On The Baize - Podcasts

 

 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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 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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 Pool World Round-up [13:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Dennis Orcullo of the Philippines beat Ralf Souquet to lift the Predator International 10-ball title. The two semi-finals, that also included Orcullo’s countrymen, Kiamco and Pagulayan, along with the final were recorded for later TV distribution.

Unfortunately it will not be available in the UK, as far as I am aware. I have already seen the schedule over in Asia on ESPN Star Sports and assume it will also feature on ESPN in North America.

For more information: http://www.predator10ball.com

The German Open Eurotour event started yesterday with 16 British players involved in the event including Daryl Peach, Darren Appleton, Imran Majid and Karl Boyes. Very possible we could lift yet another title!

For further information, results and live streaming: http://www.eurotouronline.eu

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 Podcast #011: Lee Rigby Interview... [23:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

At the recent GB9 Southern Masters, Pete Williams got an extended interview with the GB 9 Ball Tour Chairman Lee Rigby, you can listen to this by hitting the play button above now. This podcast is also available on iTunes (click the button to the right).

In this interview Lee talks about the problems the tour faces and how much work goes into running a professional 9-ball pool tour on the scale of the GB9 Tour.

Also mentioned are the results from the tournament last weekend, of which CueSport TV recorded 14 matches (the first three are already available for viewing, with more to come over the following weeks).

This week also see’s the return of the Eurotour with many British players participating in this for the all-important ranking points on offer, at the time of writing Daryl Peach, Darren Appleton, Imran Majid and Craig Osborne were still in the three day tournament.

Further Information:

GB 9 Ball Tour

Eurotour

CueSport TV

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 The GB9 Southern Masters Preview Show [22:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

This edition of On The Baize focuses on this weekend’s GB9 Southern Masters from Rileys in Croydon. I make an attempt to predict the winners of all three events once again, last time I failed miserably so will be looking to redeem myself.

One of the biggest bits of news is that Pro Cup number 1 Darren Appleton will not be playing as he is in the USA.

Angela brings news of the events of the coming week including live streaming of the Pro Players Championship from Valley Forge in the USA.

AZBilliards are offering live coverage of the event here:

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 Podcast #09: Agipi Billiard Masters & Mark Gray interview... [14:36m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Edition number 9, not 10 like I state in the actual audio - d’oh! This one features a news round up including the Agipi Billiard Masters and the recent World Snooker Championships Draw.

A little bit of discussion over the key matches so please let me know your own opinions, if you want to see the full draw it is available here: World Snooker Draw.

New Feature: What’s On, Ange Williams leads us into the week ahead in cue sports with four of the upcoming events that can be accessed online or via TV. The links that she reads out on the podcast are as follows:

www.agipibilliardmasters.com

www.riversidepoolclub.co.uk

www.azbilliards.com

www.gb9balltour.com

www.cuesport.tv

Finally the podcast is rounded off with a short interview clip of former European 9-ball number 1 Mark Gray who talks to our reporter Richard Wood in Mansfield last year. Mark talks about the doors that have been opened by playing on the Eurotour.

Please post your comments below on any of the features from this weeks podcast.

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