A New Beginning

Snooker Scene recently did a blog about the best player to never get into the Top 16. They suggested Dominic Dale and I'll probably agree. He has won two ranking events in his career. 

I thought about my favourite player, Michael Holt, only having reached the Quarter Final of a ranking event 3 times.

There is no doubt he has plenty of talent and now, this season, he's beginning to show it.

He looked to be in control against Ding Junhui at 2-2 in the 2nd Round of the Grand Prix before losing 5-2 but he showed he can play and now, in Bahrain, is a superb chance to go far.

I spent this morning, fingers crossed, staring at the Live Scoring on the World Snooker website (Eurosport were showing Mountain Walking) as Holty took on one of the favourites for the tournament, Jamie Cope.

It was nervy, Holt looked to be cruising at 3-0 but Cope got it back to 3-2. Holt won the next with a 70 break before Cope nicked the 7th. Then, Holt won a long 8th to progress to the next round where he'll play Peter Ebdon or Robert Milkins.

Lets hope Eurosport will show it. Live Scoring isn't fun.