Snooker Scene Podcast episode 492 - Wilson's Waterfront Wonder

Brian McGovern说，我是在看完Mark Allen的采访之后写这些的。

Brian McGovern says, I'm writing this on the back of Mark Allen's interview.

对我来说，看着真的很心碎，我希望他一切顺利。

To me, it was heartbreaking to watch, and I wish him well.

我必须要称赞Rachel Casey，她处理那个非常敏感的情况的方式真的很得当。

I must pay compliments to Rachel Casey for the manner in how she handled what was a very sensitive situation.

就像我说的，我祝Mark一切最好，希望很快能看到他重返赛场。

Like I said, I wish Mark the very best, and hopefully, we'll see him back playing again soon.

我觉得这非常自然，就是人之常情，你不想看到别人受苦，不管你是不是Mark那个打的粉丝，这都不是重点。

I mean, I think this is, you know, this is very much, know, a natural human thing that you want to see people not suffering and it doesn't really matter whether you're a fan of Marx playing or not, it's not about that.

这是更大的格局，就像大家说的。

It's a bigger picture of people have said.

Dave Friedel，David Friedel说，我很高兴你决定分享你对Mark困境的看法，包括那个令人心碎的赛后采访。

Dave Friedel, David Friedel says, I was very pleased you decided to share your thoughts about Mark's difficult situation, including the heartbreaking post match interview.

在进入正题之前，我想先简单介绍一下我自己，给大家一些背景和视角。

Before I reach the substantive points, I'd like to share two bits of prologue about myself for context and perspective.

首先，我其实并不是马克的忠实粉丝。

First, I'm not actually a big fan of Marx.

虽然我很欣赏他的全面比赛能力和类似塞尔比的那种冷静，但我觉得他的风格有点太过保守，短杆，精彩镜头也不多。

As much as I admire his all round match play and his Selby esque bottle, I find his style a bit too timid, short backstroke, relatively few exciting shots.

如果我在现场观看比赛，选择看谁的话，我可能会去看别人。

If I had a choice of matches at a live tournament, I'd probably watch somebody else.

第二，我自己也有很多心理健康方面的经历。

Second, I have a fair amount of personal experience with mental health issues.

我弟弟一生都患有双相情感障碍，二十年前因为药物过量去世，当时才40岁。

My younger brother suffered from bipolar disorder his whole life before passing away twenty years ago from a drug overdose at the age of 40.

我父亲大约十年前自杀，当时79岁，就在他即将被送进疗养院之前。

My father took his own life about ten years back at the age of 79, right before he was about to be admitted to an institution.

现在说说我的看法，看马克在那次采访中的表现，听到他描述自己的挣扎当然是深感难过，但同时也被他的坦诚和勇气所打动和鼓舞。

Now to my comments, watching Mark in that interview, was, of course, deeply saddened to hear him describe his struggles, but at the same time, moved and inspired by his candor and courage.

无论粉丝把马克排在自己最喜欢的球员名单的哪个位置，在我看来，看到他如此痛苦却无动于衷，那真是太铁石心肠了。

Regardless where any fan ranks marking their list of favorite players, it seems to me you'd have to be especially hard hearted not to feel sad seeing him in such pain.

和你一样，我觉得那位采访者做得非常好，她不仅充当了观众的耳目，还表现出了尊重和同情。

And like you, I thought the interviewer did a very good job being the eyes and ears of her viewers while also showing respect and compassion.

我记得当时想，天哪，我怀疑她是不是在新闻学院学的这些，然后立刻又想，如果学校真的没有教那些未来的记者如何应对心理健康问题明显成为因素的情况，那为什么没有教呢？

I remember thinking, boy, oh boy, I doubt she learned this in journalism school, and then immediately thinking, if in fact schools aren't teaching aspiring journalists how to handle situations where mental health issues clearly are a factor, why aren't they?

急救人员、警察、消防员、医生和护士，他们不是经常接受这种重要的培训吗？

Don't emergency responders and police and firefighters and doctors and nurses routinely get this important training?

为什么记者就没有呢？

Why not journalists too?

我下一个观点是想对你的听众提出一个反问。

My next observation is intended as a rhetorical question for your listeners.

没有对错之分，只是一个可能具有建设性的思维实验。

There's no right or wrong response, just a potentially constructive thought experiment.

我认为大家都希望马克能早日康复。

I take it for granted that everyone wishes Mark a speedy recovery.

我们中有些人可能想看到他重返赛场，因为我们是这项运动的粉丝，知道他是多有才华的选手，也喜欢看到他在更多史诗般的对决中出现。

Some of us might want to see him back on the base because we're fans of the sport, we know what a talented competitor he is, and we enjoy seeing him in more epic contests.

有些人可能希望他重返斯诺克，因为那是他热爱的事，而有些人可能只希望马克重新感到快乐和乐观，不管那是否包括斯诺克。

Some might want to see him return to snooker because it's what he loves to do, and some might want Mark to feel happy and optimistic again whether or not that includes snooker.

我的问题是，这些类别中，哪一个最能描述你对马克未来的期望？

And my question is, which of these categories best describes your hopes for Mark's future?

我把自己归入第三类，但我提出这个问题的用意，并不是想说哪类人更好或更差。相反，我认为这是马克的众多粉丝们一个机会，去反观自己，审视自己对那些正与心理健康挑战作斗争的人的态度。

I put myself in that third bucket, but once again my intention in proffering this question is not to insinuate that one kind of person is better or worse than another, Rather, I see this as an opportunity for Mark's many fans to look in the mirror and examine how they feel towards people struggling with mental health challenges.

我想马克会赞同这样的思考练习。

I'd like to imagine Mark would approve of this exercise.

一如既往，感谢你为我们共同热爱的这项运动所做的一切。

Thanks as ever for all you do for the sport we all love.

为了我们所有人，我希望你能在未来许多年里继续做所有这些美好的事情。

I hope for all our sakes, you continue doing all of the wonderful things you do for many years to come.

大卫，谢谢你。

David, thank you.

首先，对于你提到的家庭经历，我向你表示同情，也感谢你愿意分享这些。

Firstly, you know, sympathy to you for the family experiences that you've talked about there, and thank you for sharing them.

我觉得总体上来说，不管你是不是马克·艾伦的铁杆粉丝，这其实都无所谓，这纯粹是人之常情。

I think broadly, it doesn't really matter whether, like I say, whether you're one of Mark Allen's biggest fans or not, it's just a human thing.

你希望看到别人不再受苦。

You wanna see people not suffering.

这世上已经有太多苦难了。

There's enough suffering going on.

即使是不认识马克·艾伦的人，因为他们看过他打球、看过他采访、在社交媒体上关注他，可能觉得自己对他有所了解，他们只是希望他能挺过这一段。

And if it's people, I mean, the people who don't know Mark Allen, but kind of feel they do because they've watched him play, they've seen his interviews, they follow him on social media, they kind of maybe feel they do know him and they just want him to pull through this.

而这正是斯诺克圈子里普遍的看法。

And that is very much the view in the snooker world.

媒体和其他人有时候会非常 cynical。

The media and others can be very cynical.

但我得说，在这一点上，完全不存在这种情况。

I have to say there's none of that when it comes to this.

大家真的是关心他，希望他能够重新振作起来。

Genuinely, are concerned about him and want him to get one again.

约翰·希勒罗普说，谢谢你这么快就出了最新一期播客，就在马克·艾伦参加北爱尔兰公开赛之后。

John Hillerop says, thank you for quickly creating your recent podcast installment after Mark Allen's appearance at the Northern Ireland Open.

重要的是让他知道大家真的很关心他。

It's important that he knows people really care about him.

