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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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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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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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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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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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
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
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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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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The complete first round draw and results are below you can watch the tournament live here:
Cuesport TV - LIVE
Top Half
Neil Raybone 8 v 4 Dan Bishop
Neil Ford w/o v 0 Sunny Bale
Vikas 0 v w/o Steve Petty
Mark Burr w/o v 0 BYE
Neil Walsh 6 v 8 Tom Courtney
Joe O’Connor 8 v 2 Harry Irwin
Katie Henrick 8 v 1 Mike Miller
Avi Singh 8 v 1 Ben Davies
Anthony Doble 8 v 2 Craig Bennett
Gary Martin 2 v 8 James Gibson
BYE v BYE
Mick Hill 0 v w/o Dan Darlington
Josh Corkett w/o v BYE
Mike Day 8 v 7 Phil Hoskins
Steve Long 0 v w/o Nicky Scott
Simon Doyle w/o v 0 Lee Clough
Simond Ward 8 v 5 Carl Fitzsimon
Ben Mackie 5 v 8 Dave Williams
Clint I’Anson 8 v 4 Andy Canning
Pete Hendes 3 v 8 Partab Singh
Dan Davy w/o v 0 Mark Farnsworth
Phil Naylor 7 v 8 Jason Bates
Scott Smith w/o v BYE
Carl Morris 8 v 4 Mark Grant
Ben Flack 8 v 4 Emma Cunningham
Mickey Lambert 8 v 4 Max Nosko
Alex O’Donoghue 8 v 4 Dave Goodwin
John Roe 8 v 3 Scott Baldock
Daryl Lovegrove 0 v w/o Harry Hayman
Daz Hollobone w/o v 0 Mark Curnow
Ben Fortey w/o v BYE
Ronan McCarthy 8 v 6 Oly Bale
Bottom Half
Chris Melling y v John Sullivan
Ian Crosbie 8 v 4 Kye Overton
Vinny Allen 8 v 7 Neil Briton
Rob Chilton w/o v 0 Kieran Hawkins
Jez Graham (Pepsi) 8 v 6 Martin Ray
Darren Jeffery w/o v 0 BYE
Rich Wharton 7 v 8 Carl Rowe
Adam Davies 8 v 4 Harjeet Singh
Gareth Hibbott 8 v 4 Neil Toms
Tem Dixon 8 v 5 Neil Davey
Nicky Griffiths w/o v 0 Josh Bostock
Jamie Graham w/o v BYE
Danny Quartermaine w/o v 0 Matt Bull
Chris McGee w/0 v BYE
Ed Rumsey v John Sullivan
Danny Rosswarne v Craig Marsh
Tom Cousins v Tom Ford
Ben Holley w/o v 0 Stephen Harris
Karl Sutton 8 v 0 Silas Antoni
Nicky Dodds v Jack Whelan
Jamie Ross v Jordan Shepherd
Steve Crosbie v Lawrence Beech
Ben Swinnerton w/o v BYE
Steve O’Connor v Darren Begley
Steve Munroe v Tony Joannon
Ben Clark v Ben Francis
Rob Butterworth v Lee Thacker
Richard Cradduck v Keith Brewer
Arfan dad v Andy O’Hara
Kyle Edwards w/o v BYE
Darren Stickley v Ken Edwards
Phil Harrison w/o v BYE
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The last two weekends I have made the trip to Club 147 in Leicester. Probably the best pool club in the country with a management team fit for promoting pool and with it their own business.
Both weekends featured live broadcasts, the first on Cuesport TV and the second on new channel American Pool TV.
On both occassions I was on hand, with my wife, to broadcast two different challenge match evenings. This is something we have been banging on about in the UK for some time. We have, without doubt, got the best pool players in the world at this time. It was great to see both Darkside Promotions and Tonic Promotions creating these nights of entertainment.
There was a lot of similarity between the two promotions, the undercard matches were 9-ball featuring players from the lower ranks in the UK and the feature matches were both 10-ball.
I think the real success here in my eyes is that finally we produced a stream of quality, as ever there is work to do to improve, but the response from viewers has been excellent.
10-ball does seem to drag on a bit though, 3am and 5am finishes, I kid you not.
There needs to be more of these events but we as a company need to further promote the events long in advance. I would also say that there is a call to shorten the races.
The matches from both of the events mentioned will all be available on the channel shortly so keep checking back.
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At the weekend (1st/2nd August) I travelled out to Keynsham Snooker Centre for the first event in this years 8-Ball Super Tour.
This World Rules 8-Ball tour carries a huge £48,000 in prize money across the four events and as a result has pulled in all the best players in the land.
It was also going to be a test for us at Cuesport TV.
We had not had a full two-day weekend live event since we launched the subscriptions and were not sure what the response would be like, it turned out to be an excellent response. We have never ever believed that all of our 22,000 monthly viewers would pay, however, in order to drive the business forward in a tough climate it was better to take less viewers that appreciated the product enough to pay.
This happened and so a big thanks to all of the viewers that did support us this weekend.
On a side note Carl Morris beat Ronan McCarthy 8-6 to lift the title and £2700.00 first prize.
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