Hey Ref, get out of my way!

[Semih_Sayginer]

Has happened a couple of times today where ROS (who is playing well) has had a bit of traffic, in the form of the referee.

[Black_cat]

At least he didn't offer him outside , poor Camilleri, looked totally ashamed when they had that exchange at the end of the session.

[Semih_Sayginer]

in fairness to ROS, IMHO he was correct to say it, but TC seemed to forget again after being told, and then ROS looked disgusted. TC never forgot after that, then ROS had a friendly chat about it at the end of session. fair play, as it looked friendly enough at the end.

still funny though

[April madness]

At least he didn't offer him outside , poor Camilleri, looked totally ashamed when they had that exchange at the end of the session.

lol. what next, traffic rules around the snooker table? Rear view mirrors for referees

[Black_cat]

Thank you, Sem, for the details. Yes, it all seemed polite and reasonable.
Yes, traffic rules, player always has priority over ref when the latter is respotting. Those who break the rule get points in their refs' licenses.
And isssuing speeding tickets. For...well...speeding!

[dannyd0g]

Shame Alex Higgins didnt have such amicable relationships with the refs.

When he once asked one of them to move out of the line of his shot, the ref refused !

[The Statman]

Thing is, if the referee waits for the player to pass by – particularly someone playing as quickly as Ronnie sometimes does – he will then complain that when he's down on his shot, he has to wait too long before the referee's finished spotting the ball!

I think in most cases the referee does yield to the players, unless he needs assistance putting the long rests away or whatever.

[Semih_Sayginer]

exactly Statsy, the ref usually gives the player the right of way, but in speedy players it can have a knock on effect WRT their next shot, but in most cases, even with speedy players, theres just enough time, or more for the respot, though it can be close

[poolqjunkie]

That is funny. Can I player complain about a ref sharking him?

I remember I was asked to ref a match once, my first time, and it was actually a tough job. I did not realize it until then. Overall, the ref are very professional and doing a heck of a job.

[dantuck_7]

Yep, Ronnie just wanted to stay in a good rythym and have an early look at the the next shot without walking around the ref. You can understand it when he's playing well.

[cueman]

I think Ronnie was being slightly pedantic over the whole ref in the way situation. I mean does it matter that much that the ref has to wait until Ronnie has moved around to where the cueball lands. I've never seen Ronnie do that until today and I cannot imagine him doing that to say Jan Verhaas or Alan Chamberlain.

As it was Terry Camalery (sp), I think he was trying to intimidate him and it seemed Ronnie was just out to be a bit of a **** today. Even when the cameraman came up to him after winning one of the frames Ronnie had to make a big deal out of it instead of just ignoring it as all the other players do.
And he wonders why people don't like him, well he only has to look at a replay of the match to see why.

[fudgeflaps]

At least he didn't offer him outside , poor Camilleri, looked totally ashamed when they had that exchange at the end of the session.

Would it be possible for any of you to elaborate on this?

The above seems to have passed me by.

[cueman]

The ref today got told by Ronnie to not retrieve the ball out of the pocket until Ronnie had walked around to that side first. Basically Ronnie didn't want to walk around the ref or wait for the ref to spot the ball as he was being a ****. Sorry but anyone who thinks Ronnie was in the right knows nothing about the etiquette of the game.

[Billy]

Shame Alex Higgins didnt have such amicable relationships with the refs.

When he once asked one of them to move out of the line of his shot, the ref refused !

Difference being that the referee wasn't actually in his line of shot, which is why he refused to move. It was Alex just being Alex.

[coach del]

ref out of my way

must have fielded thousand of balls for ronnie .no traffic prob just let him have table never get between player and table golden rule .