Interpool Gävle
Södra Kungsgatan 20
Gävle
Sweden
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Friday-Sunday 18/19/20 May 2012
Daryl Peach (r-up), Marcus Chamat (winner), Toma Larrson (sf), Imran Majid (sf).
Photo courtesy of Kurt Roos, President of The Swedish Billiard Federation.
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Chamat nips champion Peach to take top 9 ball prize in Sweden
Daryl Peach and Imran Majid decided on a little Swedish adventure to the Interpool Open this weekend, accepting an invitation by organiser Marcus Chamat, instead of the long haul option of the US Open 10 Ball Championships in Las Vegas, and it paid dividends for both players too.
Daryl took the 20,000 Swedish Krone top prize for taking down the 10 Ball Challenge - the 24 man entry list was swollen with local talent as well as the top internationals, and Daryl couldn't have asked for a better start with a bye in the first round of 24. Then followed victories over (L16) Joakim Haugen - Norway 9-8, ( L8 ) Tomas Larrson - Sweden 9-1, ( L4 ) Tony Drago - Malta 7-3, and (Final) Andreas Gerwén - Sweden 7-6.
"I had a choice of going to the usual Vegas trip for the US 10ball or this event as I was invited by Marcus Chamat. I accepted Marcus' invitation and I am so glad I did... Awesome event in an awesome venue, with great crowds... The people here are so friendly!", said a delighted Daryl Peach.
On the second day, the main 9 ball event started with 136 players including such pool luminaries as Tony Drago, Denis Grabe, Tom Storm, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Ewa Mataya Laurance, Kristoffer Mindreboe, Joakim Haugen, and Mats Schietne.
The superstars all did fairly well in this fiercely handicapped event, although one or two did fall along the way, but quite remarkably, the Semi-Finals were an All Brit vs All Swede affair! Marcus Chamat (SWE) v (GBR) Imran Majid, and Daryl Peach (GBR) v (SWE) Tomas Larrson.
Marcus has a recent history of repeatedly reaching the final of this event, only to be beaten at the very last stage, and true to form Chamat beat Majid 11:3 to take his place for the final showdown alongside Peach who beat Larsson 11:6.
This time though, history didn't repeat itself, and finally, after a long run of runner up spots, Marcus can now proudly add his name to the trophy, as after an even start and the scores reaching 3-3, Marcus eventually finished the match with an 11:7 scoreline in his favour.
Kurt Roos, President of The Swedish Billiard Federation said, "We would like to thank all international and national players for taking part in this happening for pool. It´s a player party you can say for a three day period. Nearly €12 000 was paid out in the 9-ball handicap tournament and the 10-ball Challenge events."
"Daryl Peach played solid through out the weekend and took the 10-ball crown and runner up in the handicap tournament. Congrats from Sweden Daryl for a impressive performance in a tough competition. Chamat finally made it happen that the title in the main event, the handicap tournament stayed in his hometown. As mentioned earlier players like Morris and Hundal have been stealing the trophy for the last years."
"We like to thank all participants that made this weekend what it has become. A great party for three days with two great tournaments."
