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GB9 Ball Tour GB9 Southern Masters
Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Croydon - Frith Road
1st Floor
63 Frith Road
Croydon
Surrey
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Friday/Saturday/Sunday 20-22 March 2009

Craig Osborne in action at the final of the main event in Croydon.
Shotgun kills Maharaja in Croydon slaying

Craig "Shotgun" Osborne has roared up to number 8 on the main ranking list with his victory over Imran "The Maharaja" Majid by the narrowest of margins in the main event of the GB9 Southern Masters.

Majid was the favourite to win the battle with so many previous wins under his belt, but Ipswich based Osborne had other plans and never gave up the chase. Osborne's break was consistent and productive whilst Majid's famous cut-break failed to produce the goods this time, as the Londoner produced several "foul breaks" not scoring the pre-requisite 3 points necessary to continue at the table despite sinking balls each time.

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Action at the final of the main event in Croydon.

Rileys Croydon Bar Supervisor "Cecilio" from the Philippines eagerly awaits your arrival.
Majid, Gray, Boyes, Valentine, Peach - or a new name?

2008 GB9 Player Of The Year, Imran Majid, will be trying to get back on schedule with a repeat of last year's result in the GB9 Southern Masters in Croydon.

It'll be a tough job though, as this is the second GB9 event of the year, and after winning the final event of last year, and the first event of this year's tour, Mark Gray will be doing his best to make it a sensational three-in-a-row.

There's plenty of talent vying for the title in the 128 player field and all the big names in UK 9 Ball will be there, Peach, Drago, Boyes, Valentine and Hundal will all be in with a chance, and only time will tell who is in form.

A sea of tables with matches underway at The Southern Masters.

Brett Armer focuses intently during this hill-hill match.

Courtney Symons attempts an ambitious masse.

Paul Edwards in action at Croydon.

Hilarious jump cue dilemma revealed at Croydon.
The Pro Shop sold a lovely Bunjee jump cue to a new customer in the middle of last year's pool season, and the new owner was naturally very happy with it's performance but he had been avoiding bringing it to tournaments, despite often realising that he needed it on several occasions.

Croydon was going to be different though. No compromises at this event, he was bringing the jump cue despite the inconvenience. No excuses this time.

As he sat next to me I admired the fine maple shaft, hefted the cue in my hands, checking the weight and inspecting the mahogany handle. I unscrewed the short cue and briefly examined the quick release joint, then quickly screwed it back together and placed it back in it's case where I had found it.

"Did you just unscrew that?", whispered the owner, who had been avoiding bringing it to tournaments because he couldn't close his case with the full cue in it, not realising that the cue had a joint!

He will remain anonymous of course... Unless you recognise his case!!!

Hideous pool socks reviled at Croydon.
Well, actually I rather like these pool socks worn by another player at the GB9 Southern Masters, although, of course, being the pool nerds that we are, we have noticed that some of the balls are the wrong colour!

Courtney Symons concentrates on the next shot at Rileys Croydon.

Chris Melling and Tony Drago lag to decide the break at Croydon.

Alan Millership vs. Karl Boyes in The Pro Cup event at Croydon.

THE STATS

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE LAST 32
Imran Majid	9 : 4	Kevin Hew
Anthony Ginn	9 : 3	Andy Nicholson
Tony Drago	9 : 7	Phil Burford
Damian Massey	9 : 8	Tony Burton
Paul Williams	9 : 8	Michael Valentine
Martin Chapman	9 : 6	Steven Petty
Adam Benn Smith	9 : 3	Adam Collins
Daryl Peach	9 : 3	Mike Rogers
Raj Hundal	9 : 4	Stewart Colclough
Damian Overton	9 : 4	Kevin Uzzell
Scott Higgins	9 : 1	Gordon Bain
Jayson Shaw	9 : 7	James Kay
Karl Boyes	9 : 1	Clarke Smith
David Walsh	9 : 7	Jonathan Mathers
Craig Osborne	9 : 6	Bradley Parker
Alan Coton	9 : 8	Gary Houstoun

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE LAST 16
Imran Majid	9 : 3	Anthony Ginn
Tony Drago	9 : 7	Damian Massey
Martin Chapman	9 : 7	Paul Williams
Daryl Peach	9 : 3	Adam Benn Smith
Raj Hundal	9 : 6	Damian Overton
Scott Higgins	9 : 6	Jason Shaw
Karl Boyes	9 : 2	David Walsh
Craig Osborne	9 : 6	Alan Coton

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE QUARTER FINALS
Imran Majid	9 : 7	Tony Drago
Martin Chapman	9 : 4	Daryl Peach
Scott Higgins	9 : 7	Raj Hundal
Craig Osborne	9 : 5	Karl Boyes

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE SEMI FINALS
Imran Majid	9 : 3	Martin Chapman
Craig Osborne	9 : 4	Scott Higgins

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE FINAL
Craig Osborne	11 : 10	Imran Majid

GB9 Southern Masters Main Event Winner, Craig Osborne with TD Shirley Ang.
Photograph � Bethan Louise Sage.

