Tom Kerslake (Long Eaton) defeated Nav Hussain (Nottingham) 2-0 in the final of the Spot On Christmas Snooker Tournament to take home the winners trophy and £80 cash. Kerslake was in great form all day, as demonstrated when he made a terrific 111 break.
Eleven year old Harry Farrell (Leicester) beat Jamie Sampson (Nottingham) 2-1 in the final of the plate competition. This was Farrell's first tournament victory and he took home £20 after a great day's snooker.
All players were graded 1, 2 or 3. Grade 1 players played off scratch. Grade 2 players received 14 start from grade 1 players and gave 14 start to grade 3 players. Grade 3 players received 28 start from grade 1 players and 14 start from grade 2 players.
The competition produced some outstanding snooker, the highlights being century breaks from three different players and a career best of 70 by Jordan Parnham which earned him £10.
GROUP STAGE
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Group A
Jamie Sampson (1) 0-2 Dave McCullough (3)
Toby Bowley (2) 0-2 Tom Kerslake (1)
Dave McCullough (3) 0-2 Toby Bowley (2)
Troy Brett (1) 0-2 Jamie Sampson (1)
Toby Bowley (2) 0-2 Troy Brett (1)
Tom Kerslake (1) 2-0 Dave McCullough (3)
Troy Brett (1) 0-2 Tom Kerslake (1)
Jamie Sampson (1) 0-2 Toby Bowley (2)
Tom Kerslake (1) 2-0 Jamie Sampson (1)
Dave McCullough (3) 0-2 Troy Brett (1)
Group B
Martin Caulton (3) 1-1 Jorge Tomas (2)
Jordan Parnham (2) 0-2 Martin Caulton (3)
Martin Caulton (3) 1-1 Dave Jobling (1)
Jorge Tomas (2) 1-1 Jordan Parnham (2)
Dave Jobling (1) 2-0 Jorge Tomas (2)
Jordan Parnham (2) 1-1 Dave Jobling (1)
Group C
Harry Farrell (2) 2-0 Mark Sheppard (3)
Nav Hussain (1) 2-0 Sean Croft (2)
Mark Sheppard (3) 0-2 Nav Hussain (1)
Sean Hopkin (1) 2-0 Harry Farrell (2)
Nav Hussain (1) 1-1 Sean Hopkin (1)
Sean Croft (2) 0-2 Mark Sheppard (3)
Sean Hopkin (1) 1-1 Sean Croft (2)
Harry Farrell (2) 0-2 Nav Hussain (1)
Sean Croft (2) 0-2 Harry Farrell (2)
Mark Sheppard (3) 0-2 Sean Hopkin (1)
Group D
Shaun Parkinson (2) 0-2 Paul Slack (3)
Hugo Tomas (2) 0-2 Bash Maqsood (1)
Paul Slack (3) 1-1 Hugo Tomas (2)
Hanzla Zahid (1) 1-1 Shaun Parkinson (2)
Hugo Tomas (2) 0-2 Hanzla Zahid (1)
Bash Maqsood (1) 1-1 Paul Slack (3)
Hanzla Zahid (1) 1-1 Bash Maqsood (1)
Shaun Parkinson (2) 1-1 Hugo Tomas (2)
Bash Maqsood (1) 2-0 Shaun Parkinson (2)
Paul Slack (3) 1-1 Hanzla Zahid (1)
Grade 1 Break Board
Sean Hopkin 116
Bash Maqsood 84,62,56
Tom Kerslake 74,71,60,52,48,36
Nav Hussain 67,54,51,41,40,38
Troy Brett 48,38,32
Hanzla Zahid 47,40
Grade 2 Break Board
Jordan Parnham 70
Harry Farrell 40
Shaun Parkinson 33
Hugo Tomas 30
Grade 3 Break Board
Martin Caulton 30
Paul Slack 24,18
KNOCKOUT STAGE
MAIN COMPETITION
Quarter-finals
Tom Kerslake (1) 2-0 Martin Caulton (3)
Nav Hussain (1) 2-1 Hanzla Zahid (1)
Dave Jobling (1) 2-0 Troy Brett (1)
Bash Maqsood (1) 1-2 Sean Hopkin (1)
Semi-finals
Tom Kerslake (1) 2-1 Dave Jobling (1)
Nav Hussain (1) 2-1 Sean Hopkin (1)
Final
Tom Kerslake (1) 2-0 Nav Hussain (1)
PLATE COMPETITION
Preliminary round
Jorge Tomas (3) 2-1 Shaun Parkinson (2)
Jamie Sampson (1) 2-1 Hugo Tomas (2)
Sean Croft (2) 2-0 Mark Sheppard (3)
Dave McCullough (3) - BYE
Quarter-finals
Jorge Tomas (3) 2-0 Toby Bowley (2)
Jamie Sampson (1) 2-0 Jordan Parnham (2)
Sean Croft (2) 0-2 Harry Farrell (2)
Dave McCullough (3) 0-2 Paul Slack (3)
Semi-finals
Jorge Tomas (3) 0-2 Harry Farrell (2)
Jamie Sampson (1) 2-0 Paul Slack (3)
Final
Harry Farrell (2) 2-1 Jamie Sampson (1)
Knockout Stage Break Board
Dave Jobling (1) 113,48
Tom Kerslake (1) 111,40,40
Sean Hopkin (1) 61,36,32
Bash Maqsood (1) 44,35
Harry Farrell (2) 43
Paul Slack (3) 31
PRIZE MONEY BREAKDOWN
Winner £80
Runner-up £40
Losing Semis £10
Winner Plate £20
Group Stage grade 1 high break £10
Group Stage grade 2 high break £10
Group Stage grade 3 high break £10
Knockout Stage high break £10
Total payout £200
Many thanks to all the staff at Spot On for allowing us the use of 8 tables free of charge all day. It's a fantastic club with superb facilities and we will definitely be holding more tournaments there in 2012.
