BCI Snooker Open (16/11/08)

[steveb72]

BCI Snooker Open

Sunday 16th November 2008

11am Registration, 11:30am Start

Event to be held at BCI Snooker Centre, off Coventry Road, Bulwell, Nottingham (close to junction 26 M1).

Members £10 Entry Fee, Non-Members £11.

Entry on a first come first served basis.

Competition rules:

1. Competition open to all players. The organisers reserve the right to refuse admission.
2. Prize money paid at the event.
3. Straight knockout or Round Robin Format, best of 3 in early rounds, best of 5 Final.
4. Entry to the competition is £10 for members, £11 non-members.
5. Handicaps will be issued against professionals and internationals at the organisers discretion.
6. Advance entries would be preferred, if places are available on the day, players will need to register by 11.00am, and the event starts at 11:30am (doors open 11am).
7. All matches played to World Snooker Rules.
8. No dress code
9. The tournament organisers decision will be final in all cases.

For any further inquiries please telephone 07967 455645

[Gimme Danger]

I'd like to put my name down for this please

[steveb72]

That's great, simply turn up on the day at 11am with your entry fee. There is a small car park in front of the club (access off Bulwell High Road) and a large car park further up Bulwell High Road near to the Police Station.

Below is a link to a Google Map so that you can see where you're going.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...19226&t=h&z=16

See you there!

[dazza]

Good old sunny Bulwell do you know if Jay Bettridge is in this Steve?

[steveb72]

Jason Bettridge

I'm pretty sure he will be playing yes. He has just started playing in the Nazareth House Snooker League this season and I think he has got the snooker bug again. I played him recently in the league and he hammered me - see here. His team is very strong and is doing very well in the league.

Will you be playing in the tournament yourself?

[Gimme Danger]

That's great, simply turn up on the day at 11am with your entry fee. There is a small car park in front of the club (access off Bulwell High Road) and a large car park further up Bulwell High Road near to the Police Station.

Below is a link to a Google Map so that you can see where you're going.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...19226&t=h&z=16

See you there!

Ah, I think I know where it is. Do you turn left at the Gateway and follow the road up?
Looking forward to this, first real tournament I've had a crack at, should be fun if nothing else!

[steveb72]

Ah, I think I know where it is. Do you turn left at the Gateway and follow the road up?

Yes that's right - then straight across both islands and when the road forks at the Moon & Stars Pub, take the left fork and the club is on the right next to the bus station.

[dazza]

I don't play as much as i used to do Steve so i won't be entering it was your first post when i noticed BCI bulwell played many frames with bettridge in there, but not seen him in a long time.

[bonoman1970]

Stevieb ,Hi there ,just wondering if you are expecting many entries because It would be about an hours drive for me and I would like to play but only if there were enough players in it to make it worthwile ?
cheers
:snooker:

[steveb72]

I can honestly say I have absolutely no idea how many will be coming. As is usually the case, most entrants don't pay in advance, they just turn up on the day.

The players that tend to enter the Nottingham tournaments are mostly local and they enter because they enjoy playing and aren't too bothered if they don't win any money. Most see it as good match practise and good value because we tend to play round robin up to the quarter finals which means everyone gets to play plenty of frames against lots of different players.

If you enjoy playing a day's competitive snooker with a great bunch of lads, then it will be worth the trip, however if you are more interested in the money then it's probably not for you. That said, if you are a decent player, then the chances of you winning some money are pretty high!

[steveb72]

Martin does it again!

BCI Snooker Open - 16 November 2008

A very strong field turned up to compete in the BCI Open on Sunday 16th November 2008. The popular round robin format was used again which provided every competitor with at least three matches. The top two players in the four man group and the top three in the five man groups progressed to the quarter-finals.

Group A
Barry Stark won all four of his matches in the group, dropping only two frames in the process. Jason Bettridge also performed well as did Mike Langdon who had excellent wins against Lee Crombie and Derby youngster Alex Anastasiou.

Group B
Wayne Martin struggled a little and he almost went down 2-0 to Steve Butler, however Butler missed match ball pink and Martin fought back for a 2-1 victory. Out-of-sorts Chris Piech beat Martin but then lost his other three matches to leave him rooted to the bottom of the table. Neil Elliott was unlucky not to make the quarter-finals. He finished level with Butler but Butler progressed by virtue of his 2-1 victory over Elliott.

Group C
Belper’s Jimmy Gratton blew away the opposition in group C as he won all three matches without dropping a frame. Nav Hussain also progressed but he failed to reach the heights that secured him a runner-up spot in October’s Eastwood Open.

Quarter-finals
Tony Collins 2-0 Jason Bettridge
Steve Butler 2-0 Mike Langdon
Wayne Martin 2-0 Nav Hussain
Barry Stark 2-0 Jimmy Gratton

Semi-finals £15
Wayne Martin 2-0 Tony Collins
Barry Stark 2-0 Steve Butler

Final £50 / £30
Wayne Martin 3-2 Barry Stark
Wayne Martin made a superb 77 break in the deciding frame of the final against Barry Stark to secure the title of BCI Open champion for the second consecutive time. Martin took the opening frame but it was a scrappy affair. Stark then pulled one back with the help of a 32 break, however Martin went 2-1 up with a run of 28 in the third frame. Neither player was at their best but it was Stark who took the fourth frame to force the decider. In the final frame Stark opened up a small lead but Martin soon clawed it back. Stark then missed a relatively easy black off its spot and this allowed Martin to capitalise as he made a brilliant 77 break. It looked like he was on for a 104 clearance but as he took a black off the final red he left himself a difficult long yellow which rattled in the jaws and failed to drop.

Highest Breaks

Wayne Martin 77,43,42,31 (£5)
Jimmy Gratton 65,64
Jason Bettridge 62,60
Barry Stark 40,32
Tony Collins 40
Lee Crombie 37
Mike Langdon 36,34
Steve Butler 34