The draw has now been made and Nottingham players feature as follows:
Round 1
Barry Stark v Steve Judd
Round 2
Stark/Judd v Lee Shanker
Tony Hart v Jamie Thomson
James Jelley v Gary Spencer
Kyren Wilson v Lee Crombie
FULL DRAW HERE (http://www.englishsnooker.com/admin/sitefiles/file/PDFDocs/2009-10%20Tournaments/EA%20Draw%20-%20East%20Midlands.pdf)
Good luck everyone!
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Letter to competitors:
Dear Player,
Thankyou for entering this years English Amateur Championships, and a draw has been included for your region.
The qualifying rounds for your region take place this coming Sunday, 20th December, 2009.
The qualifying section for your region takes place at Willie Thorne's Snooker Centre, 109-119 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FQ. The
Telephone number is 0116 262 6239. Can players and guests please refrain from taking their own food and drink into the venue.
A total of 13 entries have been received for this region, with three players qualifying to the last 16 North section, which takes place on
Saturday and Sunday 1st-2nd May.
The Tournament Director for this region is Mr Malcolm Thorne.
REGISTRATION TIMES
Please refer to the enclosed drawsheet for your match number, and be registered and ready to play by the time given below.
Matches 1 & 4-7 10:00am
Match 3 11:00am
Lee Shanker (Match 2) 11:30am
PLEASE NOTE – Players who do not register by this time WILL BE DOCKED ONE FRAME, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER TABLES ARE AVAILABLE.
Upon arrival at the venue, you are requested to inform the Tournament Director of your attendance. Players who have not registered by the allocated time will be subject to action as referred to in the standard terms and conditions of competition. We will endeavour to ensure that matches can start as near to their registration time as possible.
We will have referees in attendance at this event to monitor and adjudicate matches where required and to assist in ensuring that tables
are ready for matches to commence. After the first round of games, all matches will be played on a roll-on rolloff
basis. Any player who is not ready at the start time for any match will be docked one frame, as set out in the Standard Terms and Conditions issued at the beginning of the season. Further frames will then be conceded at intervals of 15 minutes.
All matches in the qualifying section are best of seven frames, and there will be three referees in attendance.
The Prize money for this years event is as follows:
WINNER £1000.00
RUNNER UP £600.00
SEMI-FINALISTS £250.00
QUARTERS £150.00
LAST 16 £80.00
LAST 32 £40.00
HIGH BREAK £100.00
Please remember, the English Amateur Championship also carries ranking points towards the final Pro-Ticket Rankings. These points are
awarded as follows:
Winner 600 points
Runner Up 440
Semi-Finalists 320
Quarter Finalists 220
Last 16 140
Last 32 80
Last 64 40
Last 128 20
Last 256 10
DRESS CODE
The dress cose must be adhered to by all players, and will be stringently applied by the Tournament Director.
All players will be required to wear smart dark trousers, white or single coloured long sleeved shirt, waistcoat, bow tie and shoes. Please note, shirts must be tucked inside the trousers at all times.
Should you not be able to compete in this event, and need to withdraw, please telephone the office as soon as possible, to let us know that you will not be playing. I would remind you that entry fees are not refundable.
If you require any further information, please leave a message on our automated telephone system, and someone will get back to you as
soon as possible. The telephone number is 0808 129 40 40.
Good luck and best wishes.
Yours sincerely
John Hartley
Director of Competitions
FULL LETTER HERE (http://www.englishsnooker.com/admin/sitefiles/file/PDFDocs/2009-10%20Tournaments/EA%20Covering%20Letter%20_East%20Midlands_%20Leicester.pdf)
gary spencer failed to qualify for the last 32 ,losing to kyren wilson 4-0, kyren played very well and missed the 2nd to last black for a possible maximum, in the first match against james jelly spencer won 4-2 which set up the match with kyren, well played kyren and good luck in the last 32.
steve judd pipped barry stark in his first round encounter wiinin on a respotted black 4-3, i believe judd was 3-0 down,
tony hart won his first match to go into the 3rd round which he has to win to qualify.
Well done on your win against Jelley mate, always going to be up against it with Kyren though.
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Sounds like a great match between Barry and Steve. I'll get the lowdown on Tuesday from Barry.
Fingers crossed for Tony.....
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Well done Gaz - good win - unlucky to have Mr Wilson in your part of the draw though.
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ENGLISH AMATEUR SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP
QUALIFIERS 2009/2010
Seven venue's for this seasons EASB English Amateur Championship whittled the 177 entrants to last 16 North and South to be played on May 1st and 2nd at Northern SC, Leeds and a Southern club yet to be announced.
Ian Glover and Antony Parsons have made the highest break so far 135 both made at the Yorks and North East qualifier.
North West – Bolton SC – 22 players
N.Whalley, A.Milliard, R.Williams, D.Burns.
