This is the thread on which you should make your predictions on the first round (Round Robin) of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix.
Please note the Rules (http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1084.html).
The deadline is the scheduled start of play, which is 11:45a.m. BST on Saturday 21 October 2006.
IMPORTANT NOTES CONCERNING THIS ROUND’S PREDICTIONS
Please take a few moments to read the following requirements for the layout of your post FOR THIS ROUND ONLY, which is necessary to prevent the posts from being exceptionally long.
For each group, the players are given code numbers, from 1 to 6.
Alongside player №1’s name, you should predict his match against №s 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in that order, after the colon provided. Player 1’s predicted score should be given first in each fixture.
Alongside player 2’s name, you should predict his match against №s 3, 4, 5 and 6 in that order.
And so on, down to № 5. Player 6 will not have any predictions alongside his name.
Remember, you can press “QUOTE” at the bottom of this post, and then the draw as I have typed it will appear in your message box. You can then delete all this introductory blurb (and the [/QUOTE] code at the end) and just add your scores in.
Here is the start of a sample prediction post. The red type denotes the entry the Predictor has made (you do not need to use red type):
In this example, John Higgins is predicted to win every match except against №3. Barry Hawkins is predicted to win every match except against №1 (which appears in John Higgins’s row) and №5.
At the end of each group, predict the group winner.
At the end of the entire post, predict the overall highest break of all 120 matches.
By the way, you do not have to do the maths based on your predictions to work out the predicted group winner – you can predict ANY player as group winner even if your match predictions suggest otherwise.
Scoring is: Correct winner and scoreline, 1 point. Correct winner, wrong scoreline, ½ point.
A bonus point will be given for each group winner correctly predicted, and, as usual, for the correct highest break.
Here is the draw: Remember, best-of-5, FIRST TO THREE
GROUP A
№1 John Higgins: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Barry Hawkins: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 James Wattana: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Alan McManus: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Issara Kachaiwong: v. №6: .
№6 Dominic Dale.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP B
№1 Shaun Murphy: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Ali Carter: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Ryan Day: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Mark King: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Michael Judge: v. №6: .
№6 Jamie Jones.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP C
№1 Ronnie O’Sullivan: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Steve Davis: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Marco Fu: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Michael Holt: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Jamie Cope: v. №6: .
№6 David Roe.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP D
№1 Ken Doherty: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Neil Robertson: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Joe Swail: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Nigel Bond: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Judd Trump: v. №6: .
№6 Paul S. Davison.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP E
№1 Stephen Hendry: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Matthew Stevens: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Mark Selby: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Andy Hicks: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Liang Wenbo: v. №6: .
№6 Fergal O’Brien.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP F
№1 Mark J. Williams: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Stephen Lee: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Stuart Bingham: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Ian McCulloch: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Robin Hull: v. №6: .
№6 Gerard Greene.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP G
№1 Peter Ebdon: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Anthony Hamilton: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Robert Milkins: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 David Gray: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Ben Woollaston: v. №6: .
№6 Tom Ford.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP H
№1 Graeme Dott: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Stephen Maguire: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Joe Perry: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Ding Junhui: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Mark Allen: v. №6: .
№6 Andrew Norman.
Predicted group winner:
Finally, please predict the overall highest break of the above matches:
Please note the Rules (http://www.thesnookerforum.com/showthread-t_1084.html).
The deadline is the scheduled start of play, which is 11:45a.m. BST on Saturday 21 October 2006.
IMPORTANT NOTES CONCERNING THIS ROUND’S PREDICTIONS
Please take a few moments to read the following requirements for the layout of your post FOR THIS ROUND ONLY, which is necessary to prevent the posts from being exceptionally long.
For each group, the players are given code numbers, from 1 to 6.
Alongside player №1’s name, you should predict his match against №s 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in that order, after the colon provided. Player 1’s predicted score should be given first in each fixture.
Alongside player 2’s name, you should predict his match against №s 3, 4, 5 and 6 in that order.
And so on, down to № 5. Player 6 will not have any predictions alongside his name.
Remember, you can press “QUOTE” at the bottom of this post, and then the draw as I have typed it will appear in your message box. You can then delete all this introductory blurb (and the [/QUOTE] code at the end) and just add your scores in.
Here is the start of a sample prediction post. The red type denotes the entry the Predictor has made (you do not need to use red type):
№1 John Higgins: v. №2: 3-0, v. №3: 1-3, v. №4: 3-0, v. №5: 3-1, v. №6: 3-2.
№2 Barry Hawkins: v. №3: 3-1, v. №4: 3-2, v. №5: 1-3, v. №6: 3-0.
№2 Barry Hawkins: v. №3: 3-1, v. №4: 3-2, v. №5: 1-3, v. №6: 3-0.
At the end of each group, predict the group winner.
At the end of the entire post, predict the overall highest break of all 120 matches.
By the way, you do not have to do the maths based on your predictions to work out the predicted group winner – you can predict ANY player as group winner even if your match predictions suggest otherwise.
Scoring is: Correct winner and scoreline, 1 point. Correct winner, wrong scoreline, ½ point.
A bonus point will be given for each group winner correctly predicted, and, as usual, for the correct highest break.
Here is the draw: Remember, best-of-5, FIRST TO THREE
GROUP A
№1 John Higgins: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Barry Hawkins: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 James Wattana: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Alan McManus: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Issara Kachaiwong: v. №6: .
№6 Dominic Dale.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP B
№1 Shaun Murphy: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Ali Carter: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Ryan Day: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Mark King: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Michael Judge: v. №6: .
№6 Jamie Jones.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP C
№1 Ronnie O’Sullivan: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Steve Davis: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Marco Fu: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Michael Holt: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Jamie Cope: v. №6: .
№6 David Roe.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP D
№1 Ken Doherty: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Neil Robertson: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Joe Swail: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Nigel Bond: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Judd Trump: v. №6: .
№6 Paul S. Davison.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP E
№1 Stephen Hendry: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Matthew Stevens: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Mark Selby: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Andy Hicks: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Liang Wenbo: v. №6: .
№6 Fergal O’Brien.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP F
№1 Mark J. Williams: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Stephen Lee: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Stuart Bingham: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Ian McCulloch: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Robin Hull: v. №6: .
№6 Gerard Greene.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP G
№1 Peter Ebdon: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Anthony Hamilton: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Robert Milkins: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 David Gray: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Ben Woollaston: v. №6: .
№6 Tom Ford.
Predicted group winner:
GROUP H
№1 Graeme Dott: v. №2: , v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№2 Stephen Maguire: v. №3: , v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№3 Joe Perry: v. №4: , v. №5: , v. №6: .
№4 Ding Junhui: v. №5: , v. №6: .
№5 Mark Allen: v. №6: .
№6 Andrew Norman.
Predicted group winner:
Finally, please predict the overall highest break of the above matches:
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