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Bayley on the Baize
Bristol UK boy Matt tries to deal with his passion for snooker in Toronto Canada. Includes analysis, anecdotes and tips for playing.
Episodes
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Episode 12: The Snookerbacker Classic
Back on home soil, Matt takes Valerie to the current (for now) home of the PTCs in Gloucester to participate in one of the great hopes for amateurs in the UK these days - catching up with old baize friends and new internet friends, while trying some Canadian grinding on the best tables in the...
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Episode 11: From Top to Bottom
In two bars and a bus, in May and September, Matt talks about hanging out with the late Paul Hunter, watches his hero Ronnie win the Worlds and discusses with Valerie the new Canadian face on the global snooker scene...who hasn't yet shown his face. Download this episode! Subscribe! The Worlds…
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Episode 10: Snow In July
With all the crap summer weather on both sides of the pond, we go back to February and a tournament in the frozen North(ish) with some very warm people. With a cameo by 1990 British Open champ Bob Chaperon. Download this episode! Subscribe! Sudbury Tourism Snow Tournament Results @ Snookerline...
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Episode 09: Viva Monte Carlo!
Matt and Valerie brave the wilds of suburbia to join renowned cuesports tv commentator and player Jim Wych, who's bringing a positive energy back to Canadian snooker with his weekly 6-red tournament. With cameos by former Canadian champ Eddie Galati and pool goddess Grace Nakamura. Download this...
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Episode 08: Dick Moves
At the time of the UK Championships, Matt and Valerie discuss what's "naughty" and what's just arrogant, along with reviewing some issues raised in the World Snooker season of changes so far. Download this episode! Subscribe! Trump vs. Allen: Frame 18 @ YouTube (other frames available from same...
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Episode 07: Watching the Grinder
It's been a while since the 2011 World Seniors Snooker Championship, but regardless Matt and Valerie cheer on the "fastest of the slow players," Cliff Thorburn: a Canadian player so famous, even Valerie had heard of him before meeting Matt. Meanwhile, another legend helps solve the mystery of...
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Episode 06: It's What You Leave
After reading some interesting new rules for Ontario players qualifying for the Nationals, Matt and Valerie talk handicaps with a couple players who travel far for competition and talk memories with a man who played two Canadian snooker legends (possibly not who you'd expect). Download this...
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Episode 05: Breaking and Brushing
Nursing an injured foot, Matt stays in to try out liveworldsnooker.tv and watch what he considers Ronnie O'Sullivan's "awesomest" 147 yet, then he ventures to the club to demonstrate brushing tables and explain why it's important. Download this episode! Subscribe! Watch the Ronnie video along…
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Episode 04: A Tale of Two Clubs
While Matt puts on his first snooker tournament in Canada, he and Valerie look back on a visit to a Rileys Sports Bar in rainy Manchester UK and a trip to a downtown Toronto pool hall where Matt got a hard lesson in diplomacy. Download this episode! Subscribe! Weekly Annex Snooker Tournament...
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Episode 03: The Canadians, 2011
The Canadian Snooker Championship Trophy A very personal odyssey through the national snooker championships includes a street festival, a discussion of regional challenges, singing Michael Jackson songs and - of course - coffee and donuts. Download this episode! Subscribe! (Hey, It didn't make it...
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Episode 02: Keynsham Snooker Centre
While on holiday back home in the UK, Matt takes Valerie to a club where he spent much of his "snooker youth" and talks with old friends about what went on behind the scenes at the Worlds, local leagues and tournaments still going strong, and a legend who got put in his place. Download this...
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Episode 01: Watching the Ace
From suspiciously-obtained internet video streams, we watch the amazing World Championship journey of Judd Trump, with whom Matt shares a hometown, much tournament competition in nearby Keynsham, a past as a prodigy and a penchant for taking the big risky shot. Download this episode! Subscribe!...
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Episode 00: Opening Break
Welcome! And don't judge us by this one! From the site of the Canadian Snooker Championships (er, in a couple months) to a Tim Horton's coffee place, we lay the foundations of the podcast to come. Download this episode! Subscribe!
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Bristol UK boy Matt tries to deal with his passion for snooker in Toronto Canada. Includes analysis, anecdotes and tips for playing.
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