Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Mansfield
Leeming Street
Mansfield
Nottinghamshire
NG18 1NG
Telephone: 01623 662623
www.rileysltd.com
Sunday 10 August 2008
Scott Higgins and Andy Appleton shared the spoils from Mansfield.
A tournament report worth waiting for...
26 people turned out for the 1st Mansfield 9 Ball Open at Riley’s Sunday 10th August. 4 groups of 4 and 2 groups of 5 was the best way to go for this with the top 2 going through from each group and the 4 highest 3rd places with the highest rack difference.
After the group stages were over there were some interesting match ups in the last 16. 2 matches were made up from the winners and runner-ups in the same groups drawing each other again.
I managed to get to watch the semi’s and the pick of the day was the match between Andy Appleton & Mark Gray. Mark played some great stuff with Andy having a few bad rolls and Andy found himself 8-4 down with it all to do.
Andy dug deep and beyond everyone’s expectations pulled it back to 8-8. The final rack saw Andy keep his cool and run out to take the match 9-8.
Click on "Read More..." for the details by Darren Randall.
Scott Higgins eased past Phil Williamson in the other Semi playing some excellent stuff to win it 9-3.
Scott had just done a 15 hour shift at Rileys the previous night went home for 1 hours sleep before returning to play in the competition and played some great pool.
The 2 finalists decided to split the money without playing the final as it had been a long day.
I would like to thank everyone who attended and for making it a great days pool, thanks to everyone who helped me run my first event your input was much appreciated. Thanks to Michael at Rileys and his staff at Mansfield for keeping us all well fed and watered.
Semi-Finalists Scott Higgins and Phil Williamson at the Mansfield 9 Ball event.
Semi-Finalists Andy Appleton and Mark Gray at the Mansfield 9 Ball event.
Tony Weafer at the Mansfield 9 Ball event.
Action from the Mansfield 9 Ball event.
Action from the Mansfield 9 Ball event.
Action from the Mansfield 9 Ball event.
Action from the Mansfield 9 Ball event.
Nigel Webb
Carl Britten
Dominic Gee
Glenn Orrell
Martin Chapman
Simon D’Vali
Tony Weafer
Jonny Cooper
Mark Hardy
Ben Moore
Adam Clarke
Winston David
Thomas Emes
Lee Stacey
Andy Appleton
Scott Higgins
Mark Gray
Geoff Simpson
Matthew Andrews
Kevin Simpson
Max Ayliff
Tony Oscroft
David Nelson
David Hopkin
Mark Hopgood
Phil Williamson
Winner - Nigel Webb
Runner-Up - Glenn Orrell
Group B
Winner - Martin Chapman
Runner-Up - Jonny Cooper
Group C
Winner - Adam Clarke
Runner-Up - Ben Moore
Group D
Winner - Andy Appleton
Runner-Up - Scott Higgins
Group E
Winner - Mark Gray
Runner-Up - Matthew Andrews
Group F
Winner - Mark Hopgood
Runner-Up - Phil Williamson
3rd Place Qualifiers
Dominic Gee
Thomas Emes
Max Ayliff
David Nelson
MANSFIELD 9 BALL | ||
THE LAST 16 | ||
Andy Appleton | w/o | Bye |
Scott Higgins | 7 : 0 | Glenn Orrell |
Mark Gray | 7 : 5 | David Nelson |
Matthew Andrews | 7 : 5 | Adam Clarke |
Thomas Emes | 7 : 3 | Ben Moore |
Martin Chapman | 7 : 4 | Jonny Cooper |
Phil Williamson | 7 : 6 | Mark Hopgood |
Nigel Webb | 7 : 4 | Max Ayliff |
MANSFIELD 9 BALL | ||
THE QUARTER FINALS | ||
Mark Gray | 7 : 3 | Martin Chapman |
Scott Higgins | 7 : 5 | Nigel Webb |
Phil Williamson | 7 : 6 | Matthew Andrews |
Andy Appleton | 7 : 4 | Thomas Emes |
MANSFIELD 9 BALL | ||
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Scott Higgins | 9 : 3 | Phil Williamson |
Andy Appleton | 9 : 8 | Mark Gray |
MANSFIELD 9 BALL | ||
THE FINAL | ||
Scott Higgins | SPLIT | Andy Appleton |
Scott Higgins and Andy Appleton after the final at Mansfield.
MANSFIELD 9 BALL | ||
PRIZE MONEY | ||
THE BREAKDOWN | ||
Winner: Scott Higgins/Andy Appleton | £275 | |
Runner up: Scott Higgins/Andy Appleton | £125 | |
3-4th place: Phil Williamson/Mark Gray | £75 | |
5th – 8th place: Martin Chapman/Nigel Webb/ Matthew Andrews/Thomas Emes | £25 | |
TOTAL PRIZE FUND = £650 | ||