And the winner is...
As you already know, The South West Snooker Academy (SWSA) held The World Open Qualifier event in the last day of July and broadcasted LIVE the entire event. A perfect transmission (without any sound though), no interruptions and what’s most important: I didn’t see the players in slow motion! :))
Both semi-finals and the grand finale were refereed by Paul Collier, who looked absolutely adorable in his pink t-shirt (the SWSA label) and his white gloves. But, it’s all about the attitude, so I saw the same professionalism and elegance as always. :)
The final battle was given between Andrew Norman and Sam Baird. A wonderful finale, with great shots and beautiful breaks of 72 for Andrew and 55 and 64 for Sam. The final score was 3-2 for Sam, who sees his dream come true; he is going to play against Anda Zhang in the World Open Tournament in Scotland in September and he also receives a 6 months scholarship to SWSA.
It was a true delight to see the whole event LIVE and I think that snooker needs more of this kind of initiatives. Even if is only for the qualifying rounds. It doesn’t matter! What matters is that you can see true snooker. I mean, I saw "Crucible" shots! It was incredible!
Paul Mount`s team did a really good job. Although I didn’t see a clear schedule, so I didn’t know who’s playing with who, I applaud the effort of organizing such an event. It’s not that easy, but they did it. And Janie Watkins was posting tones of photos on her FaceBook page, so I had the feeling that I was there, among the players. That’s a terrific job!
I’m looking forward to The World Open Tournament in September! We already know who’s playing (well, most of the spots are filled: P) and to see Neil Robertson v. Graeme Dott (again :P) and Steve Davis v. Peter Ebdon it’s just great! :P
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