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Live 8-Ball: Quality Field for Newbury Open

May 16, 2012 / The_Teach / No comments

I released details of this event on the blog back on May 1st, now it is nearly upon us, in fact it is on Sunday 20th May and will be live on Cuesport TV from around 11:00am.

Duane Puttock has done a tremendous job to pull together a 32 player field of the highest quality to do battle for an £800 first prize. Played to Blackball rules it has been interesting to see former IPA Tour number 1, Rob Chilton – noted as a World Rules player, put his name down for this one. It could perhaps be the start of something in England as the line between both rule sets is slowly (very slowly!) starting to fade, it is my belief that this, in part, has been caused by the rejuvenation of the IPA Tour.

Chilton, although being the most recognised player due to the IPA TV coverage is not the only notable player to be participating with many of the top English Blackball players in attendance. The list includes all of the England Men’s A team that won the 2012 European Championships (except for Andy Lucas who had to pull out due to other commitments) and the likes of 2011 National Champion Adam Brown and 2011 BAPTO Champion Shane Thompson.

The matches will all be of the highest quality (I have no doubt!) with it being very difficult to pick a winner, you can watch the action live and from the comfort of your own home for just £1.49 for the whole day – less than a pint of beer! Just visit Cuesport TV for the details. What more would you want to do with your Sunday?

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6 Great Places to Watch Live Pool (When we’re not streaming)

January 24, 2012 / The_Teach / No comments

There are a number of great people out on the web providing some really good quality live streaming, you may have seen some of them but I hope that some are new to you. However, you are only allowed to watch them when Cuesport TV are not live streaming!

I have not ranked them in order of preference, the list is simply there to make it easier to read:

  1. InsidePool.TV – probably the best pool/billiards magazine on the market, they have been involved with live streaming for a number of years now, they make use of both the Youtube and UStream platforms which makes access very easy.
  2. TheActionReport – They have been doing this since 2007 (about the same amount of time as us!) and the quality has just got better and better over the years, expect multiple camera angles, live commentary, interviews and also a live podcast now as well. Probably the one website that most ‘streamers’ aspire to.
  3. Pool Action TV – Operated by Ray ‘BigTruck’ Hansen PoolActionTV have done a number of differing productions over the last 2 years. Along with regular coverage of Pro/Am events they have also covered the Ultimate 10-Ball Championships and a number of money matches.
  4. OTBNTV -On The Break News operate a number of smaller pool magazines and also got invloved with the live streaming of tournaments from their area a while back. Again utilising the Ustream platform to provide live and VOD coverage.
  5. MaxLeePool – It is great to see someone else trying to push the UK game forward and this site provides live streaming as well as a tour that they operate up in Scotland, great if you are a fan of Blackball or the UK 8-Ball game.
  6. OnTheRail TV – Established in 2008 (07/08 almost seems to be the birth of live streamed pool!) they create high quality match-ups and stream pro-am tournaments from the Arizona region of the US. Many top names have featured including Efren Reyes, Earl Strickland and Darren Appleton with One Pocket seeming to be a speciality.

This is just a small list of live streaming resources, please send me links to other live streaming websites/companies/profiles on the web and I will try and update this list over time. If I have made any glaring errors then please let me know.

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A Quiet Couple of Weeks

October 7, 2011 / The_Teach / No comments

After the hectic last few weeks with Cuesport TV out and about on our travels to different live events, there are now at least two weekends without any live coverage.

Fear not though fellow cue sport fans as there is plenty of video content available for you to peruse over at the VOD site.

Some top picks for you:

European Blackball Champs – Wheelchair Final – 8 Ball

European Blackball Champs – Men’s B Team Final – 2 of 2 – 8 Ball

MMTV 12 – Kevin Uzzell v Matt Lawrenson – 11 of 11 – 9 Ball

MMTV 12 – Ben Clayton v Alex McElhatton – 1 of 8 – 9 Ball

Jamie Cope Interview – Snooker

Live events will return on the 29th October with Money Match TV 16, once again 3 live matches back-to-back and there is talk of Craig Osborne playing Chris Melling in this event.

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Live Pool in July

June 28, 2010 / The_Teach / No comments

Just giving you all an early heads up on the live events in July.

