Pool Café De Loft
Frederick Lintstraat 45
Leuven
Belgium
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Daryl Peach 2012 Longoni Benelux Open Champion
The 4th edition of the Longoni Benelux Open drew a record breaking number of entries, no less than 181 (168, last year). The level of play was unsurpassed with the attendance of world class players taking a shot at the coveted Longoni Cup: defending champion Mark Gray (England), Longoni player representative and two-time runner-up Niels ‘The Terminator’ Feijen (the Netherlands), ‘The Tornado’ Tony Drago (Malta), former champions Serge Das (Belgium) and Andreas Roschkowsky (Germany), as well as multiple Euro Tour champions ‘The Maharaja’ Imran Majid (England) and ‘El Niño’ Nick van den Berg (the Netherlands) to name but a few.
Participants from all over Europe travelled to billiards club De Loft in the historic city of Leuven, locals from Belgium, neighboring countries Luxembourg, the Netherlands, France, Germany and as far as Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Spain and Romania. A few Filipinos residing in Europe were also drawn to the event like magnets.
Two days of qualifiers produced the final 32 top guns to play in the main event, double knock-out (race to 7) until the quarter finals and single elimination (race to 8 ) onwards, in alternate break format.
An early double hiller thriller saw Euro Tour champion Richard ‘Indiana’ Jones (England) eliminated by 2009 champion Andreas Roschkowsky in the first round of the one loss side. Hill-hill matches sent ‘The Tornado’ and ‘El Niño’ to the one loss side, respectively ‘terminated’ by Niels Feijen and the surprise outsider Kervin Chellen (France), nevertheless, the reigning French 8ball champion. Drago never made it to the quarter finals as he was eliminated by reigning German premier league champion Lars Kuckherm, Feijen’s teammate.
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Runner-up Niels Feijen
Eventually, the final eight to prevail were:
Imran Majid (England) 8-5 Nick van den Berg (the Netherlands)
Niels Feijen (the Netherlands) 8-6 Marco Teutscher (the Netherlands)
Dimitri Jungo (Switzerland) 8-6 Lars Kuckherm (Germany)
Kervin Chellen (France) 1-8 Daryl Peach (England)
Thrilling matches, except for Daryl Peach’s, who cut through his opponent like butter and was the first to reach the semis. Subsequently, the former world 9ball champion dissected last year’s runner-up. He called kick shots and showed resolute determination.
The semi finals:
Imran Majid 4-8 Niels Feijen
Dimitri Jungo 1-8 Daryl Peach
The final between two-time runner-up Feijen and Peach kicked off in favour of the Dutchman who took a 5-2 lead. The Brit’s form was shaken by ‘The Terminator’ who displayed excellent composure. Eventually, Peach opted for a tactical time-out to reset and find focus. It resulted in rack by rack wins leveling the score to 5-5. Whilst the Brit was ‘stealing’ every single rack, the Dutchman was not able to capitalize. The mental balance seemed to shift. In the meantime, the clock passed midnight, it was steaming hot in the venue, it started to become a 10ball marathon. In the end, Peach pulled through by displaying excellent form throughout the weekend.
Daryl Peach is the 2012 Longoni Benelux Open champion.
The Final
Niels Feijen vs Daryl Peach:
1-0 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 4-2 | 5-2 | 5-3 | 5-4 | 5-5 | 5-6 | 5-7 | 5-8
Pierluigi Longoni and Luisella Longoni, son and daughter of Renzo Longoni, graced us with their presence and awarded the medalists with the trophies and prizes. Thanks to Longoni’s commitment, the 4th edition of the Longoni Benelux Open was, once again, a fabulous success. De Loft, the gracious host of the event, did an excellent job in ensuring perfect playing conditions. Serge Das Billiards did a brilliant job in fitting all Clash X tables by Loontjens Biljarts with Iwan Simonis cloth. Saluc supplied brand new Pro-Cup TV billiard balls and tight racks were guaranteed with the Magic Rack. Last, but not least, the partnership with Kamui Tips, Stella Artois, the Dutch and Belgian pool billiard federations were priceless.
