nikkiboy wrote:
Must be more to it than meets the eye. Breakdown in communication somewhere? How long do they get to get to the lane?
Truthfull answer, i suppose it depends who you are....
In kilarney, phil had his own room and a minder, and a person wud go and tell phil he was on next!!!
On a couple of occassions on the tour marking we had to wait for some of the bigger name players, even had officials go looking for them after saying at the start that no-one would be called and if you were not there you were out. It was not an issue though tbh but one wonders if they would have gone looking for a first time entrant
The officials will go looking for ANYONE if they know who they are, they probably just didn't know these chaps.
Shud that be the case, if they aint there surely they shud be scratched? Yes, that is the rule, i dont ee anywhere in the rules if the official knows the player he can go walk about to find him.
crispy1978 wrote:I can't believe two players got timed out in the same match!!
Must be more to it than meets the eye. Breakdown in communication somewhere? How long do they get to get to the lane?
Truthfull answer, i suppose it depends who you are....
No not at all, this happens alot in the european events. Tabern was timed out last year.
In fairness thou, and he said so hjimself, he wasnt even in the same room Dave. Im sure youve seen it, if a big named player is no where to be seen the official will give him that extra time or go looking for him
Dannyboy wrote:
Must be more to it than meets the eye. Breakdown in communication somewhere? How long do they get to get to the lane?
Truthfull answer, i suppose it depends who you are....
Controversial!!
but true to a certain degree
In kilarney, phil had his own room and a minder, and a person wud go and tell phil he was on next!!!
That wasn't in the players championship though, and Whitlock was with him.
It was because they were getting mobbed, and they really were.
The minder was his, not supplied by anyone else, he's always with him these days.
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First Round
Board One
Davyd Venken 6-2 Simon Whitlock (1)
John Michael 6-1 Carlos Rodriguez
Steve Maish (32) v Martin Santamaria
Peter Martin v Nick Fullwell
Board Two
Andy Smith (16) 6-4 Ian White
Magnus Caris 6-1 Dave Smith
Alan Tabern (17) 6-3 Kevin Munch
Aodhagan O'Neill v Wayne Atwood
Board Three
Ronnie Baxter (8) 6-1 Jasmin Beganovic
Steve Evans 6-4 Dylan Duo
Justin Pipe (25) v Michael Peters
Gary Welding v Tomas Seyler
Board Four
Mervyn King (9) 6-1 Huseyin Zengin
Jyhan Artut 6-5 Steve Grubb
Richie Burnett (24) 6-4 Remco van Eijden
Dave Chisnall v Michael Smith
Board Five
Mark Walsh (5) 6-2 Peter Trapp
Michael Rosenauer 6-4 Simon Craven
Dennis Smith (28) 6-0 Johann Honner
Michael van Gerwen Bye (Mensur Suljovic timed out)
Board Six
Andy Hamilton (12) 6-3 Ingo Vogt
Arron Monk 6-5 Roland Scholten
Barrie Bates (21) Bye
Andree Welge v Darren Johnson
Board Seven
Wes Newton (4) 6-1 Sladan Nedic
Shaun Griffiths 6-5 Joe Cullen
Nigel Heydon (29) v Gregor Gorjup
Dietmar Burger v Marko Kantele
Board Eight
Wayne Jones (13) 6-1 Robert Marijanovic
Boris Krcmar 6-4 Devon Petersen
Terry Jenkins (20) 6-0 Michael Rasztovits
Kevin McDine v Par Riihonen
Board Nine
Colin Lloyd (2) 6-1 Rene Groteloh
Adam Smith-Neale 6-4 Bernd Roith
Steve Hine (31) v Vedran Dukic
Mareno Michels v Matt Padgett
Board Ten
Adrian Gray 6-2 Kevin Painter (15)
Chris Thompson 6-5 Scott Rand
Mark Dudbridge (18) 6-0 Marko Balzer
Peter Manley v Antonio Alcinas
Board 11
Vincent van der Voort (7) 6-1 Roland Kurok
Jann Hoffmann 6-1 Jon Archer
Paul Nicholson (26) 6-0 Kai Nithammer
William O'Connor v John Henderson
Board 12
Mark Webster (10) 6-0 Zeki Tatli
Andy Jenkins 6-4 Prakash Jiwa
Steve Brown (23) v Johnny Okken
Raymond van Barneveld v Brian Woods
Board 13
Jamie Caven (6) 6-2 Christian Kallinger
Nandor Bezzeg 6-2 Stefan Schaffer
Tony Eccles (27) 6-2 Vladimir Andersen
Kirk Shepherd v Per Laursen
Board 14
Denis Ovens (11) 6-0 Christian Kruger
Mark Hylton 6-4 Wayne Mardle
Jelle Klaasen (22) v Tonci Restovic
Shane O'Connor v Martyn Turner
Board 15
Phil Taylor (3) 6-0 Dieter Proksch
Peter Wright 6-1 Antonio Justicia
Brendan Dolan (30) v Christian Braumer
Karsten Koch v Patrick Bulen
Board 16
Colin Osborne (14) 6-3 Maik Langendorf
John Part 6-3 Matheus Zioklowski
Steve Beaton (19) 6-1 Kim Huybrechts
Mick Todd v Dave Ladley
There's no excuse for timing out, you know your board, you know roughly when you're on, all you have to do is keep an eye on it.
The problem can occur when a game is moved from your board onto the stage, this brings your game forward half an hour or so but again, you should be hanging around or at least popping back every 10 mins or so.
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ifm wrote:There's no excuse for timing out, you know your board, you know roughly when you're on, all you have to do is keep an eye on it.
The problem can occur when a game is moved from your board onto the stage, this brings your game forward half an hour or so but again, you should be hanging around or at least popping back every 10 mins or so.
Totally agree. Thou it has happened me, as the toilet in the city west was busy, by the time i got back the game had been scrathed, now hardly rocket science, but i dont think you can tell someone they cant use the bathroom.
nikkiboy wrote:
Must be more to it than meets the eye. Breakdown in communication somewhere? How long do they get to get to the lane?
Truthfull answer, i suppose it depends who you are....
In kilarney, phil had his own room and a minder, and a person wud go and tell phil he was on next!!!
On a couple of occassions on the tour marking we had to wait for some of the bigger name players, even had officials go looking for them after saying at the start that no-one would be called and if you were not there you were out. It was not an issue though tbh but one wonders if they would have gone looking for a first time entrant
The officials will go looking for ANYONE if they know who they are, they probably just didn't know these chaps.
Shud that be the case, if they aint there surely they shud be scratched? Yes, that is the rule, i dont ee anywhere in the rules if the official knows the player he can go walk about to find him.
No excuse for people who time out. You know what board you are on and the order of play, so no sympathy I'm afraid.
nikkiboy wrote:
Must be more to it than meets the eye. Breakdown in communication somewhere? How long do they get to get to the lane?
Truthfull answer, i suppose it depends who you are....
In kilarney, phil had his own room and a minder, and a person wud go and tell phil he was on next!!!
On a couple of occassions on the tour marking we had to wait for some of the bigger name players, even had officials go looking for them after saying at the start that no-one would be called and if you were not there you were out. It was not an issue though tbh but one wonders if they would have gone looking for a first time entrant
The officials will go looking for ANYONE if they know who they are, they probably just didn't know these chaps.
Shud that be the case, if they aint there surely they shud be scratched? Yes, that is the rule, i dont ee anywhere in the rules if the official knows the player he can go walk about to find him.
No excuse for people who time out. You know what board you are on and the order of play, so no sympathy I'm afraid.