First up we have the 3rd installment of this years GB9 Ball Tour from Daventry. This hotel based series features the likes of Darren Appleton, Daryl Peach and Karl Boyes.

This will be live (and free!) on Cuesport TV on the 17th and 18th July from around 11am both days.

A week later, after the success of the first one in June, we return to Wakefield for the second money match tv event. Players are to be announced so keep checking back.

Two matches race-to-21 will be available for free live viewing from 1.30pm Saturday 24th July.

Visit http://www.Cuesport.tv to watch videos from previous events

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8-Ball Super Tour Finale this weekend

November 17, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

Rather than regurgitate something that is already written you can see the full press release here: 8-Ball Pool Super Tour Live. We are pleased to be involved in this tour as it means we can provide high quality pool for our viewers including numerous World 8-Ball Champions like Phil Harrison.

On the press release page there is a poll asking who will win this event, it is a tough question as one of the attractive things about this series is that anyone on their day could win. So far from three tournaments we have had three different winners and it is likely we will see a fourth winner this weekend as well.

Throughout the weekend we will be making score updates and results available not on the blog this time but over at our good friends Cue Club International, here you can get involved in live discussion and also make a few more predictions about the event.

The live coverage is available to paid subscribers only from 4pm on Saturday 21st November, the action (that starts at 12pm) will be free until that time, so feel free to dip in and have a look.

I am predicting Simon Ward to win this one, if he plays!

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A Nightmare Couple of Weeks

November 9, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

It has been a testing time over the last couple of weeks, the last two events we had scheduled had to be cancelled (event still happened we were not there) due to two problems with our vehicle.

This led to us purchasing a new car, nice, but financially not so!

It’s actually quite laughable in hindsight as en route to Bristol we lost the radiator, had that fixed and then on the way to Barnsley we made the end of our road before the exhaust fell off!

Oh, and when we broke down on the way to Bristol we didn’t have our breakdown cover or insurance details, couldn’t remember them between us and ended up having to fork out for RAC cover, live is good!

No such problems anymore though.

I am just sorry we did not make it to the events, sounds like we missed a couple of great tournaments.

There is a lot that goes on behind-the-scenes as with every business I for one am someone that just does not like letting people down, especially when we have made a commitment.

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All Apologies

October 24, 2009 / The_Teach / One comment

Absolutely gutted!

We were supposed to be at the 8-ball Super Tour event this weekend and left this morning at 8.00am for the relatively short drive to Keynsham.

All was well until we reached Dorchester (about 12 miles) and then smoke started pouring out of the engine, I suppose in hindsight the temperature gauge being above the red should have been a sign, in fact if it could have gone any further round it would have been back at zero!

Pulling over was the answer and then loads of phone calls later we got the RAC out, this was £129.50 well spent! We had breakdown cover with our insurance but as we didn’t have the details with us nobody could help.

A trip to a garage in Dorchester confirmed the problem as the radiator. No replacement available until Monday and no courtesy car available until Monday either. Bugger!

We drove home and are still here, needless to say there will be no live coverage from the 8-ball Super Tour this weekend. We do apologise if this has cause anyone any inconvenience but it is unfortunately something we cannot help.

Hopefully we will be fighting fit next week so we can return to action.

Again our apologies.

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Blackball Pool in the Isle of Man

September 25, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

It is very nearly upon me, for the second year in a row I will be making the journey to the Irish sea where I will find the Isle of Man.

Last year the Villa Marina venue, in Douglas, hosted the Isle of Man Festival of Pool, this year it goes one better with the EBA European Blackball Championships being hosted in the magnificently refurbished venue.

Watch our short promo video here to get a feel for the place: European Blackball Championships 2009.

Last year we simply provided a basic live stream, this year will be so much better with much more interaction with our viewers. It is planned to shoot and edit a number of short ‘diary’ videos to be uploaded each day, so if you miss the live stream you can still catch up with some of the action. In addition, there will be multiple camera’s, live scoring, commentary and also competitions. Look out for the Cuesport TV promo girl, Emma, who will be doing the rounds selling subscriptions and competition entries.

The first day will be completely free to watch, subsequent days will only be available as part of a Cuesport TV subscription, due to the contract with Sky Sports we do not know until the actual day whether we will be able to stream the finals live, we hope we can!

