Monday...

Sorry couldn't think of a title for today...

What to put down now?
Not much to tell actually..

Thursday...
Weekly tournament in Riley's Barnsley.
22 people..
Not bad... Most since we've started the tournament..
They just knew that I was back from Ireland ;)
Loserside for me again... (And Riggers too!)
But the biggest achievement to me was winning against Adam..
Best of 1, but still.. I won the frame that was the most important...

Friday..
Went to play some pool...
After an hour or so we went to the final of something in English Pool that the lads (Nick, Karl, Mick, Daz, Tommo, Steve, Jase, Mark and so on) had to play..
They lost 4-2...
After that one back to Riley's for a round-robin..
Nobody won because some people suddenly had to leave..

Saturday...
Riggers took me out for dinner to the Chinese because that's really one of the things I really miss..
Food was ok... No way near like home or the chinese restaurants in Holland...
After that Lee played Nick a set in their race to a 100..
Tommo and Boby were there too playing each other and I played Caan (Nick's bro).
After their set we played a round robin again which Lee won.
Then back to the house, some tv and bed!!

Sunday...
Riley's again..
Watched Man U v Chelsea..
Lee was supporting Man U so just to annoy him I supported Chelsea..
1 all.. So no domestics there...
An hour of pool again... And then we went home for a nice quiet evening.

Looking a bit like my old life again..
Except for the working part...
But playing pool again almost every day..
Not as much as I used too...
But not as little as a month ago...

Looking good...
Feels like the feeling of playing is coming back again..
Just too bad that the don't have a team league here like we have in Holland..
Really miss my team mates!
And the players of Thurston..
My kids I used to call them.. Just because they couldn't arrange anything themselves!
But I don't miss solving all their s***.. But them as persons... :)
Thinking about importing them to the UK.. Haha

Cork 3....

Hi ya...

Back in one piece...
What to say about Cork?
It was different then what I'm normally used to...
But still ok...

The Venue
I was staying in The Silver Springs Hotel in Cork. Now I'm not there anymore I can tell everybody that I was staying in room 611 and not 403.. (That's Cookie's room!!!)
I had a good view as this was the room on the top floor on the far right... With a view at the Convention Center where the tournament was held.
20 tables in one big arena, 3 or 4 other tables were there to practice on but I think that there
weren't any lights above it...
But most important of all..... THE INTERNET TABLE!!!
That table was my responsibility...
You don't start a match until I say so.. You don't lag until I say so...
You don't use foul language or I'll hit you! ;)

I thought that the prices of drinks ans food were ok.. Something you'd expect from a hotel...
Only thing I wasn't happy about was that there wasn't any food in the center itself! Yeah they had Mars bars and more chocolate stuff.. And hotdogs..
But as I was working almost all day long, I didn't really have time to go to the hotel lounge/bar/restaurant to have my lunch, dinner, tea, supper or whatever...
And I wasn't allowed to bring it to the center either!!!

The Players and teams
For this being a world championships I had expected a bit more players and teams than I have seen here..
But seeing that this was the first...
Not a bad job done...
But... Before I get attacked by all the English pool experts...
This was my first event that took place on the small table so I don't have anything to compare it to!

All said...

I want to thank Cookie and Trevor for making my week a lot easier..
Especially Cookie!! You're my hero of the month!!!
Without you I would probably have killed some people there...
;)


- The cute lady from the Shetlands.. Thank you for shouting out Internetlady all the time! Should I feel offended that you didn't even want to know my real name?
- Steve Martin.. Thanks for embarrassing me at the presentation dinner... I'll get you back for it..
- Alan, Rob, and the other that I can't remember the names of... Sorry!!!
- Arthur.. Thank you for keeping me company during the boring matches while I almost fell asleep... (imagine how stupid it would look, me being asleep during work!) And for keeping some of the people away from me!
- Kenny for not letting me miss the Barnsley talk all week!
- Shar for explain how Blob works! And 45.. Which I still don't get!
- Dudley for the good company during the mornings and the presentation dinner...
- TV guys... You're only on here because sometimes you did what you had to do.. And I'm a too nice person to ignore you.. ;)

- Most important of all... COOKIE!!!! THANKS!!!!

