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Ricochet guns down the opposition at RnB Open in Southfields

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Date: Monday, June 16 2008 @ 07:53:06 UTC
Topic: 9 Ball



R'n'B Open
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 STATS





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



THE FULL PLAYER LIST

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


THE PLATE


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




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