我觉得他能上电视分享自己的近况，真的很勇敢，尤其是他当时明显情绪很低落、很脆弱。

I thought he was very brave to come on TV and share how he's been doing, especially when he was clearly feeling so raw and vulnerable.

我们都希望他能早日好起来。

We all hope he starts feeling better real soon.

如果威尔逊，如果我们谈论的话，能通过在他照顾自己时取消他排名下降的威胁来帮助他，我认为那将是一个很好的举动。

If Wilson, if we talk, can help him by removing the threat of losing his ranking status while he takes care of himself, I think that would be a wonderful gesture.

关于那一点。

I mean, on that.

谢谢，约翰。

Thanks, John.

我之前确实提过，如果马克想休息更长一段时间，比如休整整个赛季，那么冻结他的排名将是一个选项。

I did suggest that if if Mark wanted to take an extended break, a prolonged break, for example, the rest of the season, then freezing his ranking will be an option.

不过，如果他打算在英国锦标赛时回来，那就没必要这么做了。

But, of course, if he wants to come back at the UK championship, then there's no need to do that.

而且，这完全取决于他自己怎么想，以及他想怎么做。

And, again, it's entirely up to him how he sees it and and what he wants to do.

约翰接着说，今天我决定，趁自己现在身体还健康，终于要去英格兰看一次斯诺克比赛。

John continues, today I decided that while I'm healthy myself at the moment, I'm finally gonna take a trip to England to watch snooker.

我住在马德里，以前从没现场看过比赛，所以我想，为什么不趁世界锦标赛快结束时去谢菲尔德呢？

I live in Madrid and have never been to a live tournament before, so I thought why not head to Sheffield towards the end of the world championship?

当然，克鲁斯堡剧院的门票基本卖光了，只剩下一些600英镑的VIP票。

Of course, the crucible is sold out aside from a few £600 VIP tickets.

不过没关系，只要能和其他斯诺克球迷在一起，在场馆外的大屏幕或者附近的酒吧里看比赛，我就已经很高兴了。

But no matter, I'll be more than more than happy to be among fellow snooker fans and watch on the big screens outside the venue or in nearby pubs.

对了，我刚听完你在Audible上朗读的《一桶金》。

Oh, and I just finished listening to you read Pots of Gold on Audible.

我觉得非常棒。

I thought it was excellent.

我很喜欢你给每一章都起了歌名。

I loved that you gave each chapter a song title.

了解到台球最初是草坪游戏的室内桌面版，这真的让我大开眼界。

Learning that billiards originally evolved as an indoor table version of lawn games absolutely blew my mind.

干得漂亮。

Well done.

好的，谢谢。

Well, thank you.

约翰，值得说的是，确实是卖光了，但当然，很多人会提前一年买票，临近比赛时总有人因为各种原因去不了。

And it's worth saying, John, yes, it is sold out, but of course, lot of people get their tickets a year in advance, and inevitably, there'll be people who can't go for whatever reason near the time.

所以绝对值得……

So it's definitely worth...

如果你要来谢菲尔德，绝对值得去克鲁斯堡售票处问问，因为他们每天都有退票，你可能会……

If you're gonna come over to Sheffield, it's definitely worth checking with the crucible box office because they get returns most days, and you may be able to...

我想说，我不想让你抱太大希望，但临近的时候，你很可能会买到一场比赛的门票，甚至可能不止一场。

I would say, I don't want to build hopes up too much, but would say it'd be quite likely nearer the time you'd be able to pick up a ticket for a session, maybe more than one.

所以去问问售票处吧，因为确实有退票，你可能会买到一张。

So check with the box office because they do get tickets returned and you might get one.

接下来，我们还有什么内容呢？

Now then, what else have we got here?

噢，对了，乔纳森·福特，大概在邮轮上，他说，能不能别再谈那些关于2029年世锦赛搬到贝尔法斯特的既无聊又没必要的猜测了，到此为止吧。

Oh yes, Jonathan Ford, kind of on the cruise, but he says, please can this tedious and unnecessary speculation about the world championship going to Belfast in 2029 be put to bed.

肯定应该是去约克的巴比肯中心。

Surely, it will go to York's Barbican.

BBC急着省钱，考虑到组织一次不熟悉行程的后勤问题，要在削减5亿英镑的背景下，去贝尔法斯特似乎不太可能。

The BBC are desperate to make savings and a trip to Belfast considering the logistics of an unfamiliar trip for the organization in the teeth of a a £500,000,000 savings seems unlikely.

巴比肯中心，除了在约克郡之外，众所周知，对BBC来说也是一个成熟且熟悉的场馆。

The Barbican, as well as being in Yorkshire, is, as we know, a well established and familiar venue for the BBC.

去其他地方简直是愚蠢。

It'd be folly to go anywhere else.

好吧，就这样。

Well, okay.

观点很犀利。

Very trenchant views.

对，不知道。

Yeah, I mean, don't know.

到时候自然就知道了。

We'll find out in due course.

我觉得沃特福特音乐厅有意思的地方在于……

I think the Waterfront's interesting in as much as...

我的意思是，它并不是一直满座，远远没有。

Mean, it wasn't full all the time, nowhere near.

大多数场次都有几百人，这完全没问题。

You know, there was a few 100 people there most sessions, which is perfectly fine.

我想问题是，世界锦标赛的时候，他们能填满吗？

I guess the question is, would they fill it for the world championship?

我对此非常怀疑，因为场次太多了，比如周三早上的第一轮，能有1500人到场吗？

I'm very skeptical about that just because there's so many sessions, know, a Wednesday morning, you know, round one, you're gonna get 1,500 people there?

我觉得不太可能，但走着瞧吧。

Seems unlikely to me, but we'll see.

关于场地我们还没有更多消息，所以等有消息了我们再说。

We've got no more update on the venue yet, so we'll wait until we do to sort of say any more about it.

约翰·克罗斯利问，决胜局前握手是不是惯例？

John Crossley says, is it customary to shake hands before a decider?

我们知道这是从什么时候开始成为标准做法的吗？

Do we know where this became standard practice?

如果决胜局中需要重新摆球，球员在重新开始前应该握手吗？

If there's a re rack in a decider, should the player shake hands before they start the frame again?

这个问题挺有意思。

That's an interesting one.

关于重新摆球，我猜可能不会，因为他们已经握过了。

On the re rack, I suspect probably not because they've kind of done it.

这什么时候成为标准做法的？

When did it become standard practice?

我不知道。

I don't know.

从我观看斯诺克以来，我觉得他们一直都是这样做的。

As long as I've been watching snooker, I think they've done it.

我想这大概就是礼仪的一部分吧。

It's just a kind of part of the etiquette, I suppose.

对，就是这样。

Yeah, exactly that.

如果有人知道答案，请告诉我们，但我不知道。

If anybody knows the answer then do let us know, but I don't.

现在理查德·科利说，在你们上一期播客里，有个叫菲尔·科普兰的听众说他对解说员很恼火，还特别点名了你。

Now Richard Colley says, on your last podcast, you had a listener by the name of Phil Copeland saying he's really bugged by the commentators and singled you yourself out.

如果菲尔对这个无关紧要的“框架球”术语这么反感，不包括巴雷德球，那我要提醒你们的听众，他们有斧子……

If Phil is so is so offended by this nonissue term of frame ball, not including barred snookers, may I remind your audience that they have the axe...

如果他们能看HBO Max，而且出于某种奇怪的原因不喜欢你或任何其他人的解说，他们可以选择环境音。

If they have access to HBO Max, and for some strange reason, don't like you you or anyone else's commentary, they can choose ambient sound.

