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Round up of the Sunderland 9 Ball Championship 2009

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Date: Friday, April 10 2009 @ 11:11:18 UTC
Topic: 9 Ball



Sunderland 9 Ball Championship
Rileys American Pool and Snooker Club - Sunderland
30-32 John Street
Sunderland
Tyne & Wear
SR1 1JG
Telephone: 0191 5658472
www.rileysltd.com
www.sunderlandpool.com

Tuesday 7 April 2009


Phil Burford (file photo).

SUNDERLAND 9-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND-UP

Thanks to everyone who turned out for our very first 9-ball competition of the year on Tuesday night, it was a really good and exciting event with some big surprises, and an excellent turnout of local lads and touring pros alike.

Some of the top names in the SPPL were in action on the night, Hopeful Steve Dawson was overcome 7-2 by Simon Gardner, before Anthony Miller was taken out by our very own Marc Smith (7-4). Chris Cowie was in relentless form through the early rounds, but he met his match in Graham Hickman who's dazzling performance took him as far as the semis, before tour pro Phil Burford ran in two racks to beat the SPPL favourite 7-5.

In the bottom half of the Draw, Steve Thompson was quietly making his way through the field, winning a scrappy game Adam Smith in the second semi-final of the evening (7-4) to take him into the final with Burford. By then though Burford was in great touch, and displayed a masterclass of 9-ball, running out the final 4 racks to finish 7-1 and take first prize and title of Sunderland 9-ball Champion 2009.

We want to again give thanks to everyone who helped organize and showed interest in the competition, we will be organizing more 9-ball events later in the season, so watch this space! If you needed any proof that the SPPL is becoming the driving force in pool in the Northeast, it was that we were able to pull this off!

"Read More..." for the details by Brian Watson.

THE STATS




THE SUNDERLAND 9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

TOTAL PRIZE FUND: £350

Winner x 1

£200-00

Runner-Up x 1

£50-00

Semi-Finalists x 2

£35-00





THE SUNDERLAND 9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

THE LAST 32

D. Moore

7 : 3

D. Mackay

C. Cowie

7 : 1

R. Cook

G. Roper

7 : 0

C. Riddell

S. Gardner

7 : 2

S. Dawson

P. Burford

7 : 3

B. Watson

K. Potts

7 : 0

K. Taylor

S. Thompson

7 : 6

J. Hagon

M. Smith

7 : 4

A. Miller

P. Stoves

0 : 0

(BYE)

A. Smith

0 : 0

(BYE)

A. Botha

0 : 0

(BYE)

K. Mather

0 : 0

(BYE)

J. Cooper

0 : 0

(BYE)

R. Ramshaw

0 : 0

(BYE)

A. Watson

0 : 0

(BYE)

G. Hickman

0 : 0

(BYE)



THE SUNDERLAND 9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

THE LAST 16

C. Cowie

7 : 3

D. Moore

G. Hickman

7 : 1

G. Roper

S. Gardner

7 : 2

A. Watson

P. Burford

7 : 0

S. Ramshaw

J. Cooper

7 : 3

K. Potts

S. Thompson

7 : 4

K. Mather

M. Smith

7 : 0

A. Botha

A. Smith

7 : 1

P. Stoves



THE SUNDERLAND 9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

THE QUARTER FINALS

G. Hickman

7 : 6

C. Cowie

P. Burford

7 : 1

S. Gardner

S. Thompson

7 : 5

J. Cooper

A. Smith

7 : 2

M. Smith



THE SUNDERLAND 9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

THE SEMI FINALS

P. Burford

7 : 5

G. Hickman

S. Thompson

7 : 4

A. Smith



THE SUNDERLAND 9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009

THE FINAL

P. Burford

7 : 1

S. Thompson











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