Friday 26 December 2008

Snooker Welsh Open Qualifiers 2009

Welsh Open 2009

Qualifying Format 3-6 February 2009

Pontin’s, Prestatyn Sands Holiday Centre, Prestatyn

Tuesday 3 February 2009

10am

Match 1 - Patrick Wallace v Liu Chuang

Match 2 - Kuldesh Johal v Vincent Muldoon

Match 3 - Matthew Couch v Stephen Craigie

Match 4 - Scott Mackenzie v Stefan Mazrocis

Match 5 - Jimmy White v David Grace

Match 6 - Simon Bedford v Wayne H Cooper

Match 7 - Lee Spick v Robert Stephen

Match 8 - Supoj Saenla v Jin Long

4pm

Match 9 - Peter Lines v Andrew Pagett

Match 10 - Paul S Davison v Atthasit Mahitthi

Match 11- James McBain v Aditya Mehta

Match 12- Matthew Selt v Michael Georgiou

Match 13 - Jamie Jones v Li Hang

Match 14 - Lewis Roberts v Declan Hughes

Match 15 - Rodney Goggins v Andy Lee

Match 16 - Daniel Wells v Chris McBreen

Wednesday 4 February 2009

10am

Match 17 - Paul Davies v Winner of match 1

Match 18 - David Roe v Winner of match 2

Match 19 - David Gray v Winner of match 3

Match 20 - Stuart Pettman v Winner of match 4

Match 21 - Rod Lawler v Winner of match 5

Match 22 - Robert Milkins v Winner of match 6

Match 23 - Joe Delaney v Winner of match 7

Match 24 - Barry Pinches v Winner of match 8

4pm

Match 25 - Ian Preece v Winner of match 9

Match 26 - Andy Hicks v Winner of match 10

Match 27 - Mark Davis v Winner of match 11

Match 28 - Martin Gould v Winner of match 12

Match 29 - Liu Song v Winner of match 13

Match 30 - Mark Joyce v Winner of match 14

Match 31 - David Morris v Winner of match 15

Match 32 - Andrew Norman v Winner of match 16

Thursday 5 February 2009

10am

Match 33 - Jimmy Michie v Winner of match 17

Match 34 - David Brown Gilbert v Winner of match 18

Match 35 - Michael Holt v Winner of match 19

Match 36 - Alan McManus v Winner of match 20

Match 37 - Rory McLeod v Winner of match 21

Match 38 - Mike Dunn v Winner of match 22

Match 39 - Gerard Greene v Winner of match 23

Match 40 - Judd Trump v Winner of match 24

4pm

Match 41 - Andrew Higginson v Winner of match 25

Match 42 - Adrian Gunnell v Winner of match 26

Match 43 - Marcus Campbell v Winner of match 27

Match 44 - John Parrott v Winner of match 28

Match 45 - Liang Wenbo v Winner of match 29

Match 46 - Jamie Burnett v Winner of match 30

Match 47 - Ricky Walden v Winner of match 31

Match 48 - Tom Ford v Winner of match 32

Friday 6 February 2009

10am

Match 49 - Barry Hawkins v Winner of match 33

Match 51 - Anthony Hamilton v Winner of match 35

Match 52 - Michael Judge v Winner of match 36

Match 53 - Ken Doherty v Winner of match 37

Match 54 -McCulloch v Winner of match 38

Match 55 - Dave Harold v Winner of match 39

Match 56- Jamie Cope v Winner of match 40

4pm

Match 57 - Stuart Bingham v Winner of match 41

Match 59 - Joe Swail v Winner of match 43

Match 60 - Nigel Bond v Winner of match 44

Match 62 - Stephen Lee v Winner of match 46

Match 63 - Fergal O’Brien v Winner of match 47

Match 64 - Steve Davis v Winner of match 48

All matches will be the best of 9 frames

NB: Matches 50, 58 and 61 to be played at the main event.




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Snooker History

The game is generally regarded to have originated in the latter half of the 19th century. Billiards had been a popular activity amongst British Army officers stationed in India, and variations on the more traditional billiard games were devised.

One variation, devised in the officers' mess in Jabalpur during 1874 or 1875, was to add coloured balls in addition to the reds and black which were used for pyramid pool and life pool. The word snooker also has military origins, being a slang term for first-year cadets or inexperienced personnel.

One version of events states that Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain of the Devonshire regiment was playing this new game when his opponent failed to pot a ball and Chamberlain called him a snooker. It thus became attached to the billiards game now bearing its name as inexperienced players were labelled as snookers.

The game of snooker grew in the latter half of the 19th century and the early 20th century. By 1927, the first World Snooker Championship had been organised by Joe Davis. As a professional English billiards and snooker player, he moved the game from a pastime activity into a more professional sphere.

Joe Davis won every world championship until 1946 when he retired. The game went into a decline through the 1950s and 1960s with little interest generated outside of those who played. Things saw some improvement when in 1969, when

David Attenborough who was then a top official of the BBC, commissioned the snooker tournament Pot Black to demonstrate the potential of colour television, with the green table and multi-coloured balls being ideal for showing off the advantages of colour broadcasting.

The TV series became a ratings success and was for a time the second most popular show on BBC Two. Interest in the game increased and the 1978 World Championship was the first to be fully televised. The game quickly became a mainstream sport in the UK, Ireland and much of the Commonwealth and has enjoyed much success in the last 30 years, with most of the ranking tournaments being televised.

In 1985 a total of 18.5 million viewers watched the concluding frame of the world championship final between Dennis Taylor and Steve Davis.

Ronnie O'Sullivan wins The Masters 2009.

World Snooker Champions

World Snooker Champion 1977 - John Spencer
World Snooker Champion 1978 - Ray Reardon
World Snooker Champion 1979 - Terry Griffiths
World Snooker Champion 1980 - Cliff Thorburn
World Snooker Champion 1981 - Steve Davis
World Snooker Champion 1982 - Alex Higgins
World Snooker Champion 1983 - Steve Davis
World Snooker Champion 1984 - Steve Davis
World Snooker Champion 1985 - Dennis Taylor
World Snooker Champion 1986 - Joe Johnson
World Snooker Champion 1987 - Steve Davis
World Snooker Champion 1988 - Steve Davis
World Snooker Champion 1989 - Steve Davis
World Snooker Champion 1990 - Stephen Hendry
World Snooker Champion 1991 - John Parrott
World Snooker Champion 1992 to 1996 - Stephen Hendry
World Snooker Champion 1997 - Ken Doherty
World Snooker Champion 1998 - John Higgins
World Snooker Champion 1999 - Stephen Hendry
World Snooker Champion 2000 - Mark Williams
World Snooker Champion 2001 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Snooker Champion 2002 - Peter Ebdon
World Snooker Champion 2003 - Mark Williams
World Snooker Champion 2004 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Snooker Champion 2005 - Shaun Murphy
World Snooker Champion 2006 - Graeme Dott
World Snooker Champion 2007 - John Higgins
World Snooker Champion 2008 - Ronnie O'Sullivan
World Snooker Champion 2009 - John Higgins
World Snooker Champion 2010 - Neil Robertson
World Snooker Champion 2011 - John Higgins
World Snooker Champion 2012 - Ronnie O'Sullivan