Look out for a special subscription promotion as well which will tie in with the work Emma is doing for us.

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8 Ball Super Tour – Sunday’s Draw and Results…

September 6, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

The draw and results for the last 32 onwards will be updated here throughout the rest of the day.

You can still watch the tournament at http://www.cuesport.tv

Last 32

1) Neil Raybone 8 v 7 Steve Petty
2) Joe O’Connor 3 v 8 Avi Singh
3) Anthony Doble 8 v 6 Dan Darlington
4) Mike Day 6 v 8 Nicky Scott
5) Dave Williams 8 v 2 Clint I’Anson
6) Jason Bates 6 v 8 Carl Morris
7) Ben Flack 8 v 4 Alex O’Donoghue
8) Harry Hayman 4 v 8 Ronan McCarthy
9) Ian Crosbie 3 v 8 Rob Chilton
10) Darren Jeffery 5 v 8 Carl Rowe
11) Tem Dixon 8 v 5 Jamie Graham
12) Chris McGee 4 v 8 Craig Marsh
13) Tom Cousins 8 v 7 Karl Sutton
14) Jordan Shepherd 8 v 1 Ben Swinnerton
15) Tony Joannou 7 v 8 Richard Cradduck
16) Kyle Edwards 8 v 6 Phil Harrison

Last 16

1) Avi Singh 5 v 8 Neil Raybone
2) Anthony Doble 8 v 6 Nicky Scott
3) Dave Williams 3 v 8 Carl Morris
4) Ben Flack 4 v 8 Ronan McCarthy
5) Rob Chilton 6 v 8 Carl Rowe
6) Tem Dixon 6 v 8 Craig Marsh
7) Tom Cousins 7 v 8 Jordan Shepherd
8) Kyle Edwards 5 v 8 Richard Cradduck

Quarter Finals

1) Neil Raybone 8 v 5 Anthony Doble
2) Carl Morris 7 v 8 Ronan McCarthy
3) Carl Rowe 4 v 8 Craig Marsh
4) Jordan Shepherd 8 v 5 Richard Cradduck

Semi Finals

1) Neil Raybone 3 v 8 Ronan McCarthy
2) Craig Marsh 8 v 4 Jordan Shepherd

Final

1) Ronan McCarthy 6 v 8 Craig Marsh

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8 Ball Super Tour – 2nd Round Results

September 6, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

Watch live at Cuesport TV

Top Half

Neil Raybone 8 v 2 Neil Ford
Steve Petty 8 v 3 Mark Burr
Tom Courtney 7 v 8 Joe O’Connor
Katie Henrick 4 v 8 Avi Singh
Anthony Doble 8 v 4 James Gibson
Dan Darlington w/o v BYE
Josh Corkett 5 v 8 Mike Day
Nicky Scott 8 v 6 Simon Doyle
Simon Ward 6 v 8 Dave Williams
Clint I’Anson 8 v 5 Partab Singh
Dan Davy 1 v 8 Jason Bates
Scott Smith 7 v 8 Carl Morris
Ben Flack 8 v 4 Micky Lambert
Alex O’Donoughue 8 v 7 John Roe
Harry Hayman 8 v 6 Darren Hollobone
Ben Fortey 4 v 8 Ronan McCarthy

Bottom Half

Chris Melling 4 v 8 Ian Crosbie
Vinny Allen 5 v 8 Rob Chilton
Jez Graham 3 v 8 Darren Jeffery
Carl Rowe 8 v 7 Adam Davis
Gareth Hibbott 6 v 8 Tem Dixon
Nicky Griffiths 5 v 8 Jamie Graham
Danny Quartermaine 3 v 8 Chris McGee
John Sullivan 2 v 8 Craig Marsh
Tom Cousins 8 v 4 Ben Holley
Karl Sutton 8 v 7 Jack Whelan
Jordan Sheperd 8 v 1 Steve Crosbie
Ben Swinnerton 8 v 4 Darren Begley
Tony Joannou 8 v 4 Ben Francis
Rob Butterworth 6 v 8 Richard Cradduck
Andy O’Hara 4 v 8 Kyle Edwards
Darren Stickley 5 v 8 Phil Harrison

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