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THE 2006 LONDON 8-BALL OPEN
Rileys American Pool & Snooker
35-43 High Street
Wealdstone
Harrow
Greater London
HA3 5DE
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Saturday/Sunday 12-13 August 2006

EMPIRE POOL TOUR LONDON 8 BALL OPEN

The tournament got underway and the results were coming thick and fast... Exactly 100 players turned up for this spectacular event and the action was non-stop at the EPT London 8 Ball Open.

Celebrity players Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mika Immonen and Marcus Chamat all managed to avoid getting hooked up in the current travel congestion and were playing American style 8 Ball Pool in Harrow.

Click on "Read More..." for the results so far.

Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Finland's "Ice Man" Mika Immonen at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Rafael Guzman from Spain at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Norwegian Christian Johannesen at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Pascal Budo from Belgium at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

France's Vincent Facquet at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Rob McKenna from Wales at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Ronnie O'Sullivan doesn't make the cut at the EPT London 8 Ball Open

Ronnie O'Sullivan is out!!!

I received a phone call from the Assistant Tournament Director saying that Ronnie was leading 4-0 when Rob McKenna started playing some awesome pool. Running out from everywhere and dishing up everything.

Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Ronnie's break let him down, and frankly, although technically fine, good even, it perhaps didn't have enough power and it had been as dry as a bone all day, and he only won one more rack losing the match 10-5.

Losing at the stage prior to the Last 16 means that Ronnie hasn't made the cut for the prize money stage on the second day, and will be making the trip home with nothing to show for his efforts.

Chamat in shock defeat, Hyden the victor

Marcus Chamat's hopes of another win on British soil have fallen in the Last 16 stage of the star-studded London 8 Ball Open.

Matt Hyden was his downfall, and although Hyden was trailing at one point, he managed to regain the lead after some quality play and eventually took the hill-hill final rack for a 10-9 victory.

Marcus Chamat from Sweden at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Hyden was modest in victory saying he treated it like "any other match" and wasn't pressured at all by the crowd of people watching.

Hyden is now guaranteed Â£400 for his efforts and will face 27 year old Serge Das from Bree in Belgium in the next round of the Empire Pool Tour's London stop.

It's a "Shaw" thing!

Scottish prodigy Jayson Shaw started his campaign with a win over namesake So Shaw, and is now proving unstoppable at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open.

Only 17 years of age, but proving the he's got a wise head on his young shoulders, he's had a giant toppling start to his day with a tremendous 10-4 win over the much more experienced Martinho Correia.

Scotland's Jayson Shaw at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Shaw has recently been on a bit of a roll of beating the "big names", indeed even the great Michael Valentine conceded defeat at the recent annual US Open Qualifier held by the Scottish Tour and Shaw also won the Scottish National Championships this year too, not the Junior Division - the main event!

At the tender age of 17!!!

Hopefully his experience here will give him confidence for his trip to the States later in the year, watch this space!

Pro9 Competition Winner stays local to enjoy prize

Regular Pro9'ers will remember that Pro9.co.uk offered a Â£75 entry fee to the EPT of your choice in a free to enter competition a while back.

Pro9 competition winner Colin Rennison at the Empire Pool Tour's London 8 Ball Open

Well, the winner of the competition was Colin "Maddog" Rennison, who chose the London event to use his prize as Harrow Rileys is his home club.

Colin unfortunately suffered a defeat in the first round at the hands of the very capable Lee Chenman, but he enjoyed his chance and is now making up for it by having a good streak in the plate tournament being run for any players who want to play on the Sunday.

Money Added to Sunday Plate Competition

The Sunday Plate Competition is looking like a popular choice as 32 runners have entered and as a nice bonus, UKSportsManagement have added Â£100 to the prize fund, so that it totals to a handsome Â£740 - not bad for a plate!

The prize fund will provide the winner with Â£270 and the runner up with Â£140. Losing Semi Finalists will receive Â£85 and Â£40 will be awarded to the losing Quarter Finalists.

