Eastwood Open Snooker Tournament (15/03/09)

[phoenixcuesports]

Eastwood Snooker Open

Sunday 15th March 2009

11am Registration, 11:30am Start

Event to be held at Phoenix Cue Sports, Mansfield Road, Eastwood.

£10 Entry Fee, Half Price for under 18's; all distributed as prizes.

Straight knockout, with a plate for early round losers.

Limited to 32 Players, on a first come first served basis.

Competition rules:

1. Competition open to all players. The organisers reserve the right to refuse admission.
2. Prize money paid at the event.
3. Straight knockout, best of 3 in early rounds. Best of 5 Final.
4. Plate competition for those eliminated in the early rounds.
5. Entry to the competition is £10. All Entry fees will be distributed as prize money.
6. Handicaps will be issued against professionals and internationals at the organisers discretion.
7. Advance entries would be preferred, if places are available on the day, players will need to register by 11.00am, and the event starts at 11:30am (doors open 10am).
8. All matches played to World Snooker Rules.
9. No dress code
10. The tournament organisers decision will be final in all cases.
11. These rules are property of the "Phoenix Cue Sports" and subject to change.

To ensure your entry please send a cheque / postal order, payable to "Phoenix Cue Sports" and send, along with your name, address, contact number and email (if applicable) to:
24 Mansfield Road
Eastwood
Nottingham
NG16 3AQ

For any further inquiries please telephone 01773 760 459

[phoenixcuesports]

Just a reminder - Competition is this sunday, 15th March!

[NS Admin]

Eastwood Snooker Open - 15 March 2009



Eleven players fought it out at Phoenix Cue Sports for the ?50 first prize.  The popular round robin format was used again which provided all but one competitor with at least three matches.  The top two players in the three-man group and the top three players in the four-man groups progressed to the quarter-finals.

Group A
This three-man group was tough on Stephen Lally, who found himself up against the sublime talents of Nav Hussain and James Harrison.  The matches were completed in record time, allowing Harrison to fill up on Big Macs whilst he was waiting for the other groups to finish.

Group A                                          

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
James Harrison	2	2	0	4	0	4
Nav Hussain	2	1	1	2	2	2
Stephen Lally	2	0	2	0	4	0

Group A Results                        

Stephen Lally	0	2	James Harrison
Nav Hussain	2	0	Stephen Lally
James Harrison	2	0	Nav Hussain

Group B
The draw was tough on debutant Pail Wainwright who found himself in the ?group of death? which included the defending champion Wayne Martin, Mike ?Lucky? Langdon and Jamie Cope?s practise partner Jason Stockton.  Martin progressed to the quarters without dropping a frame and Stockton was also on form, knocking in the day?s highest break of 77.

Group B                                          

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Wayne Martin	3	3	0	6	0	6
Jason Stockton	3	2	1	4	4	4
Mike Langdon	3	1	2	3	4	2
Paul Wainwright	3	0	3	1	6	0

Group B Results                        

Jason Stockton	0	2	Wayne Martin
Paul Wainwright	0	2	Mike Langdon
Jason Stockton	2	1	Paul Wainwright
Paul Wainwright	0	2	Wayne Martin
Mike Langdon	1	2	Jason Stockton
Wayne Martin	2	0	Mike Langdon

Group C
Fourteen year old George Downs will have learned a lot from his tournament debut despite struggling to compete with Butler, Trout and Castel-Nuovo who were all pretty evenly matched.

Group C                                          

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Danny Castel-Nuovo	3	2	1	5	2	4
Joe Trout	3	2	1	4	2	4
Steve Butler	3	2	1	4	3	4
George Downs	3	0	3	0	6	0

Group C Results                        

Danny Castel-Nuovo	2	0	George Downes
Steve Butler	0	2	Joe Trout
Danny Castel-Nuovo	1	2	Steve Butler
Steve Butler	2	0	George Downes
Joe Trout	0	2	Danny Castel-Nuovo
George Downes	0	2	Joe Trout

Knockout Stage

Quarter-finals

Nav Hussain 3-1 Steve Butler
Butler was looking favourite to go 2-1 up in this match after a 35 break put him 40 odd in front, however Hussain had an outrageous fluke on the yellow which set him up for a frame winning 53 break and Butler never recovered.

Wayne Martin 3-0 Mike Langdon
Martin went into this match having not dropped a frame all day and he ended the match with that record still intact.  Martin had breaks of 46 and 35 and Langdon never really got going.

Jason Stockton 3-0 Joe Trout
Trout was playing well but Stockton played even better, making breaks of 54 and 50 to ease into the semi-finals.

James Harrison 3-2 Danny Castel-Nuovo
Easily the match of the round as Castel-Nuovo was just edged out by Harrison.

Semi-finals £10

James Harrison 3-2 Jason Stockton
Harrison scraped past Stockton on a re-spotted black at the end of a titanic battle.

Wayne Martin 3-1 Nav Hussain
Martin squeezed past Hussain in a tense match that was often dictated by good long potting and the run of the balls. Martin was quickly into his stride with breaks of 27 and 38 to win the first frame. Hussain fought straight back with a break of 39 in taking the next. Hussain was in front again during the next frame and looked to have the frame won following two crucial flukes. Martin however pinched the frame to go 2 -1 up. The fourth frame was decided on a re-spotted black with Hussain going 18 in front with 18 left. Hussain crucially fluked a snooker on the blue but Martin swerved around the pink, double kissed the blue into the pocket and then cleared the colours and the re-spotted black that Hussain missed with his attempt.

Final £50 / £30

Wayne Martin 3-1 James Harrison
This proved to be a high quality final with both players showing form.  Martin was in first with breaks of 25 and 52 to win the first frame.  Harrison struck back with breaks of 27 and 49 to win the second. Harrison was in front following a 32 break in the next, however Martin fought back and cleared the table with 35 to take the frame. The fourth frame was scrappy but Martin held it together to win the frame on the black for his sixth straight Eastwood Open title.

Highest Breaks

Jason Stockton 77,58,54,50,35
James Harrison 69,49,39,32
Nav Hussain 53,53,40,39,38,37,33
Wayne Martin 52,46,38,37,35,35,35,32
Mike Langdon 47,32
Steve Butler 37,35,35

[Nav Hussain]

Big thanks going out to steve butler for sorting out the draws and keeping an eye on everything even whilst playing in the tournament. Looking forward to the next event wherever that is..... may be another spot on sneinton tournament

[Wayne Martin]

Nav - have a word with Mr Zubair and see if he wants to do another one at Sneinton - the last one was really good - great venue and tables.

[Nav Hussain]

Wayne - I think the spot on tournament wil go ahead for sure as it was a great success last time round. If we can get enough interest like the BCI Open, then maybe the prize money will be more then last time round. I will have a word with Zed and see if we can arrange something with Tom  (Spot on owner) and see if he can sort the tables out for us.

Will keep you updated.

[CUEBOY]

Let us know if theres any more comps in notts me and tha harrison will come