by KrazeeEyezKilla » 26 Mar 2019 Read
There was a feature on BBC's One Show last night with Womens No.3 ranked player Rebecca Kenny about sexism in Snooker. She was playing in a league where two of the teams were in clubs that barred women and she couldn't play her teams fixture against them.
Runs from around 7.20 to 15.00 and has a brief comment at the end from Richard Carpenter from The Carpenters.
https://youtu.be/ybtePhrcVss
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by The_Abbott » 26 Mar 2019 Read
She should enter the Shoot Out next year.
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by Dan-cat » 26 Mar 2019 Read
This is actually a thing still?! WTF
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by Cloud Strife » 26 Mar 2019 Read
They should hold their next league fixtures in a kitchen. I'm sure she'd be more than welcome in there.
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by Dan-cat » 26 Mar 2019 Read
This is an indefensible position.
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by The_Abbott » 27 Mar 2019 Read
It would be great if a woman can qualify for the tour as the more press coverage there is will help. I guess some clubs are still "gentleman" clubs where they smoke and drink all day. This will eradicate in time I'm sure.
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by Dan-cat » 27 Mar 2019 Read
I whatsapped this article to the Latvian and she replied simply:
'bucking hell'
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by Badsnookerplayer » 27 Mar 2019 Read
How long before one of the lower ranked players identifies as a woman in an attempt to take the Women's world championship?
My money is on Joe Swail.
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by KrazeeEyezKilla » 27 Mar 2019 Read
There's an old story about Donald Sutherland going to see White-Stevens in the 1984 Masters and arriving late just in time to see the 147 which was the first frame of Snooker he ever saw. That feature might be the first exposure to Snooker Richard Carpenter ever got and I don't think he got as good an impression as Donald.
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by SnookerFan » 28 Mar 2019 Read
Badsnookerplayer wrote:How long before one of the lower ranked players identifies as a woman in an attempt to take the Women's world championship?
My money is on Joe Swail.
My money is on Ronnie.
He'd do anything for ranking points.
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by Dan-cat » 28 Mar 2019 Read
The Nugget weighs in with some sense:
TWITTER ATTACK
@SteveSnooker Difficult to get socially retarded committees to see sense!? You’d hope that the league booted them out regardless of the effect it had on the league?
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by mick745 » 28 Mar 2019 Read
I checked the calendar. Is it 1974?
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by Badsnookerplayer » 28 Mar 2019 Read
mick745 wrote:I checked the calendar. Is it 1974?
Your calendar is from 1974??
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by Cloud Strife » 15 Aug 2019 Read
Anyone can be a woman these days. It all depends on how you feel when you get out of bed in the morning.
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by Johnny Bravo » 26 Apr 2022 Read
The_Abbott wrote:It would be great if a woman can qualify for the tour as the more press coverage there is will help. I guess some clubs are still "gentleman" clubs where they smoke and drink all day. This will eradicate in time I'm sure.
Nothing wrong with drinking. The smoking is bad though, your clothes smell like rubbish from it.
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by Iranu » 26 Apr 2022 Read
Johnny Bravo wrote:The_Abbott wrote:It would be great if a woman can qualify for the tour as the more press coverage there is will help. I guess some clubs are still "gentleman" clubs where they smoke and drink all day. This will eradicate in time I'm sure.
Nothing wrong with drinking. The smoking is bad though, your clothes smell like rubbish from it.
Yep that’s definitely the worst thing about smoking.
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by mick745 » 26 Apr 2022 Read
Do they still allow smoking indoors anywhere, even in members only clubs??
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by The_Abbott » 26 Apr 2022 Read
The_Abbott wrote:It would be great if a woman can qualify for the tour as the more press coverage there is will help. I guess some clubs are still "gentleman" clubs where they smoke and drink all day. This will eradicate in time I'm sure.
Not to be smug or anything but I have great foresight. We now have 2 women on the tour with more to follow.
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by Holden Chinaski » 26 Apr 2022 Read
Iranu wrote:Johnny Bravo wrote:The_Abbott wrote:It would be great if a woman can qualify for the tour as the more press coverage there is will help. I guess some clubs are still "gentleman" clubs where they smoke and drink all day. This will eradicate in time I'm sure.
Nothing wrong with drinking. The smoking is bad though, your clothes smell like rubbish from it.
Yep that’s definitely the worst thing about smoking.
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by Minimum Break » 27 Apr 2022 Read
mick745 wrote:Do they still allow smoking indoors anywhere, even in members only clubs??
You can smoke in the high roller rooms at casinos.
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by Alex0paul » 27 Apr 2022 Read
I find it sexist that there is a women’s tour but no men’s tour
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by SnookerArcher » 19 May 2022 Read
Minimum Break wrote:mick745 wrote:Do they still allow smoking indoors anywhere, even in members only clubs??
You can smoke in the high roller rooms at casinos.
Not in the UK
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by SnookerArcher » 19 May 2022 Read
Cloud Strife wrote:Anyone can be a woman these days. It all depends on how you feel when you get out of bed in the morning.
This affront to logic... Really hope it's just some fad quickly forgotten about.
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by Minimum Break » 17 Sep 2022 Read
SnookerArcher wrote:Minimum Break wrote:mick745 wrote:Do they still allow smoking indoors anywhere, even in members only clubs??
You can smoke in the high roller rooms at casinos.
Not in the UK
Turns out it's being phased out in Australia.
Been a while since I've been in one.
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by SnookerFan » 31 Oct 2022 Read
SnookerArcher wrote:If Seema joined the tour I that would be SnookerFan's dreams come true!
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