WHATS HAPPENING TO THE SNOOKER

[Louie G]

Anyone been watching the world championship snooker ? What the hell is going on as I couldn't believe it when I seen a woman referee. This must be bad for the game.
Lets hope John Higgins and Ken Doherty get humped.

cRaiG...

[ngeso]

i watched the first four frames of Davis vs. Lee on monday morning. perfect viewing for a drunk easter reconvalescent.

peace. ngeso.

[floorgasm]

how is that bad for snooker? in the same way that letting black people into country clubs was bad for golf?

[Billy Woods]

It's never been the same since they banned the fags and booze.
Is there any truth in the rumour that Bill Witshisname from Canada had to give up the game cause he suffered from the shakes when he wis sober?

[Louie G]

Floorgasm I was joking. Why is it when any mention of any discrimination about anything and the old is it because I`m black arguement appears ? Get on with it!!!!!!!!


Woodsie for you

Bill Werbeniuk, the 20-stone snooker star who prepared for matches by drinking eight pints of lager followed by a pint for every frame, has died at the age of 56.
The Canadian, who helped transform snooker into a major television sport, died of heart disease on Monday after three months in hospital in his home town of Vancouver.

Werbeniuk reached the world championship quarter finals on four occasions in the 1980s but it was his legendary capacity for alcohol that made him one of the great characters of snooker's golden age.

He always claimed that his prodigious drinking was the only way he could stop an arm tremor that hampered his play, and once attempted to offset his lager expenditure against tax.

"I'd down six to eight pints of lager before I started. Then I'd have one pint a frame. Obviously over the longer matches I'd get through quite a lot of lager but I managed to burn off alcohol very quickly."

His career was effectively ended when inderal, a beta-blocker he took to counteract the affects of the alcohol, was banned by snooker's governing body. "I would always maintain that inderal was performance enabling, not per formance enhancing. I got a letter one day saying 'don't bother to turn up because you're not playing.' I don't think I was treated fairly."

Former world number two Jimmy White led the tributes: "I was gutted to hear Bill had died," he said. "He was a great drinker but also a very good player. Only he could get tanked up with 10 pints before a match and still win."

Six-time world champion Steve Davis said: "Bill seemed like a jovial, happy character and was a much harder competitor than most people gave him credit for. I think one of his greatest moments was when he broke wind loudly at the Crucible and then turned to the audience and said: 'Who did that'?"

Werbeniuk played his last professional match in 1990, saying afterwards: "I've had 24 pints of extra strong lager and eight double vodkas and I'm still not drunk."

[floorgasm]

heh. my bad. and i'm white, just for the record.

[Jolyon]

It's never been the same since Alex Higgins finished.

[Martin Red]

Without a smoking womanising drunken paddy who didn't like to wear ties it's

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[floorgasm]

here's a link to some cool snooker vids, including a 147 by hendry:

http://www.btinternet.com/~snooker.loopy1/snookervideoclips/snookervideoclips.html

[Billy Woods]

Cheers for the info Craig, glad to see this page hasn't caused any scandal - might ruin yer rep.

[Billy Woods]

[ April 24, 2003, 05:56 PM: Message edited by: Billy Woods ]