The draw has now been made for round 1 of the inaugural English Club Players Championship:
DRAW (http://www.englishsnooker.com/admin/sitefiles/file/PDFDocs/CPC(1).pdf)
Peoples Hall players Zeb Ahmed and John Marshall have been drawn against each other in round 1. The winner of that match will then enter the draw for round 2 which will also include Arnold Civil Defence's Malc Belshaw, plus Clive Wilkes (Coalville) and Gary Skipworth (Louth).
FROM EASB WEBSITE (http://www.englishsnooker.com):
This championship will be open to all players aged 18 or over, except that any player with EASB "Grade 1" membership is not eligible to enter. Any player who wishes to upgrade their membership to "Grade 1" after entering this event, can only do so once they are eliminated or they must withdraw from this championship. All entries must be endorsed by a club with playing facilities, and matches will be played as drawn on a home or away basis, over the best of seven frames. Early rounds will be drawn on a regional basis, and this format will continue until the last 16 stage, where all remaining players will compete at a central venue to find the two finalists. The final will be played over the best of eleven frames.
REVISED DRAW:
EAST MIDLANDS REGION
ROUND ONE
John Marshall vs Zulfiquar Ahmed
BYES ? Malcolm Belshaw, Gary Skipworth, Clive Wilkes
ROUND TWO
M.Belshaw vs J.Marshall/Z.Ahmed
G.Skipworth vs C.Wilkes
ROUND THREE (Winner Qualifies to Finals)
G.Skipworth/C.Wilkes vs M.Belshaw/J.Marshall/Z.Ahmed
ROUND ONE RESULTS IN BY MONDAY 17th MARCH
ROUND TWO RESULTS IN BY WEDNESDAY 2nd APRIL
ROUND THREE RESULT IN BY FRIDAY 11th APRIL
Round 1 Result
Zeb Ahmed 4-1 John Marshall
Round 2
Zeb Ahmed 4-2 Malc Belshaw
G Skipworth 4-0 C Wilkes
Round 3
G Skipworth (Louth) 4-0 Zeb Ahmed
Skipworth made a 128 break in round 3 against Ahmed.
Brett Miller has defeated Gary Skipworth 6-3 to be crowned English Club Players Champion 2008.
Frame scores (Miller first ) 80-24, 60-48, 37-81(52), 71-26, 26-71, 72-39, 70-14, 48-49, 69-27.