Congratulations to Kev Simpson - 9 Ball Pool Series Event Champion
Just a few short weeks after our heatwave, Autumn has arrived and 47 keen cueists made their way to a breezy RIley’s in Solihull. It was the final regular event of the season and after today, November’s grand finals would have its participants decided. There was all to play for!
The first few rounds were tight, with no less than five matches all going hill-hill in round 1.
Matt Hyden looked to be feeling good early on, racing to a 7-2 win over Szymon Rodewald.
Tashunka Witko Fishonahook also sent an early message of intent, sending Tom Emes over to the losers’ side with a convincing 7-1 win. Likewise Ashik Nathwani managed to sail through two rounds conceding only one rack, beating Navid Mohammed 7-0 and Andy Lacey 7-1.
Dave Hopkin battled hard, losing out closely to Kev Simpson 7-6 after a storming 7-0 victory against GJ in the first round. He continued making his way through the field, until coming up against a much-improved Matt Ross, who edged out Dave in a hill-hill game.
Luke Hart was cueing well too, freshly recovered after losing handily to Andy Carter in Leicester recently. Unfortunately, whilst he didn’t meet his Crash-Bang nemesis again he did come up against a dominating Kev Simpson, who cruised into the quarter-finals 7-0.
The rest of the last sixteen contained a strong showing from the locals, with Luke, Lee Warren, Alan Coton, Andy Lacey and Tom Emes all present. Tashunka Witko Fishonahook had a strong showing against Andy Lacey beating him 7-4, before coming unstuck against David Hine in the quarters. David himself had just put a whitewash on Joe Wall in the last sixteen, and elsewhere Matt Hyden rolled back the years to take care of tournament favourite, Benji Buckley 7-3.
Daniel Jones also came with a big performance, sending previous event-winner Gary Bullocke packing 7-5.Into the quarters, Alan Coton barely missed a ball against Matt Hyden, and swifty brought him back down to earth by inflicting a 7-1 defeat. David Hine meanwhile ended Tashunka Witko Fishonahook’s run with a 7-5 win.
Elsewhere ‘Flapjack’ Tom Emes, freshly fueled after relying on the syrup-based treats for sustenance rather than the Birra Moretti tap, was having a great day.
Ashik Nathwani was looking very solid until he came up against Emes,who progressed through to the semis with a 7-3 win.
Into the semis, Tom again showed he was feeling oaty, ending a good day’s work from David Hine with another 7-3 win. Alan Coton faced pal and rival Kev Simpson in an often-played-out clash, and true to form it was a high quality affair.
It went all the way to hill-hill and in a cruel twist of fate, Alan Coton unluckily had a massive skid on the nine ball, gifting the match, and a place in the final to a grateful Kev Simpson.
Kev, feeling buoyed by his good fortune and fine form all day, looked the only winner in the final, with Tom struggling to find his way into the match.
Nevertheless, it was a great day’s performance from him and it puts him in great stead ready for the grand finals in just a few short weeks time!
Kev meanwhile, basked in well-earned victory afterwards and took home the cash, the title, the ranking points and the prestige! He’ll be a hard man to stop on finals day!
Thanks all for reading, watching, sharing and playing. See you in November!
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