唯一的选项就是把球台的环境音留下，把解说关掉。

Only option to have the table of background sound and the commentary off.

如果菲尔这么讨厌你的解说，我建议他用这个选项。

If Phil is so offended by your commentary, may I suggest he uses that option?

好吧。

Well, okay.

但你如果真的想的话。

But, you know, if you really want to.

再说另外一件事，我想恭喜你关于保罗·亨特的那期节目，你处理得非常得体，还有你对马克·艾伦心理健康问题的看法，以及这项运动目前如何处理这个问题、以及还能怎么改进。

On further issues, may I congratulate you on the Paul Hunter episode and how sensitively you handled it and your thoughts on Mark Allen's mental health issues and how the game handles this issue currently how and it can improve this.

我真的很喜欢北爱尔兰公开赛。

I've really enjoyed the Northern Ireland Open.

我用WST Play看了第一桌，用HBO Max看了第二桌和第三桌。

I've enjoyed table one via WST Play and tables two and three via HBO Max.

我觉得只有三张球台很好，观众选择度和同时关注的比赛结果数量之间有个很好的平衡，不像有些赛事，最多有八张以上的球台。

I think having just three tables with a great balance between choice for the viewer and not too many results to follow at once opposed to some of the tournaments that have up to more than eight tables.

好的。

Okay.

谢谢你。

Thank you for that.

现在，布莱恩·麦戈文周六去了水滨。

Now Brian McGovern went to the Waterfront on Saturday.

他说，我去了马克·威廉姆斯和杰克·琼斯的半决赛现场。

He said, I've been at the semifinal between Mark Williams and Jack Jones.

我本应该……

I should...

我知道我本应该在现场提出这个问题，而且我知道你没有在解说，但我觉得裁判似乎没有戴麦克风，因为我肯定在赛场里听不到她的声音。

I know I should have raised it at the venue, and I know you weren't on commentary, but I know she's the ref didn't seem to be mic'd up as I certainly couldn't hear her in the arena.

除此之外，有艾伦·麦克马纳斯和多米尼克·戴尔解说，还挺愉快的。

Aside from that, it was enjoyable with Alan McManus and Dominic Dell on commentary.

然后周日决赛时，我希望麦克风的问题能解决。

And then for the final on Sunday, I hope the microphone issue will be resolved then.

像我这样视力不好的人，我觉得这一点非常重要。

As someone like me who's visually impaired, I think this is vitally important.

我不得不放大比分牌才能看清比分。

I found myself having to zoom in on the scoreboard to check the scores.

除此之外，那晚还是很愉快的。

Otherwise, it was an enjoyable evening.

布莱恩，那可能只是个技术故障。

And that might have just been a technical hitch, Brian.

希望布莱恩你能享受决赛，虽然决赛时间不长。

Hopefully hopefully, Brian, you you you were able to enjoy the final, although it it didn't last very long.

理查德·温说，就一个小问题。

Richard Wing says, just a quick question.

我想知道你知道月度最佳球员奖发生了什么吗？

I wondered if you know what happened to the Player of the Month award.

好像只办了一个赛季就没了。

It seems to have just disappeared after one season.

如果之前有过公告，或者你在这里提过，恐怕我错过了。

If there's been an announcement or you've mentioned it on here, I'm afraid I've missed it.

没有，理查德。

No, Richard.

还没有公告，但你说得对。

There's been no announcement, but you're right.

看起来确实是被取消了。

It does seem to have been discontinued.

这算是我的主意吧，不过我不是想说自己像贝尔发明电话那样了不起，只是从其他运动借鉴来的想法。

Think, I mean, it was my idea, okay, I'm not trying to claim, you know, I'm not Alexander Graham Bell saying that, it was just an idea taken from other sports.

但我觉得问题在于球员们对此相当冷淡，因为说实话，我当初提出这个想法的时候，并不是……

But I think that the problem was there was quite a bit of apathy amongst the players because to be honest, when I came up with it, it wasn't...

我并没有建议球员们投票决定。

I didn't sort of suggest the players voted for it.

我原本以为会有一个小组来投票。

I thought there'd be a panel who who could vote for it.

但WPB很合理地希望球员们参与进来。

But, you know, WPB so understandably wanted the players to be involved.

所以球员们……

So the players...

他们整理了一个候选名单。

There was a shortlist put together.

候选名单是我、菲尔·哈根、阿比盖尔·戴维斯……

It was myself, Phil Hagen, Abigail Davies who...

还有飞天鹏，实际上，我们几个一起想出来的。

And Tianpeng Fei, actually, who come up with the shortlist.

然后这个名单交给了球员们，他们投票选出了月度最佳球员。

And then that was put to the players and they voted for the player of the month.

但说实话，问题是很多人根本懒得去投票。

But to be honest, a lot of them just couldn't be bothered to vote was the issue.

而且不仅如此，我确实知道有些人甚至说，这有什么意义呢？

And not only that, I know for a fact that some of them even of said, well, what's the point in all this?

当然，答案是我们做这些是为了推广这项运动。

And of course, answer to that is the point in all this is we're trying to promote the sport.

我不是说月度最佳球员奖能让我们上头条，但这是其他运动都在做的事情，也是一个新闻点，对获奖的球员来说也是件好事，为什么不搞呢？

And I'm not suggesting the Player of the Month award is going get us on the front pages, but it's something other sports do, it's another news line, it's quite nice for the player involved who wins it, Why not do it?

你说是不是？

You know?

但我觉得，冷漠是斯诺克最大的敌人之一。

But apathy is one of the biggest sort of enemies in snooker, I think.

这也是为什么有时候我很难对球员的抱怨产生同情，因为我——

And this is why I do struggle at times to have sympathy for some of the complaints players make because I...

这么多年来，我参与的这些年里，经常有合理的抱怨和合理的观点被提出来。

All the years I've been involved, quite often legitimate complaints are made and legitimate points are made.

然后官方会说，好，我们开个球员会议，你们来，我们讨论一下。

And then the authorities will say, well, we'll have a players meeting, come along, and we'll discuss it.

结果就来了五六个人，这种情况这些年一点都不少见。

And like six people go, and that's not been unusual down the years.

事到临头，大家的热情就没了，看来热情减退这事儿已经开始了……

Push comes to shove, apathy kicks in, and it seems apathy has kicked off...

这个月度最佳球员奖就这么被搁置了。

Has killed off the the Player of Month award.

这里有个冷门消息，就在最后时刻，约翰·梅德克拉夫特，刚刚……

Now under the radar here, in the last moment, John Medcraft, just...

你的邮件，约翰，刚刚赶上了。

Your email, John, just making it in.

他说，我注意到BBC体育网站上那篇文章，标题是《奥沙利文为何面临保住世界前16名的挑战》。

He he says, I refer to the article on the BBC Sport website titled why O'Sullivan faces a battle to stay in the world's top 16.

我觉得这篇文章有点标题党，这对BBC来说很不寻常，或者至少是下结论太早了，因为罗尼在本次赛季似乎很稳定地留在前16名。

I feel this article is a little clickbaity, which is very unusual for the BBC or at least premature as Ronnie's position in the top 16 seems very secure for the whole of this season.

我看了snooker.org上的临时世锦赛种子排名，他目前应该是第八号种子。

When I referenced the provisional world championship seedings on snooker.org, he'll currently be with seeded eighth.

我同意，如果情况继续下去，到2028年世锦赛时他确实会很危险，但是关于2027年的世锦赛，我是不是漏了什么？他看起来位置非常稳啊。

I agree if things carry on and be in serious danger when it comes to the twenty twenty eight world championship, though am I missing something when it comes to the 2027 edition as he seems very comfortably positioned?

