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They're just showing Dott v. Dale in the interval, and I notice that, apart from not televising one of the tables, it seems thay can't afford a marker to be employed on both tables!
Dott-Dale was on the untelevised table (I assume it was actually recorded simply because the O'Sullivan-Day match was over so quickly), and you can clearly see Alan Chamberlain's doofer which he uses to alter the scoreboard.
Which, as well as giving the referee an extra thing to concentrate on, means that the matches are not recorded. (I use 'recorded' in the technical sense that means that the marker has a sheet on which every single stroke is recorded on the match sheet.)
This does actually have some significance quite apart from the fact that the WSA must be on an economy drive. If the referee mis-calls the score, or mis-alters the scoreboard, and a few shots later the error comes to light, there is no way of reconciling the error and confirm which is right.
Seems very unusual for the latter stages of a ranking tournament.
Dott-Dale was on the untelevised table (I assume it was actually recorded simply because the O'Sullivan-Day match was over so quickly), and you can clearly see Alan Chamberlain's doofer which he uses to alter the scoreboard.
Which, as well as giving the referee an extra thing to concentrate on, means that the matches are not recorded. (I use 'recorded' in the technical sense that means that the marker has a sheet on which every single stroke is recorded on the match sheet.)
This does actually have some significance quite apart from the fact that the WSA must be on an economy drive. If the referee mis-calls the score, or mis-alters the scoreboard, and a few shots later the error comes to light, there is no way of reconciling the error and confirm which is right.
Seems very unusual for the latter stages of a ranking tournament.
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