Welsh Open snooker ref has to apologise to participant after forgetting essential rule

On Feb 13, 2024

The Welsh Open was thrown into chaos when referee Dave Ford was pressured to apologise for forgetting a vital rule.

Jack Lisowski beat Oliver Brown 4-2 in Llandudno on Monday (February 12), however not with out controversy within the third body. Lisowski and Brown have been neck-and-neck at 1-1 on the time, battling it out in a tense security play.

Brown was main the body 33-29 with simply two reds left on the desk. All balls besides the blue have been close to the highest cushion, making each gamers assume twice earlier than making their transfer.

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Brown put Lisowski in a good spot, sending the cue ball again down close to the blue. Lisowski, ranked sixteenth on the planet, wanted to be tremendous cautious to not give Brown an opportunity to pot.

He might see the crimson totally, so wasn’t technically snookered, however he needed to simply clip the sting of the left crimson to keep away from leaving Brown a possibility. Lisowski’s first go noticed him miss the crimson fully and hit the pink as an alternative, giving Brown six factors.

Should Lisowski have conceded himself? Let us know what you assume within the feedback part.

Snooker ref Dave Ford apologising to Oliver Brown (not pictured) — Ford was pressured to apologise to Oliver Brown
(Image: Eurosport)

Oliver Brown returning to the table — Brown needed to return to the desk when Lisowski ought to’ve conceded the body
(Image: Eurosport)

He fouled once more, giving Brown one other six factors. Oddly, Lisowski aimed for a 3rd time, risking giving up the body due to the three-miss rule.

If a participant misses hitting a ball 3 times in a row once they can see it clearly, their opponent wins the body. Lisowski missed the crimson for a 3rd time, which ought to have seen Brown win the body.

But as an alternative of Lisowski conceding, Brown returned to the desk, leaving many scratching their heads. The World Snooker Tour confirmed to the Daily Express that the referee made a mistake.

Jack Lisowski — sixteenth seed Lisowski bought away with one
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The rule solely kicks in after the participant has been warned following their second miss. The ref did not warn Lisowski and so could not award the body to Brown. Ford was seen chatting with Lisowski concerning the mix-up, earlier than apologising to Brown.

To add insult to harm for Brown, Lisowski managed to claw again a 22-point deficit to grab the body that ought to’ve been Brown’s. It’s unclear if Lisowski would’ve tried the identical shot a 3rd time if the ref had reminded him {that a} miss would imply dropping the body.

But he lucked out on a rule that is even tripped up Ronnie O’Sullivan earlier than, serving to him safe victory and a spot within the final 32 towards both Gary Wilson or Iulian Boiko.

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