Snooker

[cdbearsfan]

Tour Championship on channel 5 all week, for anyone who is bored during international break.

[cdbearsfan]

Zhao 8 Higgins 0 after their first session. Is the Crucible Curse getting broken this year?

[cdbearsfan]

Zhao beats Kyren Wilson 10-5, John Higgins 10-1 and Judd Trump 10-3 to win the title. Ominous form heading into the World Championship. Is this the year the Crucible Curse gets broken?

[Rory]

What's the crucible curse, CD?

[cdbearsfan]

No first time winner has ever retained their title at the Crucible the following season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucible_curse

[Rory]

No first time winner has ever retained their title at the Crucible the following season.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucible_curse

Thanks mate.

Hardly a 'curse' though, is it? The Worlds are just very difficult to win.

[cdbearsfan]

Ffs. You'll be saying the Celebrity Alivewatch Thread isn't cursed, next.

[Rory]

I don't trust any of you to predict celebrity deaths accurately.

I'm normally on board with your jinxing business, but not this time, brother!

[cdbearsfan]

1981: Steve Davis wins first World Championship.

1982: loses in the first round to Tony Knowles... 10-1.

How can you possibly explain that if it isn't a curse?

[PeterWithesShin]

Graeme Dott lost to the singer from Echo and the Bunnymen. It's obviously a curse.

[cdbearsfan]

Still, it probably wasn't the worst thing he did...