of wishaw

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Veroordeling en boete zijn niet genoeg: snookerbond schorst nummer 33 van de wereld nadat hij vrouw mishandelt

Liang Wenbo, nummer 33 op de Order of Merit, is met onmiddellijke ingang voorlopig geschorst. Dat deelde World Snooker zaterdag mee. De 35-jarige Chinees, in 2015 finalist op het UK Championship en een jaar later winnaar van het English Open, werd vrijdag veroordeeld voor huiselijk geweld en zal zich nu ook voor de World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association moeten verantwoorden. Tot dan mag hij geen toernooien van de World Snooker Tour spelen.

Op juli 2021 werd Liang in Sheffield gearresteerd omdat hij in de vroege uurtjes op straat een vrouw schopte en sloeg. Op camerabeelden was te zien hoe hij de vrouw ook over de grond sleurde en tegen een muur duwde. Een man trachtte tussenbeide komen, maar Liang viel niet te kalmeren.

Op 9 februari pleitte Liang schuldig en vrijdag werd hem een taakstraf van twaalf maanden gemeenschapsdienst en een boete van 1.380 pond (1.640 euro) opgelegd.

Daarmee is de kous dus niet af. De WPBSA meent dat Wenbo ook de regels van de federatie overtreden heeft door “zich niet als een sportman te gedragen en de sport in diskrediet te brengen” en heeft een tuchtprocedure opgestart.

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Neil Robertson has been named WST’s Player of the Year for the first time, after winning four tournaments during the 2021/22 season.

Australia’s Robertson lifted the trophy at the English Open, the Masters, Players Championship and the Tour Championship during the most prolific season of his career. He was knocked out in the second round of the World Championship but had the consolation of making a 147 at the Crucible.

Ronnie O’Sullivan won the Snooker Journalists’ Player of the Year award, voted by media around the world who cover snooker. O’Sullivan won the World Championship as well as the World Grand Prix, and finished the season on top of the world rankings.

O’Sullivan also won the Performance of the Year award for winning the World Championship for the seventh time, beating Judd Trump 18-13 in the final to equal the record of Crucible crowns set by Stephen Hendry.

The Fans’ Player of the Year award, voted by fans on the WST App and on social media platforms in China, went to Zhao Xintong. The Chinese ace landed his first ranking title at the UK Championship and went on to win the German Masters, climbing to number six in the world.

Magic Moment of the Year went to Robertson for his fantastic 147 during his World Championship match against Jack Lisowski as he became only the eighth player to make a maximum at the Crucible.

China’s 18-year-old Wu Yize won Rookie of the Year following a promising debut season which included runs to the last 32 of three ranking events.

There are two new entries to the Snooker Hall of Fame, for the great players and administrators who have had a significant impact on our sport. They are:

Reanne Evans, the most successful ever player on the women’s tour, having won the World Championship a record 12 times.

Alison Fisher, who won the Women’s World Championship seven times in the 1980s and 1990s and played regularly in televised professional tournaments in that era.

Both Reanne and Alison have made outstanding contributions to the growth of snooker and we are delighted to welcome them into the Hall of Fame.

WST Awards: 2021/22 winners
WST Player of the Year – Neil Robertson
Fans’ Player of the Year – Zhao Xintong
Snooker Journalists’ Player of the Year – Ronnie O’Sullivan
Performance of the Year – Ronnie O’Sullivan
Rookie of the Year – Wu Yize
Magic Moment of the Year – Neil Robertson
Hall of Fame: Reanne Evans, Alison Fisher

2021/22 WST Annual Awards

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McLeod’s views have been largely challenged by Jason Ferguson, chairman of The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, who says the sport is doing a lot of work to increase representation.
“I'm very disappointed in Rory's comments and really they come from a position of Rory McLeod really wanting to have some kind of help to maintain his tour place. What we are is an opportunity for all, providing an opportunity all over the world to qualify for the World Snooker Tour.

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Snookerspeler Robert Milkins maakt bijnaam Milkman niet waar, zuipt zich lam en moet maag laten leegpompen

Robert Milkins heeft zich bij de openingsceremonie van de Turkish Masters in maart misdragen. De 46-jarige snookerspeler uit Engeland was stomdronken en op zoek naar ruzie, schrijft de World Snooker Tour.

"Hij viel in het toilet en liep een breuk in zijn kin op", zo gaat WST verder. "Hij werd naar het ziekenhuis gebracht. Daar is zijn maag leeggepompt."

The Milkman, die dus wel meer lust dan melk, krijgt een boete van 6.000 pond. Milkins is de nummer 27 van de wereld.

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As one of the winners from the inaugural Q School Asia & Oceania – Event 1 qualification event, former professional player Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon was eligible to receive a fresh two-year tour card. However, on 22 June 2022, the WPBSA and the World Snooker Tour declined to offer him a tour card, citing "serious disciplinary matters from when Thanawat was previously a professional player in 2015" as the reason. His place was therefore offered to Asjad Iqbal, who was the next in line on the Asia-Oceania Q School Order of Merit[2]