Çakti Aswan & Serge Das
DASWAN PROMOTIONS
LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN | |
LEUVEN - BELGIUM | |
| GROUP A - Saturday 11:00 | GROUP B - Friday 12:00 noon |
| 1. Michael Castro PHI 2. David Himpe BEL 3. Christoph Marien BEL 4. Ward Decré BEL Qualified L32 5. Dries De Backere BEL (NO SHOW) 6. Curd Persijn BEL Qualified L32 7. Thomas Vanbroekhoven BEL 8. Nick Souchkin BEL 9. Wendy Jans BEL * 10. Jefrey Guiban PHI 11. Giovanni Huysmans BEL 12. Karl Laverge BEL 13. Cliff Castelein BEL Qualified L12 14. Lieven Praet BEL 15. Alain Desmet BEL Qualified L32 - - - - - - - - - - - | 1. Martin Steinlage GER 2. Jose Texeira POR 3. Stefan Osnabrug NED 4. William Gelens NED (NO SHOW) 5. Csaba Honffy HUN 6. Patrice Brocal BEL 7. Elroy Janssen NED 8. Tom Penrose ENG Qualified L32 9. Cees Hogchem NED 10. Michael Rottermundt NED 11. Kervin Chellen FRANCE 12. Christophe Monzein FRANCE 13. Marco Teutscher NED Qual. L32 14. Gijs van Westenbrugge NED 15. Yung Sheng Liu BEL 16. Tjeerd Hoekema NED 17. Bert Janssen BEL 18. Thomas Theurer SWI 19. Michael Castro PHI 20. Karl Laverge BEL Qualified L32 21. Jefrey Guiban PHI 22. Rudi Huygen BEL Qualified L32 23. Eddy Kverh BEL 24. Michael Sagar ENG 25. Vanbroekhoven BEL (NO SHOW) 26. Pierre Dethier BEL |
| GROUP C - Friday 16:00 | GROUP D - Friday 20:00 |
| 1. Christine Wiechert GER * 2. Richard Jones ENG Qualified L32 3. Kevin Van Den Broeck BEL 4. Ivo Aarts NED 5. Pedro Quintela ESP (cancellation) 6. Dimitri Jungo SWI (moved to Gr.D) 7. Jelle Van Oostveldt BEL 8. Sydney Florisson NED 9. Sari Erdal BEL 10. Frans de Brouwer NED 11. Marcel Mouwen NED 12. Hoa Nguyen NED 13. Roy Gerards NED Qualified L32 14. Davy Colman BEL 15. Dyon Brouwers NED 16. Gino De Ruyter BEL 17. Tim De Ruyter NED 18. Paul Buijs NED 19. Kenneth Jacques BEL 20. Kevin Daenekindt BEL 21. Jan Mortelé BEL 22. Dave Verhoeve NED Qualified L32 23. Chris Bakker NED (cancellation) 24. T. Vanbroekhoven BEL (moved B) 25. Anna Prisjaznuka LAT * 26. Peteris Ermansons LAT 27. Pravin Zipperer GER Qualified L32 28. Dries De Backere BEL 29. Wiresh Laloe NED 30. Kris Van Mechelen BEL (cancelled) 31. Stefan Sprangers NED 32. Thomas Vanbroekhoven BEL 33. Elroy Janssen NED 34. Martin Steinlage GER 35. Patrice Brocal BEL 36. Yung Sheng Liu 37. Michael Castro PHI | 1. Michael Ehrichs GER (cancellation) 2. Frank Werner GER 3. Peter Kelm GER 4. Samuel Arji MAR (moved to Gr. E) 5. Sebastian Koch SWI (moved to E) 6. Finlay Laing ENG 7. Aziz Moussati NED 8. Danny Wijnans NED 9. Jojet Ogsimer PHI 10. Martin Sawicki POL (cancellation) 11. Thomas Karolewiez GER 12. Christian Cüster GER 13. Jean Klug SWI 14. Nguyên Baylatry F Qual. L32 15. Sofya Logacheva FRANCE * 16. Christoph Marien BEL 17. Dimitri Jungo SWI (moved Gr. F) 18. Mikhäel Belek BEL (moved Gr. G) 19. Nicolas Kalb FRANCE 20. Tjeerd Hoekema NED 21. Stefan Osnabrug NED 22. Kervin Chellen FRC Qualified L32 23. Cees Hogchem NED 24. Gijs van Westenbrugge NED 25. Imran Majid ENG Qualified L32 26. Tony Drago MLT Qualified L32 27. Michael Castro PHI - - - - - - - - - - |
| GROUP E - Saturday 12:00 noon | GROUP F - Saturday 16:00 |
| 1. Andreas Sommer GER 2. Lars Kuckherm GER 3. Joram Hensens NED 4. Anthony Illingworth ENG 5. Martin Spoormans BEL 6. Felipe Diaz ESP 7. Juan Carlos Exposito ESP 8. Ellen Gouw NED * 9. Ben Zenner LUX 10. Ilker Derolur NED 11. Daryl Peach ENG 12. Tomáš Onderek CZE 13. Kristof Débaillie BEL 14. Dave Verhoeve NED (moved C) 15. Stefan Sprangers NED (moved C) 16. Arco van der Velden NED 17. Imran Majid ENG 18. Tony Drago MLT 19. Ovidiu Cristea ROM 20. David Zalman CZE 21. Clemens Philippen GER 22. Daffy Schoenmans BEL 23. Bjorn Teunissen van Manen BEL 24. Barendjan Hilverts NED 25. Samuel Arji MAR 26. Sebastian Koch SWI 27. Adam Kiernicki POL 28. Yung Sheng Liu BEL 29. Nick van den Berg NED 30. Nicolas Kalb F 31. Jean Klug SWI 32. Stefan Sprangers NED 33. Stefan Osnabrug NED 34. Chris Lapierre BEL 35. Finlay Laing ENG | 1. Kevin Becker GER 2. Julian