Tourneys
Topic: Merseyside July 9-Ball Open (12/7/14)

32 max field

** SATURDAY ** 12th July 2014, 12 noon draw, 12:15 start of play.

Venue:

Rileys Liverpool Grand Central
Bolton Street
Liverpool
L3 5LX
0151 7078349

In between Lime St Station and the Adelphi Hotel

Car park next to venue is £10 all day, shuts at 7 on a Saturday, 4 on a Sunday.
There is a carpark opposite the Adelphi hotel next to Smokie Mo's Pub on Mount Pleasant which is cheaper.

Entry fee £15. (£10 for under 18's)

Plate event if enough time and interest £5 entry

The format is to be Double Elimination no matter how many enter. Plate is knockout

Alternate breaks

* 9 on the spot
* 2 at the back
* Golden Breaks count
* No 3 point rule.

All matches race to 7 (losers side race to 6)
(plate race to 5)

Registration 11:45, draw 12 noon, Prompt start 12:15

Please note this will be a 1 Day Event

If you want to play in this event then either post your full name on the PRO 9.CO.UK forum, or on Facebook, PM me or you text me on 07736551771 or email to tonysouthern@msn.com

You can pay the entry fee at the club or via paypal to tonysouthern@msn.com choose pay as a gift to avoid paypal charges as follows:

log into paypal
add email of recipient
there is a tab where it says is this a payment for goods, ebay transaction, next to that tab is a tab to send as gift
send as gift.

Or you can send a chq paypal to Tony Southern, 23 Bishop Drive, Whiston, Merseyside, L35 3SY.

REGISTERED PLAYERS

1. Tony Southern
2. Andrew Walker
3. Justin Hopper
4. Matt Hawthorn (paid)
5. Andy Stock
6. Kevin Porter
7. Dan Cook
8. Andy MacDonald
9. James Bray
10. Ben Phillips
11. Kris Prince
12. Sean Gallimore
13. Dean Hulme
14. Jay Alexander
15. John Parke
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Matt Hawthorn in please Tony. I'll send a cheque to cover entry.

Yeah away at the moment so will update entry list when I get home at wend

Hi, I'm new to the site.

Just a quick question, what are the players like that go into these tournaments? Is it mostly if you miss they're going to clear up on you a high percentage of the time?

I usually play English 8 Ball but fancy a dabble to 9 Ball, never played in a 9 Ball Tourney before

This will only be the 3rd one of Tony's events that I have entered so I wouldn't take my opinion as chapter & verse but there's a handful of players that will punish any mistake made (from my experience). I would add that in double elim you would be unfortunate to draw 2 top players and for £15 you can't grumble. I think you will enjoy it. Some good 8 ballers make the switch very well.

Go on lad. If u get me in first round you will know your money were good invested for 15£ play 14 racks thats good value for money anyway I have been playing for last 18 months and my best achivment was winning just 2 games in tourney. Usually out after 2 games

At the end of the day, what we have is a good group of lads who enjoy having a go at American Pool. Skill levels differ but what we all have in common is passion for the game! It isn't the World 9-Ball Championships but we do have some good players who are capable of break/finish games and solid matches. All in coming from Crewe you're talking about a £40 investment to test the waters and I promise that you'll be welcomed. I probably average 5th or 7th myself and hang about for the full day and we usually have some fun on the free play table anyway!

10 in so far, also in sep/oct I will be running a qualifier for the final GB event of the year in November.

Cool, me and my mate will play in it.

My name is Kris Prince

My inbred friend is Sean Gallimore

We'll have a dabble at it, we aren't the best players but hey ho, you aint gonna get better a 9 ball sitting at home.

I used to play 9 ball when i was younger, but then gave up and started 8 ball, now i wanna go back, i just enjoy 9 ball game more

Also, We're not quite to sure on the Rules, but think we've got the Figured, so might just need a heads up when we arrive, like do some many balls have to go past the "headstring"

And basically you have to hit a cushion when your snookered

Full Rules can be found here

http://www.pro9.co.uk/html/Rules9Ball.php

princey , you have to pot or hit a cushion on each shot, check 9 ball on you tube

I played 8-Ball for a few years and while it's certainly accessible (tables in a lot of pubs) it's a bit limiting in my opinion. Through Rileys Liverpool we have 8, 9 and 10 Ball competitions and all are played on the 9 x 4.5 tables. You have more options for what to play with 1 through to 15 than you do with English Pool.

Cool, read the rules, seems pretty straight forward.

Moving over from 8Ball to 9Ball is weird, the balls seems f***ing massive, but i'm getting there, try to get screw back is bit more tougher and your timing is critical for me atm.

On 2014-06-30 21:25 , PH Wrote:

I've just got bored of playing 8Ball, played it for 3 Years, got into County, but never really had the passion to carry on playing it.

Although i still play it atm, with a local team, but im just playing for a laugh and a joke on Sunday night

Sounds like a bandit to me

fool bandit lol

any danger .. 8ball players are better then 9ball players at there own game

"try to get screw back is bit more tougher"

This is normal coming from English Pool. On a 6 x 3 the cue ball is 1/8" smaller than the object ball and thus is lighter also. What this means is that particularly with more powerful strokes a phenomenon often called bounce back is a factor. Basically, the cue ball wants to go back when you strike the middle of the ball! The sheer size and weight of the balls in American Pool take adjustment but you'll be fine in no time. When you have a choice I advise that you send the cue ball forwards for position and avoid the long deep screw at all costs as it's seen as a penalty shot!