Rileys American Pool and Snooker Club - Southfields
227-229 Wimbledon Park Road
SOUTHFIELDS
Greater London
SW18 5RJ.
www.rileysltd.com
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Sunday 15 June 2008
Runner-Up Andy Nicholson joins Winner Rico Diks, celebrating their achievement
Rico "Ricochet" Diks wins RnB Open
Although originally advertised as a "limited to 40 entries" event, this event organised by Chris Billings was well subscribed and actually accommodated 43 runners, drawing some quality players despite many being away for the Euro Tour.
Rico Diks won the big golden trophy and the main cash prize after an outstanding display of pool in the final, the Dutchman played near perfect pool, with Mile End's Andy Nicholson taking the silver trophy for his efforts.
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Action from the R'n'B Open
Length of race extended this year
Despite the expected lower turn-out than last year, this event was still over-subscribed, and with just over 40 players the races were able to be extended from last year's race-to-five format, to race-to-six this year. Having said that, some players would still prefer longer races, saying that such short races can make it hard for the better players to guarantee a win.
I don't know about that, but although there were many players at this event that were capable of winning it, I do think Rico was the favourite at the start of the tournament, and sure enough, he was favourite at the end too!
Who knows... But adding to the conspiracy theory is the strange pattern of scores in the last 16 stage. No less than 75% of the matches finished with the exact same score... 6-2 What are the odds of that happening???
Spooky!
Andy Nicholson in action at the R'n'B Open
Hughes x 2, Josh and Mark at the R'n'B Open
Thanks to Gemma Priest and the staff at Rileys Southfields for looking after us so well.
Wayne Fryer collecting his prize money at the R'n'B Open
The Fryer Supporter's Club en mass at the R'n'B Open
UK Government sponsored player?
There were some fascinating snippets of news and chat to be had at The R'n'B Open - for instance, did you know Wayne Fryer was the first (and possibly the only) person to actually received a wage from the UK Government to play pool?
Well, it's true!
When he was younger, with a very enterprising proposition he approached the Government funded Youth Training Scheme (remember the YTS?) and actually got paid to play pool all day as a trainee... Brilliant!
Wayne's run at this event ended with a very respectable finish in the semi-final stage of the main event, just managing to get to the cash prize stages... Exactly the same finishing place as last year for Wayne - now that's consistent!
Runner Up Andy Nicholson in action at the R'n'B Open
Steve Folan collecting his prize at the R'n'B Open
Steve Folan's dodgy combination of footwear at the R'n'B Open
Rileys Nine Ball Open champion Rico Diks in action at Southfields, London
THE R'n'B OPEN | ||
THE LAST 32 | ||
Lloyd Matining | 6 : 0 | Bye |
Paul Elvis | 6 : 3 | Steve Heron |
Rico Diks | 6 : 0 | Bye |
Mark Hughes | 6 : 2 | Lauro Catapang |
Steve Folan | 6 : 0 | Bye |
Graham West | 6 : 3 | Kevin Moyles |
Chris Muckmaster | 6 : 0 | Bye |
Rodrick Silva | 6 : 4 | Jake Fryer |
Anthony Ginn | 6 : 0 | Bye |
Gareth Esprit | 6 : 0 | Luke Moore |
Wayne Fryer | 6 : 0 | Bye |
Lionel Brown | 6 : 4 | Gareth Steele |
David Walsh | 6 : 0 | Bye |
Tony David | 6 : 1 | Kevin Woods |
Andy Nicholson | 6 : 0 | Bye |
Matt Ford | 6 : 3 | Peter Barker |
THE R'n'B OPEN | ||
THE LAST 16 | ||
Paul Elvis | 6 : 2 | Lloyd Matining |
Rico Diks | 6 : 2 | Mark Hughes |
Stephen Folan | 6 : 2 | Graham West |
Chris Buckmaster | 6 : 4 | Rodrick Silva |
Gareth Esprit | 6 : 5 | Anthony Ginn |
Wayne Fryer | 6 : 2 | Lionel Brown |
Tony David | 6 : 2 | David Walsh |
Andy Nicholson | 6 : 2 | Matt Ford |
THE R'n'B OPEN | ||
THE QUARTER FINALS | ||
Rico Diks | 6 : 0 | Paul Elvis |
Stephen Folan | 6 : 1 | Chris Buckmaster |
Wayne Fryer | 3 : 2 | Gareth Esprit *retired |
Andy Nicholson | 6 : 2 | Steve Folan |
THE R'n'B OPEN | ||
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Rico Diks | 6 : 3 | Stephen Folan |
Andy Nicholson | 6 : 5 | Wayne Fryer |
THE R'n'B OPEN | ||
THE FINAL | ||
Rico Diks | 7 : 0 | Andy Nicholson |
Group A
Mark Hughes
Faisal Quadeer
Lloyd Matining
Jake Fryer
Clive
Mymadey Bikewicz
Group B
Dan Lim
Wayne Fryer
Roddrick Silva
Matt Jones
Scott Goddard
Matt Ford
Group C
Lionel Brown
Dave Mccarthy
Kevin Woods
Anthony Ginn
Louis Clark
Group D
Larry Hinrichs
Kevin Moyles
Alex Webb
Chris Buckmaster
Tony David
Group E
Paul Tozzer
Luke Moore
Lauro Catapang
Mark Ward
Stephen Folan
Group F
Andy Nicholson
Gareth Steele
Simon Clark
Paul Elvis
GJ
Group G
David Walsh
Peter Barker
Andy Appleton
Jaimy Autorino
Steve Heron
Josh Hughs
Group H
Harry Brown
Gareth Espirt
Rico Diks
Vale
Graham West
Newcomer Harry Brown is delighted with his Plate Runner Up Prize at the R'n'B Open
LAST 16 | ||
Louis Clark | 6 : 0 | Val |
Dan Lim | 6 : 5 | Faisel Quadeer |
Paul Tozzer | 6 : 4 | Josh Hughes |
Majic | 6 : 0 | Scott Goddard |
Simon Clark | 6 : 5 | Alex Webb |
Larry Hinrichs | 6 : 1 | Jaimy Autorino |
GJ | 6 : 2 | Clive |
Harry Brown | 6 : 0 | Dave McCarthy |
THE QUARTER-FINALS | ||
Louis Clark | 6 : 5 | Dan Lim |
Paul Tozzer | 6 : 0 | Majic |
Larry Hinrichs | 6 : 1 | Simon Clark |
Harry Brown | 6 : 2 | GJ |
THE SEMI-FINALS | ||
Louis Clark | 6 : 1 | Paul Tozzer |
Harry Brown | 6 : 5 | Larry Hinrichs |
THE FINAL | ||
Louis Clark | 6 : 3 | Harry Brown |
Plate winner Louis Clark collects his reward from event organiser "Big" Chris Billings