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On our Travels

February 16, 2011 / The_Teach / 2 comments

Money Match TV 9 is on this weekend (19th Feb) – the 9th time we have done the trip up to Wakefield in Yorkshire. I am sure the city is amazing but I have only ever seen one road in, a hotel and a club when I have been up there and they have all been OK.

For some reason we are not getting major high profile matches on MMTV, not sure if the top players want to play for money when there are so many decent International tournament now. What this has done though is open the door for some of the ‘second tier’ – these are players that no doubt have talent, and the ability to win tournaments, but in some cases perform better in the longer, highly pressurised arena of Money Match TV.

Why this is I don’t know, but Money Matches seem to suit some players more than others. Just because we are not getting the so-called ‘top players’ doesn’t mean that the quality lacks. In fact, far from it, we have seen some amazingly close matches as the opponents in most cases have been very well matched.

Arfan Dad and Mike Gibney will both be going for 6 consecutive wins this weekend, Arfan is playing Adam Shaw who won a GB9 Challenge Cup event last year. Mike is playing a relative unknown on the 9-ball circuit in Rich Wharton.

I always feel like we have to remain impartial at Cuesport TV but it is clear to me that these matches will be relatively close. Both of the matches I have mentioned will be live online at Cuesport TV. For details on the other matches visit here.

What is Great about Yarmouth?

Well for one the amount of pool tournament held at the Vauxhall Holiday Park. For a number of years it has hosted EPA events and more recently the UPC (University Pool Council) 8-ball events have been held there. That is where we come in, from the 23rd-27th February Cuesport TV will be on site at the biggest event in University pool.

We are not advertising this as a live event simply because we have had issues with connection in the past, if it can be broadcast live it will be, if not we will do our usual recordings and broadcast later.

Anyway, that’s enough for now, join us if you can!

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University Pool 2011

February 2, 2011 / The_Teach / No comments

Off to Great Yarmouth again this month for the UPC BUCS 8-Ball Pool Championships.

Cuesport TV have covered this event for the last two years with recorded coverage, on both occasions the event was supposed be live but due to issues with the on site network this was not possible.

I will be trying everything possible this year to get this event some live coverage but if we can’t then the recorded videos will be made available as soon as possible after the event.

It is actually one of the better events for us as we have an unlimited supply of keen students wanting to get on the commentary mic, this however can be fraught with danger!

Last year we had a couple of students that got a bit ‘over-zealous’ with their use of the English language and a video file had to be taken down because of it. Hopefully nothing of this nature will occur this year!

If it is live then you can watch the action unfold from the 25th-27th February

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Thoughts on a Weekend in Yarmouth

March 4, 2010 / The_Teach / One comment

Well for the second year running we have covered the UPC-BUCS 8-ball pool championships. An event that this time around had just under 500 attendees. The best that the universities in the UK have to offer.

The standard of pool seems to have improved on last year especially in the singles. I must say a big well done to Warwick’s Jay Murphy here for his win over reigning champion Lee Morris in the final.

From my point of view, with the amount of events I have attended over the last two years, I would say that the tournaments promoted by the UPC are well organised, although I think the players in the singles would probably prefer longer matches. (Just an observation, time constraints are massive on an event of this size).

It was a good decision to move the UPC’s main event to Great Yarmouth at the Vauxhall Holiday Park, the park is well equipped for pool events, it already hosts EPA Inter-county, Interleague and other tournaments throughout the year. From what I understand the accommodation is also good value, although perhaps a little cold!

The only thing that seemed to be lacking in my opinion was provisions for food, unless you want fast food there is not a lot else available. It was a shame to see that the restaurant was closed all weekend as I feel it may have done some good trade. You then have to look at not only what the outlets are serving but also the price.

I understand business is about profit, but this has to be coupled with value. I don’t think any of the outlets particularly offered value. My eagle eye also spotted that with 500 people in the room the bar was rarely, if-at-all, busy. The main reason for this being the high beer prices, an average of about £3.40 per pint. Surely a good idea for the park to cut prices when they know students are around as town offers more choice and is far cheaper.

I don’t want to detract too much from the pool, the park does an excellent job of maintaining the tables which were lightning quick throughout the event. I did not hear one complaint about the quality of the tables, a rarity in pool tournament terms. In fact the majority of players I spoke to were singing the praises of the tables throughout.

Great Yarmouth as a town seems to have an excellent night life, and the town itself is far bigger than I actually thought, I imagine it is even better in the summer when it is somewhat warmer! Yarmouth must benefit greatly from pool tournaments as it brings an influx of people in off-season to spend money in bars. clubs and restaurants.

Roll on next year!

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