Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Wakefield
Trend House
Northgate
Wakefield
South Yorkshire
WF1 3AS
Tel: +441924372028
www.rileysltd.com
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Saturday 7 March 2009
Eventual winner Chris Melling happy with his performance at the Wakefield 9 Ball Open.
Long races get nod of approval at Wakefield
9 ball races to 15 are the order of the day at Wakefield and the longer races have met with approval from the majority of the players with comments like, "the better man will win with the longer races" and, "if you get a bad start you are still in the game" being bandied about, despite the fact that there are some wickedly close match results being registered.
Despite the long races the event progressed well ahead of schedule and with the final starting around nine in the evening everyone is looking forward to a reasonable finish time.
I managed to get a parking fine because I am a forgetful nit, I think the car park is only metres away from where I actually parked the car, and it would have only been £5 for all day - I'm gutted!
The club is really nice, well laid out, spacious, and apparently the tables play well too. The staff have been fantastic - get this, the assistant manageress came in on her day off to make the buffet lunch, and it was fabulous and disappeared pretty sharpish!
All-in-all a very well run event, and I'm definitely glad I came. I don't often get the opportunity to venture this far North, but when I do I'm always glad. I think I've got some super photos of people I don't often see and it' s been really nice to reacquaint myself with old friends.
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Luke Crofts at the Wakefield 9 Ball Open.
Micky Pyne & Harris Ali at the Wakefield 9 Ball Open Tournament.
Mat Thompson tackles an awkward shot at the Wakefield event.
Chris Melling, Russel Green, Arfan Dad and others.
Alan Coton from the Wakefield 9 Ball Open Tournament.
Nav Hussain takes a shot while opponent Shoka Ali watches nearby.
Arfan Dad clearing the table.
Micky Pyne lines up a shot, with Chris Cowie in the background.
Runner-up Andy Appleton considers his options at the Wakefield 9 Ball event.
2009 WAKEFIELD OPEN 9 BALL TOURNAMENT | |
TOTAL PRIZE FUND: £840 - ALL IN, ALL OUT | |
Winner x 1 | £340-00 |
Runner-Up x 1 | £200-00 |
Semi-Finalists x 2 | £100-00 |
Plate x 1 | £100-00 |
Andy Appleton
Micky Pyne
Ady Ibbotson
Les Boyd
Luke Crofts
Simon D'Vali
Arfan Dad
Chris Melling
Martin Chapman
Harpreet Singh
Jonny Cooper
Neil Jenkins
Jason Ramshaw
Russel Green
Alan Coton
Dave Nelson
Geoff Simpson
Matt Thompson
Nav Hussain
Jason Devanney
Alan Millership
Shoka Ali
Harris Ali
Jonathan Mathers
Marc Jonson
Adam Smith
Phil Burford
Chris Cowie
2009 WAKEFIELD OPEN 9 BALL TOURNAMENT | ||
THE LAST 32 | ||
Shoka Ali | 15 : 0 | Bye |
Alan Coton | 15 : 8 | Jonny Cooper |
Phil Burford | 15 : 13 | Neil Jenkins |
Adam Smith | 15 : 7 | Dave Nelson |
Simon D'Vali | 15 : 12 | Ady Ibbotson |
Jonathan Mathers | 15 : 14 | Alan Millership |
Luke Crofts | 15 : 12 | Mat Thompson |
Chris Melling | 15 : 0 | Bye |
Arfan Dad | 15 : 0 | Bye |
Micky Pyne | 15 : 5 | Russel Green |
Harpreet Singh | 15 : 12 | Chris Cowie |
Martin Chapman | 15 : 2 | Les Boyd |
Harris Ali | 15 : 5 | Marc Jonson |
Geoff Simspon | 15 : 13 | Nav Hussain |
Andy Appleton | 15 : 4 | Jason Ramshaw |
Jason Devanney | 15 : 0 | Bye |
2009 WAKEFIELD OPEN 9 BALL TOURNAMENT | ||
THE LAST 16 | ||
Alan Coton | 15 : 3 | Skoka Ali |
Adam Smith | 15 : 11 | Phil Burford |
Jonathan Mathers | 15 : 8 | Simon D'Vali |
Chris Melling | 15 : 5 | Luke Crofts |
Arfan Dad | 15 : 9 | Mickey Pyne |
Martin Chapman | 15 : 8 | Harpreet Singh |
Harris Ali | -- : -- | Geoff Simpson |
Andy Appleton | 15 : 6 | Jason Devanney |
2009 WAKEFIELD OPEN 9 BALL TOURNAMENT | ||
THE QUARTER FINALS | ||
Adam Smith | 15 : 6 | Alan Coton |
Chris Melling | 15 : 12 | Jonathan Mathers |
Martin Chapman | 15 : 9 | Arfan Dad |
Andy Appleton | 15 : 8 | Harris Ali |
2009 WAKEFIELD OPEN 9 BALL TOURNAMENT | ||
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Chris Melling | 15 : 9 | Adam Smith |
Andy Appleton | 15 : 13 | Mark Chapman |
2009 WAKEFIELD OPEN 9 BALL TOURNAMENT | ||
THE FINAL | ||
Chris Melling | 15 : 10 | Andy Appleton |
Plate winner Phil Burford hurries home with the cash.