Eastwood Snooker Open Sunday 5th October 2008

[phoenixcuesports]

Eastwood Snooker Open

Sunday 5th October 2008

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 quick reminder, this event is next Sunday.....

[MikeL]

Hi Steve, just a quick note to say myself and Chris Piech will be coming along on Sunday...so if you could reserve us a place each that'll be great.

See you Sunday

Mike Langdon

[Steve]

Yes, I'll be there again but I'm not sure if Ross and Matt will be this time because the former has fallen out of love with the game and the latter may be working (and has fallen in love with a leggy blonde!).

Please don't draw me against Mike Langdon because I'm sick of losing to him!

[MikeL]

I'm just hoping to get through the first round this time out....so yes if you could fix it for me to play Steve that'll be cool 

Mike

[NSF Admin]

Eastwood Snooker Open - 5 October 2008



A very strong field turned up to compete in the Eastwood Open on Sunday 5th October 2008. The popular round robin format was used again which provided every competitor with at least three matches. The top two players in the four man group and the top three in the five man groups progressed to the quarter-finals.

Group A
Group A was a tough group which included ex-professional and defending champion Wayne Martin, England under-21 pool player Craig Lakin and the natural talent from Belper, Jimmy Gratton.  Gratton won all four of his matches, only dropping one frame, to finish top of the group.  Martin, Lakin and Steve Butler all won two matches each, but Butler missed out on a quarter-final place due to a worse frame difference.  Tournament organiser Steve Lally failed to win a single frame but still thoroughly enjoyed the day.

Group A                                          

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Jimmy Gratton	4	4	0	8	1	8
Craig Lakin	4	2	2	6	5	4
Wayne Martin	4	2	2	5	4	4
Steve Butler	4	2	2	4	5	4
Steve Lally	4	0	4	0	8	0

Group A Results                        

Wayne Martin	2	0	Steve Butler
Steve Lally	0	2	Craig Lakin
Wayne Martin	2	0	Steve Lally
Craig Lakin	1	2	Jimmy Gratton
Wayne Martin	1	2	Craig Lakin
Jimmy Gratton	2	0	Steve Butler
Wayne Martin	0	2	Jimmy Gratton
Steve Lally	0	2	Steve Butler
Steve Butler	2	1	Craig Lakin
Steve Lally	0	2	Jimmy Gratton

Group B
Stuart Crosswell won all four of his matches to top group B.  Peoples Hall players Hav Hussain and Zed Zubair finished second and third respectively, securing their places in the quarter-finals.

Group B                                          

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Stuart Crosswell	4	4	0	8	2	8
Nav Hussain	4	3	1	6	3	6
Zed Zubair	4	2	2	6	5	4
Ryan Baker	4	1	3	3	6	2
David Allsop	4	0	4	1	8	0

Group B Results                        

Zed Zubair	2	1	David Allsop
Stuart Crosswell	2	1	Ryan Baker
Zed Zubair	1	2	Stuart Crosswell
Ryan Baker	0	2	Nav Hussain
Zed Zubair	2	0	Ryan Baker
Nav Hussain	2	0	David Allsop
Zed Zubair	1	2	Nav Hussain
Stuart Crosswell	2	0	David Allsop
David Allsop	0	2	Ryan Baker
Stuart Crosswell	2	0	Nav Hussain

Group C
In four-man group C Chris Peich only dropped one frame as he topped the group.  His Pegasus team-mate Mike Langdon needed to beat Zeb Ahmed to take the other quarter-final spot but Ahmed potted his way to a 2-0 victory and a place in the knockout stages.

Group C                                          

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Chris Piech	3	3	0	8	1	8
Zeb Ahmed	3	2	1	4	5	4
Mike Langdon	3	1	2	4	6	2
Luke Colliver	3	0	3	2	8	0

Group C Results                        

Chris Piech	2	0	Mike Langdon
Luke Colliver	1	2	Zeb Ahmed
Chris Piech	2	0	Luke Colliver
Chris Piech	2	1	Zeb Ahmed
Luke Colliver	0	2	Mike Langdon
Mike Langdon	0	2	Zeb Ahmed

Knockout Stage

Quarter-finals

Zeb Ahmed 2-1 Stuart Crosswell
Crosswell was disappointed with his performance in this match as he missed too many chances against an in-form Ahmed.

Wayne Martin 2-1 Jimmy Gratton
This was the match everyone had been waiting for.  Gratton had been on fire all day and he looked set to knock out the defending champion, particularly when he made a superb 46 break.  However, Martin never rolled over and he dug deep for a 2-1 win against the Belper player.

Chris Piech 2-1 Craig Lakin
A tight match was just edged by the young Pegasus player.

Nav Hussain 2-1 Zeb Zubair
The other three quarter-finals all went to deciding frames and this encounter between two Peoples Hall team-mates was no different, however Hussain produced some classy snooker to win the match and book his place in the semi-finals.

Semi-finals ?15

Wayne Martin 2-0 Zeb Ahmed
It was a good day for Ahmed who reached the semi-finals in his tournament debut, however Martin was just too strong for the Peoples Hall player.  A nice 40 break from Martin in this match.

Nav Hussain 2-0 Chris Piech
Hussain came out all guns blazing against Piech and he won the match in no time at all.  A run of 33 effectively sealed the match for Hussain as Piech was left with too much to do.
 
Final ?60 / ?30

Wayne Martin 3-1 Nav Hussain
A quality tournament was capped by a quality final.  Hussain was buzzing whereas Martin was, by his own admission, struggling.   Hussain went 1-0 up with some superb potting and he looked set to go 2-0 up but Martin had other ideas.  A terrific 27 clearance stole the second frame for Martin and provided a timely reminder for Hussain that Martin was not going down without a fight.  In the third frame Hussain again looked set for victory as he left Martin needing two snookers and all the colours to win the frame.  Martin showed his class as he got the snookers he required and then cleared the table to go 2-1 up.  The way Martin stole the third frame seemed to unsettle Hussain as he started to go for everything.  This allowed Martin to start flowing and he took the fourth frame and the match 3-1.  A superb display by Martin who never fired on all cylinders but still did enough to win his fourth successive Eastwood Open.

Highest Breaks

Jimmy Gratton 59,46,32,31 (?10)
Nav Hussain 47,33
Stuart Crosswell 43
Wayne Martin 40,39
Craig Lakin 31,31