Snooker 2025

[NAKC20]

Has anybody been to the Mattioli this week? Going tomorrow night and just wondering what to expect. Been there for the darts a couple of times but im assuming its a bit more sedate and you do actually have room to breath.

[boots60]

Went Monday & last night.

Trump won without much effort on Monday & great match last night Zhao Xington beat Kyren Wilson on the final black in  6-5 thriller.

Very laid back atmosphere & seems very well organised. Bought tickets in the cheaper seats but on arrival we were told to just sit anywhere. Not going tonight but plenty of tickets left on sale.

[isaidno]

Is the Friday semi final Zhao vs Trump ?

[NAKC20]

13 minutes ago, isaidno said:

Is the Friday semi final Zhao vs Trump ?

Yes it is

[kingfox]

Just seen the seeding placements for the UK Championship 

 

Kyren Wilson

Barry Hawkins

Mark Selby

Ronnie O’Sullivan

John Higgins

Shaun Murphy 

Zhao Xintong

 

All pitted together in the bottom half 

[isaidno]

55 minutes ago, NAKC20 said:

Yes it is

Thanks. Tempted to go.

[NAKC20]

2 minutes ago, isaidno said:

Thanks. Tempted to go.

Should be a good match 

[Raj]

12 hours ago, isaidno said:

Is the Friday semi final Zhao vs Trump ?

I'll be there!!!

[NAKC20]

1 hour ago, Raj said:

I'll be there!!!

I will warn everbody tonight 👍🤣

[The boy Linacre]

Went all day yesterday, Selbs as they said did great, the days final match was 2 very good quality players as you would expect.

Great day, few beers in the Balmoral & a great curry in the Sharmilee.

[NAKC20]

Went last night with tickets that I had for my birthday which my daughters paid £25 for. The same seats for the final are £242!!!! What an absolute rip off that is and im not suprised it looks only about half full. Also last night it did feel a bit of a free-for-all where you sat. There was loads of people making others move as they were in the seats they had booked and there was even people leaving the 'cheap seats' and going and sitting in the VIP area. Not one person was questioned and there was very few security people about. May be different if the crowd is nearer capacity but i could imagine if not there will be a lot of ticket waiving and pointing for the remaining matches.

[Raj]

16 minutes ago, NAKC20 said:

Went last night with tickets that I had for my birthday which my daughters paid £25 for. The same seats for the final are £242!!!! What an absolute rip off that is and im not suprised it looks only about half full. Also last night it did feel a bit of a free-for-all where you sat. There was loads of people making others move as they were in the seats they had booked and there was even people leaving the 'cheap seats' and going and sitting in the VIP area. Not one person was questioned and there was very few security people about. May be different if the crowd is nearer capacity but i could imagine if not there will be a lot of ticket waiving and pointing for the remaining matches.

Im going to try and sit in one of the players chairs and see what they say!!

[NAKC20]

3 minutes ago, Raj said:

Im going to try and sit in one of the players chairs and see what they say!!

Anything like last night they probably wont notice 🤣

[Raj]

My digital tickets didnt have the seat numbers etc...but when i printed them ot they did?/

Was that the same for you guys @NAKC20 

@The boy Linacre

[NAKC20]

25 minutes ago, Raj said:

My digital tickets didnt have the seat numbers etc...but when i printed them ot they did?/

Was that the same for you guys @NAKC20 

@The boy Linacre

Couldnt tell you that. The wife printed ours off and i didnt see the digital version. When we went in one of the door staff took my ticket off me and he read every single word on it, must have been there 2-3 minutes. Not got a clue what was so interesting 🤣

[Raj]

3 minutes ago, NAKC20 said:

Couldnt tell you that. The wife printed ours off and i didnt see the digital version. When we went in one of the door staff took my ticket off me and he read every single word on it, must have been there 2-3 minutes. Not got a clue what was so interesting 🤣

Good job I've printed them out too then!!👍🏾

[NAKC20]

Just now, Raj said:

Good job I've printed them out too then!!👍🏾

The boss has just looked and our digital tickets did have the details on. The other thing we noticed was when the seats were booked they were on the end of a row but when we got there last night they werent. They were only one seat from the end but obviously the seating layout on the booking website doesnt match the layout in the arena.

[Raj]

Enjoyed it tonight.

Once judd got going he was all over Zhao.

No ones gonna beat him this weekend.

 

Edited 14 November 2025 by Raj

[kingfox]

A Selby vs Trump final, their only other long formatted final, China Open 2011 😳

[Raj]

Love Selby obviously  but blimey it's like pulling teeth watching him sometimes  he really grinds it out.

Hope for snookers sake Judd wins

[Nalis]

11 hours ago, kingfox said:

A Selby vs Trump final, their only other long formatted final, China Open 2011 😳

Mental stat since they've both been so good for years 

[EastAnglianFox]

46 minutes ago, Raj said:

Love Selby obviously  but blimey it's like pulling teeth watching him sometimes  he really grinds it out.

Hope for snookers sake Judd wins

One for the purists was that

 

personally loved it 

[RowlattsFox]

Actually think Selby has looked more positive and more confident than I've seen him for a fair bit of time. 

But naturally there will be frames where it goes wrong and take ages because he's so hard to get on top on in those situations. 

[Raj]

1 hour ago, EastAnglianFox said:

One for the purists was that

 

personally loved it 

In a narcissistic way I enjoyed it to when I wasnt slipping in and out of sleep!!!😁

 

 

[Raj]

On 14/11/2025 at 22:16, Raj said:

Enjoyed it tonight.

Once judd got going he was all over Zhao.

No ones gonna beat him this weekend.

 

Told you!!🙄🙄🙄😁😁😁

 

Gotta say Selby is a beast at match play.

Just grinds his opponents down so well.

Judd looked completely broken by the end.

Well done jester from the les tah👏👏👏👏