English Club Players Championship

[NS Admin]

2009/10 ENGLISH CLUB PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Round One Matches to be played by 1st February.
Round Two Matches to be played by 15th February.
Round Three Matches to be played by 1st March.

EAST MIDLANDS REGION

ROUND ONE
A) Chris Winter vs Malcolm Belshaw
B) Steve Butler vs Michael Kirk
C) Lee Crombie vs Gary Spencer
D) Sameer Knight vs Gary Skipworth

ROUND TWO (winners qualify to last eight)
Winner Match A vs Winner Match D
Winner Match C vs Winner Match B

LETTER

Dear Player,

Many thanks for entering the 2009/10 English Club Players Snooker Championship.

It is hoped that this event will give more players at grass roots level the chance to compete in National events, without taking on the top
players who are currently trying to reach the professional ranks.  I am sure you will agree that it gives those of you who have entered,
a fantastic chance to be part of the EASB Finals Weekend, to be held at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield in May.
All entries have been split into five regions, and eight players will qualify to the final stages, which will be held on Saturday 27th March
at Willie Thorne's Snooker Club in Leicester.

RULES FOR QUALIFYING GAMES

Please find enclosed a drawsheet for the qualifying rounds, which contains the deadline date for results to be back in to the EASB.
Also attached is a contact sheet, and it is the HOME PLAYER that is responsible for arranging matches, and he should contact the
number given for his opponent as soon as possible to arrange the match.  On arranging the game, the home player must inform and give address details of the selected venue that they are playing their home game from.  BOTH PLAYERS should take their match sheet with them to the venue, and the winner is responsible for sending in his copy.  If any results are not received by the deadline, then both players
could be eliminated from the competition. Result sheets should be sent to the address at the top of this letter.  All games will be the best of seven frames, and the home player is responsible for arranging a suitable referee. The away player is within his rights to claim a match should a referee not be available.  Please note, that as this is a National Competition, we expect all players to adhere to a dress code across the qualifying section. This will be collared shirt or polo shirt, dark trousers, and shoes.

CLOSING DATES

Round One Matches must be played by 1st February.
Round Two Matches must be played by 15th February.
Round Three Matches must be played by 1st March.
All results must be posted or emailed back to the office within 3 days of each closing date, otherwise both players will be eliminated

LAST EIGHT STAGE

Those players that reach the last eight stage will be drawn into two round robin groups of four, again playing best of seven frames.
The top two players in each group will qualify to the semi-finals, and the winner of these games into the Final, which as mentioned earlier,
will be played as part of the EASB finals weekend.

Martinet House, Martinet Road,
Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees,
TS17 0AS.
Tel: 0808 129 40 40
Email: secretary@englishsnooker.com
Website: www.englishsnooker.com
Registered in England
N° 04411822

PRIZE MONEY

The overall winner of the competition will receive £160, the runner up £80, the two semi-finalists £40 and the highest break made in the
event will receive £20.  The remaining income is used to pay for a Tournament Director and referees for the last eight stage.
If there are any queries, or if you are having trouble arranging your match, please contact the office on 0808 129 40 40 or email me at
j.hartley@englishsnooker.com

Best regards,
John Hartley
Director of Competitions

[Steve Butler]

Chris Winter 4-1 Malc Belshaw

Belshaw went into a 1-0 lead and almost made it 2-0 as Winter struggled early on.  However, Winter managed to pinch the second frame to level at 1-1 and his confidence grew from thereon as he made breaks of 46, 50 and 30 to take the match and set up a round 2 encounter with either Gary Skipworth or Sameer Knight.

[Steve Butler]

Steve Butler 2-4 Michael Kirk

The first two frames were shared before Kirk won the next two to lead 3-1.  Butler then took the next to prolong the agony but Kirk finished him off to win 4-2.  A poor quality match in which the highest break was about 20!

Thanks to Malc Belshaw for refereeing the match, Dave Buckley for providing the audience and Stadium Leisure for charging £15 for the table!

:thumbup:

Kirk will now face either Lee Crombie or Gary Spencer in the next round.

[Wayne Martin]

£15 - Not bad for half rate Steve  :laugh:

[Steve Butler]

Lend us a fiver!

:laugh:

[Wayne Martin]

Would love to mate - but I keep losing in the first round  

[gary spencer]

lee crombie Vs gary spencer

this match was played at sherwood social with lee playing a little out of sorts for the way hes capable of playing.
FRAME 1 scrappy affair with gary taking the frame 22-65
FRAME 2 frames starting to get better with some good solid potting from both players but with gary coming out on 31-73
FRAME 3 lee races into a 28 point lead only to watch gary clear the table with a solid 85 clearance 34-92
FRAME 4 the balls were not ideally placed with the balls all blocking one another off lee started to get ahead then missing an easy pot to let gary in for a 30 break , lee missing many chances in this on with gary coming out on top 16-44

gary now faces mick kirk in the 2nd qualifying round who he played last year to qualify. at arnold civil defence.

[Steve Butler]

Well done Gary.  An 85 clearance can't be bad!  Good luck against Mick.

:thumbup:

[gary spencer]

gary spencer continued his good run in this tournament with a 4-0 demolition of mick kirk, which has qualified gary for the last 8 to be held at the willie thorne snooker club in leicester, gary made light work of an out of sorts mick kirk, scoring well in each frame.
just waiting for the outcome of the chris winter vs gary skipworth match now to see if 2 nottingham players make it to the last 8.

[Steve Butler]

Well done Gary, I knew you would do it!

Let's hope Chris makes it through too.

:england:

[NS Admin]

Chris Winter defeated Gary Skipworth 4-3 last night to join Gary Spencer in the quarter-finals.

Congratulations to them both!

:england:

[NS Admin]

EASB CLUB PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP

LAST 8

RYAN WOOD V KAMRAN ASHRAF
FINALISTS

Ryan Wood, Staffordshire and Kamran Ashraf, Lancashire will compete in the EASB Club Players final May 22nd / 23rd qualifying from the last 8 played at Willie Thorne's, Leicester.

Wood won Group A losing one match 4-3 to Neil Waterman who made the highest break of the day during the game 91.

Ashraf 2nd in Group A lost to Wood 4-1 who finished with breaks of 63 and 53, Ashraf 54.

Adam Ingram won Group B undefeated with a 12/1 frame difference, Curtis Lewis came 2nd, Ingram made five breaks over forty topped by a 70.

In the semi finals Wood accounted for Lewis 4-1 ending with a break of 51 and Ashraf from 2-0 down beat Ingram 4-2 making a break of 64 for 2-2.

For all results/news see www.englishsnooker.com

Malcolm Thorne
English Snooker