Malta Cup Qualifiers – Results and Discussions

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Malta Cup Qualifiers start today. Some big names will be in action in the next few days. This is the thread to post results and discussions.

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The 1st round matches have started. Live scoring is available on worldsnooker and GSC.

http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk.../06-7Malta.htm

[Alex0paul]

Good to see Dene O'Kane has finally started his season. However he is losing 3-1 to Ian Preece

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Issara Kachaiwong carries on his good form and is leading 4-0 against Lee Spick.

[dannyd0g]

Issara Kachaiwong carries on his good form and is leading 4-0 against Lee Spick.

Unfortunate for Drago and his fans that he will be the next opponent !

But is good to see stong new players getting good results.

[ariososi]

Issara Kachaiwong carries on his good form and is leading 4-0 against Lee Spick.

Good thing. He deserves it after his disappointing so called loss in the Round Robin of the Grand Prix. I think the Round Robin format is an exciting format, but what happened to Issara Kachaiwong seems to me THE (probably only?) disadvantage of that format.

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He was very unlucky in the Grand Prix. I saw him play on TV and I was very impressed. Good prospect. However Lee Spick is fighting back and it looks like it will be 4-2.

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Issara Kachaiwong carries on his good form and is leading 4-0 against Lee Spick.

We spoke too early. Lee Spick made a great come back and won 5-4.

[gavhay]

wow, what a comeback from Spick, 4-0 down and wins 5-4, fair play

[ariososi]

Well done, Lee Spick. But I feel sorry for Issara Kachaiwong. What happened? Did he lose it (playing poorly)? Of did Lee Spick win it (playing superbly)?

[ariososi]

Anyway, Lee Spick has to dig deep in his wallet now, becaus he has to pay for travel to and lodging in Malta! I hope he won't have to sell his colour TV to be able to do so...

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Well done, Lee Spick. But I feel sorry for Issara Kachaiwong. What happened? Did he lose it (playing poorly)? Of did Lee Spick win it (playing superbly)?

It's hard to say how they played. We can only look at the frame scores.

Anyway, Lee Spick has to dig deep in his wallet now, becaus he has to pay for travel to and lodging in Malta! I hope he won't have to sell his colour TV to be able to do so...

This is interesting. If a player goes to an overseas tournament, who pays for the travel cost? It's a bit unfair that the players have to pay for their own travel IMO.

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First 8 matches results:

Lee Spick 5-4 Issara Kachaiwong
59(34)-66 (respot), 36-79(46), 0-73(39), 0-86(64), 74(49)-13, 57(50)-10, 77(63)-0, 62(34)-38, 63(38)-37

Tian Pengfei 5-4 Dermot McGlinchey
62-44, 27-73(62), 56(56)-64(38), 51-33, 44-60, 12-69(39), 83-56(52), 95(91)-1, 62(31)-56(48)

Andrew Higginson 5-2 Jamie Jones
94(85)-1, 66(49)-0, 12-68(49), 93(65)-0, 0-79(58), 71-9, 106(75)-0

Paul Wyes 5-2 Roy Stolk
7-70, 69(55)-5, 118(64)-0, 55-62, 66-15, 84(55)-0, 67-42

Liu Song 2-5 Mohamed Shehab
47-57(37), 53(52)-65(44), 34(33)-66(42), 47-66, 75(68)-15, 67-47(47), 29-57

Ian Preece 5-3 Dene O'Kane
1-88(43), 68-18, 118(75)-3, 64(40)-6, 76(63)-2, 26-75(44), 34-70, 80(34,30)-6

Liang Wenbo 5-2 James Leadbetter
74(74)-50, 93(35)-36, 0-132(90), 1-68(68), 80(80)-12, 65-44, 67-45

Matthew Couch 4-5 Peter Lines
62-32, 20-74(65), 82(54)-35, 37(37)-63, 55-30, 67(38)-76, 8-66(41), 74-44(44), 36-69

[ariososi]

This is interesting. If a player goes to an overseas tournament, who pays for the travel cost? It's a bit unfair that the players have to pay for their own travel IMO.

I reckon they have to pay for it themselves. I think it's 'part of the game'. They have an income (i.e. price-money, exhibitions etc.) and they have to use that to pay whatever is necessary to do their work. For the top-players that will be no problem I think, but for lower ranked players who don't earn much from snooker, like Lee Spick, it can be a problem I guess. I don't think that in this case the fact that they decided to hold the Round Two/Tony Drago-match in (on) Malta will make any difference. Or will it?

[ariososi]

What happened to Roy Stolk? He actually managed to win two frames! Not a single break over 30 though...

Edit: C'MON ROY! Keep the Dutch Hope alive!!