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE LAST 32
Scott Foley	7 : 3	Gareth Steele
Neil Cummins	7 : 0	Chun Hao Man
Martin Chapman	7 : 3	Tony Southern
Jonnny Cooper	7 : 6	Philip Wildman
Simon D'Vali	7 : 1	David Hood
Paul Edwards	7 : 4	Louis Clarke
Bartek Czapski	7 : 5	Mark Hughes
Damian Massey	7 : 4	John Beesley
Andy Appleton	7 : 6	Kevin Hew
Oliver Ruuger	7 : 3	Anthony Ginn
Matthew Ford	7 : 6	Chris Stocker
Dave Simmonds	7 : 4	Kevin Simpson
James Welch	7 : 2	Craig Riley
Gary Houstoun	7 : 5	Liam Wilson
James Taylor	7 : 6	Mark Hopgood
Adam Benn Smith	7 : 4	Lee Hersey

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE LAST 16
Scott Foley	7 : 3	Neil Cummins
Martin Chapman	7 : 2	Jonny Cooper
Paul Edwards	7 : 6	Simon D'Vali
Damian Massey	7 : 2	Bartek Czapski
Andy Appleton	7 : 6	Oliver Ruuger
Matthew Ford	7 : 5	Dave Simmonds
James Welch	7 : 5	Gary Houstoun
Adam Benn Smith	7 : 2	James Taylor

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE QUARTER FINALS
Scott Foley	9 : 5	Martin Chapman
Damian Massey	9 : 2	Paul Edwards
Andy Appleton	9 : 6	Matthew Ford
Adam Benn Smith	9 : 4	James Welch

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE SEMI FINALS
Damian Massey	9 : 3	Scott Foley
Adam Benn Smith	9 : 4	Andy Appleton

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE FINAL
Damian Massey	11 : 7	Adam Benn Smith

GB9 Southern Masters Challenge Cup Winner, Damian Massey with trophy.
Photograph � Bethan Louise Sage.

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE PRO CUP
THE LAST 32
James Kay	8 : 4	Bradley Parker
Stewart Colclough	8 : 7	James Carney
Kevin Uzzell	8 : 3	Ben Moore
David Walsh	8 : 2	Imran Majid
Simon Widlo	8 : 7	Phil Burford
Damian Overton	8 : 6	Jason Howard
Alan Millership	8 : 4	Stephen Capaldi
Karl Boyes	8 : 2	Chris Cowie
Jonathan Mathers	8 : 4	Michael Valentine
Paul Williams	8 : 5	Chris Buckmaster
Daryl Peach	8 : 3	Scott Higgins
Mark Gray	8 : 5	Richard Jones
Jayson Shaw	8 : 7	Tony Burton
Raj Hundal	8 : 3	Andy Worthington
Chris Melling	8 : 7	Craig Osborne
Tony Drago	8 : 5	Andy Nicholson

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE PRO CUP
THE LAST 16
James Kay	8 : 5	Stewart Colclough
Kevin Uzzell	8 : 5	David Walsh
Damian Overton	8 : 3	Simon Widlo
Karl Boyes	8 : 4	Alan Millership
Paul Williams	8 : 6	Jonathan Mathers
Daryl Peach	8 : 4	Mark Gray
Raj Hundal	8 : 6	Jayson Shaw
Chris Melling	8 : 6	Tony Drago

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE PRO CUP
THE QUARTER FINALS
Kevin Uzzell	9 : 5	James Kay
Damian Overton	9 : 5	Karl Boyes
Daryl Peach	9 : 4	Paul Williams
Raj Hundal	9 : 6	Chris Melling

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE PRO CUP
THE SEMI FINALS
Damian Overton	9 : 6	Kevin Uzzell
Daryl Peach	9 : 3	Raj Hundal

THE GB9 SOUTHERN MASTERS
THE PRO CUP
THE FINAL
Daryl Peach	11 : 10	Damian Overton

GB9 Southern Masters Pro Cup Winner, Daryl Peach with trophy.
Photograph � Bethan Louise Sage.

Updated Rankings

Full ranking details can be found here: http://www.gb9balltour.com/rankings.htm

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