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THE INTERPOOL OPEN 2012 | |
GAVLE - SWEDEN | |
THE PLAYER LIST | |
1 Åkerblom, Roger 2 Anda, Per 3 Andersen, Espen M. 4 Andersson, Dan 5 Andersson, Fredrik 6 Andersson, Thomas 7 Antoniewicz, Dominik 8 Armer, Brett 9 Arnesen, Jon 10 Arnesson, Arne 11 Azar, Senharip 12 Bergman, Mikael 13 Bergström, Jimmy 14 Bertilsson, Malina 15 Bjerke, Tom 16 Blomdahl, Torbjörn 17 Blomsten, Joacim 18 Börsa, Morten 19 Bratteberg, Björn 20 Bruhner, Nils 21 Cederström, Morgan 22 Chamat, Marcus 23 Chawki, Jim 24 Colliander, Frank 25 Dalén, Pontus 26 Darbi, Kristofer 27 de Bernardo, Maja 28 Delkic, Edin 29 Derfält, Max 30 Dinamarca, Alejandro 31 Drago, Tony 32 Dzerve, Andy 33 Ekergarn, Jonas 34 Eliasson, Patrik 35 Erdestål, Marcus 36 Ericson, Stefan 37 Erm, Erki 38 Eslah, Navid 39 Fischer, Christian 40 Franzon, Joffe 41 Fredriksson, Tomas 42 Gardelöf, Erik 43 Gerwén, Andreas 44 Grabe, Denis 45 Grahn, Henry 46 Grönlie, Robert 47 Haag, Robert 48 Hahn, Volker 49 Haldin, Kent 50 Halttu, Jyri 51 Hammar, Stefan 52 Haugen, Joakim 53 Hellström, Ove 54 Hessedahl, Peter 55 Hjeldnes, Frank 56 Hjerpbakk, Terje 57 Holm, Lars 58 Holmér, Johnny 59 Hult, Daniel 60 Johannessen, Christian 61 Johansson, Patrick 62 Johnsson, Tommy 63 Jonsson, Herman 64 Jonsson, Lars 65 Karlsson, Jorgen 66 Karlström, Allan 67 Karlström, Arne 68 Kibsgaard, Mikayla | 69 Klang, Johan 70 Koba, Christopher 71 Kofoed, Jan Atle 72 Kraft, Kai 73 Kråkvik, Arild 74 Kreshnik, Zeka 75 Larsson, Christoffer 76 Larsson, Tex 77 Larsson, Tomas 78 Liljeby, Gustav 79 Lindqvist, Thorgny 80 Ljungberg, Tobias 81 Löe, Rune 82 Lugowski, Christoffer 83 Mägi, Mark 84 Mägi, Philip 85 Magnusson, Christoffer 86 Maioli, Giovanni 87 Majid, Imran 88 Martinsson, Niclas 89 Mataya Laurance, Ewa 90 Mehtälä, Thomas 91 Miglans, Elvis 92 Mindreboe, Kristoffer 93 Montell, Fredrik 94 Naman, Elie 95 Nilsson, Annika 96 Nilsson, Fredrik 97 Nilsson, Markus 98 Nilsson, Mats 99 Odelbrink, Björn 100 Ohlsson, Patrik 101 Olofsson, Pär 102 Olofsson, Svante 103 Olsen, Leif E 104 Parmkrans, Sara 105 Peach, Daryl 106 Persson, Conny 107 Pettersson, Andreas 108 Ragnarsson, Thomas 109 Rehnman, Tomas 110 Ringebo, Stig 111 Röstvold, Knut Inge 112 Saayed, Rafik 113 Sadyhov, Chingiz 114 Sammalisto, San 115 Schjetne, Mats 116 Selstig, Jerker 117 Sigvardsson, Peter 118 Sim, Derek 119 Sjöberg, Marcus 120 Sjölander, Stefan 121 Sobolewski, Dawid 122 Söderström, Christian 123 Stadler, Thomas 124 Stavang Pedersen, Thomas 125 Stinnerbom, Jon 126 Stjernesund, Vidar 127 Storm, Tom 128 Svensson, Jörgen 129 Thunman, Håkan 130 Uhlin, Jonas 131 Wedin, Fredrik 132 Widberg, Per 133 Widing, Kim 134 Wikander, Johan 135 Zarekani, Kevin 136 Zhang, Tian |
Marcus Chamat - 2012 Interpool Open Champion - Photo © Kurt Roos
View the results from the 2012 event in this Pro9 article!
Rodney Morris - 2011 Interpool Open Champion - Photo © Urban Persson
View the results from the 2011 event in this Pro9 article!
Raj Hundal - 2010 Interpool Open Champion - Photo © Urban Persson
View the results from the 2010 event in this Pro9 article!
Raj Hundal - 2009 Interpool Open Champion - Photo © Uffe Bodell
View the results from the 2009 event in this Pro9 article!