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30 April 2016

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Arena Billiards 10 Ball Open Report - 30 April 2016
Report by Keith Walkerdine
Photography by Ash Sibson

On Saturday 30 April Arena Billiards hosted its first 10 ball open. Interest was high for the tournament but due to some players unable to attend we had 28 paid entries. On the day two players could not make it so we were down to 26. The format for the day was double elimination up to the quarter finals, with four players from the main/winners side and four from the losers side to battle it out in the knockout final eight. It was race to 8 on the winners side and a race to 6on the losers side and winner breaks throughout.

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The first round on the main/winners side would see six players receive a bye and the remaining 20 players drawn against each other. The players who received a bye were Stewart Colclough, Anand Mistry, Mick Jones, Julian Roper, Andy Carter and Kris Kovacs. The results from the first round were as follows. Apostolis Harmas overcame Aslam Abubaker in a very tight game 8-6. Another tight game would see Apostolos Spanelis taking a 6-2 lead Against Adam Clarke but Adam found his form and won the next 6 racks to take the game 8-6. Up next was Keith Walkerdine v Fi Randomski. Keith managed to take a 6-1 lead. With Fi having some bad luck during the opening period she then found herself plotting a comeback with a getting back to trail 7-4 down but Keith just managed to get over the line and take the game 8-4. Tony Weafer won in commanding fashion beating Jake Harman 8-2 after Jake had took a 2-1 lead. Al Coton had the biggest victory of the round winning 8-0 against Aaron Hemmings who is relatively new to American pool. Kev Simpson secured and 8-5 victory over Robert Walker in a close game. Ashik Nathwani also won his game 8-5 over Mark Stephenson with the gaming swinging back and forth during the match. Mark Morris won 8-5 over Sam Warry who had led 4-2 before Mark took six of the next seven racks. Dave Evans took on Dave Hine and they found themselves level after eight racks at 4-4. Evans took the next three rack to go on the hill but Hine pulled one back before Evans took the winning rack and the match 8-5. Elliott Sanderson won his game against Harry Kimbling in emphatic fashion winning 8-2.

The second round on winners side two results. Stewart Colclough took a 6-1 lead against Apostolis Harmas. Apostolis pulled two racks back before Stewart win the next to go on the hill at 7-3. Apostolis pulled another back but it wasn't enough as Stewart took the next rack and the game 8-4. Adam Clarke won comfortably against Anand after going 2-2 each early on before taking the game 8-2. Mick Jones and Keith Walkerdine were up next with the first four racks shared to be level at 2-2. Mick took the next five out of the next to go on the hill at 7-3. Keith pulled two more racks back but it was to be in vein as Mick took the next rack to win 8-5. Al Coton coasted through to the next round by beating Tony Weafer 8-1. Kev Simpson also breezed into the next round with an 8-2 victory over Julian Roper. Ashik Nathwani booked his place in the next round with an 8-4 win over Andy Carter. Dave Evans took a 6-2 lead over Mark Morris before Mark took three of the next four racks to trail 7-5. Dave took the next rack and the game 8-5. Elliott Sanderson won 8-2 for the second round running by beating Kris Kovacs.
Winners side qualifier results. Stewart Coclough took on Adam Clarke in the first game. Adam took a commanding 4-1 lead. Stewart pulled one back but Adam then took another rack to lead 5-2. Stewart then went from strength to strength taking the next racks and the match 8-5. Al Coton also took a 4-1 lead in his match against Mick Jones. Mick rallied back by taking the next two racks to trail 4-3. Al then kicked on and took the next four racks and won 8-3. Ashik Nathwani took a 2-1 lead over Kev Simpson before Kev took three racks on the bounce to lead 4-2. Ashik pulled tow racks to level it at 4-4. The next four racks all went one way and to the winner of the match 8-4 Kev Simpson. Elliott Sanderson took a 7-2 lead against Dave Evans. Dave pulled two racks back but Elliott took the next rack to win 8-4.

On to the losers side. Six players got a buy in the first round who were Aslam Abubaker, Apostolos Spanelis, Fi Radomski, Robert Walker, Mark Stephenson and Harry Kimbling. This left four players drawn against each other. Jake Harman won 6-2 over Aaron Hemmings and Dave Hine beat Sam Warry 6-0.

