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2009/10 BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR EVENT NO. 2
Reardons Snooker and Pool - Southside
Reardons Southside
1060 Pollokshaws Rd
Glasgow
Scotland
G41 3EA
www.scottish9ball.com
www.reardonsnookerandpool.com
www.blackbottle.com

Saturday/Sunday 8-9 August 2009

Eventual winner Piotr Ostrowski gets out of a tricky situation<br />during his victory over Michael Valentine - picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski

Eventual winner Piotr Ostrowski gets out of a tricky situation<br />during his victory over Michael Valentine - picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski

Piotr Ostrowski tackles a tricky situation during his match with Michael Valentine.
Picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski
TOUR EVENT 2 - REARDON'S SOUTHSIDE

Polish visitor Piotr Ostrowski won the second stop on the SAPPA Black Bottle Scottish 9-Ball Tour at Reardon's Southside in Glasgow with a comprehensive 10-6 victory over Larkhall-based Scott Gillespie. Ostrowski, who previous played on the SAPPA Tour when he lived in Scotland a couple of years ago, went through the whole weekend undefeated taking some impressive scalps on his way to the title.

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Even with some last-minute withdrawals from the tournament, a total of 54 players arrived at Reardon's Southside over the weekend to play. With the top 16 ranked players seeded straight through to the Sunday, 38 players were there on Saturday to fight for the 16 spots available the following day. As always, there were a few surprise results, one of the main ones being Event 1 Runner Up Scott Ross's back-to-back losses to be eliminated from the event very quickly.

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 2
THE LAST 32 (Losers - �30)
Michael Valentine	10 : 2	Gordon Bain
Piotr Ostrowski	10 : 2	Billy Edmond
Cameron Bowes	10 : 7	Ian Greenshields
Tam Walkinshaw	10 : 4	Adam Smith
Clark Smith	10 : 8	George Fagan
Stevie Capaldi	10 : 6	Chris Fraser
Ian Mackintosh	10 : 6	Chris Goode
Jason Shaw	10 : 6	Davey Jack
Greg Alexander	10 : 8	Pete King
Stuart Ellis	10 : 5	Stuart McPhee
Fraser Patrick	10 : 3	Craig Blackstock
Scott Gillespie	10 : 9	Darren Murray
Andy Morris	10 : 8	Derek Easton
Lee Marshall	10 : 6	Tam Talent
Chris Cowie	10 : 4	Remi
Marc Owens	10 : 8	Pat Holtz

Among the standout matches in the last 32 were Davy Jack versus Jayson Shaw, which Shaw won 10-6 in double-quick time, Darren Murray's match against Scott Gillespie, with Gillespie just making it past Murray, and Pat Holtz going against snooker player Marc Owens who was playing in his first SAPPA Tour Event, with Owens managing to get past the Scottish number one in a very tight match.

Marc Owens finishing off another rack in his match against Pat Holtz
(picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski)

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 2
THE LAST 16 (Losers - �60)
Piotr Ostrowski	10 : 7	Michael Valentine
Tam Walkinshaw	10 : 7	Cameron Bowes
Stevie Capaldi	10 : 6	Clark Smith
Jayson Shaw	10 : 2	Ian Mackintosh
Greg Alexander	10 : 6	Stuart Ellis
Scott Gillespie	10 : 8	Fraser Patrick
Andy Morris	10 : 2	Lee Marshall
Chris Cowie	10 : 3	MArc Owens

The last 16 was full of excellent matches. The aforementioned Piotr Ostrowski continued his run through the tournament with a well-executed 10-7 victory over Michael Valentine. After the match, Valentine had nothing but praise for Ostrowski's ability with the break. Another excellent match was the one between Stevie Capaldi and Clark Smith with Capaldi, formerly ranked number 3 in Scotland, managing to get past the ever-steady Smith by 10 racks to 6.

Stevie Capaldi working his way out of a tricky situation
(picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski)

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 2
THE QUARTER FINALS (Losers - �100)
Piotr Ostrowski	10 : 6	Tam Walkinshaw
Jayson Shaw	10 : 8	Stevie Capaldi
Scott Gillespie	10 : 9	Greg Alexander
Andy Morris	10 : 6	Chris Cowie

The Quarter Finals saw the long-overdue return of Tam Walkinshaw to the latter stages of a SAPPA Tour Event. Sadly for Tam, his run in the event came to an end at the hands of Mr Ostrowski while Scott Gillespie continued his nail-biting run through the event, this time with a final rack win over Greg Alexander. Stevie Capaldi's tournament came to an end at the hands of the ever-brilliant Jayson Shaw while 2009 SAPPA US Open Championship Qualifier Winner Andy Morris continued making his way through the event with a 10-6 victory over Chris Cowie.

Andy Morris brings another rack to an end.
(Picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski)

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 2
THE SEMI FINALS (Losers - �150)
Piotr Ostrowski	10 : 8	Jayson Shaw
Scott Gillespie	10 : 7	Andy Morris

Both semi final matches turned out to be excellent affairs with brilliant pool being played by all 4 players. In the end, Ostrowski and Gillespie, both of whom had been playing some of the best pool throughout the tournament, made it through to the final.

Scott Gillespie (left) and Piotr Ostrowski before the final

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 2
THE FINAL
Piotr Ostrowski	10 : 6	Scott Gillespie
WINNER - �400	PRIZE	RUNNER-UP - �200

During the final, as he had throughout the entire weekend Ostrowski's break was working wonders making at least one or 2 balls on each break. Gillespie put up a brave fight, but the Polish player proved to be too strong in the end taking home the trophy and the �400 first prize.

Piotr being presented with the trophy and his prize money by Liz,
one of the Managers at Reardon's Southside

SAPPA would like to thank Black Bottle Whisky, Reardon's Southside and all the players for making the weekend such a big success.

SCOTTISH AMERICAN POOL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION
2009/10 Season Calendar
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 1	Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Stirling 57-59 Upper Craigs Stirling Stirling FK8 2DT Telephone: 01786 446363 www.rileysltd.com Saturday/Sunday 16-17 May 2009
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 2	Reardons Snooker and Pool - Southside Reardons Southside 1060 Pollokshaws Rd Glasgow Scotland G41 3EA Telephone: 0141 632 0007 www.reardonsnookerandpool.com Saturday/Sunday 8-9 August 2009
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 3	Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Edinburgh 25 Jocks Lodge Meadowbank Edinburgh Midlothian EH8 7AA www.rileysltd.com Saturday/Sunday 5-6 September 2009
Scottish 9-Ball Championships	Styx American Pool Bar 28a Victoria Road Kirkcaldy Scotland KY1 1DS Telephone: 01592 265483 www.scottish9ball.com www.styx.info Saturday/Sunday 31 October - 1 November 2009
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 4	The Q CLub 101 St. Georges Rd Glasgow G3 6JA Telephone: 0141 333 9035 Saturday/Sunday 12-13 December 2009
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 5	Reardons Central American Pool and Snooker Centre 24 Hope Street Glasgow Telephone: 0141 221 4646 www.reardonsnookerandpool.com Saturday/Sunday 9-10 January 2010
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 7	Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Kirkintilloch 22 Cowgate Kirkintilloch East Dunbartonshire G66 1HN. Tel: 0141 7778108 www.rileysltd.com Saturday/Sunday 6-7 March 2010

Check out the Pro9.co.uk Calendar for more tournament dates.

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