Southern Retains ‘Mersey 9 Ball Shootout’ On Home Soil
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BWPPA Ranking Event No.3 - The Dynamic Mersey 9 Ball Shootout Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Wavertree Church Road North Wavertree Liverpool L15 6TE www.bwppa.org www.rileys.co.uk
Saturday/Sunday 16/17 June 2012
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Extends lead at the top of the rankings!
Liverpool cueman Tony Southern wins his 3rd BWPPA and his 2nd in a row title, on home soil winning the 2012 Merseyside 9-ball Shootout sponsored by Dynamic Billiards at Riley’s in Wavertree, Liverpool, over the weekend of the 16th/17th June 2012
Southern nicknamed “Robocop” by his fellow players, extended his lead at the top of the rankings to 70 points from Roy Kimberley. Matt Duffy, making his return to the tour, and a dangerous low seed in the first round, was Southern’s first opponent and was comfortably defeated 7-3, Welshman Craig Welsh was next up for Tony, and it was a complete contrast to his match with Duffy, with Southern taking a 3-1 lead and looking in command, and Welsh showing the true potential, talent and bottle all the players knew he had, battling back as the match went down to the wire, and Welsh took the match 7-6. This took Southern to the losers side, where he dispatched Shaun Madin 6-3, and then in a repeat of the final from the previous event, beat Gary Swift 6-3. Another hill-hill clash was next for Southern in the battle of the big hitters, but this time he was not be denied as he sent GB9 player Aslam Abubaker home 6-5.
Elsewhere in the event the former UK’s #1 Roy Kimberley looked to be back to his old form, with 7-2,7-0, and 7-3 wins over Adam Pearson, Frankie Gillen and Abubaker respectively, but then he ran into his old foe, Danny Luton in the semi final, who beat Kimberley for the 2nd event running with a 7-4 score line. Luton, like Southern had come through the losers bracket after a 7-4 loss to Welsh.
In the other semi-final and it was a rematch between Southern and Welsh, but after his efforts the previous day, Welsh had little left in the tank and Southern won comfortably 7-2.
The final was therefore contested between Tony Southern and Danny Luton. The final was not the close battle many expected, with Southern opening up a 3-1 and 4-2 lead, with a bit of good fortune and some good shot making.
At 4-2 down Luton missed a simple 9 ball to reduce the deficit to 1 rack, and that was the spur that Southern needed as he forged 6-2 ahead, and this knocked the stuffing out of Luton, who battled hard but eventually lost 7-3.
After the final Southern said of his win “I am delighted to retain my title and win my 2nd event on the run, I thought I was out on Saturday when facing defeat by Aslam, and it was a long way back from the losers side, but I was determined not to let myself down at my home club, especially after losing in so many finals. I would like to thank Karl Boyes for his excellent coaching, and to Adam Shaw for the work he has done on my cue. Big thanks to John Beckinsale at Riley’s Wavertree for all his hard work and support.
Tony Southern
A big thank you also to my main sponsors HASSRA, CSSC and Predator Cues, and of course to the BWPPA tour sponsors, especially Gentlemen’s Night Out, Simonis for the beautiful cloth which is now on the match table, and to Kamui whose Black medium tip has really made a difference to my game. Along with 6 other players from the tour, Southern now heads to Blackpool for the World 8 Ball Championships (English Pool).
John Greensmith and Shaun Madin
In the Challenge Cup final Shaun Madin defeated John Greensmith 5-1.
The next event is the Dynamic British 10 Ball Championships, which will be held at Rileys, Cardiff (City Road), on the weekend of 18th/19th August 2012.
The BWPPA are always looking for new members no matter what disability you have, or your level of ability in the sport. To become part of Europe’s largest wheelchair 9-ball pool tour please visit www.bwppa.com, and if you are reading this and know of any players who may be interested please pass this onto them.
We also are always looking to expand the sponsorship side of the tour, so if you or your company would like to become one of our sponsors, please visit www.bwppa.com/contact.html
Aslam Abubaker
Frankie Gillen
Craig Welsh
Gary Swift
Matt Duffy
Roy Kimberley
Nicky Oliver
Shaun Madin
::: THE STATS :::
MAIN EVENT RESULTS
THE BWPPA EVENT NO.3
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE SEMI FINALS
Tony Southern
7 : 2
Craig Welsh
Danny Luton
7 : 4
Roy Kimberley
THE BWPPA EVENT NO.3
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE FINAL
Tony Southern
7 : 3
Danny Luton
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