European Snooker Championships 2010 - Bucharest, Romania

2010 European Snooker Championships
Northern Ireland Players (Gary Crawford, Allister Wilson, Michael McDonald

Had an early start yesterday (Sunday) with a match against a tough Romanian snooker player, the fourth match of my tournament group. Although I won the match 3-0 it could have been so much worse, I just cannot seem to find any control and it feels like my cue arm has a life of its own, so delighted with the win, as my game cannot get much worse the only way is up I suppose. We are all paying close attention to the group results as group winners are seeded into the next round, second place in group will play off against third place players.

Received our tournament programme this evening, looks good. Janie Watkins from Global Snooker has added some great photographs of the venue and the team players and it is well worth a look, the venue is massive and conditions are just perfect.

After the Snooker it was off to the Casino with my 'brother' Brendan Thomas and what a nights craic that was, especially when Doron Levi from Israel turned up, what a character he is. Enough to say Doron enjoyed his food and fries which were ordered without telling us, and then had the cheek to nick our sandwiches once we ordered ours, nice one Doron. Before I forget, well done Brendan - a fantastic 111 Break in a major European Tournament, not bad for a ol' fella!

The Palace Casino is some spot. A courtesy cab took us direct from the hotel, and once there we could have whatever we wanted from a well stocked bar and extensive hot food buffet area, pure quality.