Kortüm GER (cancellation) 3. Katrine Jensen DEN * 4. Jos Robijn NED 5. David Krewitt GER 6. Bernd Kiszelis GER 7. Sam Wetzel LUX 8. Christian Engel GER 9. Piet Savoir BEL 10. Richard Bowran BEL 11. Marko Vogel GER 12. Nico Ottermann GER (cancellation) 13. Karlo Dalmatin CRO 14. Reiner Wohlrab GER (cancellation) 15. Marcus Strey GER 16. Dimitri Jungo SWI 17. Maurice Houben NED 18. Kevin Van den Broeck BEL 19. Christoph Marien BEL 20. Elroy Janssen NED 21. Ivo Aarts NED 22. Christoph Monzein F 23. Davy Colman BEL 24. Cees Hogchem NED 25. Arco van der Velden NED 26. Hoa Nguyen NED 27. Aziz Moussati NED 28. Anthony Illingworth ENG 29. Bjorn Teunissen van Manen BEL 30. Marcel Mouwen NED 31. Stefan Sprangers NED 32. Joram Hensens BEL - - - |
| GROUP G - Saturday 20:00 | - |
| 1. Mikhäel Belek BEL 2. Norman Bakker NED 3. Laurenz Cansier BEL 4. Aziz Moussati NED (moved F) 5. Yung Sheng Liu BEL 6. Joeri Deputter BEL 7. Jean Klug SWI 8. Sebastian Koch SWI 9. Stefan Sprangers NED (moved F) 10. Samuel Arji SWI 11. Elise Qui NED 12. Tomas Onderek CZE 13. David Zalman CZE 14. Tjeerd Hoekema NED 15. Lars Kückherm GER Qualified L32 16. Elroy Janssen NED 17. Csaba Honffy HUN 18. Stefan Osnabrug NED 19. Ilker Derolur NED 20. Juan Carlos Exposito ESP Qual. L32 21. Marcus Strey GER Qualified L32 22. Joram Hensens NED 23. Ellen Gouw NED 24. Aziz Moussati NED 25. Kevin Van den Broeck 26. Finlay Laing ENG 27. Marko Vogel GER 28. Christoph Marien BEL 29. Cees Hogchem NED | - |
Group Format: Top four players in each group proceed to main event | |
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WINNERS SIDE QUALIFYING ROUND - FINAL 12 | ||||
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One Loss Side - Last 32 |
David Krewitt 7-2 Curd Persijn Cliff Castelein 7-1 Rudi Huygen Roy Gerards 4-7 Sebastian Koch Andrea Roschkowsky 7-6 Richard Jones MONSTER MATCH!!! Tom Penrose 7-5 Alain Desmet Ward Decré 7-2 Karl Laverge Dave Verhoeve 6-7 Serge Das |
One Loss Side - Last 24 |
David Krewitt 7-1 Ivo Aarts Cliff Castelein 7-3 Ngyen Baylatry Sebastian Koch 7-3 Juan Carlos Exposito Andreas Roschkowsky 7-3 Ovidiu Cristea Tom Penrose 5-7 Kevin Becker Ward Decré 0-7 Marco Teutscher Serge Das 7-3 Mark Gray |
One Loss Side - Last 16 |
Lars Kuckherm 7-3 David Krewitt Cliff Castelein 7-1 Sebastian Koch Andreas Roshkowsky 5-7 Kevin Becker Marco Teutscher 7-2 Serge Das |
One Loss Side - Last 12 |
Cliff Castelein 2-7 Daryl Peach Kevin Becker 5-7 Nick van den Berg Marco Teutscher 7-5 Hoa Nguyen |
LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN | ||||
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THE QUARTER-FINALS | ||||
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THE SEMI-FINALS | ||||
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THE FINAL | ||||
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LONGONI BENELUX 10BALL OPEN | ||
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THE PRIZE FUND | ||
1st | € 2,500-00 | |
2nd | € 1,500-00 | |
3rd | € 750-00 | |
4th | € 750-00 | |
5th | € 400-00 | |
6th | € 400-00 | |
7th | € 400-00 | |
8th | € 400-00 | |
9th~12th | € 250-00 | |
13th~16th | € 150-00 | |
17th~24th | € 100-00 | |
25th~32th | € 50-00 | |
Best Lady = € 100-00 BONUS | ||
The quarter finalists flanked by the Longonis (from left to right): Imran Majid, Niels Feijen, Daryl Peach, Lars Kuckherm, Dimitri Jungo, Pieluigi Longoni, Luisella Longoni, Kervin Chellen, Nick van den Berg and Marco Teutscher.
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Andreas Roschkowsky - Germany - 2009 Longoni Benelux 10 Ball Open Champion.
View the results from the 2009 event in this Pro9 article!
Serge Das - Belgium - 2010 Longoni Benelux 10 Ball Open Champion.
View the results from the 2010 event in this Pro9 article!
Mark Gray - Great Britain - 2011 Longoni Benelux 10 Ball Open Champion.
View the results from the 2011 event in this Pro9 article!
2012 Longoni Benelux Open
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