Congratulations to Troy Brett who defeated Sean Hopkin 3-1 in the final.
Brett eased into a 2-0 lead before Hopkin pulled one back to make it 2-1. The fourth frame finished on a respotted black and Brett produced a top quality pot to win the frame, match, trophy and £70 cash. Hopkin received £30 cash for finishing runner-up. Tom Kerslake had a run of 86 in the group stages to win the £10 grade 1 high break prize.
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Troy Brett receives the winner's trophy and £70 from Jordan Parnham
Jamie Sampson came back from 2-0 down to win the grade 1 plate final, beating Wayne Martin 3-2. It was terrific performance from Sampson as Martin had improved with each match throughout the tournament. Sampson received £20 for his win.
Debutant Gary Deluce beat Harry Farrell 3-1 in the grade 2 plate final to win £20. Incredibly there was no break over 30 from any grade 2 players on the day so Farrell received £10 as runner-up.
The grade 3 plate final saw Martin Caulton defeat Captains Cup finalist Dan Norton 3-0. Caulton also made the highest break in grade 3, a run of 30. It was a clean sweep from Caulton which earned him £30.
Full results available HERE (http://nottinghamsnooker.com/spoton/)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5jmY3tovgs
Next event Saturday 21st April 2012.
More grade 2 and 3 players required in future please, you've all got a great chance of winning some cash!
Well played Troy!
Hope to be there next time! Illness again this time round....
Don't think I'll be bringing my new balls though! :-X
Dwayne best thing uve ever said! keep it :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X
Great day again down at Spot on! ran sweet as nut as per usuall with Sir Steve! nice 2 catch up with some of my Notts mates! hope u all enjoyed! i did :)
if i dont see u b4 ill see thee at the county clash! love u all x Jim x
And good luck and have a great day and knuckle down in the under 21s tommorow! my thoughts will be with ya ;)
Well done troy nice win mate.
Sean hard luck.
Wont mention anything about all the grade 1s in the quarters, maybe something to do with HCPS.
Quote from: James R on 25 March 2012
Wont mention anything about all the grade 1s in the quarters, maybe something to do with HCPS.
:-X
Quote from: James R on 25 March 2012
Wont mention anything about all the grade 1s in the quarters, maybe something to do with HCPS.
We weren't using the NBSA handicaps so it is practically inevitable that the guys who would normally play off -7 to -21 will be more likely to qualify. Perhaps that is the reason why not many grade 2 or 3 players entered (less than in January or February) despite the fact that there are far more players playing snooker at the lower levels in Nottingham than at grade 1. Who knows?
The trouble is you get too any spat out dummies when strong players are beaten by weaker opponents because of their handicap. My question to those players would be, "If you don't like being beaten by players with a handicap why do you enter handicap competitions? There are scratch competitions.... if you're good enough. However, you won't be able to win weaker players money in those ones."
The format is a compromise that seems to work, although you aren't likely to see surprises like Adam Robinson V Dan Norton in the final any time soon. That is clearly a good thing for grade 1 players and good motivation to put hours in on the table and improve for the rest of us. I'll be interested to see how many grade 2 and 3 players enter in future tournaments as there may well be more G2 and G3 players next time and it was a one off that we only had 8.
Now for the important stuff. Another good days snooker thanks to Steve Butler and to Spot On for hosting the event. Nice one.
It was good to see two younger players in the final. More evidence that the standard is getting higher. Very well played Troy. I didn't really get a chance to watch you play but you beat some good players on Saturday so kudos to you. In fact well done to all the winners.
I think I saved my worst snooker for the last match which was disappointing. Apologies if me tearing my hair out put anyone off. A bit embarrassing, so sorry. ::)
Looking forward to the next one.
Wayne Martin, Mike Langdon and I have been running these one day tournaments for a few years now and the majority of the time it's the same group of players who make it to the quarter-finals. You sometimes get a higher handicapper that makes it, but this is always due to good play on the day as opposed to them being carried through by a high handicap.
At yesterday's tournament a grade 1 player had the audacity to question a grade 3 player's handicap because he made a 20 break! I think that goes to show that no matter what system we use there will always be someone complaining - usually when they get beat.
The format I am using in these Spot On tournaments is designed to encourage more entries from the weaker players who would not normally stand a chance of winning anything. Now that I put these players into their own plate competitions (with their own high break prize), they have a great chance of winning some cash.
Look who has won money in the first 3 events:
Clint Broome £20
Sean Croft £20
Gary Deluce £20
Steve Burrows £35
Ross Wilkin £25
Martin Caulton £30
Malc Belshaw £10
Harry Farrell £10
That's £170 that would previously have been paid out to the usual suspects!
If I get more grade 2 and grade 3 players entering I intend to increase the cash prizes in the grade 2 and 3 plates.
These lower ability players pay their £10 entry fees just like anyone else and I think it's about time that they started sharing the spoils.
Quote from: Daniel Norton on 25 March 2012
Quote from: James R on 25 March 2012
Wont mention anything about all the grade 1s in the quarters, maybe something to do with HCPS.
We weren't using the NBSA handicaps......
New announcement: Changes to NBSA Handicap System (http://nottinghamsnooker.com/nbsa/player_grades.htm)
QuoteClick on the link below to take a look at your grade. If you feel you should be in a higher or lower grade please send an email to mail@nottinghamsnooker.com
http://nottinghamsnooker.com/nbsa/player_grades.htm
So we are using the new system. I'll shut up then shall I? ::)
:D
Quote from: Steve on 25 March 2012
At yesterday's tournament a grade 1 player had the audacity to question a grade 3 player's handicap because he made a 20 break! I think that goes to show that no matter what system we use there will always be someone complaining - usually when they get beat.
That is the sort of thing that I was referring to. (shakes head and rolls eyes)
Quote from: Steve on 25 March 2012
The format I am using in these Spot On tournaments is designed to encourage more entries from the weaker players who would not normally stand a chance of winning anything. Now that I put these players into their own plate competitions (with their own high break prize), they have a great chance of winning some cash.
I think a lot of players haven't realised how good a chance they will get if they play well. We all need to spread the word to encourage more entries from all types of player. If you are reading this and had free time on Saturday then where were you? It's a lot of snooker play time for only £10 and you might even win some cash.... Get your asses to Spot on for the next competition. And sort your @#!* foot out Ross!!!