PLATE RESULTS
Last 16
L Travers bt J Eames
P Fagan bt D Goddard
V Facquet bt A Worthington
M Stephenson bt P Canavan
N Woolerton bt G Edge
S Gibson    bt C Rennison
D Appleton     bt R Guzman
S Delhaye    bt B Leigh
Last 8
L Travers bt P Fagan
V Facquet bt M Stephenson
S Gibson bt N Woolerton
D Appleton bt S Delhaye
Semi-Finals
Facquet bt L Travers
D Appleton bt S Gibson
Final
D Appleton bt V Facquet

THE STATS

THE EMPIRE POOL TOUR LONDON 8-BALL OPEN PAYOUT
1st.	Â£2,000.00
2nd.	Â£1,000.00
3rd.	Â£700.00
4th.	Â£700.00
5th.	Â£400.00
6th.	Â£400.00
7th.	Â£400.00
8th.	Â£400.00
9th.	Â£250.00
10th.	Â£250.00
11th.	Â£250.00
12th.	Â£250.00
13th.	Â£250.00
14th.	Â£250.00
15th.	Â£250.00
16th.	Â£250.00
TOTAL	Â£8,000.00

THE 100 ENTRANTS

Mark Gray
Kim Garmark
A Conway
Karl Boyes
C Smith
R Malhi
Bradley Parker
Caroline Walch
L Lawrence
R Jensen
J Vaughan
Gareth Esprit
Kevin Brown
Pat Holtz
Joe Sims
M Berry
Patsy Fagan
Dave Cummins
Mike Keshish
Bob Harris
N Davey
Richard Jones
Nick Woolerton
T O'Donnell
Sam Gibson
Daryl Peach
S Fitzsimmonds
Mika Immonen
Ian West
Nigel Francis
James Kay
Steve Higton
J Devlin
Dean Goddard
M Lagos
Mark Segal
Paul Williams
Neil Jenkins
Pascal Budo
J Bushnell
Andy Barnett
Y Qu
Kevin Uzzell
Lee Rigby
G Can
Lee Chenman
Colin Rennison
T Skjaldarson
Matey Ullah
Carl Morris
Vincent Facquet
Ronnie O'Sullivan
L McVeigh
L Travers
Rob McKenna
Geoff Edge
Stuart Colclough
Neil Raybone
Kevin Smith
P Meulenhof
Anthony Illingworth
Brett Armer
Steve Brown
Mark Hopgood
Mark Stephenson
Imran Majid
G Nagpal
C Johannesen
Martinho Correia
Tony Gear
A Westgaard
C Marsh
Paddy McLoughlin
Jayson Shaw
So Shaw
Kevin Hew
H Patel
Serge Das
S Osman
S Higgins
B Leigh
Jon Davies
P Hoskins
Chris Buckmaster
Simon Widlo
Ben Davies
Andy Worthington
Andy Nicholson
S Delhaye
P Bushnell
J Wallis
Dave Simmons
Matt Hyden
Gary Millen
Marcus Chamat
Phil Harrison
Raj Hundal
Paul Canavan
Rafael Guzman
Darren Appleton

THE LAST 128
Gray	- : -	Walk Over
Garmark	10 : 0	Conway
Boyes	10 : 2	C Smith
B Parker	10 : 3	Malhi
Walch	- : -	Walk Over
Jenson	10 : 3	Lawrence
Esprit	10 : 3	Vaughan
K Brown	- : -	Walk Over
Holtz	- : -	Walk Over
M Berry	10 : 5	J Sims
Cummins	10 : 2	P Fagan
Keshish	- : -	Walk Over
Harris	- : -	Walk Over
Jones	10 : 0	Davey
Wollerton	10 : 0	O'Donnell
Gibson	- : -	Walk Over
Peach	- : -	Walk Over
Immonen	10 : 6	Fitzimmonds
West	10 : 4	Francis
J Kay	- : -	Walk Over
Higton	- : -	Walk Over
Goddard	10 : 5	Devlin
Lagos	10 : 5	Segal
P Williams	- : -	Walk Over
N Jenkins	- : -	Walk Over
P Budo	10 : 1	Bushnell
A Barnett	10 : 3	Y Qu
Uzzell	- : -	Walk Over
L Rigby	10 : 4	G Can
Chenman	10 : 0	Rennison
M Ullah	10 : 4	Skjaldarson
C Morris	- : -	Walk Over
Facquet	- : -	Walk Over
R O'Sullivan	10 : 2	L McVeigh
R McKenna	10 : 1	L Travers
Colclough	10 : 5	G Edge
Raybone	- : -	Walk Over
K Smith	10 : 7	Meulenhof
B Armer	10 : 3	A Illingworth
S Brown	- : -	Walk Over
M. Hopgood	- : -	Walk Over
I Majid	10 : 6	M Stephenson
Johannesen	10 : 1	Nagpal
M Correia	- : -	Walk Over
T Gear	- : -	Walk Over
C Marsh	10 : 6	Westgaard
J Shaw	10 : 4	P McLoughlin
S Shaw	- : -	Walk Over
K Hew	- : -	Walk Over
S Das	10 : 2	H Patel
S Higgins	10 : 2	S Osman
B Leigh	- : -	Walk Over
J Davies	- : -	Walk Over
c Buckmaster	10 : 2	P Hoskins
B Davies	10 : 6	S Widlo
A Worthington	- : -	Walk Over
A Nicholson	- : -	Walk Over
S. Delhaye	10 : 2	P Bushnell
D Simmons	10 : 0	J Wallis
M Hyden	- : -	Walk Over
M Chamat	10 : 3	G Millen
P Harrison	10 : 7	R Hundal
R Guzman	10 : 1	Canavan
D Appleton	- : -	Walk Over

