An explanation of what is going on...
For a little extra fun at the tour, we pinched this idea from the USA - a Ten Ball Break and Dish competition... I sell raffle tickets to generate the prize fund, and three tickets are drawn out to attempt the challenge - the player with the first ticket has the best chance, 10% of the prize fund per ball potted, in this case £2,600, so £260 per ball, then the second and third tickets can have a crack at 10% of whatever is left in the pot... There's a big advantage to being the first drawn out, because if the first player takes all the money then there's nothing for the remaining players. You can stop at any time and take the cash, but if you miss, scratch, foul or break dry then you lose it all. Any money not won is rolled over to the next event.
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So, in summary, Dave Wilcock potted the one-ball off the break and then made the two ball in the corner and stopped there at £260 per ball he took home a fabulous £520.
That left £2,080 remaining in the prize fund for Tom Staveley to have a crack at... And as you will have seen in the video, Tom broke and dished the entire ten ball rack at £208 per ball for a clean sweep, taking a tremendous £2,080.
Being drawn out first is always advantageous, and our sincere commiserations go to Adam Smith - as well as our thanks to all the players who supported the raffle over the seasons that built up to this large prize fund.
We'll start afresh at GB9's fourth event of the year in October.
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