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 On the Baize Moves to Video [6:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Welcome to the new look On the Baize. I say new look as we are now in video!

In this week’s edition Pete Williams from Cuesport TV talks about recent news from the World Snooker Championship Qualifiers, including wins for Steve Davis, Ken Doherty and Graeme Dott plus one major shock!

Also, GB9, the tour that Cuesport TV have supported since 2008 is back this weekend with its first ever live stream. This national 9-ball pool tour features the likes of Daryl Peach, Darren Appleton, Karl Boyes, Raj Hundal, Mark Gray and Imran Majid.

Further Information:

> Cuesport TV - to watch a version of this podcast in HD

> Cuesportnews.com - For the latest news from snooker and pool

> GB9BallTour.com - Keep up to date with this very exciting pool tour

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 John Higgins Confirms Snooker Top Spot [12:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Firstly a huge thank you to everyone that joined our the Cuesport TV Facebook Fanpage. We set the challenge of trying to reach 1000 fans by 31st January. I am pleased to say that we surpassed that target on January 31st.

What this means is that we will as promised donate £100 to the Paul Hunter Foundation (a video will be made to show us actually sending the money!). In addition Fabio Marcello of Italy won the £50 voucher for BilliardsBoutique.com.

Snooker

John Higgins has won the Welsh Open with a 9-4 win over last years champion, Ali Carter. The win puts Higgins 9505 points ahead of Ronnie O’Sullivan at the top of the provisional rankings. If he matches Ronnie’s result at the China Open in March then he will be confirmed as world number 1 before the World Championships start in April.

Cuesport TV

• First episode of ‘In the Frame’ has been shot and will be available to view mid-february.
• Tri-nations Blackball Tournament becomes five-nations, more details soon.
• Confirmed the University Pool Council 8-ball event as live at end of February
• Confirmed the EBA World Masters, live at end of April
• First full-length HD matches will be available starting this week with Chris Melling v James Kay

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 USA Defy Underdogs Tag in Mosconi Cup [8:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Well if Europe were favourite’s for this years 16th running of the Mosconi Cup someone forget to tell Team USA. A great performance from the US team meant they took a commanding 4-1 lead after the first session.

The only European player to pick up a point was the stalwart that is Ralf Souquet (ironically picked by USA captain Nick Varner for the last singles of the night).

Listen to the podcast for more information on last nights action.

Results:

• Team USA 6-4 Team Europe
• Archer/Hatch 6-5 Appleton/Feijen
• Shane van Boening 6-3 Mika Immonen
• Deuel/Dominguez 6-2 Souquet/Hohmann
• Oscar Dominguez 5-6 Ralf Souquet

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 Mosconi Cup 2009 Live [7:51m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Mosconi Cup returns this weekend (10th-13th December) and is live in the UK on Sky Sports Extra starting at 7pm on 10th December, Team Europe is captained by Alex Lely and is made up of a host of World Champions: Darren Appleton (making his debut for us Brits!), Niels Feijen, Mika Immonen, Ralf Souquet and Thorsten Hohmann.

On the Team USA side once again it is headed up by Nick Varner and his team is made of a lot of inexperienced Mosconi players in comparison to the European side. Shane Van Boening, Corey Deuel (returning to the side), Oscar Dominguez (rookie), Dennis Hatch (rookie) and stalwart Johnny Archer.

On paper I would say Team Europe all the way but on US soil the story could be different.

I will try and update as much as I can over the weekend.

Pukka Pies UK Championships

This tournament continues throughout the next four days culminating in the final on Sunday. Todays matches in the 1/4 finals are Ronnie O’Sullivan v Mark Selby and John Higgins v Liang Wenbo. Already in the semi’s are Stephen Maguire and Ding Junhui.

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 Kappa Women's World 9-Ball Championships 2009 [13:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this edition of On the Baize, Pete Williams discusses the Kappa Woemn’s World 9-Ball Championships which started yesterday. 64 of the best female players in the world are competing in this one, a tournament that in recent years has been dominated by Asian players.

