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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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 Happy New Year and Thank You [10:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Firstly, A massive thank you for your support of Cuesport TV and On the Baize throughout 2009. It was a big year for us and without you listening, watching, rating, downloading and reviewing there would be no Cuesport TV.

2010 will be even bigger with some huge plans in the pipeline for some great content and interesting ideas. The first will be a move to a video podcast on this website (we will still release an audio version as well for those that enjoy listening rather than watching).

Facebook Fanpage Challenge

This is something really important to us, we want to have 1000 fans signed up to our Facebook Fanpage by 31st January 2010.

If we reach this number then we will donate £100 to the Paul Hunter Foundation - in addition one of these fans will be drawn at random on 1st February to receive a £50 Voucher for BilliardsBoutique.com

Please help us reach 1000 fans by joining the page and telling your friends.

> Cuesport TV on Facebook

Live Events in January

16th Jan - Gareth Potts v Oly Bale (£10,000 per man 8 ball challenge match) Live on subscription from £2.95 only at Cuesport TV.

28th Jan - In the Frame magazine show 7pm - first ever edition of this new 1/2 hour magazine style show.

What else is happening?

• Masters Snooker
• Welsh Open Snooker
• Derby City Classic
• Berkshire Blackball Open
• Championship League snooker

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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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 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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 McInnes Lands Legends Title Two [15:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Ross McInnes who was playing on a minus 1 handicap throughout the tournament came through undefeated to lift the Legends Tour event in Leicester last weekend. His opponent in the final was John Day.

Raj Hundal v Ricardo Jones takes place on 20th June at 7pm British time and will be featured live on PPV over at Cuesport TV. Only £2.95 to buy the match on the day.

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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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 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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 Jayson Shaw Wins in Ireland [14:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Jayson Shaw lifted his first major title at the weekend beating Andy Lucas 10-4 in the final of the CueSport TV £50,000 Pool Series over in Dublin, Ireland.

Find out about all of the latest live events from CueSport TV over the coming weeks, especially an early heads up on the Raj Hundal v Ricardo Jones 10-ball Challenge match on June 20th. It is live on Pay-per-view for only £5 per ticket.

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 Higgins wins thrird world snooker title... [10:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

John Higgins won his third World Snooker title on Bank Holiday monday to lift him to the echelons of the greats, is he playing for the money or the accolade?

The CueSport TV £50,000 Pool Series returns this weekend live from Dublin, Ireland, watch the best Blackball action exclusively at CueSport TV over the 9th-10th May. Simon Ward will be looking to do the double after winning the first leg in the Isle of Man and Scott Ross (winner of the 2009 EBA World Blackball Masters Final) will also be looking to lift another title.

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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.

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