Draw is made

Busy week this week, with work and everything else haven't spent much time on the practice table. Spoke with Seamus on Friday and waistcoat will be ready for me before Wednesday this week, I feel great about representing Mitchells Snooker Club in Cookstown, a real club run by a real snooker enthusiast.

Received a phone call from John in Tyrone Times, there will be a feature in the paper before I leave and John wants to get a few photographs to accompany the report. As I had played all of my leave snooker with the INF in Dungannon I suggested we meet there on Sunday, I could maybe get a few frames in also. Change of Plan. Will now get the photos taken at Patrick Wallace's table, wow what a setup....lighting, table, everything perfect. Patrick has kindly arranged a practice session or two before I leave which will be a help.

End of a busy week and just checked the www.ebsa.tv website (European Billiards & Snooker Association) ...looks like the draw for Poland has been made. My opponents in Group E will be:

PHILLIP WILLIAMS (WALES) - SUN 8th June
ANDRIS KRITNERS (LATVIA) - SAT 7th June
NORMAN CAUNTER (GERMANY) - FRI 6th June
RAYMOND BOTTERO (FRANCE) - MON 9th June
MAREK KULAGO (POLAND) - TUE 10th June

Looking forward to it, all my matches are at 10:00 which will give me the rest of the evening to do some sightseeing, chat to kids and T and generally chill out. There are 8 groups of 6 from all over Europe including Russia, click here for full draw. I think a top two finish in the group will get me through to the final stages. Only a week and half to go...passport arrived this week so things moving pretty quickly now...note to me...more practice needed!