World Championship Snooker 2005

[Martin]

Ian McCulloch from Preston has done really well at this championship, he has gone one better than last year when he reached the quarter finals and he is now battling against Matthew Stevens for a place in tne final.

http://www.worldsnooker.com/

[noel]

Doing well, a PNE supporter as well. He's 8 all in the semis

[Martin]

quote:

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Matthew Stevens will play Shaun Murphy in the final of the World Snooker Championship after beating Ian McCulloch 17-14 in his semi-final.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/4495017.stm

[noel]

£250k for the winner, I wonder if it's too late to make a career change?

[Martin]

Snooker is in a bit of a pickle as the new cigarette advertising laws come into play. This is the last Embassy World Championship so all that cash might dry up. Other competitions are also looking for new sponsors.

[noel]

I believe there was some sort of arguement about the distribution of prize money or sponsers elect or something, didn't get my head round it as snooker , is it a sport or a pub game? Anyway the players fell out with each other and as a result the prize money is being cut dramatically. Did you undersrtand what it was about Martin?