你说得对，约翰尼。

You're right, Johnny.

就是……

Is...

他不会……

He won't...

下一届世锦赛他肯定还在前十六，好吧，下一届可能有问题，但那基本上是每个球员都面临的情况，不是吗？

There's no way he'll be he'll be at the top 16 for the next world championship, okay, there might be issues the one after, but that applies to pretty much every player, doesn't it?

因为离那还有差不多两年，所以我们根本没法说谁在那届是绝对安全的。

Because we're nearly two years away from it, so we can't possibly say anyone's safe for that that edition.

我看到了。

I saw that.

我其实觉得那篇文章有点奇怪，因为事实支撑不够，事实是，他……

I I thought it was a bit of a strange article actually because it wasn't really backed up by by the facts, and the facts are, he's...

而且像你说的，目前世锦赛临时排名他是第八。

And like you say, he's eighth currently for the provisional rankings for the world championship.

网络媒体经常把奥沙利文的名字放在标题里，因为他们觉得这样人们就会点进去看。

It's not uncommon for online publications to put O'Sullivan's name in headlines because they think people will therefore click on it.

我看到有人写了一篇关于马克·卡伦的文章，结果硬是把罗尼塞进了标题里。

And I saw someone wrote a piece about Mark Callan where they managed to shoehorn Ronnie into the headline.

但就像你说的，BBC 通常觉得自己不至于这样，但这次可能确实做得不够体面。

But like you say, the BBC, kind of think are above that really, but maybe in this case they weren't.

说实话，这篇报道本身是关于罗尼的，不涉及其他人，但内容确实站不住脚。

Don't know, story to be fair, the story was about Ronnie, it wasn't about anyone else, but it didn't really stack up.

但也许……

But maybe...

好吧，他们好歹是在聊斯诺克，我觉得我们得稍微宽容点，但就事实而言，这篇报道确实经不起推敲。

I mean, look, they're doing a snooker story, so I guess we've got to cut them some slack for that, but it didn't quite add up as a a story in terms of the facts, really.

约翰·温迪班克，你能不能别在不是你解说的比赛中播报比分？大多数人在比赛结束后都能在应用上看到结果。

John Windibank, can you refrain from announcing scores of matches you're not commentating on as most of most of us see them on the app after they finished?

我以为这是基本常识。

I thought it would have been common sense.

那我就不清楚你说的“我们大多数人”是从哪来的了，不过算了。

Well, I mean, I don't know where you get most of us from there, but anyway...

哎，约翰，说实话，我是按照制作团队的要求来播报的，而且我们确实会照常播报其他桌的比分，让听众了解最新情况，毕竟我们是在讲述整场比赛的故事。

Well, look, John, the truth is I broadcast the way that the production wants me to, and we do go across the scores on the other tables to update people as a matter of course, because we're trying to tell the story of the torment.

如果这让你不高兴了，那我只能说抱歉，但我是按制作人的要求来做，这就是他们的要求。

I'm sorry if that's annoyed you, but I do what our producer wants us to do and that's what they want us to do.

切尔西说，一如既往，继续加油，不过你的出色工作和听众的邮件让我今天早上遛狗时都忙个不停，就是那个都柏林飞曼彻斯特两个航班的故事。

Chelsea says, as always, keep up the great work, although your great work and listeners email got me in the fields this morning on the dog walk, the great story of the two flights to Manchester from Dublin.

太精彩了。

Brilliant.

嗯，这是斯蒂芬·肯尼迪的故事。

Well, this was Stephen Kennedy.

谢谢你，切尔西。

Thank you, Chelsea.

这是上周斯蒂芬·肯尼迪告诉我们的，用他那生动形象的文字，可以说是绘声绘色。

This was Stephen Kennedy last week who told us in in vivid prose, it could be said.

那真是个很棒的故事，讲的是他今年第一次从爱尔兰过来参加克鲁斯堡锦标赛的经历。

It was a great narrative, the story of coming over from Ireland to attend the crucible for the first time this year.

切尔西说，听着他描述第一次走进克鲁斯堡时的感受，我先是忍不住笑了，然后又感动得眼眶发热。

Chelsea says, found myself laughing then welling up with emotion listening to the description of how it felt for him to walk into the crucible as a first timer.

我近二十年前第一次去的时候，经历完全不一样。当时从侧门进去，坐在看台上，紧张得根本没法享受整个过程。

I had a very different experience from my first time nearly twenty years ago, going in the side door, sat on the balcony, too many nerves to enjoy the whole process.

但他在2025年再次前往时的感受，和我那次一样，从正门进去，走上楼梯，穿过那扇庄严的门，坐在球桌尽头的位置。

But his experience was how I felt when I returned in 2025, going through the front doors up the stairs, through the hallowed doors, and sitting at the bulk end of the table.

我紧张得心里七上八下，眼睛被灯光晃得发亮，还记得那里有多小，那种安静有多沉重。

My tummy was alive with butterflies, my eyes wide at the lights, and remembering how small the place is, the heaviness of the silence.

你的听众把那些摄像头描述得太到位了。

Your listener described the camera so perfectly.

它们移动和旋转得那么优美，有时候我都看得入神，就看着它们悄无声息地滑过地毯。

They move and dance so beautifully that at points, found myself watching them glide silently over the carpet.

我很幸运，今年又去了2025年和2026年的世锦赛，这次是真的好好体验了一把。

I was fortunate enough to return for the 2025, '26 worlds this calendar year, this time making it a real event.

我参加了媒体日，那是我永远不会忘记的经历。

I took part in media day, which is something I'll never forget.

在克鲁斯堡，周围全是世界顶级选手，还有接下来十七天的热闹气氛，对于一个看了三十多年球赛的球迷来说，简直令人激动得不行。

Being in the crucible surrounded by the world's elite and the buzz of the seventeen days ahead was mind blowing for a fan, as someone who's watched the game for over thirty years.

我留到了第一个周末，交了些新朋友，在酒店大堂唱歌唱到凌晨，一起笑，一起分享故事。

I stayed for the first weekend making new friends, singing in the hotel lobby until the early hours, laughing and sharing stories.

我玩得太开心了，所以决定回来看最后一个周末，结果发现居然一样精彩。

I had such a brilliant time that I decided to return for the final weekend, which somehow was just as good.

离开的时候我心里满满的，又有点难过，因为又要等一年，但留下了最好的回忆——宿醉的头痛、黑眼圈，还有我已经开始倒数着等2027年。

I left there with a full heart, sad because it was over another year, with the best memories of sore head, eyebags, and knowing I'll be counting down the days until 2027.

这个赛季的行程对我来说会不一样。

This season's trip is going to be different for me.

我会像你那位坐爱尔兰航空或瑞安航空的听众一样去旅行。

I'll be traveling just like your Aer Lingus Ryanair listener.

我的航班会长一些，七个小时还要加上去谢菲尔德的旅程。

My flight will be a little longer at seven hours plus the journey into Sheffield.

我一定会仔细确认自己没走错登机口，也没上错航班。

I'll be sure to double check I'm at the right gate for the right flight.

这次旅程会带着紧张和兴奋，期待再次见到我的朋友们，感受那种总能点燃热情的气氛。

The journey will be made with butterflies and excitement to see my people again, to be around that buzz that never fails to light a fire.

我已经知道，回到中东时我会累得不行，但也会带着满满的故事、回忆，还有笑到脸疼的最好理由。

I know already I'll return to The Middle East tired beyond measure, but with another chapter of stories, memories, and the best reason for sore cheeks.

简单来说，斯诺克远不止是一项运动。

Simply put, snookers much more than a game.