You can find results and news related to the event here:

> Cuesportnews.com - WPA Kappa Womens World 9-ball Championships

Recently World Snooker announced a one-year sponsorship deal with Pukka Pies for the UK Championships. Although this is good news for snooker in terms of a new sponsor being found is it the right kind of sponsor for the long-term benefit of the game - please post your thoughts on this blog.

> Pukka PIes to Sponsor UK Championship Snooker

Cuesport TV have two live events coming up in November you will need to visit the channel for more details, but both are UK 8-ball pool events played to different rule sets. The first is 21st and 22nd November and kicks off at 12pm UK time.

> Cuesport TV

Finally the UK Championship qualifier start next week and are live on pay-per-view at 110sport.tv priced at £2.99 per session.

If you have any comments or thoughts about the content of this podcast then please post them below.

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 Podcast #027: Shanghai Masters Day Two - Seeded Players Fall [13:20m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Shanghai Masters started on MOnday of this week and it started off with the Wildcard rounds, most of the pro’s came through unscathed to reach the first round proper of this event.

However, the first round saw a number of ’shocks’ as seeded players fell at the first hurdle. Neil Robertson, Peter Ebdon and Mark Selby all lost their respective matches. In addition Stephen Maguire quite literally fell, in the shower! The damage he did to his shoulder is meant to be quite severe so he had to pull out gifting Barry Hawkins a match in round 2.

Results/News: Cuesportnews.com

Cuesport TV are live again this weekend, 12th Sept, at the 2009 Wytech Ladies Masters.

The second most prestigiopus ranking event in the Ladies calendar and Cuesport TV will be there for the whole day. Reanne Evans is looking to defend the title she won last year 3-2 against Katie Henrick.

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 Allen lifts Jiangsu Classic [11:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen has lifted his first professional title in four years as a professional. He picked up £20,000 after demolishing Ding Junhui 6-0 in the final.

More information here: http://www.worldsnooker.com

Cuesport TV return to live entertainment this weekend with the second addition of the Legend’s Tour. This over-45’s event features Ross McInnes, Pat O’Kane, Maltese Joe Barbera and Martin Rothwell. McInnes will be looking to make it two out of two this weekend in Leicester.

The event is completely free to watch at http://www.cuesport.tv - hit Live Events

Finally, Cuesport TV will be moving to a subscription based system from the 17th June, the first PPV match under the new system will be between Raj Hundal and Ricardo Jones. You can see further details at the following link: http://www.cuesport.tv/RajHitmanHundalvsRicardoIndianaJones-LivePPV

You will be able to buy the match for just £2.95.

Any comments about anything in this podcast please add them below, we want to hear your thoughts.

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 1/4 Final Preview... [5:50m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Get up-to-date with the latest World Snooker Championship news including a very interesting match between Jamie Cope and John Higgins that was shrouded in a bit of controversy.

You can watch the World Snooker Championship live on the BBC and BBC interactive right up until the final ball is potted on Monday night.

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 World Snooker Reaches Halfway Stage. [8:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The 2009 Betfred.com World Snooker Championships today reached the halfway stage. The biggest news thus far is that the reigning champion and World number 1, Ronnie O’Sullivan, has been eliminated by 16th seed Mark Allen.

Allen, a young ‘hot shot’ from Northern Ireland played magnificent snooker to defeat Ronnie for the first time. In the process he has booked himself a first World Championship 1/4 final match, a match that will be played against the ever improving Ryan Day.

Subscribe to this podcast to keep up-to-date with the latest pool and snooker news.

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 Podcast #014: World Snooker Championships... [12:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Get all of the first round results (except those not finished!) from the 2009 Betfred World Snooker Championships.

The action from the first round has been good with only a couple of shocks so far, the biggest, i my opinion is Nigel Bond’s 10-5 victory over recent China Open winner, Peter Ebdon.

Stay tuned for more updates. Podcasts now also available at CueSport TV

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