Cork 2...

Very short message..
Head hurting...
Tired...

And last one:

Why do men always seem to think you're single when you are somewhere.. All alone..
Even when you're just there for work and not for fun?!?!?!
MEN!!!

Cork...

Yeah just a short message to keep you informed...
Working really hard..
Hotel is ok..
Haven't seen a lot of it..
Venue is ok...
Too bad that they don't serve any food here as I don't really have breaks so normally I'd eat at my desk during the matches but now..
When it's possible..
I'll let someone order food...
Run to the hotel during a ten or 15 minutes break, eat as fast as possible and run back before the other matches start..

Live streaming of this events can be followed on bwin...
Starting again at 10 tomorrow..
So gonna finish the last administrational stuff I need to do and then a nice hot bath and warm bed!!!

See you soon again!

WPC 2

Gonna cry...
No more Dutchies in there...
Back to supporting the rest of the Europeans and most of all the Brits off course!

Pat Holtz and his cute kilt...
Kev Uzzell...
Daryl, Imran and Steve Davis...
Steve is playing now as I'm typing...
Score 6 all against Fabio!
Fabio deserves to win too...
I don't know...
Love him..
He sang for my birthday when we were in Sindelfingen, Germany for the Eurotour...
7-6 to Steve now...

Going for some food now...
I'm starving!

See ya later!

Got to pack my suitcase for tomorrow!

WPC 9-ball Manilla...

Sorry people..
I have been feeling poorly the last few days..
Still am.. That's why I'm behind the computer instead of my bed..
Can't sleep because of the constant headaches!
But good about being sick.. Now I can watch the WPC all day long!

Last 64 WPC.. Brackets weren't announced yet but I think they should be coming out like this....
Matches
1 v 64 Roberto Gomez (Philippines) v Ronato Alcano (Philippines)
32 v 33 Dennis Orcollo (Philippines) v Efren Reyes (Philippines)

16 v 49 Hsia Hun-kai (Chinese Taipei) v Kuo Po-cheng (Chinese Taipei)
17 v 48 Marlon Manalo (Philippines) v Chan Keng-kwang (Singapore)

8 v 57 Wu Chia-ching (Chinese Taipei) v Corey Deuel (USA)
25 v 40 Michael Schmidt (Germany) v Wang Hung-hsiang (Chinese Taipei)

9 v 56 Pat Holtz (Scotland) v Tomoo Takano (Japan)
24 v 41 Chang Jung-ling (Chinese Taipei) v Kevin Uzzell (England)

12 v 53 Ernesto Dominguez (Mexico) v Vilmos Foldes (Serbia and Mont)
21 v 44 Luong Chi Dung (Vietnam) v Nien Rong-chih (Chinese Taipei)

5 v 60 Vincent Facquet (France) v Lee Kun-fang (Chinese Taipei)
28 v 37 Nick van den Berg (Netherlands) v Jeff De Luna (Philippines)

13 v 52 Francisco Bustamante (Philippines) v Thomas Engert (Germany)
20 v 45 Charlie Williams (USA) v Sandor Tot (Serbia and Mont)

29 v 36 Markus Juva (Finland) v Rudy Morta (Philippines)
4 v 61 Li He-wen (China) v Alejandro Carvajal (Chile)
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3 v 62 Thorsten Hohmann (Germany) v Tyler Edey (Canada)
30 v 35 Daryl Peach (England) v Ricky Yang (Indonesia)

14 v 51 Liu Cheng-chuan (Chinese Taipei) v Earl Strickland (USA)
19 v 46 Lu Hsun-chen (Chinese Taipei) v Ryu Seong-woo (Korea)

6 v 59 Konstantin Stepanov (Russia) v Oliver Ortmann (Germany)
27 v 38 Marco Tschudi (Switzerland) v Huang Kun-chang (Chinese Taipei)

11 v 54 Ralf Souquet (Germany) v Huidji See (Netherlands)
22 v 43 Johnny Archer (USA) v Yang Chin-shun (Chinese Taipei)

