It has been a long time in the pipeline but tomorrow finally see’s us record the first edition of our new magazine show called ‘In the Frame’.
The 1/2 hour show, filmed in conjunction with Weymouth College Media School students, will feature news, interviews and competitions for fans of pool and snooker.
This edition will feature 2005 EUKPF Professional World Champion Ben Davies and top pool referee Mel Harley.
The show will be filmed between 1pm and 3pm tomorrow (28th Jan) at Snook’s in Weymouth.
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I have been contacted by somebody from the Scottish Blackball fraternity asking if I know of anyone that would want to play some money matches against Scotlands finest up in Glasgow.
Recently it has been clear to me (off the back of the Potts v Bale match) that Cuesport TV needs more high profile one-off matches.
This could be an opportunity for anyone so basically if you fancy testing your skills against some of Scotland’s best Blackball players and are prepared to play for high stakes then drop me a message. I will pass on your details.
This also goes for keeping us informed of any upcoming money-matches, we are interested to hear about each and every one of them.
English/UK Pool
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The poor maintenance of pool tables seems to be a recurring theme in the UK at the moment. On one hand Rileys (the largest pool table operator in Europe) have gained a table sponsorship deal from Coca-Cola that will see the American pool tables covered in red cloth emblazoned with the Coca-Cola logo.
You can read the details here: Cloth Colours Get Worse!
I don’t personally like playing on red cloth and I certainly don’t like playing on cloth with big logo’s emblazoned on it either. There are however two sides to this argument. Rileys would argue that gaining a sponsor means the tables will be maintained more regularly, a bonus to any player wanting to play on the American Pool Tables. What you have to remember is that American Pool (by this I mean the 9ft tables) is still a massive minority discipline in the UK. The majority of people using the tables in Rileys do so for fun and don’t even use the tables for the right reasons.
Would this be accepted in the USA? Probably not but then there are far more players playing the game that understand the game and have been educated in their use.
The only way table conditions for the ‘professional game’ (I use the term loosely) will be improved is if they are moved away from club venues - an expensive and difficult task logistically.
The other occurence I found on CueClubInternational (formerly UK8ball and I prefer that name!) under the thread Tour Tables and Sponsorship
I can kind of sympathise with the Rileys argument but for a genuine professional tour like the IPA claims to be this is unacceptable. Tables are brought into a venue for only 6 tournaments in the year and they cannot be maintained or even recovered for each event. I will not get into the sponsorship element of the post as what is done with sponsorship funds is of course at the discretion of the organisers.
Tables for a professional event should be recovered for every tournament, this happens in Professional American Pool and in Snooker. Snooker players would be first to complain about the standard of the table conditions and rightly so.
What is wrong with pool in the UK? I ask for your thoughts!
English/UK Pool
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We are live from The Academy in Basingstoke for the Legend’s Tour today.
Watch it live over at www.cuesport.tv - Hit the Live Events button to watch for free.
Have your say on the action via the comments on our blog.
English/UK Pool
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Well I will answer this question with Monday Night!
For us as a broadcaster it was our most successful live event yet. 1300 viewers converged on the video player to watch a mediocre (I am being fair with that comment) challenge match between John Kelly and Tony Halpin. Lots of money being played for, in fact £10,000 per man.
1300 is not a lot in the wider scheme of things, but when you add in that we only really advertised it with 2 hours notice on 4 message boards and couldn’t even get out an email it is quite amazing.
The channel will grow this year, because we have introduced multi-camera angles, live score graphics and live commentary all which add to the viewer experience.
But the biggest reason in my opinion is viewer-interaction, on Monday night we received over 200 comments on our blog whilst people were watching. This adds something to live broadcasting that you will never get with traditional TV and also gives a reason for a viewer to stay online.
Most surprisingly 92 people were still watching at 1:40am when the last 8-ball was potted.
Roll on the next live event I say!
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