- also featuring the Solihull Challenge Cup & Pro Cup
Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Solihull
Hobs Moat Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B92 8JN
www.rileysltd.com
www.gb9balltour.com
Friday-Sunday 9-11 January 2009
Mark Gray presented with the GB9 Midlands Classic trophy by tour sponsor Klaus Zobrekis,
who travelled from Germany to represent his Z9 Billiard Cloth company at this event.
Mark Gray beats Daryl Peach in final of GB9 Midlands Classic!
The final of the GB9 Midlands Classic, the main event of this three day tournament, saw an out of sorts World 9 Ball Champion Daryl Peach convincingly beaten by a slick Mosconi Cup potting machine named Mark Gray with a one-sided 11-6 margin.
Saturday evening saw the first two events played to completion - in the Pro Cup semi-finals Darren Appleton beat Imran Majid and Michael Valentine beat James Kay creating a mouth-watering Appleton vs Valentine final.
Appleton had only just returned from the Philippines where he had been getting plenty of match practice and went into the final as the strong favourite, however Valentine knew he had a tough match ahead and as he has frequently shown before he rises to the tougher challenges and often plays his best pool under those conditions - this was the case today as he eventually beat Appleton 9:6.
The Challenge Division semi-finals saw Steven Petty beat Matt Ford and Anthony Ginn triumph over Gareth Steele setting up a Petty versus Ginn final.
Once again there appeared to be a strong favourite, and once again the tables were turned as experienced veteran Ginn was edged at the finish line with an 11:9 scoreline from fellow Londoner and GB9 newcomer Steven Petty.
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Michael Valentine wins Solihull Pro Cup
Steven Petty overjoyed with Challenge triumph
Chris Melling crushing the pack at the GB9 Midlands Classic
Kevin Simpson
Matt Hyden
Alan Millership
Allen Lowe
Mike Rogers
James Taylor
David Hood
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT | ||
THE LAST 32 | ||
Steven Petty | 9 : 7 | Imran Majid |
Damian Overton | 9 : 7 | Kevin Uzzell |
Adam Benn Smith | 9 : 4 | Andy Worthington |
Karl Boyes | 9 : 8 | Gordon Bain |
Michael Valentine | 9 : 1 | Gary Houstoun |
Bradley Parker | 9 : 5 | Andy Nicholson |
Phil Burford | 9 : 8 | Mike Rogers |
Mark Gray | 9 : 2 | Paul Williams |
Raj Hundal | 9 : 6 | Anthony Ginn |
Stephen Capaldi | 9 : 7 | Tony Burton |
Damian Massey | 9 : 3 | Jason Howard |
Daryl Peach | 9 : 7 | Stewart Colclough |
James Kay | 9 : 7 | Chris Cowie |
Jonathan Mathers | 9 : 3 | David Walsh |
Martin Chapman | 9 : 6 | Andy Appleton |
Gareth Steele | 9 : 5 | Tony Southern |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT | ||
THE LAST 16 | ||
Steven Petty | 9 : 8 | Damian Overton |
Adam Benn Smith | 9 : 3 | Karl Boyes |
Bradley Parker | 9 : 3 | Michael Valentine |
Mark Gray | 9 : 7 | Phil Burford |
Stephen Capaldi | 9 : 7 | Raj Hundal |
Daryl Peach | 9 : 3 | Damian Massey |
James Kay | 9 : 6 | Jonathan Mathers |
Gareth Steele | 9 : 6 | Martin Chapman |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT | ||
THE QUARTER FINALS | ||
Adam Benn Smith | 9 : 8 | Steve Petty |
Mark Gray | 9 : 6 | Bradley Parker |
Daryl Peach | 9 : 1 | Stephen Capaldi |
James Kay | 9 : 5 | Gareth Steele |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT | ||
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Mark Gray | 9 : 6 | Adam Benn Smith |
