Castle Snooker Club Charity Tournament - £1000 1st prize

[madman]

They are updating all the stats later, after the final.:snooker:

[JanieWatkins]

Quarter-Finals

Alfie Burden 3-0 Jimmy Robertson -18
James Loft 3-2 George Marter
Marter O'Donnell 3-0 Billy Castle
Anishe Golkol 3-1 ? caulston?

Semi-Finals

Gokol 3-2 O'Donell
Burden 3-1 Loft

Final

Burden V Gokol (Best of 9)

Alfie won the final 5-3 (I think it was 5-3)

Caulston? Is that Ryan Causton?

[ryanc147]

Castle Snooker Tournment

Hi yes that's me Ryan Causton. Had a great weekend. Really enjoyed playing at the club the tables were lovely very good condition.

[madman]

Lets hope these events get more support in the future, by that i mean by way of the professionals putting in an appearance. I mean, players are always moaning about lack of competition, then they get a chance and all but 2 pro's from Essex downwards bothered to enter. Oooops, one of them was from Norwich!

[magicman]

I have to echo Ryan here by saying that the tables were terrific. Excellent cloth in good condition, new tournament Aramith balls, and it felt to me like they were all steel block cushions. The owner and his son were welcoming and friendly and I hope the club thrives. The necessity of a good kitchen, a licensed bar, and jackpot machines shouldn't be overlooked by the proprietors though. Any failure to address these issues will make the club more difficult if not impossible to turn into a thriving business.

[ryanc147]

My only negetive note was that one professional turned up 2hrs late, which did hold some of the procedure up some what.

[ryanc147]

I am going to the Kent County Pro am next sunday will let forum know what event is like. It's so good to be able to go to tournaments that are local and not up the M1 or M6.

[goku]

sounds like i missed out on brilliant w'end, think i'll try going down next year, wish some tournaments would be held in the midlands thoug!!!!

[amt]

Hi Everyone,

sorry about the delay, here are the results from the weekend:

(there were several byes in the first round)

1st round:
George Marter 3 - 1 Henry Smith
Luke Simmonds 3 - 0 Marc Harman
Ben Evans 3 - 1 Ash Bull
Martin O'Donnell 3 - 0 James Burrett
John Gillard 3 - 0 Jack Lander
Adam Nash 3 - 0 Nick Jennings
James Loft 3 - 1 Scott Miller
Billy Castle 3 - 2 Zack Richardson
James Popplewell 3 - 2 Toby Vernon
Phil Wildman 3 - 0 Darren Jordan
Tony Strange 3 - 0 James O'Sullivan
Drew Farminer 3 - 0 Andrew D'Souza
Alfie Burden 3 - 0 Steve Crowley

2nd round:
Jake Gill 3 - 0 Adam Nash
Jimmy Robertson 3 - 0 Dennis O'Sullivan
George Marter 3 - 0 Chris Ellis
Ben Evans 3 - 0 Haval Omar
Ryan Causton 3 - 1 John Gillard
James Popplewell 3 - 1 Alex O'Donaghue
Billy Castle 3 - 1 Barry Pinches
Martin O'Donnell 3 - 0 James Burrett
Niel Ellis 3 - 0 Simon Dent
Anish Gokool 3 - 2 Phil Wildman
Paul Norris 3 - 0 Paul Oatley
Luke Simmonds 3 - 0 Dean Goddard
James Loft 3 - 1 Christian Chislett
Shane Castle 3 - 1 Tony Strange
Jamie Walker 3 - 0 Drew Farminer
Alfie Burden 3 - 0 Paul Bartlett

3rd round:
George Marter 3 - 2 Paul Norris
James Loft 3 - 0 Luke Simmonds
Jimmy Robertson 3 - 0 Shane Castle
Alfie Burden 3 - 0 Jamie Walker
Martin O'Donnell 3 - 0 Ben Evans
Billy Castle 3 - 1 James Popplewell
Ryan Causton 3 - 2 Niel Ellis
Anish Gokool 3 - 1 Jake Gill