Tom Tom beat nav 2 0 in the main final and had 40x2 and harry beat jamie in the final of the plate 2 1 in a great match
Well done to everyone involved in the organisation of what sounds like a really great inaugural Spot On tournament. Fantastic turnout with lots of high breaks including 3 ton +'s by some great players. The one break though that really stands out for me is Jordan's 70...very impressive mate (that'll spur Crofty on!!!).
Well done to Tom and Harry on their victories, unlucky Nav and Jamie.
Thanks Troy, as you can see I've amended my report to include those results and breaks.
It was a great day Mike. Very nice club and extremely friendly and helpful staff. Jordan couldn't stop smiling!!
:)
It was great to see so many young players there too. Harry is only 11 and a great prospect, as are Hugo (13) and Jorge (15). Plus of course Sean Hopkin who continues to improve week on week and Sean (Crofty) and Jordan who just love playing! Troy is a true gent and even Tom had a smile on his face. Bash brought us all a huge box of chocolates which was a nice gesture (although Tom ate most of them). It was a great day!
Also great to see new players Paul Slack, Martin Caulton, Dave McCullough and Mark Sheppard who were all perfect gentlemen and seemed to enjoy themselves!
By the way, this was Bash after he had lost to Hopkin
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Yep gotta say it was a good turn out even suprised me.
Shame i had to go early, not as if i done any good if i stayed anyway, still i put a extra £10 in the pot even though i knew fullwell i would never complete all my matches.
I have been robbed by Steve and Troy call the cozzers!!!!! :D
Looking at the table me and Troy should of had a play off!!!
It was a great day with some fantastic snooker the highlight was watching Joblin knock in 113 to just miss the green for a possible 138 clearance and the Ginger Ninja knocked in 116 it was like watching t.v :)
Steve, Nav and Hanzla
Thank for clarifying the rule steve, quoted below:
The third part is:
(b) If the striker, in making a stroke, fails to first hit a ball on when there is a clear path in a straight line from the cue-ball to any part of any ball that is or could be on, the referee shall call FOUL AND A MISS, unless:
(i) any player needed penalty points before, or as a result of, the stroke being played; (see (b) (ii)
(ii) before or after the stroke, the points available on the table are equal to the points difference excluding the value of the re-spotted black;
and the referee is satisfied that the miss was not intentional.
This relates to the issue of centre-ball contact and also links back to the point previously discussed at point (e) regarding the situation of being 35 points behind with 35 remaining.
By way of background, this covers the only time a miss can be called when there are snookers required. This is when they are in the sequence that the frame could be lost following three misses when centre-ball contact (not to be confused with having to hit both sides of the object ball, eg in a free ball situation), is available. Even if during that sequence points now mean that the player trailing needs a snooker, a miss must still be called because they are in that sequence.
For example, imagine I am 30 points behind with 35 remaining, and I can hit centre ball of the ball on (ie red). I then fail to hit the red. A miss would be called and my opponent has the ball(s) replaced. Then I miss again meaning that I am now 38 behind with only 35 remaining. Normally a miss would not be called in this case because I would need a snooker. Because of the centre-ball contact however, a miss would still be called. That rule has always been there, but has not always been in the book.
It was that i was making an "out of the blue" claim. I genuinly thought that one of the amendmenst in the miss rule was that "irrespective" of whether snooker requires or not, if a player could see both sided of the object ball and finals to hit it then a miss is to be called. Like i say, it was a genuine case of my mind getting confuses as Hanzla had me under sevre mental prssure and my mind does not function proporly under them condition (no comments on that plaese).
However.
2. It may be worth all players reading the above and understanding it.
3. My mistaken understanding of this amendment is,in my opinion, how the rule should really apply. Otherwise there is a severe loop hole in this rule as will be explained in my next post. From which you will realise the logic of what i was thinking.
Thanks
Bash
Toby the reason i went through was on head to head in mine and yours match. If it had have been 1-1 instead of 2 0 then it would have been a play off.
Oh i see now, nice mini clearance in frame 2 then lol ;)
Was a great Xmas comp at a good venue with some excellent players! I hope a few more comps will be held there in the future. Thanks to Steve, Sean and James for organsising the event ;)
Thanks mike I was pretty shocked myself :)
Yep seriosly well done on the 70 break jordz, all the work you put in is now begining to pay off.
Sorry Jordon, i overlooked your break of 70. Very well don on achieving that. It's nice when you break some of your own personal records. Well done mate. Please dont start making "too many" breaks like that, otherwise your handicap will come down. !!
Well done matey
bash