10 v 55 Rodolfo Luat (Philippines) v Jeremy Jones (USA)
23 v 42 Andreas Roschowsky (Germany) v Roy Apancho (Indonesia)

7 v 58 Lee Van Corteza (Philippines) v Imran Majid (England)
26 v 39 Joern Kaplan (Germany) v David Alcaide (Spain)

15 v 50 Chao Fong-pang (Chinese Taipei) v Ramil Gallego (Philippines)
18 v 47 Marcus Chamat (Sweden) v Fu Che-wei (Chinese Taipei)

31 v 34 Steve Davis (England) v Fabio Petroni (Italy)
2 v 63 Louis Condo (Australia) v Jharome Pena (Philippines)

Ok... All the Europeans are in bold...
I know all of them personally except Steve Davis..
Not a bad record...
;)

Ralf Souquet against Huidji See...
I'm not happy with this draw...
Ralf is one the greatest players I know.. HE just so nice to everybody....
Or is that just me imagining (sp?) things? ;)
Hahaha no... He's just lovely... I really respect him! But I still have to get back at him for doing that trickshot to me at the World Pool Masters!
And there's Hooch...
What can I tell about him?
He just won the National Championships in Holland in 14.1...
When Hooch is in his zone.. He's just Huidjitastic!
Hahaha think that only Hooch will get this one...

So.. To both players the best of the game! Make it a good one!

To the rest of the Europeans: Kick some butt over there!

Nick?! Great performance yesterday! Betting on you for reaching the final! ;)
Just keep playing as you're doing and then you and Hooch in the final!

I'll be following it over the internet...
Hope I can find some time during the other WPC....
Smaller tables, different balls, different rules, different crew and other players...

Guys, I miss you! See you soon! No Malaga for me, so hopefully Liberec in Feb or Weert in Jan or if I'm really lucky Oslo in Jan!

1 more to go....

Woehoe...

This is my 99th post...
That's done quickly...

So my 100th post should be something to go back in time and try to capture everything that has happened since..
Yeah right!
Hahaha I would be writing for weeks I think...

What is there to tell today?

Yesterday:
Riley's Barnsley..
What:
1st ever weekly comp!
What format?
Round robin groups... 4 or 8 groups depending on how many players.. Race to 3 or 4... First 2 or 1 go through to the winnerside to make up the quarterfinals... Winner of this side wins the big bucks! The rest can draw a card for a 16 or 32 schedule that will make up the losers-side and where you can win your entry-fee back or maybe even a bit more if there are a lot of players... But only a best of one is played until the final... That's a best of 3...
How many players?
17.. Including me.. ;) But no Riggers.. If he had played, he'd probably win...
Fun:
Yeah!!!!

Won my first match against Jason S. , was 3-0 up... As always I'll just let go... Can only play my first 2 or 3 racks right and then concentrating is gone.. That's why I'm better in organising stuuf than playing tournaments! In the end I won 4-2.. Not bad..
Then lost to Mark L. 4-1 and to Mick A. 4-3..
I HATE 9-ball!
Loserside it was for me..
Got to the semi's.. Left the 9 in the pocket....
Will be missing the 8-ball next week and the 9-ball the week after..

But I'll be back!

Have to tackle those English pool players first, in Cork! ;)

Banned...

Yeah, I know..
There has to be a first time for everything..
Apparently Professorpool on uk8ball.com doesn't like to be questioned about things..
Or to be told that he's wrong about some things..
Mr Nik Hammond (Don't know how exactly it should be spelled but in my eyes he's not even worth the effort trying to spell it right) needs to ..
Oeps.. Can't put that down here..
Not nice...

Let's hope he'll be in Ireland next week...
Hahaha that would be fun!!

Already looking forward to going to Cork!!!

Funny..

Carsten & Jacqueline...

First of all I'd like to congratulate Carsten and Jacqueline in getting married today!
I know that the past few weeks have been very difficult for you..
Losing your little girl..
I can't really imagine how that must feel...
But with you two marrying..
That makes the world seem a bit better...
I can put down a lot of things that i hope for you and your marriage but you probably know what I think...
Just enjoy.. Please...

Love you both!

Wish I could be there!