English Seniors Championship 2010

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A number of Notts players are competing at Riley's Cueball, Derby, today in the English Seniors Snooker Championship.

The day will be split into two stages.

Initially, Round robin groups will be played, with players competing in a best of five frame match against each of the other players in their group.  At the end of the round robins, the top two players in each group, and the best two third placed players will qualify to the second stage, which is one further round, played over a knockout basis, best of five frames.  The five winners in this round will be the qualifiers.

The prize fund breakdown for this championship is as follows:

WINNER £ 160.00
RUNNER UP £80.00
SEMI-FINALISTS £40.00
QUARTER FINALISTS £25.00
HIGHEST BREAK £30.00

GROUP A
Barry Stark
Steve Judd
Gary Miller
Nigel Crawford

GROUP B
Kevin Uzzell
Malc Belshaw
Steven Porter
Michael Kirk

GROUP C
Stuart Ross
Gary Spencer
David Brown
Mike Smith

GROUP D
Gary Smith
Colin Mitchell
Tony Hart
Gary Morris

Good luck to all our players!

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Congratulations to Nottingham's Steve Judd who has qualified for the last 16.

Here is the full list of qualifiers:

EASB ENGLISH SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP 2010

1 Ali Bassiri London
2 Andrew Milliard Kendal
3 Anthony Massey Leeds
4 Ashley Beal Pevensey
5 Colin Mitchell Northampton
6 Colin Norton Waterlooville
7 Gary Miller Birmingham
8 Gary Morris Rugby
9 John Welsh Liverpool
10 Kevin Firth Bradford
11 Les Dodd Southport
12 Mark Rowing Doncaster
13 Mike Smith Stoke-on-Trent
14 Phil Freeman Bolden Colliery
15 Steve Judd Nottingham
16 Tony Buckley Doncaster

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ENGLISH SNOOKER SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
QUALIFIERS 2009-2010

Three former winners of the English Seniors event are through to the last 16, March 28th at a venue to be confirmed after a healthy entry of 46 players competed at three clubs in Round Robin phase and one final knockout round.

Northern - Cue Gardens, Bradford – 25 players
Last seasons winner only finish 2nd in his group behind Tony Buckley who beat Mark Rowing 3-2 to claim pole position Buckley beating Graham Hickman 3-0,
Rowing made breaks earlier of 102,76 runs of 67 and 57 to beat John Prime 3-0.

Other group winners to qualify Less Dodd, ex champion John Welsh best group difference 9-0 and Philip Freeman.

Andrew Milliard, Anthony Massey and Kevin Firth also reached the last 16, Frith the only player to reach the knockout stage from 4th place ended his day in style with the events highest break so far 123 in his last frame to beat Group B winner
Ian Duckworth,

John Welsh made seven breaks over fifty topped by runs of 81 and 84, John Prime 74 and 87, Alan Edmonds absence from national events for a long time 75 the Shrimper led Alan Massey 2-0 in the final round but to no avail in the events strongest section.

Midlands - Rileys Cue Ball, Derby – 16 players
Former English Amateur Champion Steve Judd who defeated The Rocket in the final is through along with ex Seniors winner Colin Mitchell although both finished 2nd in their groups winning the final match 3-1.

Mike Smith, Gary Miller and Gary Morris completed the strong group of five players to qualify for the last 16 with Morris showing the best frame difference 9-1 and making the highest break 62.

South – Woking SC – 9 players
Unusually none of the group winners qualified all the 2nd placed players overhauled them which included last seasons runner up Colin Norton 2-1 down to Jago Bidmead who's 6-1 frame difference was the day's best.

Richard Somauroo who bagged the highest break earlier 91 opened with scores of 55 and 50 to lead Ashley Beal but lost 3-2 to qualify.

And finally Ali Bassiri overcame Andy Stone 3-1 who had beaten him 3-2 in the Round Robins.

For full results/news/rankings see www.englishsnooker.com

Malcolm Thorne
English Snooker

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ENGLISH SENIORS CHAMPIONSHIP
LAST 16

STEVE JUDD V GARY MORRIS
FINALISTS

Former English Amateur Champion Steve Judd (Nottingham) will play Gary Morris in the English Seniors final May 22nd / 23rd at the EASB finals weekend.

Judd who defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan in the English Amateur cruised through to the final beating last season's runner up Colin Norton 4-0 first frame on a respot, Ashley Beal 4-0 and holder Mark Rowing 4-1 with a break of 70 to lead 2-1.

Rowing also a former Eng/Am winner played very well in the quarter finals beating Gary Miller 4-1 with efforts of 107,54,54 and 49, Miller 54.

Morris took much longer to reach the final beating John Welsh 4-3 from 3-2 down Tony Buckley 4-3 after leading 3-1 finishing with a 63 break and finally Mike Smith 4-2 who led 2-1 with breaks of 71 and 50 in the same frame.

Morris won the 4th and 5th frames on the black the latter on a re spot, Smith had beaten Les Dodd 4-0 in the last eight.

For all results/news see www.englishsnooker.com

Malcolm Thorne
English Snooker