Whalley won two of his three matches 4-2, Milliard (64,49/43) came back from 3-1 in his final match too beat Mike King (53), Robbie Williams let slip a 3-1 lead over Robert Valiant in the 1st round who made a 63 break for 3-3, Williams defeated James Silverwood 4-2 to qualify. Darren Burns edged Ian Burns (90,57) 4-3 after surrendering a 3-1 lead the winner made a 80 break in his first match.
Yorkshire – North East – 46 players
J.Lisowski, S.Wilkes, M.Rhodes, A.Duffy, A.Parsons, K.Johal, R.Clark,
J.McGouran, Scarrington.
World Snooker Academy's Jack Lisowski trailed Shaun Parkes 3-2 in the first round then overcame Chris Keoghan and David Portman both 4-2 Portman made a 124 break in his 1st match. Wilkes made breaks of 122,75 and 70 earlier plus a 58 and finally 93 in the decider over Jonathan Bagley. Last seasons runner up David Craggs started brilliantly with runs of 108,78 and 64 to beat Sam Craigie English Under 16 Champion 4-0 from 3-1 down beat Jeff Cundy losing out 4-1 to fellow Durham player Michael Rhodes.
Adam Duffy won both of his matches 4-3 firstly against former winner David Grace (61,61) and Jamie Barrett 109,71 in the 1st round, Duffy 125 in the last match. After a walkover Parsons with breaks of 135,55,52 and 47 beat Craig Waddingham 4-1, Kuldesh Johal top of the PTT North Rankings beat Damien Wilkes also 4-1. Ryan Clark beat Gareth Green 4-2 and John Astley 4-3, James McGouran made breaks of 61,56,94,82 and 57 in his two games beating runaway PJT leader Stephen Craigie 4-2 in the final round. Lastly Stuart Carrington endured a five hour wait and a 3-0 deficit to beat Ian Glover 4-3 after Glover had made breaks of 135,79 and 69 in his 1st match.
East Midlands – Willie Thorne's SC – 13 players
O.Brown, J.Gillespie, Kyren Wilson.
Young Oliver Brown survived 10 hours of play to beat Lee Shanker 4-3 to register his best performance to date, James Gillespie won both his two matches 4-0 the former English Team winner with Cambridge SC whitewashed Jamie O'Neill in the 1st round.
Kyren Wilson raced through his matches 4-0 over Lee Crombie (118,108,71) and 4-0 against Gary Spencer 57 and 105 on a maximum.
West Midlands – Golden Cue Club – Bilston – 28 players
D.Ward, C.Wakelin, M.Mann, C.Downing.
With the heating broken at the chosen venue Brierley Hill SC the qualifier moved on the day of play to Bilston. Former World Amateur runner up Daniel Ward beat Maria Catalano 4-1 who had beaten Reanne Evans 4-3, Ward bounced back from 3-1 down to edge Liam Highfield who trailed Ryan Evans 3-1 in the 1st round.
Teenager Chris Wakelin who leads Zone 3 RJT qualified with breaks of 63,87 and 60 twice, Mitchell Mann beat Geoff Williams 4-1 (84,73) and Rob James 4-2 from 3-2 down with 76 and a 69 in the final frame, James had knocked in contributions of 107,70,64,89 and 63 in his 1st two matches. Callum Downing claimed the 4th place in the last 32.
East – Chelmsford SC – 21 players
A.Burden, N.Jones, S.Harvey
World Amateur Champion Alfie Burden strolled through with three 4-0 wins, Nathan Jones quickly followed with two 4-0 verdicts the last over Syd Wilson who made the area's only century 101 in the 1st round, Sam Harvey won both of his matches 4-1.
South East – London – Grove SC – Romford – 45 players
R.Causton, L.Fernandez, M.O'Donnell, S. Bullock, R.Somauroo,
N.Jennings, H.Abernathy.
Tennager Ryan Causton won his first two matches 4-3, Leo Fernandez only lost two frames in his three matches ex finalist Martin O'Donnell included breaks of 63,58,54,62,60 and 53 in his three games. Sean Bullock made breaks of 120,92,68 and 63, Richard Somauroo, Nick Jennings and Hugh Abernathy all comfortably qualified, Jennings featuring with breaks of 90,67 and 64 in his 1st match.
Jordan Church made the day's highest 126 but lost 4-3 to Simon Munday.
South West – Riley's – Plymouth – 11 players
G.Batten, A.Wicheard.
Greg Batten defeated Grant Cole 4-3 on the black to book his place in the next stage after trailing 3-2 to Cole's 77 break.
Adam Wicheard who leads the PTT Southern Rankings easily qualified. Ben Harrison opened play with a 109 but lost 4-2 to Batten a member of English Team winners 2008.
For all results/news updated Pro Ticket Tour rankings after Event 3 that includes the points for the English Amateur see www.englishsnooker.com (http://www.englishsnooker.com)
Malcolm Thorne
English Snooker