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THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Solihull
Hobs Moat Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B92 8JN
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Friday/Saturday/Sunday 25-26-27 September 2009

Ultimately, the weekend belonged to one man - congratulations Darren Appleton.
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Rileys Solihull plays host to GB9 British Grand Prix

GB9 - Britain�s official professional 9 ball pool tour is now established as the toughest and most respected national pool tour in Europe with a line up of players that reads like a "Who's Who" of European cuesports celebrities. 2007 World Pool Champion - Daryl Peach; European Number 1 - Mark Gray, 2008 World 10 Ball Champion - Darren Appleton, London's finest - Imran Majid and Raj Hundal, even snooker legend Tony Drago plays on the GB9 tour.

Here's the report from the latest event, the GB9 British Grand Prix from Solihull in the Midlands, and it's a story of one man really - Darren Appleton, and here is the story, in his own words.

"I'm very happy to win, I've had a good run on the GB9 this year, I've played 5 tournaments and had 3 wins and 2 runner-ups and now I've won the most GB9 events - 3 Main and 3 Pro events... It's just a shame I couldn't make all the tour stops as I'd most likely be No. 1 on both lists."

"I went to Solihull in good shape and played really well in the Pro event. I beat (Karl) Boyes 9-7 in the Quarter-Final and had a great match with (Chris) Melling in the final where I played perfect and won 9-8. There was around 11 break and runs between us!"

"The main event was much tougher as I was really tired. I scraped through my first 3 matches, then from the Quarter-Finals I hit a gear, beating (Daryl) Peach 9-0, and then (Michael) Valentine 9-2 in the Semi-Final. In the Final I again played faultless, beating (Mark) Gray 11-2."

Winning that match made Appleton only the second player to ever win a "double" at a GB9 event, winning both Main and Pro events, and the first person to win three consecutive events.

"I will be at the last event at Barnsley so hopefully I can keep my run going. It's been a great year for me, so many top 8 finishes world wide along with 7 titles and 8 x "2nd places" and the standard on GB9 continues to improve. As we all know we have so many good players in the UK now, and maybe there's up to 8 players capable of winning anywhere in Europe - even around 5 or 6 players capable of winning a world title."

"Besides the Philippines we probably have the strongest nation in the world with regards to strength in depth and amount of titles we've won! The GB9 has come a long way in the past two years and I'm sure the future will get better - so many thanks to all the staff and GB9 for doing a great job and giving us a good tour to play on!"

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The bright red cola sponsored cloth on the tables at Solihull.
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Alan Coton in action at the GB9 event.
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Gareth Steele smashes out a big break shot at the British Grand Prix.
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West Sussex's James Welch in action in the Challenge Division event in the Midlands.
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There's plenty of action at the GB9 Grand Prix event in the West Midlands.
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Chun Hao Man focuses on the job at hand at Solihull.
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GB9 veteran Dave Simmonds gets down to business in the Challenge event.
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Louis Clarke made sure he didn't go home empty handed by winning the plate.
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Matt Hyden receives the Challenge Cup trophy from Stephanie Parker from Rileys.
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THE STATS

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE LAST 32
Mark Gray	9 : 2	David McCarthy
Matthew Ford	9 : 8	Paul Williams
Damian Massey	9 : 8	Chris Buckmaster
Andy Worthington	9 : 3	Craig Osborne
Andy Appleton	9 : 3	Kevin Simpson
Jason Howard	9 : 5	Andy Nicholson
Scott Higgins	9 : 6	Luke Rollison
Jayson Shaw	9 : 8	Imran Majid
Arfan Dad	9 : 7	Karl Boyes
Michael Valentine	9 : 5	Steven Petty
Stephen Capaldi	9 : 4	Brett Armer
Chris Cowie	9 : 5	James Kay
Darren Appleton	9 : 7	Craig Dixon
Mike Rogers	9 : 2	Phil Burford
Martin Chapman	9 : 7	Tony Burton
Daryl Peach	9 : 3	Clark Smith

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE LAST 16
Mark Gray	9 : 3	Matthew Ford
Damian Massey	9 : 7	Andy Worthington
Jason Howard	9 : 4	Andy Appleton
Scott Higgins	9 : 8	Jayson Shaw
Michael Valentine	9 : 3	Arfan Dad
Stephen Capaldi	9 : 5	Chris Cowie
Darren Appleton	9 : 5	Mike Rogers
Daryl Peach	9 : 4	Martin Chapman

