SNOOKER SWEEPSTAKE (The Draw)

[Trigger]

Embassy World Championship... First round draw:

Stephen Lee (Eng)   v   Lee Walker (Wal)     [b](donuts   v   Highfields Seagull)[/b]

Matthew Stevens (Wal)   v   James Wattana (Thai)     [b](Hilton   v   The Famous Grouse)[/b]

Ken Doherty (Irl)   v   Joe Swail (NIre)     [b](mejonaNO12 AKA riskit   v   Meade's_Ball)[/b]

Paul Hunter (Eng)   v   John Parrott (Eng)     [b](brighton_b0y   v   Hatterlovesbrighton)[/b]

Quinten Hann (Aus)   v   Andy Hicks (Eng)     [b](MattBackHome   v   Marshy)[/b]

Joe Perry (Eng)   v   Robert Milkins (Eng)     [b](Locky   v   CrabtreeBHA)[/b]

Peter Edbdon (Eng)   v   Ian McCulloch (Eng)     [b](Artois   v   Billy Seagull)[/b]

Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng)   v   Stephen Maguire (Sco)     [b](Crawley Boy   v   Sonic The Hedgehog)[/b]

Alan McManus (Sco)   v   Chris Small (Sco)     [b](Hart's mistress   v   braders7)[/b]

John Higgins (Eng)   v   Ryan Day (Wal)     [b](Finchley Seagull   v   Jason Speaks)[/b]

Stephen Hendry (Sco)   v   Stuart Pettman (Eng)     [b](80's Seagull   v   Simster)[/b]

Steve Davis (Eng)   v   Anthony Hamilton (Eng)     [b](timseagull   v   Uncle Buck)[/b]

Mark Williams (Wal)   v   Dominic Dale (Wal)     [b](ben andrews girlfriend   v   Barnet Seagull)[/b]

David Gray (Eng)   v   Ali Carter (Eng)     [b](jonnyboylennon   v   Titanic)[/b]

Jimmy White (Eng)   v   Barry Pinches (Eng)     [b](DTES   v   Vinyl Richie)[/b]

Graeme Dott (Sco)   v   Mark King (Eng)     [b](Rougvie   v   Trigger)[/b]

To Be Played Between 17 April - 3 May, At The Crucible Theatre Sheffield
DTES pulls out the crowd favorite!
BAG pulls out the world number 1!
Crawley Boy pulls out the rocket!
I was last out the hat!

P.S. Sorry if you got a crap player, that's the luck of the balls!

 

[Hilton]

Is Matthew Stevens any good?! Apart from having a good name of course!!

 

[jonnyboylennon]

Yes! I cant lose.

 

[jonnyboylennon]

Stevens is BRILLIANT. He won me 60 quid off a fiver when he beast Hendry to the British Champs. Legend.

 

[Trigger]

Is Matthew Stevens any good?! Apart from having a good name of course!!

Not bad, ranked 6th in the world.

 

[Hilton]

Marvellous, bye bye Grousey!!

 

[Trigger]

Yes! I cant lose.

 

[Rougvie]

Another scottish LEGEND

 

[Trigger]

If you want to see where your player is ranked try and find him here in the worlds top 128!...

