Ice Cool Ross Wins Event 5
Stuart Ross kept a cool head to win event 5 on what was an uncomfortably hot Nottingham Grand Prix and become the 4th different winner thus far. In fact 3 of the semi-finalists had not been that far before perhaps showing that November's Grand Finals could be wide open. The Long Eaton cueist beat Jamie Sampson 3-1 in the final having seen off Malc Belshaw in the semi's. Earlier in the day Ross enjoyed two nil wins over Danny Castel-Nuovo and Joe Trout whilst gaining a draw against Wayne Martin to top Group C. The highest break of the day was from Nottingham Legend Bash Maqsood who knocked in a wonderful 91 against the previous two events winner Jason Stockton who surprisingly failed to progress from his group. Stuart Ross has now moved into second place in the rankings with just 600 points separating 1st place from 3rd. We managed to bank a further £125 for the finals prize fund, which now stands at £550.
Results
Ranking Matches (250 Ranking Points Per Frame):
Bash Masqood 2-0 Jason Stockton
Joe Trout 1-1 Steve Butler
Mike Langdon (51) 2-0 Sean Croft
Stuart Ross 2-0 Jamie Sampson
Lee Crombie 2-0 Wayne Martin
Daniel Norton 1-1 Rick Worrall
Zeb Ahmed 1-1 Danny Castel-Nuovo
Malc Belshaw 1-1 Mike Langdon* (*Langdon did not receive any points from this)
Group A:
Daniel Norton 0-2 Sean Croft
Zeb Ahmed 1-1 Malc Belshaw
Sean Croft 1-1 Zeb Ahmed
Malc Belshaw 2-0 Daniel Norton
Malc Belshaw 1-1 Sean Croft
Daniel Norton 0-2 Zeb Ahmed
Play-off: Sean Croft bt Zeb Ahmed
Placings: 1. Malc Belshaw (4pts), 2. Sean Croft (4pts), 3. Zeb Ahmed (4pts), 4. Daniel Norton (0pts)
Group B:
Mike Langdon 2-0 Jason Stockton
Bash Maqsood (46) 2-0 Steve Butler
Jason Stockton 0-2 Bash Maqsood (91)
Steve Butler 2-0 Mike Langdon
Steve Butler 2-0 W/O Jason Stockton
Mike Langdon 0-2 Bash Maqsood
Placings: 1. Bash Maqsood (6pts), Steve Butler (4pts), Mike Langdon (2pts), Jason Stockton (0pts)
Group C:
Stuart Ross 2-0 Joe Trout
Danny Castel-Nuovo 2-0 Wayne Martin
Joe Trout 2-0 Danny Castel-Nuovo
Wayne Martin 1-1 Stuart Ross
Wayne Martin (47) 2-0 Joe Trout
Stuart Ross 2-0 Danny Castel-Nuovo (38)
Placings: 1. Stuart Ross (5pts), Wayne Martin (3pts), Joe Trout (2pts), Danny Castel-Nuovo (2pts)
Group D:
Jamie Sampson 0-3 Lee Crombie (47)
Lee Crombie (48,36) 3-0 Rick Worrall
Rick Worrall 1-2 Jamie Sampson
Placings: 1. Lee Crombie (4pts), Jamie Sampson (2pts), 3. Rick Worrall (0pts)
Quarter-Finals:
Bash Maqsood 0-2 Jamie Sampson
Lee Crombie 1-2 Steve Butler
Malc Belshaw 2-0 Wayne Martin
Stuart Ross 2-0 Sean Croft
Semi-Finals:
Malc Belshaw 2-3 Stuart Ross
Steve Butler 0-3 Jamie Sampson
Final:
Stuart Ross 3-1 Jamie Sampson
Once again he uses is speed...and i mean PETER EBDON PACE !!!! to grind another player into resorting to swearing and almost snaping my cue !! :angry: :angry: :angry: :welldone: :bravo:
there there Samo....you have to learn to mix it with all different styles of player. It's what makes snooker so fascinating and we would certainly lose something if we all played the game the same way. The simple truth is you missed lots of balls in the final purely cause you let yourself get frustrated whilst Stuart who is an excellent match player with exceptional levels of concentration just knocked em off. I'm nicknaming Stuart 'The Wall' as he seems to be the breaking point for many a player in the marathon which is the sunday snooker tournament.
well played though mate a final is a step further than many players have managed (Martin, Moore, Gratton, Brooks) to name a few so your heading in the right direction.
One thing's for sure i shall be taking a leaf out of Mr Ross's book when we play our Pegasus match.....better book an early table ;) :laugh: ;)
Cheers
Mike
Quote from: samo5816 on 25 May 2010
Once again he uses is speed...and i mean PETER EBDON PACE !!!! to grind another player into resorting to swearing and almost snaping my cue !! :angry: :angry: :angry: :welldone: :bravo:
Unlucky jamie but well done mate for reaching the final.I also lost to Stuart''THE GRINDER''Ross in my second quarter final appearance lol
But he is a talented match player and we can not knock him, well done stuart. :bravo:
Jamie i'm sure you will win the next one though well done. :bravo:
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Sean Croft
I was really impressed with your concentration levels in the semi-final against me Jamie. I'm not used to playing snooker for that long and by the time we met I had nothing left. You managed to keep it together really well and I fancied you to win the final, particularly after knocking out the impressive Bash Maqsood. I think you probably would have won against anyone else but Stuart. I totally admire players like Stuart who always give 100% to every shot. They get a lot of stick but if we had to pick a team a player like Stuart would be the first name down on our team sheets!
It was a great event yet again and that finals pot is really starting to mount up now - £550 and growing. One thing is for sure, there will be some tense matches on grand finals day - can't wait!
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Well done Mike - another great competition.
Congratulations to Stuart and Jamie on winning and getting runner up.
Great performances on a really tricky day with the handicaps coming into play in a big way.
There are some really, really tricky players around the 7 to 35 bracket who will do some serious damage given half the chance.
Who fancies playing Rick Worrall off 35!!!!! - he is very dangerous along with the likes of Langdon, Butler, Crombie, Parnham etc.
This competition is really hotting up now and I suspect receive a larger entry as the months go by as we get closer to the final 16.
Great organisation Mike.
Mike - you may want to check the rankings again matey.
I think there may be a few errors - I'll text them to you.
Maybe i was a little hot headed in my first post yes i agree with all the comments made about keeping my head and not letting anyone get to me and play my game im not saying he was playing slowly on purpose but he did slow down a little more than usual as he knew i was getting fustrated.If i knew i was getting to him....id prob do the same HUSH :laugh: :laugh: next month revenge month :happy: :happy:
Hi Wayne, think I've sorted rankings now...thanks
I think you're right the handicaps are really starting to kick in now ie me beating Jason Stockton on Sunday. I think those really good players who are hoping to qualify by just turning up to one or two events may find it a little harder than they think. It was certainly easier to get the points in the bag earlier than it's gonna be now....bananna skins everywhere :happy: