Reardons Snooker and Pool - Southside
Reardons Southside
1060 Pollokshaws Rd
Glasgow
Scotland
G41 3EA
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Saturday/Sunday 8-9 August 2009
Piotr Ostrowski tackles a tricky situation during his match with Michael Valentine.
Picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski
TOUR EVENT 2 - REARDON'S SOUTHSIDE
Polish visitor Piotr Ostrowski won the second stop on the SAPPA Black Bottle Scottish 9-Ball Tour at Reardon's Southside in Glasgow with a comprehensive 10-6 victory over Larkhall-based Scott Gillespie. Ostrowski, who previous played on the SAPPA Tour when he lived in Scotland a couple of years ago, went through the whole weekend undefeated taking some impressive scalps on his way to the title.
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Even with some last-minute withdrawals from the tournament, a total of 54 players arrived at Reardon's Southside over the weekend to play. With the top 16 ranked players seeded straight through to the Sunday, 38 players were there on Saturday to fight for the 16 spots available the following day. As always, there were a few surprise results, one of the main ones being Event 1 Runner Up Scott Ross's back-to-back losses to be eliminated from the event very quickly.
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR | ||
EVENT NO. 2 | ||
THE LAST 32 (Losers - £30) | ||
Michael Valentine | 10 : 2 | Gordon Bain |
Piotr Ostrowski | 10 : 2 | Billy Edmond |
Cameron Bowes | 10 : 7 | Ian Greenshields |
Tam Walkinshaw | 10 : 4 | Adam Smith |
Clark Smith | 10 : 8 | George Fagan |
Stevie Capaldi | 10 : 6 | Chris Fraser |
Ian Mackintosh | 10 : 6 | Chris Goode |
Jason Shaw | 10 : 6 | Davey Jack |
Greg Alexander | 10 : 8 | Pete King |
Stuart Ellis | 10 : 5 | Stuart McPhee |
Fraser Patrick | 10 : 3 | Craig Blackstock |
Scott Gillespie | 10 : 9 | Darren Murray |
Andy Morris | 10 : 8 | Derek Easton |
Lee Marshall | 10 : 6 | Tam Talent |
Chris Cowie | 10 : 4 | Remi |
Marc Owens | 10 : 8 | Pat Holtz |
Among the standout matches in the last 32 were Davy Jack versus Jayson Shaw, which Shaw won 10-6 in double-quick time, Darren Murray's match against Scott Gillespie, with Gillespie just making it past Murray, and Pat Holtz going against snooker player Marc Owens who was playing in his first SAPPA Tour Event, with Owens managing to get past the Scottish number one in a very tight match.
Marc Owens finishing off another rack in his match against Pat Holtz
(picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski)
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR | ||
EVENT NO. 2 | ||
THE LAST 16 (Losers - £60) | ||
Piotr Ostrowski | 10 : 7 | Michael Valentine |
Tam Walkinshaw | 10 : 7 | Cameron Bowes |
Stevie Capaldi | 10 : 6 | Clark Smith |
Jayson Shaw | 10 : 2 | Ian Mackintosh |
Greg Alexander | 10 : 6 | Stuart Ellis |
Scott Gillespie | 10 : 8 | Fraser Patrick |
Andy Morris | 10 : 2 | Lee Marshall |
Chris Cowie | 10 : 3 | MArc Owens |
The last 16 was full of excellent matches. The aforementioned Piotr Ostrowski continued his run through the tournament with a well-executed 10-7 victory over Michael Valentine. After the match, Valentine had nothing but praise for Ostrowski's ability with the break. Another excellent match was the one between Stevie Capaldi and Clark Smith with Capaldi, formerly ranked number 3 in Scotland, managing to get past the ever-steady Smith by 10 racks to 6.
Stevie Capaldi working his way out of a tricky situation
(picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski)
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR | ||
EVENT NO. 2 | ||
THE QUARTER FINALS (Losers - £100) | ||
Piotr Ostrowski | 10 : 6 | Tam Walkinshaw |
Jayson Shaw | 10 : 8 | Stevie Capaldi |
Scott Gillespie | 10 : 9 | Greg Alexander |
Andy Morris | 10 : 6 | Chris Cowie |
The Quarter Finals saw the long-overdue return of Tam Walkinshaw to the latter stages of a SAPPA Tour Event. Sadly for Tam, his run in the event came to an end at the hands of Mr Ostrowski while Scott Gillespie continued his nail-biting run through the event, this time with a final rack win over Greg Alexander. Stevie Capaldi's tournament came to an end at the hands of the ever-brilliant Jayson Shaw while 2009 SAPPA US Open Championship Qualifier Winner Andy Morris continued making his way through the event with a 10-6 victory over Chris Cowie.
Andy Morris brings another rack to an end.
(Picture courtesy of Tomasz Waliszewski)
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR | ||
EVENT NO. 2 | ||
THE SEMI FINALS (Losers - £150) | ||
Piotr Ostrowski | 10 : 8 | Jayson Shaw |
Scott Gillespie | 10 : 7 | Andy Morris |
Both semi final matches turned out to be excellent affairs with brilliant pool being played by all 4 players. In the end, Ostrowski and Gillespie, both of whom had been playing some of the best pool throughout the tournament, made it through to the final.
Scott Gillespie (left) and Piotr Ostrowski before the final
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR | ||
EVENT NO. 2 | ||
THE FINAL | ||
Piotr Ostrowski | 10 : 6 | Scott Gillespie |
WINNER - £400 | PRIZE | RUNNER-UP - £200 |
During the final, as he had throughout the entire weekend Ostrowski's break was working wonders making at least one or 2 balls on each break. Gillespie put up a brave fight, but the Polish player proved to be too strong in the end taking home the trophy and the £400 first prize.
Piotr being presented with the trophy and his prize money by Liz,
one of the Managers at Reardon's Southside
SAPPA would like to thank Black Bottle Whisky, Reardon's Southside and all the players for making the weekend such a big success.
SCOTTISH AMERICAN POOL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION | |
2009/10 Season Calendar | |
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 1 | Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Stirling |
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 2 | Reardons Snooker and Pool - Southside |
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 3 | Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Edinburgh |
Scottish 9-Ball Championships | Styx American Pool Bar |
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 4 | The Q CLub |
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 5 | Reardons Central |
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 7 | Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Kirkintilloch |
