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Ipswich Masters 2008
Rileys American Pool and Snooker Club - Ipswich
Princes Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 1PH
Telephone: 01473 639292
www.rileysltd.com
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Sunday 2 November 2008

Local favourite Craig Osborne takes Ipswich Masters 2008 title
2008 Ipswich Masters Results

The mention of a cup of tea with bacon sarnies for breakfast and a free buffet lunch, along with some top class 9-ball action was too inviting to miss, so at 6am on a Sunday morning I was in my car, driving through the pea-soup-thick fog on my three hour journey to the Ipswich Masters along with 36 other pool mad souls, plus their assorted friends and girlfriends.

I'm glad I did too... The club is a splendid, airy and light affair with a huge glass frontage and vast playing area. It seems like an age since I've seen everyone and it's been a fun day already.

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Farewell Nigel

This will probably be the last time we all see Nigel Francis for a long while... His stint in the UK is up and he is returning to the States for good in the near future.

He will be based in Virginia and has said that if we visit the US Open (almost always held in Chesapeake, Virginia) that we should let him know we're coming and he'll roll out the red carpet.

Nigel has been an avid supporter of the smaller American pool events all around the UK and his lively personality will be sorely missed.

We will still be able to keep in contact with his future antics on Facebook, and he says he will holiday here ocassionally, but until then it's "bon voyage" to one of the most fun and friendly players on the UK pool scene.

All the best of British luck Nigel.

Rileys Ipswich staff made us very welcome

Yummy... Some of the free buffet being devoured!

Ipswich is a bright and airy club.

Semi Finalist, Tony Drago, in action at the Ipswich Masters.

Larry Hinrichs practicing before the event.

Runner Up, Gareth Esprit, in the Ipswich Masters final.

THE STATS

2008 IPSWICH MASTERS
THE LAST 16
Tony Drago	8 : 3	Ollie Waters
Richard Twoomey	8 : 6	Steve Folan
David Walsh	8 : 4	Andy Lester
Craig Osborne	8 : 7	Paul King
Kevin Simpson	8 : 7	Chris Buckmaster
Gareth Esprit	8 : 2	Adrian Cumiskey
Oliver Ruuger	8 : 4	Brendan Colyer
Imran Majid	8 : 6	Matt Ford

2008 IPSWICH MASTERS
THE QUARTER FINALS
Tony Drago	8 : 3	Richard Twoomey
Craig Osborne	8 : 1	David Walsh
Gareth Esprit	8 : 2	Kevin Simpson
Oliver Ruuger	8 : 7	Imran Majid

2008 IPSWICH MASTERS
THE SEMI FINALS
Craig Osborne	8 - 5	Tony Drago
Gareth Esprit	8 : 3	Oliver Ruuger

2008 IPSWICH MASTERS
THE FINAL
Craig Osborne	8 : 5	Gareth Esprit

THE PLATE

THE QUARTER-FINALS
Gareth Steele	beat	Peter Blanchard
Paul King	beat	Larry Hinrichs
James Burke	beat	Peter Blanchard
Ollie Waters	beat	Brendan Colyer
Matt Ford	beat	Sammy Liu
Luke Hart	beat	Peter Moore
Mark Hughes	beat	Jamie White
Peter Dorey	beat	Adrian Cumiskey

THE QUARTER-FINALS
Gareth Steele	beat	Paul King
Ollie Waters	beat	James Burke
Matt Ford	beat	Luke Hart
Mark Hughes	beat	Peter Dorey

THE SEMI-FINALS
Garethh Steele	beat	Ollie Waters
Matt Ford	beat	Mark Hughes

THE FINAL
Matt Ford	7 - 4	Gareth Steele

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