THE LAST 64
M Gray	10 : 1	K S Garmark
K Boyes	10 : 3	B Parker
C Walch	10 : 9	R Jensen
G Esprit	10 : 6	K Brown
P Holtz	10 : 7	M Berry
D Cummins	10 : 3	M Keshish
B Harris	10 : 9	R Jones
S Gibson	10 : 8	N Wollerton
D Peach	10 : 4	Mika Immonen
J Kay	10 : 6	I West
S Higton	10 : 2	D Goddard
P Williams	10 : 1	M Lagos
N Jenkins	10 : 9	P Budo
A Barnett	10 : 9	K Uzzell
L Chenman	10 : 6	L Rigby
C Morris	10 : 6	M Ullah
R O'Sullivan	10 : 8	Vincent Facquet
R McKenna	10 : 3	S Colclough
N Raybone	10 : 2	K Smith
S Brown	10 : 6	B Armer
I Majid	10 : 7	M Hopgood
M Correia	10 : 1	Johannesen
C Marsh	10 : 4	T Gear
J Shaw	10 : 5	S Shaw
S Das	10 : 2	K Hew
S Higgins	10 : 1	B Leigh
J Davies	10 : 1	C Buckmaster
A Worthington	10 : 7	B Davies
S Delhaye	10 : 4	A Nicholson
M Hyden	10 : 7	D Simmons
M Chamat	10 : 6	P Harrison
D Appleton	10 : 6	R L Guzman

THE LAST 32
M Gray	10 : 1	K Boyes
G Esprit	10 : 6	C Walch
P Holtz	10 : 8	D Cummins
B Harris	10 : 8	S Gibson
D. Peach	10 : 6	J Kay
P Williams	10 : 5	S Higton
A Barnett	10 : 5	N Jenkins
C Morris	10 : 4	L Chenman
R McKenna	10 : 5	R O'Sullivan
N Raybone	10 : 6	S Brown
M Correia	10 : 4	I Majid
J Shaw	10 : 4	C Marsh
S Das	10 : 9	S Higgins
J Davies	10 : 8	A Worthington
M Hyden	10 : 7	S Delhaye
M Chamat	10 : 5	D Appleton

THE LAST 16
Gareth Esprit	10 : 7	Mark Gray
Pat Holtz	10 : 6	Bob Harris
Daryl Peach	10 : 6	Paul Williams
Carl Morris	10 : 4	Andy Barnett
Neil Raybone	10 : 9	Rob McKenna
Jayson Shaw	10 : 4	Martinho Correia
Serge Das	10 : 7	Jon Davies
Matt Hyden	10 : 9	Marcus Chamat

THE QUARTER FINALS
Pat Holtz	10 : 5	Gareth Esprit
Daryl Peach	10 : 8	Carl Morris
Neil Raybone	10 : 9	Jayson Shaw
Matt Hyden	10 : 7	Serge Das

THE SEMI FINALS
Daryl Peach	10 : 7	Pat Holtz
Neil Raybone	10 : 2	Matt Hyden

THE FINAL
Daryl Peach	10 : 7	Neil Raybone

Empire Pool Tour London 8 Ball Open winner Daryl Peach

Don't miss the next Empire Pool Tour Event...
14-15 October 2006
2006 EPT Solihull 8-Ball Open
Riley's Solihull, Birmingham

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