赛场上的紧张和兴奋，只是这项神奇运动的一小部分。

The tension and excitement in the arenas is just a small part of this incredible sport.

剩下的，是那些欢乐的瞬间、那些人、那些时刻，或许还有——当我看着比赛、当我身处其中、当我周围都是那些同样前来朝圣的可爱人们时，我自己变成的样子。

The rest is made up of the sillies, the people, the moments, or maybe it's who I am when I watch, when I'm there, when I'm around all the lovely people that make the pilgrimage too.

我会一天一天倒数着，直到踏上飞机的那一天——一百七十九天，一天都不差。

I'll be counting down the days until it's time for me to step on the plane, a hundred and seventy nine days a day.

在那之前，我会尽情享受2026-27赛季的热闹和疯狂。

Till then, I'll be enjoying the craziness of the twenty twenty six, twenty seven season.

老样子，再见了。

As always, goodbye bye.

那又能怎样呢？

What about that?

听起来你确实已经留下了很多回忆，而且按这说法，以后还会有更多。

Well, you know, you've clearly got a lot of memories you've made already and plenty more to come by the sounds of it.

而且，当然，克鲁斯堡剧院在世锦赛中的地位至少还能持续二十年，所以还会有更多美好的回忆等着你。

And, of course, you know, the crucible is playing gonna its part in the world championship basically for the next two decades at least, so that's plenty of more memories to be made.

现在，朋友Jorot有话要说：希望你一切都好，也在爱尔兰享受比赛和惊喜。

Now, friend Jorot has this to say, I hope you're fine and enjoying the matches and surprises so far in Ireland.

我有一个建议，谁需要在你主演的电影里演巴里·霍金斯。

I have a tip who is needed to play Barry Hawkins in your movie.

这事发生在……

Now this was a...

其实也没过多久，大概几周前，我当时提出谁能在电影里演哪个球员。

Not lot going on a couple of weeks ago when when I put forward who could play which plays in a film.

巴里·霍金斯本来要让汤姆·汉克斯来演的。

Barry Hawkins was was gonna be played by Tom Hanks.

不过话说回来，乔里特说，会提到乔恩·克莱尔，就是《好汉两个半》里演艾伦的那个演员。

But anyway, Jorit says, would would call John Cryer, the actor who plays Alan in Two and a Half Men.

他跟巴里长得一模一样。

He's the mirror image of Barry.

顺便说一句，我没有他的电话号码。

I don't have his number, by the way.

祝你这周剩下的时间过得愉快。

Enjoy the rest of the week.

好的。

Okay.

好吧，我们会把这个建议记在心里，万一这电影真的要拍的话。

Well, we'll we'll we'll put that under advisement in case this film is made.

贾拉·沃曼说，我肯定不是唯一一个已经选好自己出场音乐的人，尽管几乎没什么机会能真正用到它。

Jarrah Warman says, I'm certain I'm not the only one who's already chosen their walk on song even though there's little or no chance of ever having the opportunity to experience it.

我觉得让听众写信来分享他们个人的入场曲，这会是个不错的主意。

I think it might be a nice feature for listeners to write in with their personal walk on song.

我先来。

I will go first.

Franz Ferdinand的《Always Ascending》。

Franz Ferdinand, always ascending.

你的会是什么？

What would yours be?

Jarrod说，我是你们的第一位美国通讯员，他来自明尼苏达州的德卢斯。

And Jarrod says, I'm your first American correspondent, he's from Duluth in Minnesota.

他说，祝你们中期选举好运，虽然他假装自己对这有点了解。

Good luck in the midterms, he says, pretending he has any knowledge of it.

我的建议是，如果大家想写信来聊任何话题，在信的最后写上你的名字和你的入场曲，我们会念出来。

What I would suggest is, if people want to email about whatever they email about, at the end, just sign up with your name and your walk on song, and we'll read them out.

我的会是什么？

What would mine be?

我一直觉得……

I've always thought...

不是一直，但好几年了，我一直觉得大卫·鲍伊的某首歌会特别合适。

Not always, but for a number of years, I've thought one of David Bowie's songs would go down really well.

想象一下，在奥古斯塔国家高尔夫俱乐部，伴着《Rebel Rebel》走出来。

Imagine walking out Ali Pally to Rebel Rebel.

而且他其实就是在名人赛期间去世的，对吧，十年前。

You know, and he he actually died during the masters, didn't he, ten years ago.

但好像没有哪个球员真正接过这个接力棒。

But none of the players seem to sort of pick up the baton there.

不过反正，我觉得会是大卫·鲍伊的一首歌。

But anyway, it'd be a David Bowie song, I think.

现在弗洛里安说，因为你上次没读我的邮件，我还担心是不是我的发音指南冒犯了你。

Now Florian says, since you didn't read out my last email, I was worried I might have offended you with my pronunciation guide.

如果是的话，我真的很抱歉。

If so, I'm really sorry about that.

哦，弗洛里安，对不起，因为我可能漏掉了你的邮件，不管那封邮件是什么。

Well, I'm sorry Florian because I think I missed it, whatever it was.

不是……

It wasn't...

你不是被故意冷落的，但他又说了一遍，没问题。

You weren't deliberately snubbed, but he said it again by all means.

但他说，不管怎样，我想感谢你制作了保罗·亨特那一集。

But he says, in any case, I wanted to thank you for the Paul Hunter episode.

那是继克莱夫·艾弗顿致敬集之后，第二集让我感动流泪的节目。

It was the second episode after the Clive Everton tribute that brought me to tears.

我出生于1983年，和保罗年纪相仿，在他去世前几年才开始看斯诺克。

Being born in 1983, I was of a similar age to Paul, having started watching snooker just a couple of years before his passing.

从小到大，我记得一些重要公众人物的去世，比如传奇的澳大利亚板球运动员布鲁诺·克雷斯基，你可能不太了解他。

Growing up, I remember the deaths of major public figures like legendary Australian cricketer, Bruno Kreisky, who you maybe don't know.

哦，抱歉。

Oh, sorry.

他不是澳大利亚板球运动员。

I'll he's not he's not Australian cricketer.

我说，我本来以为会是沙恩·沃恩。

I said, I was thinking that was gonna be Shane Warm.

我说的是澳大利亚板球运动员。

I said Australian cricketer.

其实是奥地利总理。

It's Austrian chancellor.

这有点不一样。

It's a little it's a little bit different.

这有点不一样。

It's a little bit different.

像传奇的奥地利总理布鲁诺·克赖斯基、弗雷迪·默丘里、科特·柯本或戴安娜王妃这样的重要公众人物。

Major public figures like legendary Austrian chancellor Bruno Kreisky, Freddie Mercury, Kurt Cobain, or Lady Diana.

但这些人中没有一个像保罗·亨特的去世那样在个人层面上触动我，从那以后也很少有。

But none of those impacted me on a personal level the way Paul Hunter's passing did, very few have since.

听到你那么用心地讲述他的人生和遗产，真的很有感触。

Really meant a lot to hear you cover his life and legacy so thoughtfully.

谢谢弗洛林，他在维也纳。

Thank you, Florin, who's in Vienna.

他说，皮尔斯，说个完全不同的话题，也许可以作为填充内容，如果接下来几周邮件不多的话，你能不能做一段或者一整集关于乔纳森·巴伦的内容，他1970年赢得了世界业余锦标赛，而且可能更令人印象深刻的是，他连续三年获得英国业余冠军，从1970年到1972年。

He says, Pearce, on a completely different note, and maybe as a filler, if you don't get that many emails in the coming weeks, could you do a segment or even an episode about Jonathan Barron, who famously won the World Amateur Championship in 1970, and arguably even more impressive at the time, three consecutive English amateur titles, 1970 to 1972.

