BCI Snooker Open (16/11/08)

[NSF Admin]

BCI Snooker Open

Sunday 16th November 2008

11am Registration, 11:30am Start

Event to be held at BCI Snooker Centre, off Coventry Road, Bulwell, Nottingham (close to junction 26 M1).

Members ?10 Entry Fee, Non-Members ?11.

Entry 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 or Round Robin Format, best of 3 in early rounds, best of 5 Final.
4. Entry to the competition is ?10 for members, ?11 non-members.
5. Handicaps will be issued against professionals and internationals at the organisers discretion.
6. 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 11am).
7. All matches played to World Snooker Rules.
8. No dress code
9. The tournament organisers decision will be final in all cases.

For any further inquiries please telephone 07967 455645

[phoenixcuesports]

Sorry Wayne, not able to make this. I will definately try and get to the next one.

[NSF Admin]

Wayne Martin made a superb 77 break in the deciding frame of the final against Barry Stark to secure the title of BCI Open champion for the second consecutive time.  Martin had despatched Tony Collins 2-0 in the semi-finals and Stark had made light work of Steve Butler by the same scoreline.

Martin took the opening frame of the best of 5 final but it was a scrappy affair.  Stark then pulled one back with the help of a 32 break, however Martin regained the lead with a run of 28.  Neither player was at their best but it was Stark who took the fourth frame to force the decider.  In the final frame Stark opened up a small lead but Martin soon clawed it back.  Stark then missed a relatively easy black off its spot and this allowed Martin to capitalise as he made a brilliant 77 break.  It looked like he was on for a 104 clearance but as he took a black off the final red he left himself a difficult long yellow which rattled in the jaws and failed to drop.  Nevertheless, it was a productive day for tournament organiser Martin who took home the ?50 first prize plus the ?5 high break prize.  Stark collected the ?30 runner-up prize and Butler and Collins both collected ?15 as losing semi-finalists.

An out of sorts Chris Piech was one of six players who made it home in time for Little Dorrit!

Full report including group tables to follow........

Thanks to Wayne Martin for organising a successful tournament and to Pete Trout for allowing the use of the BCI tables.

[NSF Admin]

BCI Snooker Open - 16 November 2008



A very strong field turned up to compete in the BCI Open on Sunday 16th November 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
Barry Stark won all four of his matches in the group, dropping only two frames in the process.  Jason Bettridge also performed well as did Mike Langdon who had excellent wins against Lee Crombie and Derby youngster Alex Anastasiou.

Group A                                          

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Barry Stark	4	4	0	8	2	8
Jason Bettridge	4	3	1	7	3	6
Mike Langdon	4	2	2	4	5	4
Alex Anastasiou	4	1	3	3	6	2
Lee Crombie	4	0	4	2	8	0

                                          
Group A Results                                          

Mike Langdon	2	0	Alex Anastasiou
Barry Stark	2	1	Jason Bettridge
Alex Anastasiou	0	2	Barry Stark
Lee Crombie	1	2	Mike Langdon
Barry Stark	2	1	Lee Crombie
Jason Bettridge	2	1	Alex Anastasiou
Lee Crombie	0	2	Jason Bettridge
Mike Langdon	0	2	Barry Stark
Jason Bettridge	2	0	Mike Langdon
Alex Anastasiou	2	0	Lee Crombie

                  
Group B
Wayne Martin struggled a little and he almost went down 2-0 to Steve Butler, however Butler missed match ball pink and Martin fought back for a 2-1 victory.  Out-of-sorts Chris Piech beat Martin but then lost his other three matches to leave him rooted to the bottom of the table.  Neil Elliott was unlucky not to make the quarter-finals.  He finished level with Butler but Butler progressed by virtue of his 2-1 victory over Elliott.

Group B                                          

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Wayne Martin	4	3	1	7	4	6
Tony Collins	4	2	2	5	4	4
Steve Butler	4	2	2	5	5	4
Neil Elliott	4	2	2	5	5	4
Chris Piech	4	1	3	3	7	2

                                          
Group B Results                                          

Neil Elliott	2	0	Tony Collins
Wayne Martin	1	2	Chris Piech
Tony Collins	1	2	Wayne Martin
Steve Butler	2	1	Neil Elliott
Wayne Martin	2	1	Steve Butler
Chris Piech	0	2	Tony Collins
Steve Butler	2	0	Chris Piech
Neil Elliott	0	2	Wayne Martin
Chris Piech	1	2	Neil Elliott
Tony Collins	2	0	Steve Butler

                  
Group C
Belper?s Jimmy Gratton blew away the opposition in group C as he won all three matches without dropping a frame. Nav Hussain also progressed but he failed to reach the heights that secured him a runner-up spot in October?s Eastwood Open.

Group C                                          

	P	W	L	F	A	Pts
Jimmy Gratton	3	3	0	6	0	6
Nav Hussain	3	2	1	4	3	4
Steve Coleman	3	1	2	3	5	2
Connor Kelliher	3	0	3	1	6	0

Group C Results                        

Steve Coleman	1	2	Nav Hussain
Jimmy Gratton	2	0	Connor Kelliher
Nav Hussain	0	2	Jimmy Gratton
Connor Kelliher	1	2	Steve Coleman
Connor Kelliher	0	2	Nav Hussain
Steve Coleman	0	2	Jimmy Gratton

Quarter-finals
Tony Collins 2-0 Jason Bettridge
Steve Butler 2-0 Mike Langdon
Wayne Martin 2-0 Nav Hussain
Barry Stark 2-0 Jimmy Gratton

Semi-finals ?15
Wayne Martin 2-0 Tony Collins
Barry Stark 2-0 Steve Butler

Final ?50 / ?30
Wayne Martin 3-2 Barry Stark
Wayne Martin made a superb 77 break in the deciding frame of the final against Barry Stark to secure the title of BCI Open champion for the second consecutive time.  Martin took the opening frame but it was a scrappy affair.  Stark then pulled one back with the help of a 32 break, however Martin went 2-1 up with a run of 28 in the third frame.  Neither player was at their best but it was Stark who took the fourth frame to force the decider.  In the final frame Stark opened up a small lead but Martin soon clawed it back.  Stark then missed a relatively easy black off its spot and this allowed Martin to capitalise as he made a brilliant 77 break.  It looked like he was on for a 104 clearance but as he took a black off the final red he left himself a difficult long yellow which rattled in the jaws and failed to drop.

Highest Breaks

Wayne Martin 77,43,42,31 (?5)
Jimmy Gratton 65,64
Jason Bettridge 62,60
Barry Stark 40,32
Tony Collins 40
Lee Crombie 37
Mike Langdon 36,34
Steve Butler 34