Quarter-Final:
James Loft 3 - 2 George Marter
Alfie Burden 3 - 0 Jimmy Robertson
Martin O'Donnell 3 - 0 Billy Castle
Anish Gokool 3 - 1 Ryan Causton

Semi-Final:
Anish Gokool 3 - 2 Martin O'Donnell
Alfie Burden 3 - 1 James Loft

Final:
Alfie Burden 5 - 3 Anish Gokool

Top 10 breaks:
Anish Gokool 103
Phil Wildman 99
Ryan Causton 98
George Marter 95
Phil Wildman 89
George Marter 85
James Loft 79
James Loft 78
George Marter 77
Alfie Burden 76

[amt]

I'd like to say thanks to everyone that came and supported us, and the Multiple Sclerosis Resource Centre. We met a lot of great players and a lot of great people, I look forward to seeing many of you again at the tournaments we will host in the future.

Attendance this time was only 44, but I'm certain that this will grow and we will easily reach full capacity from now on as we received nothing but good feedback from the players. This was our first tournament of this scale and we have learned a lot from it, I'm sure that from now on they will be bigger and better! We will aim for a couple of Pro-ams a year, and smaller tournaments much more regularly.

Thanks!
Anthony

[goldengirl]

Really sorry that we couldn't come to event - but nearing the end of the season you have to weigh up the finances. As an Amateur with a PTT event at the end of the month and PIOS event early April you have to make a decision on what to spend the dwindling resources on. With both events probably costing in the region of £300 - £400, with minimal prize money, it doesn't leave any for attending tournaments that would also cost in the region of £100 to attend although the practice would be welcome.
Despite what's being said on other threads having to practice 5-6 hours a day, a lot of the time on your own, leaves little time for earning any money - please note Mr Hearn!
Hopefully with the buzz around at the moment we may return to the good old Pro-Am days with loads of events and opportunities to earn and practice.

[madman]

Thats fine, we all know about making sacrifices and can only enter so many tournaments, and have to prioritise events in importance. In previous posts, i was just moaning about the lack of support from the professional fraternity, especially as it being a charity event as well, and with a guaranteed £1000 for the winner, no matter how many entered.

Its alright making excuses for these pro's, some of them are pretty comical, but 2 pro's bothered to enter, That just about sums up Barry Hearns comments on 'Lazy Players'. We know money is a factor for a lot of the lower ranked players, but you can always find them in the tournies abroad lapping it up.

You say 'roll on the good old days of more pro-ams', but with the amount of clubs closing down and dying on there feet, especially when players do not support pro-ams, what makes you think that the good old days are going to return. Barry Hearn maybe able to get tournies up and running, along with other promoters, but if players do not support them, whats the bloody point.

A lot of them have had it too easy over the years. As long as they make enough money to live on, they seem to be happy. We had the pro challenge events this year with 5 grand for the winner, and the costs for your pro ticket thrown in as well for next season. Even these were poorly supported, less than 50. Last 2 scrapped.

Players like Williams reckon the monies crap. Ronnies too rich to bother. Hendry couldnt care less unless its a ranking event and so on. The richer get greedier and the older ones cannot be bothered, then the younger ones in the lower ranks cannot afford it. I think this is the wrong sport!

[goldengirl]

I know the feeling!! I said a couple of years ago that top players should have it written into their contract that they should have to do some promotional/mentoring work with younger players or local clubs.I realise the money for a top snooker player is not the same as a top footbal/golf player but unless they keep the interest going the sport will die.

[snookerdad]

Barry Pinches was beaten 3-1 by 17-year-old Billy Castle from Marchwood, near Southampton.

He then took time out to have a chat and congratulate Billy on how well he played.

It doesn’t take much to make peoples' day.

Perhaps that’s why Matt Le Tissier was, and still is, treated like God in our neck of the woods. He was always prepared to give a little of himself.

Tim