我是从卢克·威廉姆斯那本很棒的书《天才》里才知道他的，发现他特别有意思，因为除了连续三次赢得英国业余冠军这个显然无可匹敌的成就之外，他好像来自康沃尔，那在我看来是欧洲最美丽的地方之一，但至少现在不太算台球的热门地区。

I only I only learned about him from Luke Williams' excellent book, The Natural, and found him to be particularly interesting because setting aside the obvious unrivaled feat of winning three English amateur titles back to back to back, apparently, was from Cornwall, which in my opinion is one of the most beautiful places in Europe, but not exactly a hot bit of snooker at least these days.

所以如果你能利用你那渊博的知识研究，为同样很棒的《金罐》提供一些信息，那就非常感谢了。

So any information from your vast knowledge research for the equally excellent pots of gold is much appreciated.

嗯，那会是一集很冷门的内容。

Well, that would be a niche episode.

不过，弗洛里安，也许夏天可以安排一下，但乔纳森·巴伦，我记得我在《金罐》采访雷·里尔顿时，他谈到过乔纳森·巴伦。

Mean, there might be one for the summer, Florian, but Jonathan Baron, I remember Ray Reardon when I interviewed him at the pots of gold was talking about Jonathan Baron.

所以我在试着找出他说了什么，不过总之，谢谢你的建议。

So I'm trying to dig out what he said, but anyway, thanks for that.

我其实注意到你发的那封邮件了。

I noticed actually the email you sent.

哦，我明白了。

Oh, I see.

我觉得我知道是怎么回事了。

I I think I know what happened here.

是的。

Yes.

是那个测验，对吧？

It was the quiz, wasn't it?

就是1976年世界锦标赛场馆的测验。

And the the, you know, the the World Championship venue quiz in 1976.

我可能……

I may have...

哦，对。

Oh, yes.

你是说弗洛里安·纳斯这个名字怎么读，对吧？

You're saying how to pronounce Florian nurse, doesn't it?

好吧，那不算冷落，我们就继续吧。

Well, it wasn't a snub, so we'll move on.

史蒂文·格罗夫斯，他在高级巡回赛上打球，他是我们的高级巡回赛记者。

Steven Groves, he's playing on the on the seniors tour, he's our seniors correspondent.

他说，世界高级巡回赛的第三场比赛于10月10日的那个周末在雷丁举行，而且再次有强大的参赛阵容，70...

He says, event three of the World Senior Tour took place the weekend of the October 10 in Reading, and again, it was a strong field, 70...

67名参赛者，其中主要巡回赛选手有瑞安·戴、吉米·罗伯逊和克雷格·斯特德曼。

67 entrants with main tour players being Ryan Day, Jimmy Robertson, and Craig Stedman.

其他值得注意的参赛者包括罗里·麦克劳德、杰拉尔德·格林、巴里·平彻斯和罗伯特·米尔金斯。

Other notable entries were Rory MacLeod, Gerald Green, Barry Pinchers, Robert Milkins.

这还没有算上世界排名第一的亚伦·卡拉万、斯图尔特·沃森、丹尼·沃德和达明达·利利，他们都已经在巡回赛上打了好几年了。

This is not taking into account the world number one in the rankings in Aaron Caravan, Stuart Watson, Danny Ward, and Daminda Lilley, all of which have been playing on the tour several years.

为了让你了解这次赛事选手的水平，最后四强是斯特德曼、平彻斯、麦克劳德和罗伯逊，在...之后。

To give you some indication of the quality of player at the event, the last four were Stedman, Pinches, McLeod, and Robertson after...

而且就在一周前，他还在中国一个大型排名赛的半决赛里。

Only after the week before being in the semifinal of a big ranking event in China.

这个赛事最终由克雷格·斯特德曼夺冠，他目前已经赢下了三站比赛中的两站，决赛以4比2战胜吉米·罗伯逊。

Event was won by Craig Steadman, who's now won two out of three events so far, beating Jimmy Robertson four two.

决赛中，整个周末的单杆最高分也是克雷格打出的，127分。

The final, the highest break across the weekend was made by Craig, a 127.

就我个人而言，我打进了八强，以1比4输给了罗伊·麦克劳德。

On a personal note, I've reached the last eight, losing four one to Roy McLeod.

我现在排名升到了第18位，希望你们能为我祈祷，很快能跻身前16。

I'm up to 18 in the rankings, and hope your fingers crossed be in the top 16 soon enough.

说到另一件事，你们别说我老派，但接下来的几个月，斯诺克主要在英国举办，我真的很高兴。

On a different note, call me old fashioned, but I'm really pleased the snookers back in The UK in the main for the next few months.

虽然我一直很享受比赛，但天气越来越冷，待在屋里，倒杯红酒或啤酒，看一场精彩的比赛，这种感觉特别棒。

While I always enjoy it, there's something particularly great about the weather getting colder and being inside with a glass of wine or a beer watching an intriguing match.

一如既往，感谢你们所做的一切。

As always, thank you for what you do.

希望你继续享受本赛季剩余的比赛。

I hope you continue to enjoy the rest of the season.

谢谢你，史蒂文。

Thank you, Steven.

我的意思是，像冬天那几个月，外面天黑得早，时钟也往回拨。

Mean, the the sort of winter months, when it gets dark outside, the clocks go back.

你的思绪就会飘向……

Your thoughts turn to...

如果你到了某个年纪，说实话，史蒂文，你我都到了，你就会想起BBC二台的转播员。

If you're of a certain age, and let's be honest, Steven, you and I are, your thoughts go to sort of the BBC Two continuity announcer.

接下来，BBC二台直播连线普雷斯顿的吉尔霍尔，为您带来英国锦标赛的最新情况，由大卫·瓦因主持。

And now on BBC Two, we cross live to Preston Gilhall for the latest from the UK Championship presented by David Vine.

然后他们会播放那个旋转的地球，配上激昂的音乐，你就在那里，看到吉尔霍尔的外景，瓦因穿着毛衣，泰瑞·格里菲斯在跟克利夫·索普比赛，这一切都让你仿佛回到过去。

And then they have that spinning globe into the drag race of music and you're there, get the shot of the Guildhall, there's Viney in a jumper, you know, and Terry Griffiths is playing, you know, Cliff Thorpe and whatever, you know, it takes you back.

这种感觉真的很棒。

And and, you know, there's lot to be said for that.

所以，是的，现在斯诺克巡回赛有很多新赛事，但那些老牌赛事，还是能靠它们来划分一年的，对吧？

So, yes, the the sort of snooker circuit, I mean, we have a lot of new tournaments, but the established events, can sort of mark out the year by them, can't you?

比如年初的大师赛，春季的世锦赛，等等。

You know, the masters in the New Year, the world championship in the spring, and so on.

那接下来还有什么呢？

Now then, what else have we got here?

对，马丁·莱尔德，你发来了一个规则问题。

Yes, Martin Laird, you sent a rules query.

我会把那个问题转过去。

I will send that.

马塞尔是一位还没有机会执裁的裁判，但他一直在菲律宾做美式台球，挺忙的。

Marcel who's a referee who's yet to be called into action, but he's been in The Philippines doing the pool, he'd so been busy doing that.

不过我下周会把那个问题发给他，因为他应该那时候从那边回来了。

But I'll send that to him next week because I think he'd be back from there.

那我们这周就到这里吧。

So we'll end this week.

这个星期我们举办了世界比利锦标赛。

We've had the World Billiars Championship this week.