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE QUARTER FINALS
Darren Appleton	9 : 0	Daryl Peach
Michael Valentine	9 : 4	Steve Capaldi
Scott Higgins	9 : 7	Jason Howard
Mark Gray	9 : 6	Damian Massey

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE SEMI FINALS
Daren Appleton	9 : 2	Michael Valentine
Mark Gray	9 : 5	Scott Higgins

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE FINAL
Darren Appleton	11 : 2	Mark Gray

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THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE LAST 32
Louis Clarke	8 : 0	Robin Cripps
Gary Houstoun	8 : 7	Roy Kimberley
Gareth Steele	8 : 6	James Taylor
Stuart Mann	8 : 7	Arfan Dad
Matthew Ford	8 : 5	Chun Hao Mann
Simon Hadley	8 : 6	Simon Gardner
Mark Hopgood	8 : 2	Adam Collins
Luke Rollison	8 : 1	Paul Taylor
David McCarthy	8 : 6	Damian Massey
Gordon Bain	8 : 2	Dan Lim
Matt Hyden	8 : 2	Neil Cummins
Paul Thomas	8 : 7	Martin Chapman
Liam Wilson	8 : 7	Jonny Cooper
Mike Rogers	8 : 2	Philip Morgan
Chris Stocker	8 : 6	Clark Smith
Adam Benn Smith	8 : 7	David Nelson

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE LAST 16
Louis Clarke	8 : 3	Gary Houstoun
Stuart Mann	8 : 3	Gareth Steele
Matthew Ford	8 : 4	Simon Hadley
Luke Rollison	8 : 5	Mark Hopgood
David McCarthy	8 : 6	Gordon Bain
Matt Hyden	8 : 6	Paul Thomas
Mike Rogers	8 : 5	Liam Wilson
Chris Stocker	8 : 6	Adam Benn Smith

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE QUARTER FINALS
Stuart Mann	9 : 6	Louis Clarke
Matthew Ford	9 : 8	Luke Rollison
Matt Hyden	9 : 8	David McCarthy
Chris Stocker	9 : 7	Mike Rogers

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE SEMI FINALS
Matthew Ford	9 : 6	Stuart Mann
Matt Hyden	9 : 3	Chris Stocker

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE FINAL
Matt Hyden	9 : 7	Matthew Ford

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THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE PRO CUP
THE LAST 32
Imran Majid	8 : 7	Tony Burton
Paul Williams	8 : 2	Scott Gillespie
Chris Melling	8 : 4	James Kay
Chris Buckmaster	8 : 2	Phil Burford
Tony Drago	8 : 7	Chris Cowie
Jayson Shaw	8 : 1	Simon Widlo
Jack Triggs	8 : 3	Alan Millership
Scott Higgins	8 : 6	Andy Worthington
Karl Boyes	8 : 2	Stephen Capaldi
Jason Howard	8 : 7	Michael Valentine
Raj Hundal	8 : 7	Ben Moore
Craig Osborne	8 : 3	Dan McCreadie

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE PRO CUP
THE LAST 16
Daryl Peach	8 : 4	Stewart Colclough
Imran Majid	8 : 3	Paul Williams
Chris Melling	8 : 4	Chris Buckmaster
Tony Drago	8 : 7	Jayson Shaw
Darren Appleton	8 : 0	Jack Triggs
Karl Boyes	8 : 4	Scott Higgins
Raj Hundal	8 : 7	Jason Howard
Craig Osborne	8 : 4	Mark Gray

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE PRO CUP
THE QUARTER FINALS
Imran Majid	9 : 4	Daryl Peach
Chris Melling	9 : 8	Tony Drago
Darren Appleton	9 : 7	Karl Boyes
Craig Osborne	9 : 8	Raj Hundal

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE PRO CUP
THE SEMI FINALS
Chris Melling	9 : 0	Imran Majid
Darren Appleton	9 : 7	Craig Osborne

THE GB9 BRITISH GRAND PRIX
THE PRO CUP
THE FINAL
Darren Appleton	9 : 8	Chris Melling

Darren Appleton celebrates his double victories - GB9 Grand Prix AND Pro Cup.
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