Losers side second round results. Aslam Abubaker beat Julian Roper in one sided affair 6-1. Andy Carter came from 4-0 down to win 6-4 over Apostolos Spanelis. Fi Radomski beat Mark Morris with a good 6-3 victory. Kris Kovacs beat Jake Harman in another one sided affair 6-1. Apostolis Harmas took a 3-0 lead over Robert Walker before Robert pulled two racks back. Apostolos took the next three racks and the match 6-3. Mark Stephenson shared the first four racks with Anand Mistry 2-2. Mark then took the next four racks to win the game 6-2. Keith Walkerdine took a 2-0 lead before Dave HIne pulled two racks back to level it up. Keith took the next rack but Dave then took the next four racks to win 6-3. In a close fought game Harry Kimbling came out on top against Tony Weafer winning 6-4.

Losers side third round results. Aslam Abubaker beat Andy Carter in quick fashion 6-1. Kris Kovacs also coasted through with 6-0 victory over Fi Radomski. Mark Stephenson won comfortably 6-2 against Apostolis Harmas. Dave Hine came from 2-1 behind to beat Harry Kimbling 6-3.

Losers side qualifying results. Adam Clarke came back from 2-0 down to win the next six racks and the game against Aslam Abubaker 6-2. Kris Kovacs beat Mick Jones 6-3. Dave Evans took the first rack his match against Dave Hine but Hine took the second to level it up. Evans then took the next three to lead 4-1. Hine then took a rack but it would be to no avail as Evans took the next two racks and the match 6-2. Mark Stephenson took the opening three racks against Ashik Nathwani to lead 3-0. Ashik pulled one back but Mark took the next two racks to go on the hill at 5-1. Ashik then dug in and pulled a remarkable comeback and took the next five racks and the match 6-5.

Were now down to the knockout stage and the last eight players. This was a race to 9 winner breaks.

Up first in the quarter final was Al Coton taking on Ashik Nathwani. The first four racks were shared. Al then won four racks in a row to lead 6-2. Ashik then won two of the next three racks to trail 7-4. Al though took the next two racks and the game 8-4. Adam Clarke took a 3-0 lead against Elliott Sanderson. Elliott then went and won the next five racks to take the lead 5-3. Then the game swung back in Adam's favour as he took the next four racks to lead 7-5. Elliott then took two racks to pull it back to 7-7. Adam got on the hill first taking the next rack but Elliott hit back to level the game hill hill. The next rack and the game was won 8-7 by Elliott. Kev Simpson took a 3-0 lead over Kris Kovacs. Kris Pulled a rack but Kev added the next three to lead 6-1. Kris pulled another back but Kev was to strong in this match and took the next three racks to win 9-2. Dave Evans took a 4-0 lead against Stewart Colclough. Stewart pulled one back but Dave furthered his lead with the next two racks to lead 6-1. Stewart then rallied and won the next five racks to level the game. Dave won the next rack but Stewart took the following two to go on the hill at 8-7. Dave pulled it back to 8-8 to send the game to a deciding rack. The rack and game was won 9-8 and it went in favour of Stewart.

We were now on to the semi finals and all four players were yet to lose a game on the day. Up first was Kev Simpson taking on Elliott Sanderson. Kev took the first two racks but Elliott hit back with two of his own to level it up. The next six racks when back and forth with both players taking three racks to leave the score at 5-5. Elliott took the next two racks to lead 7-5 but Kev hot straight back with two racks in row to level at 7-7. The next two were then taken by the same player and so was the game 9-7 as Elliott came on top on this occasion. In the second semi final Stewart Colclough took on Al Coton. Stewart took an early lead 2-0. Al hit back with rack before the following four racks were shared to leave the score at 4-3 to Stewart. Stewart then took the next five racks and the match 9-3.
So it was the final time and only two players left not to have lost a game on the day with Stewart and Elliott. The first two racks were shared. Stewart then kicked on and took the next four racks to lead 5-1. Elliott rallied with two racks to pull it back to within two at 5-3. Stewart though was not to be defeated today and took the next four racks to take the match 9-3 and to win the tournament.

I would like to wish Stewart a big congratulations on winning the tournament and also to Elliott on making the final.

Thank you to all the players that travelled and attended on the day. Also a big thanks to the Arena staff for making it a great day of pool for us all. More tournaments are to come and keep your eye out for further details in due course.

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