来自印度的潘卡·阿德瓦尼赢了，罗兰·考克斯对此有很多话要说。

Pankaj Advani from India won it, and Roland Cox has got plenty to say about that.

首先，潘卡当然是世界斯诺克巡回赛的选手，他绝对是个了不起的Q运动选手。

And firstly, mean, Pankaj, of course, was on the World Snooker Tour, he's a fantastic Q Sports exponent full stop.

他现在基本上专注于比利了，但他以前也是个非常棒的斯诺克选手，现在也是，他在半决赛中击败了大卫·库尔西尔，算是个冷门。

He's kind of dedicated himself to Billiards now, but he was a very good snooker player as well, is a good snooker player, and it was a bit of an upset that he beat David Coursier in the semi final.

大卫·库尔西尔是卫冕冠军，也是夺冠热门。

David Coursier, you know, the reigning champion, the favorite.

罗布·霍尔在另一场半决赛中击败了彼得·吉尔克里斯特，然后阿德瓦尼在决赛中击败了罗布·霍尔。

Rob Hall beat Peter Gilchrist in the other semi final, and then Advani beat Rob Hall in the final.

罗兰写信来说，祝贺潘卡·阿德瓦尼本周在兰迪伍德赢得世界比利锦标赛冠军。

Roland says, just writing to say congratulations to Pankaj Advani on winning the World Billiards Championship at Landywood this week.

我知道比利是个小众项目，永远不会吸引大量的电视观众，但我恳求你们的听众去访问世界比利YouTube频道，那里有很多本次比赛的比赛视频可以观看。

I understand Billiards is niche and will never command a large TV audience, but I implore your listeners to visit the World Billiards YouTube channel where there are many matches from the event to watch.

特别是半决赛中，潘卡杰对阵大卫·库尔西埃的那场。

Pankaj versus David Coursia, in particular in the semifinal.

那是一场非常容易让人享受的比赛，两位技艺高超、精通各自领域的大师，得分快且流畅。

It's a very easy match to enjoy with fast and flute scoring from two talented and masters of their craft.

决赛中，阿德瓦尼对阵罗布·霍尔，比赛长达五个小时，分成两节，每节约两个半小时。

In the final, Advani faced Rob Hall in a five hour match split over two sessions of two and a half hours each.

半程时，霍尔以773比677领先，并且正处于一个229分的连续得分中。

At halfway point, Hall led seven seventy three to six seventy seven and was on a break of two twenty nine.

他说，台球比赛可不是闹着玩的，对吧？

He said they don't mess about in billiards do they?

229分其实也不算特别大。

Two twenty nine and that's actually not it's not that big really.

还有比这更高的连续得分呢。

There's bigger breaks than that.

罗兰继续说。

Roland continues.

比赛恢复后，他继续将单杆得分提高到331分，然后将领先优势扩大到326分，比分变成了1014对688，就在这时，潘卡杰开始发力了。

On resumption, he continued the break to 331 and then increased his lead to 326 points with the score 1,014 to 688, at which point, Pankaj clicked into gear.

他连续得了795分，基本上是包括了几个单杆……

He constructed 795 unanswered points, pretty much pretty much including breaks of...

好吧，我这儿思路断了。

So I've lost the thread here.

单杆210分和587分。

Breaks of two hundred and ten and five hundred and eighty seven.

210分那杆以一次失误和两分罚分结束，所以说是基本上，而587分那杆拿下了赛事最高单杆奖。

The 210 ending on a miscue and a foul of two points, hence the pretty much, with the 587 taking the events high break price.

观看潘卡杰的击球真是一种享受，所有台球爱好者都会欣赏的。

To watch pound catch in action is a joy which all cue sports enthusiasts will appreciate.

在决赛后半段他承受了压力，在最关键的时刻拿出了出色的表现。

He was under pressure in the second half of the final and produced the goods when it mattered most.

他眼中闪烁着光芒，看得出他是认真的，展现了真正冠军才有的自信和胆量，并且以如此流畅迅捷的方式得分，完全专注在手头的任务上。

He had a glint in his eye and he could see he meant business, showing the self confidence and bottle which true champions possess and scoring in such a fast and fluent manner, totally zoned into the task at hand.

最终他以1,906比1,206获胜。

He eventually ran out a winner by 1,906 to 1,206.

潘卡杰自己说这次比赛的水平非常高，竞争极其激烈，而且有一些新面孔加入，包括罗布·豪尔和克里斯蒂安·柯克，他们差点在16强赛中击败潘卡杰，当时他们打出了快速的两杆和一次高分。

Pankaj himself said the standard of the event was exceptional and extremely competitive, and with some new names in the mix including Rob Hall and Christian Kirk, who almost pipped Pankaj in the round of 16 with a quick fire two and a break against this clock.

再说一次，值得在YouTube上观看。

Again, worth a watch on YouTube.

这项运动远未消亡。

The game is far from dead and buried.

我希望潘卡杰的愿望能实现，比赛明年能在印度举行，这次冠军奖金只有一万英镑。

I hope Pankaj gets his wish that the event will be held in India next year with only £10,000 to the winner this time.

考虑到这项运动在印度的历史和受欢迎程度，你应该会想到有人会出钱让它获得应有的声望。

And given the history and popularity of the game in India, you would think someone there would stump up the cash to give it the prestige it deserves.

总之，通过这封邮件，我开始了一场为潘卡杰争取世界斯诺克资格赛外卡的活动。

Anyway, with this email, I'm starting a campaign to get Pankaj a wildcard into the world snooker qualifiers.

我知道他想参加一些斯诺克赛事，但不想成为全职职业选手，所以鉴于他也是高水平的斯诺克选手，他的台球世界冠军头衔肯定能证明他应该获得外卡参赛资格。

Understand he would like to enter some snooker events, but without becoming a full time professional, so surely his billiards world title justifies his inclusion as a wildcard given he's also a highly skilled snooker player.

我知道这在球员中会很受欢迎，可能除了那些可能会输给他的人。

I know it'd be a popular decision among the players with the possible exception of those who might lose to him.

潘卡杰作为斯诺克选手，以他独特的跷跷板式击球动作给球台带来了新的风格。

Pan Catch as a snooker player brings a new start to the table with his unique seesaw cue action.

他的手感极佳，这在黑球点附近的得分上很有帮助，还运用了一些在台球中常用的轻触反弹和顶库附近的小球技。

He has a phenomenal touch which lends well to scoring around the black spot area with some little touch cannons and pops along the top cushion used so often in billiards.

虽然他缺乏击球力量，但他在控制目标球重量和战术对抗中母球位置方面的台球知识，足以弥补这一点。

While he lacks in cue power, he more than makes up for with his billiards knowledge of controlling the weight of the object ball and position of the cue ball in tactical exchanges.

这么说吧，如果他和一些职业斯诺克选手练习几周，他进入克鲁斯堡正赛的机会非常大。

Put it this way, with a few weeks practice against some pro snooker players, he would have more than a decent chance of qualifying for the crucible.

如果他做到了，那对台球运动将是多大的推动啊。

And if he did, then what a boost it would give to billiards.

谢谢你，罗兰。

Thank you, Roland.

这番话真是充满热情。

Impassioned plea there.

我同意这个原则。

I mean, I I agree with the principle.

要是能看到本加吉·兰尼参加世界锦标赛资格赛，那就太好了。

It'd be great to see Bengaji Ranney in the world champion qualifiers.

我觉得问题是，那样会不会开个先例呢？

I suppose the point is that that would then set a precedent, would it?

比如明年，如果大卫·库西耶赢了世界台球锦标赛，他会不会也被邀请？

Maybe next year, say David Coursier won the World Billiards Championship next year, would he get invited in?

