Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Solihull
Hobs Moat Road
SOLIHULL
West Midlands
B92 8JN
www.rileysltd.com
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Sunday 14 October 2007
2007 APN National Champion Jonathan Mathers in action during the final in Solihull.
Nothing else Mathers as Jonathan lasts the distance.
The superb Rileys Solihull club was the outstanding venue for the final APN National Tournament and naturally the free entry event with a whopping £1,500 prize fund was well attended as expected.
It was a superb day of action but the cream rose to the top as reliably as the sun rises in the sky, and after a very long day of battle, Jonathan Mathers and Craig Osborne were the two stratospheric finalists doing battle into the small hours.
Both players showed signs of fatigue that would be affecting their game and concentration, but this is the stuff that sorts the men from the boys, and these two know the score as well as any other seasoned pool player.
The final was a close affair that could have gone either way as the scores of these two top handicapped players rose "neck and neck", until towards the end of the match the most lengthy run of sheer bad luck (or poor play) rode roughshod over Osborne's fortunes as he repeatedly snookered himself shot after shot after shot.
His frustration was clear to see as he thumped the table with his fist as yet another unbelievable "self hook" materialises as the balls slow to a stop after his latest shot.
Mathers didn't need chances like that, but he wasn't going to waste them either, as he meticulously planned and methodically executed each shot, skillfully maintaining his emotions and concentration to take the title of APN National Champion 2007.
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The prize money was awardeded as follows: winner £600, runner up £300, semi-finalists £150, and quarter-finalists £75.
2007 APN National quarter-finalist Brian Craig congratulated by TD Chris Billings.
2007 APN National quarter-finalist Chun Hao Man congratulated by TD Chris Billings.
2007 APN National quarter-finalist Martin Correia congratulated by TD Chris Billings.
2007 APN National quarter-finalist Colin Rennison congratulated by TD Chris Billings.
2007 APN National semi-finalist Philip Burford congratulated by TD Chris Billings.
2007 APN National semi-finalist Matthew Norrey congratulated by TD Chris Billings.
2007 APN National runner-up Craig Osborne congratulated by TD Chris Billings.
2007 APN National winner Jonathan Mathers with Tournament Director Chris Billings.
JONATHAN MATHERS 7
CRAIG OSBOURNE 7
MATTHEW NORREY 1
PHIL BURFORD 7
MARTIN CORREIA 7
COLIN RENNISON 5
CHUN HAO MAN 4
BRIAN CRAIG 4
MARK COLLINS 3
PHIL MORGAN 6
MATHREW LAWRENSON 7
STUART COLCLOUGH 7
PAUL TOZER 4
JIM O'HARE 5
NEIL JENKINS 6
Brad Parker 7
TASH 6
Nelio Andrade 4
JON CHALMERS 3
RAJIV SAKARIA 4
FAISAL QUADEER 3
CRAIG HIRST 4
ALAN MILLERSHIP 7
DENNIS TANG 4
MIKE BURKE 5
AJIT MISTRY 5
ASLUM ABUBAKER 5
MIKE RODGERS 7
JAMES INGLIS 5
BRETT ARMER 6
ASH MEMON 5
JASON LAWERENCE 3
STUART MILLER 4
Paul Talbot 3
ADRIAN CUMISKEY 5
MIKE STANLEY 4
LAURO CATAPANG 5
Jamie White 2
PETE BARKER 3
CHRIS KELLY 1
CHRIS RAVEN 3
MORGAN LOCKERYEAR 0
GRAHAM WEST 5
RAMON NAVARRO 4
JAMES COURT 4
MATT GWYNNE 1
Martin Lee 5
ELIO LARANGINHA 3
LARRY HINRICHS 4
SAM LUI 4
KEIRON CLARKE 6
TOM WOOLSTENCROFT 4
ADAM JACKSON 6
SHAUN TIDDEMAN 2
ROSS PILKINTON 5
DAN LIM 4
PETER PRZEDNOWEK 3
GEOFF EDGE 4
PAT CLEARY 1
GRAHAM NEALE 3
Steve Heron 3
2007 RILEYS SOLIHULL | ||
9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Philip Burford (7) | 9 : 4 | (7) Bradley Parker |
Brian Craig (4) | 9 : 7 | (6) Neil Jenkins |
Craig Osborne (7) | 9 : 4 | (5) Jim O'Hare |
Chun Hao Man (4) | 9 : 2 | (4) Paul Tozer |
Colin Rennison (5) | 9 : 6 | (7) Stuart Colclough |
Jonathan Mathers (7) | 9 : 3 | (7) Mathew Lawrenson |
Martin Correia (7) | 9 : 6 | (6) Phil Morgan |
Matthew Norrey (1) | 9 : 8 | (3) Mark Collins |
2007 RILEYS SOLIHULL | ||
9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
THE QUARTER FINALS | ||
Philip Burford (7) | 9 : 6 | (4) Brian Craig |
Craig Osborne (7) | 9 : 4 | (4) Chun Hao Man |
Jonathan Mathers (7) | 9 : 6 | (5) Colin Rennison |
Matthew Norrey (1) | 9 : 6 | (7) Martin Correia |
2007 RILEYS SOLIHULL | ||
9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Craig Osborne (7) | 9 : 5 | (7) Philip Burford |
Jonathan Mathers (7) | 9 : 7 | (1) Matthew Norrey |
2007 RILEYS SOLIHULL | ||
9 BALL CHAMPIONSHIP | ||
THE FINAL | ||
Jonathan Mathers (7) | 9 : 6 | (7) Craig Osborne |