2008/2009 Calendar

[crucible77]

I seriously hope they stop doing group phases in Grand Prix and Malta Cup. Most games are boring and with no passion/emotion whatsoever.

Why??? I like them for the grand prix as they give more players a chance and you get to see younger and lower ranked players but i do agree some matches do become dead....and for the malta cup well thats just a knock about without any real importance...

Got to have a bit of variety in the game....

[João]

Why??? I like them for the grand prix as they give more players a chance and you get to see younger and lower ranked players but i do agree some matches do become dead....and for the malta cup well thats just a knock about without any real importance...

Got to have a bit of variety in the game....

Because there's nothing like the emotion of a knocl-out stage.

But also, there are alot of matches that don't really count for anything since it always happens that one player is already through and the other doesn't have the chance of going through. Also remember a few top players criticising it last year.

[crucible77]

Because there's nothing like the emotion of a knocl-out stage.

But also, there are alot of matches that don't really count for anything since it always happens that one player is already through and the other doesn't have the chance of going through. Also remember a few top players criticising it last year.

I do agree that some pointless matches are a bit dull. However the only players that critisised it were the ones that got knocked out in the groups...and if every tournament was just a straight 32 player knockout it would get a bit boring...for the worlds and uk and a couple of others its good but as i said snooker needs a VARIETY of tournaments to keep lots of people interested

Cheers
C77:snooker:

Also heres what the has been announced on the world snooker website

August - 2008
Northern Ireland Trophy qualifying
15th - 17th, Pontin's Prestatyn
Northern Ireland Trophy
24th - 31st, The Waterfront Hall, Belfast

September - 2008
Shanghai Masters qualifying
2nd - 5th, Pontin's Prestatyn
Royal London Watches Grand Prix qualifiers
22nd - 25th, Pontin's Prestatyn
Shanghai Masters
29th September - 5th October, Shanghai Grand Stage

October - 2008
Royal London Watches Grand Prix
11th - 19th, Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre, Glasgow

November - 2008
SAGA Insurance Masters qualifiers
14th - 19th, World Snooker Academy, English Institute of Sport, Sheffield

December - 2008
Maplin UK Championship qualifiers
1st - 8th, English Institute of Sport - Sheffield
Maplin UK Championship
13th - 21st, Telford International Centre

January - 2009
SAGA Insurance Masters
11th - 18th, TBC
China Open qualifiers
21st - 24th, Pontin's Prestatyn

February - 2009
Welsh Open qualifiers
3rd - 6th, Pontin's Prestatyn
Welsh Open
16th - 22nd, The Newport Centre
888.com World Snooker Championship qualifiers
25th February - 5th March, English Institute of Sport - Sheffield

March - 2009
888.com World Snooker Championship qualifiers
7th - 10th, English Institute of Sport - Sheffield
China Open
16th - 16th, TBC

April - 2009
888.com World Snooker Championship
18th April - 4th May, The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield

[hegeland]

The Grand Prix will be staged in Glasgow, at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.

Good news for me, I will most probably attend the semis and final.

[dannyd0g]

The Grand Prix will be staged in Glasgow, at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.

Good news for me, I will most probably attend the semis and final.

I see Worldsnooker.com neglected to confirm whether it will be knoock out or round robin. Anyone heard for certain anywhere yet ?

[crucible77]

Well the tournaments only lasts 8 days so i presume it will be a knockout be i havent heard it certain anywhere

[kellie-text]

The Grand Prix will be staged in Glasgow, at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre.

Good news for me, I will most probably attend the semis and final.

See you there Hegeland - I'll be there for the final weekend!

[hegeland]

Great! .........

[kellie-text]

Ive booked my B & B for Glasgow, yippee!

[bjornlorange]

I am comparing this year's calendar with the 07/08-edition, and find that the Pot Black is missing this season. Does anyone know if it has been cancelled and if so; why?

[SD147]

I see Worldsnooker.com neglected to confirm whether it will be knoock out or round robin. Anyone heard for certain anywhere yet ?

Lets hope it's a regular knock out tournament this year as to avoid any dubious results!

[dannyd0g]

Lets hope it's a regular knock out tournament this year as to avoid any dubious results!

Personally i think the round robins are fairer and avoid dubious results better than knock outs. In any case, its already been announced they are trying a random draw format this year. So presumably it must have gone back to knockouts.

[crucible77]

I think there should be 1 tournament with round robins, 1 with a random draw, and the rest with a straight 32 knock out.

[jedicho]

If anyone's interested I have made a printer-friendly version of the 08-09 calendar. I have only put the main snooker tournaments, using info from the WSA website.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/7lliku

[fatman]

Does anybody know what date the Draw for the Crucible matches will take place?