Rank - Previous Rank - Player Name
1 1 Mark J Williams
2 3 Ronnie O'Sullivan
3 2 Stephen Hendry MBE
4 8 Paul Hunter
5 4 John Higgins
6 9 Matthew Stevens
7 5 Stephen Lee
8 6 Ken Doherty
9 7 Peter Ebdon
10 18 Chris Small
11 10 Alan McManus
12 11 Steve Davis OBE
13 19 Marco Fu
14 15 Jimmy White MBE
15 14 Quinten Hann
16 24 Tony Drago
17 12 David Gray
18 17 Ali Carter
19 38 Gerard Greene
20 25 Drew Henry
21 36 Barry Pinches
22 16 Joe Perry
23 41 Stephen Maguire
24 26 Ian McCulloch
25 21 Robert Milkins
26 23 Dave Harold
27 39 Michael Holt
28 13 Graeme Dott
29 34 James Wattana
30 27 Joe Swail
31 20 Anthony Hamilton
32 29 Mark Selby
33 22 Mark King
34 28 Dominic Dale
35 30 John Parrott MBE
36 43 Stuart Bingham
37 42 Barry Hawkins
38 35 Mark Davis
39 33 Fergal O'Brien
40 40 Nigel Bond
41 32 Robin Hull
42 55 Nick Dyson
43 50 Patrick Wallace
44 37 Michael Judge
45 51 Sean Storey
46 47 Stuart Pettman
47 61 Bjorn Haneveer
48 31 Anthony Davies
49 60 Jimmy Michie
50 45 Brian Morgan
51 56 Marcus Campbell
52 57 David Roe
53 69 Ryan Day
54 58 Mike Dunn
55 53 Rod Lawler
56 64 Shaun Murphy
57 46 Jamie Burnett
58 52 Dave Finbow
59 54 Nick Walker
60 48 Jonathan Birch
61 44 Gary Wilkinson
62 62 Andy Hicks
63 71 Kwan Poomjang
64 73 Adrian Gunnell
65 68 Andrew Higginson
66 78 Rory McLeod
67 49 Shokat Ali
68 59 Alfred Burden
69 70 Paul Wykes
70 72 Leo Fernandez
71 87 Craig Butler
72 -- Neil Robertson
73 93 Simon Bedford
74 92 Andrew Norman
75 133 Tom Ford
76 99 Ricky Walden
77 81 Lee Walker
78 66 Kristjan Helgason
79 63 Darren Morgan
80 74 Paul Davies
81 84 David Brown Gilbert
82 88 Johl Younger
83 100 Atthesit Mahitthi
84 67 Billy Snaddon
85 97 Jamie Cope
86 77 Wayne Brown
87 89 Martin Dziewialtowski
88 -- Liu Song
89 129 Philip Williams
90 79 Matthew Couch
91 137 Adrian Rosa
92 183 Joe Delaney
93 350 Gary Thomson
94 91 Alain Robidoux
95 259 Scott MacKenzie
96 360 Darryn Walker
97 65 Terry Murphy
98 210 Martin Gould
99 80 Jason Prince
100 125 Kurt Maflin
101 95 Munraj Pal
102 101 Colm Gilcreest
103 278 Steve Mifsud
104 75 Bradley Jones
105 126 Luke Simmonds
106 90 Luke Fisher
107 -- Ding Junhui
108 83 Peter Lines
109 308 Ian Preece
110 315 Michael Rhodes
111 140 Ian Sargeant
112 342 Paul Sweeny
113 207 Carlo Giagnacovo
114 367 Michael Wild
115 85 Tony Jones 
116 86 Jason Ferguson
117 179 Stephen Croft
118 160 Ian Brumby
119 221 Garry Hardiman
120 274 Joe Meara
121 153 Steven Bennie
122 233 Mehmet Husnu
123 252 James Leadbetter 
124 -- Supoj Saenla
125 96 Joe Johnson
126 261 Stuart Mann
127 130 Christopher Melling
128 289 Andy Neck

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Mark Williams
At A Glance


BORN 21st March 1975
BIRTHPLACE Cwm, Wales
TURNED PRO 1992
EARNINGS 01/02 £700,225
RANKING 1
HIGHEST RANKING 1
PERSONAL SPONSORS Paddy Power Bookmaker
Highland Spring
110sport

Achievements

2000, 2003 - Embassy World Championship - winner
1998, 2003 - B&H Masters- winner
1999, 2002 - UK Championship- winner
2003 - LG Cup - winner
1996, 1999 - Regal Welsh Open- winner
1996, 2000 - Grand Prix- winner
1997 - British Open - winner
1998 - Irish Open - winner
1999, 2000, 2002 - Thailand Masters - winner
2002 - China Open- winner
1994 - B&H Championship - winner
Biography
WHEN Mark Williams won the 1996 Regal Welsh Open on home turf, TV pundit Willie Thorne said live on air that he thought the talented Welshman would be a one-hit wonder. Since then, Thorne has been forced to eat his words time and again as Williams has established himself as the top name in snooker.

The 2002/03 season pushed the man who began playing the game in the small Welsh mining town of Cwm, near Ebbw Vale, into the same league as legends Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis.