Daryl Peach | 9 : 5 | James Kay |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT | ||
THE FINAL | ||
Mark Gray | 11 : 6 | Daryl Peach |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE CHALLENGE CUP | ||
THE LAST 32 | ||
Gary Lewis | 9 : 8 | David Nelson |
Martin Chapman | 9 : 7 | Glenn Winter |
Gordon Bain | 9 : 6 | Philip Wildman |
Steven Petty | 9 : 3 | Andrew Richardson |
Matthew Ford | 9 : 6 | Clark Smith |
David McCarthy | 9 : 6 | Andy Jeronimidis |
James Welch | 9 : 8 | Paul Edwards |
James Taylor | 9 : 7 | Kevin Simpson |
Craig Dixon | 9 : 8 | Luke Rollison |
Andrew Bucknall | 9 : 5 | Dan Lim |
Niel Cummins | 9 : 4 | John Beesley |
Gareth Steele | 9 : 2 | Adam Stevens |
Ian West | 9 : 5 | Chris Stocker |
Stephen Folan | 9 : 4 | Dan Moore |
Anthony Ginn | 9 : 3 | Bartosz Czapki |
Adam Benn Smith | 9 : 2 | Simon Gardner |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE CHALLENGE CUP | ||
THE LAST 16 | ||
Martin Chapman | 9 : 2 | Gary Lewis |
Steven Petty | 9 : 5 | Gordon Bain |
Matthew Ford | 9 : 6 | David McCarthy |
James Welch | 9 : 8 | James Taylor |
Craig Dixon | 9 : 5 | Andrew Bucknall |
Gareth Steele | 9 : 0 | Neil Cummins |
Ian West | 9 : 4 | Stephen Folan |
Anthony Ginn | 9 : 7 | Adam Benn Smith |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE CHALLENGE CUP | ||
THE QUARTER FINALS | ||
Steven Petty | 9 : 7 | Martin Chapman |
Matthew Ford | 9 : 3 | James Welch |
Gareth Steele | 9 : 7 | Craig Dixon |
Anthony Ginn | 9 : 8 | Ian West |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE CHALLENGE CUP | ||
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Steven Petty | 9 : 8 | Matthew Ford |
Anthony Ginn | 9 : 2 | Gareth Steele |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE CHALLENGE CUP | ||
THE FINAL | ||
Steven Petty | 11 : 9 | Anthony Ginn |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE PRO CUP | ||
THE LAST 32 | ||
Darren Appleton | 9 : 0 | Ben Moore |
Andy Worthington | 9 : 6 | Stewart Colclough |
Mark Gray | 9 : 7 | Stephen Capaldi |
Chris Cowie | 9 : 6 | Daryl Peach |
Imran Majid | 9 : 7 | James Carney |
Paul Williams | 9 : 7 | Tony Burton |
Damian Overton | 9 : 2 | Jason Howard |
David Walsh | 9 : 7 | Tony Drago |
Karl Boyes | 9 : 7 | Chris Melling |
Michale Valentine | 9 : 4 | Christopher Robson |
Raj Hundal | 9 : 2 | Chris Buckmaster |
Jonathan Mathers | 9 : 5 | Kevin Uzzell |
James Kay | 9 : 5 | Andy Nicholson |
Jayson Shaw | 9 : 7 | Bradley Parker |
Alan Millership | 9 : 1 | Matt Hyden |
Simon Widlo | 9 : 8 | Phil Burford |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE PRO CUP | ||
THE LAST 16 | ||
Darren Appleton | 9 : 3 | Andy Worthington |
Mark Gray | 9 : 2 | Chris Cowie |
Imran Majid | 9 : 3 | Paul Williams |
Damian Overton | 9 : 5 | David Walsh |
Michael Valentine | 9 : 7 | Karl Boyes |
Raj Hundal | 9 : 4 | Jonathan Mathers |
James Kay | 9 : 4 | Jayson Shaw |
Simon Widlo | 9 : 8 | Alan Millership |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE PRO CUP | ||
THE QUARTER FINALS | ||
Darren Appleton | 9 : 6 | Mark Gray |
Imran Majid | 9 : 8 | Damian Overton |
Michael Valentine | 9 : 4 | Raj Hundal |
James Kay | 9 : 5 | Simon Widlo |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE PRO CUP | ||
THE SEMI FINALS | ||
Darren Appleton | 9 : 4 | Imran Majid |
Michael Valentine | 9 : 6 | James Kay |
THE GB9 MIDLANDS CLASSIC | ||
THE PRO CUP | ||
THE FINAL | ||
Michael Valentine | 11 : 4 | Darren Appleton |
