Tourneys
Topic: Local tournaments and leagues

Can everyone help me compile a list of "local tournaments" and "leagues" for a definitive list to be placed on the new Pro9 Calendar please?

Also, Southey147 was asking if anybody knew of any comps in the Hertfordshire area?

Thanks in advance!

Chichester Snooker Club
The Old Mill
Terminus Road Industrial Estate
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 2DR
Contact: Mikie 01243 531830

DAY: Every Wednesday Handicapped 9 Ball Tournament

TIME: 8pm

ENTRY: £4 entry All money paid out to Winner/Runner Up and Plate Winner

FORMAT: Race to four, winner breaks

H'CAP SYSTEM: Plus and/or minus racks

NUMBERS: Well attended and often attracts 28 to 45 runners of varying ability

Regular players can qualify for an "End of Seaon Big One"

A very friendly club with an excellent manager

From top UK Pro's to complete novices

8 Titan tables with tight pockets and Powder Blue Simonis 860 cloth

Pros welcome (as long as long as they declare their ability )
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^^^ This level of information is VERY helpful ^^^ - the bold info is essential

Here's our Aberdeen one Dave.

ABERDEEN 9 BALL ASSOCIATION (ANBA)

c/o Rileys Chapel
Chapel Street
Aberdeen
Scotland

Tournament Directors
Brian Craig (07914440786) & Jim O'Hare (07738257689)

DAY....Every Monday night
TIME....6.30 sharp
ENTRY....£7.50, £2.50 returned in a bar voucher
FORMAT...Race to 6 winner breaks, straight knockout. League played over 10 weeks with token prize money paid out on the night and the rest being added to an end of season prize fund, split between the top 5 finishers.
NUMBERS...average 30 players
WEBSITE....www.anba.co.uk

We play on standard Rileys SAM tables.

If any of you southerners are in the area and fancy a competetive night's pool, don't hesitate to give me a call.

Regards.
Brian Craig
www.anba.co.uk

That's absolutely brilliant Brian, and a novel idea with that bar voucher - how does that work?

It was our host manager's idea.
He figured that Monday nights were effectively his quietest night, so in a way this bar voucher guarantees takings over the bar and he can give us 4 tables for free play.
Everyone pays me the £7.50, then Gary hands over the correct amount of bar tokens and I hand over the cash...easy!

You would be surprised the amount of people who would go along and nurse a glass of water!
Give us Scots a bad name

So this voucher systems means that Rileys get £75 per 30 players in bar business

The way we divide the money up is simple.
Of the £5 left per person, we take 50p per head to add to our ANBA funds (helps pay for pool equipment, trophies etc), £50 is paid out on the night split between winner/runner up and semis.
The rest of the cash (based on 30 players) means that the winner of the league would collect 50% of the prize fund (£425).

It does involve a bit of commitment from the players as they do not receive points for not turning up, however we do allow it to be based on the top 8 scores over the 10 weeks to cater for offshore workers and people who take holidays halfway through a season.

Diamond wont mind me posting this one whilst he's away on his jollies, lucky sod!!

Leeds 9-Ball League

c/o Riley's Leeds
Cross Belgrave Street
Leeds
West Yorkshire

Tournament Director
Simon D'Vali (07899021120)

DAY.... Next Event Wednesday 5th April (further dates tbc by TheDiamond when he returns).

TIME....6.00 - 6.30 registration, 6.45 draw, 7.00 start

ENTRY....£5 under 18's, £10 everyone else

FORMAT...Double Elim less than 32 runner's, Straight knockout thereafter. League played over 10 events, all prize money is paid out expect a small fee which goes towards the end of season buffet / knees up / presentation night - yes, trophies are included

Handicap system in play. Pro's (-1 & 0), Amateurs (+1, +2 & +3) Numbers denote frames start. All races are a race to 7.

NUMBERS...average 20-35 players

WEBSITE....still working on that!!!

We play on standard Riley's SAM tables - 8 of them, two of which have Simonis 860 cloth.

Sorry for the patchy info, we'll update again when Si's back in the country.

Surgeon..

***Admin edit: Expletive deleted.

Venue: Rileys, Solihull
When: Every Wednesday 8pm
Entry: £3
Number of runners: Between 10 and 16
Prize: All entries paid out to winner

Although the comp doesn't get as many runners as some of the other clubs, the regulars to this are a great bunch and the level of play is high.

We also run a league side by side with this where we all pay £2 a week and when everybody has played each other the prize money is paid out to the top 4 (those not in the top 4 play-off for a small share of the pool)

Hope some of you can come up one of the weeks, especially those who used to attand Hustlers before it closed!

Cheers

Andy Warden

Thanks for that Surgeon and Cueman, brilliant stuff!

What's the deal with Hustlers? Is there any news of it re-opening?

Any more weekly competitions out there?

Rileys American Pool Hall
16 Semley Place
Victoria
London
SW1W 9QJ

DAY: Every Saturday Night 9 Ball Handi-cap Tournament
Time: 8pm
Entry: £20 (£300 plus in prize money every week)
Format: Double Elimination down to the last 8 straight knock out there after. Alternate Breaks, Race to 5, Race to 6 quaters/semi and Race to 7 Final.
H'cap System: Plus and Minus by the balls.
End Season Tournament £1000 plus in pize money REGULAR PLAYERS ONLY