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Approaching final stages of the T9B Double Chance Series opener

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Date: Saturday, August 18 2012 @ 20:56:03 UTC
Topic: Total 9 Ball



Total 9 Ball - Double Chance Series 2012
The St Albans Hurricane Room
Unit 8 Verulam Industrial Estate
224 London Road
St Albans, Hertfordshire
AL1 1JF
www.hurricaneroom.co.uk
www.t9b.co.uk - Challonge Results

Saturday 18 August 2012


Big Guns Firing as Final Stage Approaches

A massive 42 players registered for this event, originally slated as a 32 player tournament, but as the closing date for entries neared, the calls from enthusiastic T9Ball'ers didn't stop, right up until the last day.

A thrilling testament to the sterling effort put in by Phil Wildman pre-tournament, and if truth be told, a superb support role by his partner Nicole Hansen keeping the matches running efficiently throughout the day.

St Albans Hurricane Room is about three quarters of the way through a major refurbishment, but it's fair to say it's a great club even as it is. A wide variety of food is on offer, from hot and spicy panini, through the very popular and affordable pizza option, to a hopefully very tasty curry!

It's clear that Manager, David Beale takes great pride and care in his stewardship of this club, explaining how the refurbishment is going, and it has to be said, there are some really nice touches around the club. The English 8 Ball area is really spacious, and the equipment is clearly second to none. The Snooker match room still smells of fresh paint and is coming along nicely, and the players all talk in glowing terms of the nine ball equipment too.

Players still in contention in the closing stage include Luke Rollison who has already advanced to the semi-final of the first tournament, but he has been eliminated from the second event already.

Courtney Symons, Mark Lunn, Phil Wildman, Ramesh Ghokul have all reached the quarter finals, but there is one player with a chance of winning both sides of the tournament, and potentially meeting himself in the final to scoop the ultimate amount of prize money available by sweeping up the maximum prize from both events - and that's tournament organiser, Phil Wildman... Good luck Phil.



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The Last 16 was composed of Luke Rollison, Mark Lunn, Phil Wildman, Ramesh Ghokul, Jonathon Vaughan, Danny Byrne, Adam Stevens, Mikko O, Adam Collins, Chris Buckmaster, Christos Gicalis, Mark Collins and Gary Bullocke.Unfortunately, the dream ending of Wildman vs. Wildman was not to be, as Phil's hopes were well and truly dashed by an accidental, and frankly, quite implausible 3-9 combo from the cue of Ramesh Ghokul after their match had reached hill-hill, just showing how incredibly cruel and fickle this game can be sometimes.

At the time of writing, Chichester's Luke Rollison is idly texting friends, having already earned a spot in the final, and waiting for the winner of the other semi-finalists, Gary Bullocke and Courtney Symons.

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In the final, Luke Rollison beat Courtney Symons 7-4. Luke collected £400 for winning, and Courtney had to settle for £220 for the runner up spot.

Each event also contributes a percentage of the entry fees (equivalent to £5 per player) towards the Grand Final at the end of the season.























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