John Fountain and Nav Hussain will contest the final of the 2019 Nottingham Snooker Masters after they both won their semi-final matches on Sunday 7 July 2019 at Spot On, Hucknall.

A double elimination format was adopted at the Hucknall venue, which provided every competitor with a minimum of 2 matches.  There were some good performances from the higher handicapped players throughout the day, which was good to see.  Danny Cresswell had a terrific win against Wayne Martin.  Ashley Dobb and Dean North both came very close to beating Nav Hussain and Dave Jobling respectively at the quarter-final stage.  A special mention to John Forbes too who made it all the way to the semi-finals despite having to wait around for long periods between matches.

Wayne Martin’s break of 70 is the highest so far and he will win £10 if the break is not beaten in the final.

The final will be played at Gotham Matchroom on a future date, to be agreed between the players.  The match will be video recorded and uploaded to the Nottingham Snooker YouTube channel.

The losing semi-finalists, Dave Jobling and John Forbes received £25 each.  The eventual winner will receive £100 plus a trophy and the runner-up £50.

As this was a non-ranking event, there will be no changes to player handicaps or rankings.

WINNERS SIDE

Preliminary Round (Handicaps in brackets)

Dean North (42) 3-0 Danny Cresswell (49)
Wayne Martin (0) 2-3 Cary Davies (14)
Nav Hussain (0) 1-3 John Fountain (7)
Steve Butler (21) 1-3 Dave Jobling (7)
BYES: John Forbes (14), Dave Pearce (49), Ashley Dobb (35), Ben Cooper (21)

Round 1

Dean North (42) 0-2 Cary Davies (14)
John Fountain (7) 1-2 Dave Jobling (7)
John Forbes (14) 3-0 Dave Pearce (49)
Ashley Dobb (35) 3-2 Ben Cooper (21)

LOSERS SIDE

Preliminary Round

Danny Cresswell (49) 2-1 Wayne Martin (0)
Nav Hussain (0) 2-0 Steve Butler (21)

Round 1

Danny Cresswell (49) 0-2 Ben Cooper (21)
Nav Hussain (0) 2-0 Dave Pearce (49)
BYES: Dean North (42), John Fountain (7)

KNOCKOUT STAGE

Quarter-Finals

Cary Davies (14) 0-2 John Fountain (7)
Dave Jobling (7) 2-1 Dean North (42)
John Forbes (14) 2-1 Ben Cooper (21)
Ashley Dobb (35) 1-2 Nav Hussain (0)

Semi-Finals

John Fountain (7) 2-0 John Forbes (14)
Dave Jobling (7) 1-2 Nav Hussain (0)

High Breaks

Wayne Martin 70
John Forbes 61
Dave Jobling 54,51,47
John Fountain 54,47,42
Nav Hussain 53
Ben Cooper 38