Beginning the season ranked No.2 in the world, Williams beat stablemate Ken Doherty 10-9 to land the UK Championship in York, won the last B&H Masters title at Wembley by defeating Hendry, then picked up a second world crown when again beating Doherty 18-16 in the final, so emulating the achievements of Hendry and Davis by taking the three major titles in the same season and confirming his status as an all-time great.

Mark also had the pleasure of returning to the No.1 spot, becoming only the second player after Ray Reardon, to regain his place at the top of the world rankings.

It was another chapter in a remarkable career which started with the young Williams torn between two sports – snooker and boxing. But by the age of 17 had settled on playing snooker as a professional.

His rise up the world rankings was nothing short of meteoric. In just four seasons, he climbed from 119th to 4th, and in 1998 Williams and Stephen Hendry contested an extraordinary final in the B&H Masters. Having trailed 9-6, Williams clawed back to win the title 10-9 on a re-spotted black.

The following season he established himself at No.3, after becoming one of the few players to win three ranking tournaments in one season with success in the Irish Open, Regal Welsh Open and the Thailand Masters.

The 98/99 season finished with him reaching the Embassy World Championship final, losing to Hendry. As consolation for that loss, Mark bought himself a Ferrari 355!

The following season, he reached No.1 in the rankings after wins in the UK Championship and Thailand Masters, and by going one better at The Crucible where he defeated compatriot Matthew Stevens in the final.

Mark stills plays in the same club, The Emporium, Bargoed, where he first picked up a cue. He regards himself as part of the furniture there, and is never bothered by anyone.

Away from the table, Mark loves to play golf, and is something of a speed freak, having owned the likes of a Yamaha R6, a BMW touring bike, an Escort Cosworth, a BMW M3, and a Subaru P1 – replaced by a Noble supercar!

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sweet! happy with that!

 

[Trigger]

I've jost noticed Joe Johnson is still in the worlds top 128, look at him sitting there in 125th!

 

[Marc]

Robert Milkins? WHO!?! never heard of him although he is 21st which cant be too bad!

 

[MattBackHome]

I'm sort of happy with Quinten 'Hit and Hope' Hann. Unreliable I know, but definitely a confidence player who is probably capable of beating the best as long as they aren't on top form. But he won't.

I bet that fat turd Stephen Lee would be well chuffed that he's got 'donuts'.

 

[Trigger]

I bet that fat turd Stephen Lee would be well chuffed that he's got 'donuts'.

Crabbers, can you not read?... It quite clearly states Robert Milkins is 25th, not 21st

This is him after hearing the news he'd been paired up with you!...

 

[Billy Seagull]

Ian McWHO?

I don't follow snooker much (at all) but I've never heard of him

Here are the latest odds from sportingodds
Ronnie O'Sullivan 100/30
Stephen Hendry 9/2
Mark Williams 9/2
John Higgins 11/2
Paul Hunter 7/1
Matthew Stevens 11/1
Ken Doherty 16/1
Stephen Lee 20/1
Peter Ebdon 25/1
Ali Carter 40/1
Jimmy White 40/1
Quinten Hann 50/1
David Gray 50/1
Steve Davis 80/1
Graeme Dott 100/1
Alan McManus 100/1
Stephen Maguire 125/1
Joe Perry 150/1
Chris Small 150/1
Joe Swail 150/1
Anthony Hamilton 150/1
Mark King 150/1
Pinches, Barry 150/1
Ryan Day 200/1
Ian McCulloch 200/1
Robert Milkins 250/1
Lee Walker 250/1
John Parrott 300/1
Dominic Dale 500/1
Stuart Pettman 500/1
James Wattana 500/1
Andy Hicks 750/1

 

[Braders]

10th and at 150/1 ! thanks trigger

 

[Marc]

Crabbers, can you not read?... It quite clearly states Robert Milkins is 25th, not 21st

oh yeah

 

[Everest]

Stevens is BRILLIANT. He won me 60 quid off a fiver when he beast Hendry to the British Champs. Legend.

Would you like to rephrase that, JBL?

 

[Jason Speaks]

I'm a sheep botherer:-

Never been past the last 48 before now.

 

[SK1NT]

come on paul! u beckham wanna b twat