你懂我的意思吧？

You know what I mean?

就像，我们……

Like, we...

你……

You...

他之所以被邀请，是因为他本身是个不错的斯诺克选手，但我觉得这种事情，你得稍微……

He's kind of been invited in because he's already a good snooker player, but I think with these things, you have to sort of...

这必须是一条明文规定的规则，而不是我们每年根据谁赢了比赛再临时决定。

It has to be a kind of a rule that is there in stone rather than we'll we'll just decide year on year depending on who wins it.

但你提出的核心观点，我同意。

But the the the the basic point you make, agree with.

能看到潘卡吉·阿加瓦尔参加世界斯诺克资格赛会很棒，他是个非常优雅、非常有天赋的台球选手。

It'd be great to see Pankaj Agarwal in in the world snooker qualifiers, and he's a very elegant queerist, very talented queerist.

他赢了大约27个不同形式的世界比力士冠军，包括时限版、短局版、积分版，等等等等。

He's won something like 27 World Billings titles in different formats, you know, the time version, the short version, the points version, all the rest of it.

那简直不可思议，无论是职业还是业余层面。

And, you know, that's that's incredible, professional and amateur.

所以，听着，他是个非常非常出色的台球运动员，不是吗？

So, listen, he's a great, great cue sports player, isn't he?

而且就像你说的，这些比赛都可以在世界村YouTube频道上找到，如果想回顾的话。

And, you know, as you say, it's all there on the World Village YouTube channel if you want to go back and look at some of those matches.

我们就先聊到这儿，感谢收听，当然，我们现在有几天的休息时间，但职业巡回赛周六会回归，迎来国际锦标赛。

We'll draw a line under it all there, but thank you for listening, and of course, we've got a few days off now, but the professional tour returns on Saturday for the international championship.

这个赛事本身就是个大比赛，而且它还是英国锦标赛之前最后一个排名赛，这意味着前16名的淘汰线会在那之后确定。

Now this is a big tournament in its own right, but it's also the last ranking event before the UK championship, which means the cutoffs for the top 16 are going to come after that.

所以从资格赛的角度来看，不只是英国锦标赛，你还可以为大师赛做准备。

And so in terms of qualifying, and it's not only the UK championship, you can build towards the Masters as well.

所以考虑到奖金，如果有人能在这里突围，这赛季已经有不少低排名选手做到了，可能还能一下子冲进前16，获得约克站的种子资格，我们拭目以待。

So given the prize money, if someone could come through the pack there, and it's been the story this season of low ranked players doing that and possibly sort of vault their way into the top 16 and get seeded for York, we'll see.

所有这些都可以在TNT、HBO Max、WSD Play以及所有常规平台上观看。

It's all on TNT and HBO Max and WSD Play and all the usual offices.

想了解国际锦标赛的观看方式，可以查看世界斯诺克巡回赛官网。

Check out the World Snooker Tour website for details of how to watch the international championship.

布伊莱尔是卫冕冠军。

Bouilliers are the defending champion.

这个赛事不计入冠军中的冠军赛，因为中间只隔了两天，时间太紧了。

Now it doesn't count towards the champion of champions just because there is that, you know, the two days between them sort of thing.

确实有点赶。

It's considered just a bit kinda tight.

布伊莱斯其实去年就获得了今年冠军锦标赛的参赛资格，但当然，从那以后，他已经赢得了世界锦标赛。

Bouilliers are actually qualified last year for the champion of champions for for this year's, but then, of course, since then, he's won the world championship anyway.

顺便说一下，尼尔·罗伯逊是凭借排名入选的。

Neil Robertson, by way, has got in that off the rankings.

他是排名最高的选手，因为之前有15位选手赢得了赛事冠军。

He's the top player of the rankings because they had 15 players who won tournaments.

然后北爱尔兰公开赛中，凯伦·威尔逊和杰克·琼斯已经获得资格。

And then Northern Ireland Open, Kyren Wilson and Jack Jones already qualified.

所以尼尔·罗伯逊将以世界第三的身份参赛。

So Neil Robertson will get in as world number three.

按照这些赛事的运作方式，你可以预见他会夺冠，对不对？

And the way way these things work, you could see him winning it, couldn't you?

在某种程度上，这有点像墨菲定律。

You know, it's just sort of sods law in a way.

但无论如何，我们拭目以待。

But anyway, we will see.

那接下来还会继续。

That's that's gonna follow on.

然后我们还有英国锦标赛。

And then we've got The UK as well.

我觉得德国大师赛也在维根举行，也在这其中。

I think the German masters qualifies in Wigan as well, are in the mix there somewhere.

然后是英国锦标赛，苏格兰公开赛之前是决赛。

And then The UK, the Scottish Open, before that is the shootout.

还有几天的冠军联赛，让大家慢慢进入圣诞节的氛围。

There's a couple of days of Championship League as well just to sort of settle everyone into Christmas.

所以这段时间很忙，英国这边白天越来越短，感觉有点像真正的斯诺克季节了，对吧？

So busy period, the nights drawing in here in The UK, and it feels like sort of proper snook time in a way, doesn't it?

你可以联系我们，斯诺克场景播客……

You can contact us, snooker scene podcast...

说我们，其实是我。

Say us, me, really.

你可以通过 snookerscenepodcast@mail.com 联系我。

You can contact me, snookerscenepodcast@mail.com.

就是 snookerscenepodcast@mail.com。

That's snookerscenepodcast@mail.com.

再次恭喜凯伦·威尔逊。

Congratulations again to Kyren Wilson.

还有，我想说一点。

And I will say this as well.

我觉得每个人对球员都有自己的看法，喜欢谁或者不喜欢谁。

I think, you know, people have their own obviously views about the players and who they like and who they don't.

我觉得凯伦是个非常非常会说话的人，他会努力说些有内容的话，不会只是说些客套话。

I think he's a very, very good talker, Kyren, in terms of he will make an effort to say something, he doesn't just sort of come out with platitudes.

我觉得他的采访很有意思。

I think his interviews are interesting.

他表现得也很专业。

He does conduct himself well as professional.

我们听说了，马克和约翰去了他哥哥为那个慈善机构组织的慈善晚会。

We've heard from people who Mark and John went to the the charity night that his brother organized for that charity.

他们为此筹集了超过一万五千英镑。

They raised over £15,000 for that.

他表现得很好。

You know, he conducts himself well.

而且我觉得有趣的是，赛季第一天，因为他在冠军联赛期间家里被盗了，他打完第一场比赛后回到家。

And I think, you know, and interesting actually that day one of the season, because his house was burgled when he was in the championship league, and he he sort of came home after his first match.

但有趣的是，那个入室盗窃的人最近被判有罪，被判了四年监禁。

But interestingly, the chap who did the burglary has been found guilty just recently and has been jailed for four years.

所以这算是相当快的正义了。

So that's pretty swift justice.

从法庭报道来看，他有点坏。

He was a bit of a wrong one, just reading the court reports.

但不管怎样，他们抓到他了，就这样，他将来再也不会闯入凯伦的家了。

But anyway, they got him and that's that, he won't be burg in Kyren's house anytime in the future.

不过话说回来，这又不是英国罪案节目。

But anyway, this is not Crimewatch UK.

所以，感谢你的收听，我们稍后会带来更多内容。

So, thank you for listening and we will return with more in due course.

随着我们从北爱尔兰公开赛收官，当然，我们一如既往地，尽管有人试图阻止我们，我们还是要说，再见啦。

And as we sign off from the Northern Ireland Open, of course we say, as we always do, despite campaigns to stop us, as we always do, it is goodbye bye.