Grand Prix 2018

[NigelS]

Qualifiers for the Grand Prix below, if people can please confirm whether or not they are going to attend, I will update the list as I get answers. Please let me know ASAP as there are only 2 weeks to confirm. Grand Prix is on Sun 25th Nov at Arborfield Club, Reading. This is not necessarily the exact order which I am still finalising but these players have definitely qualified. I will confirm positions and start times shortly

1. Mark Trafford 77 - confirmed
2. Paul Sainsbury 50 - confirmed
. Kevin Tunstall 44
3. Matt Jones 37 - confirmed
4. Curt Driver 27 - confirmed
5. Mark Brewster 26 - confirmed
6. Martin Cole 24 - confirmed
7. Phil Osborne 20 - confirmed
8. Nigel Senior 20 - confirmed
9. Lorin Clough 20 - confirmed
Steven Sheard 19 - no
10. Mark James 18 - confirmed
Trevor Gallienne 18
11. Simon Coleman 15 - confirmed
12. Martin Smith 13 - confirmed
Ian Lelliott 12
13. Gerry Fitzjohn 11 - confirmed
14. Joe Oakley 11 - confirmed
Keith Sheard 11
Gareth Lloyd 9
John Slee 7
15. Doug Carswell 6 - confirmed
Dave Reeves 6
James Jeanne 6
Darren Ogier 6
16 Matt Knight 5

[JOZIL]

yes please 😁

Does the same traditional dress code apply?

["Silent"]

Yes Sir

[Sir Chancelot]

Nov 14, 2018 15:05:09 GMT tommo III said:

Does the same traditional dress code apply?

I think the dress code idea should be dropped. We have recently seen the worlds finest bar billiards players in action in Jersey, and there were no penguins amongst them.....

[JB]

Hope so

Tradition for this competition and always makes it special and as far as I know most people are happy with it

[NigelS]

List updated above. 2 players to find

Keith Sheard and John Slee are next two invites.

Keith can you let me know and anyone got a contact for John Slee?

[NigelS]

Start time for Sunday is 11am for 11.30 start

16 confirmed so the groups for Sunday are......

A1 Mark Trafford
A8 Nigel Senior
A9 Lorin Clough
A16 Matt Knight

B2 Paul Sainsbury
B7 Phil Osborne
B10 Mark James
B15 Doug Carswell

C3 Matt Jones
C6 Martin Cole
C11 Simon Coleman
C14 Joe Oakley

D4 Curt Driver
D5 Mark Brewster
D12 Martin Smith
D13 Gerry Fitzjohn

[NigelS]

Just to let you know as we cannot get access to the club until Sunday morning it will be 11.30 for 12pm start

[bobhall]

Good luck to all taking part today

["Silent"]

Well done to Nigel who won the Grand Prix, his third title in the last four years. Nigel beat Matt in a brilliant final, Jonesy ran the table out for 19k and Nigel caught him just as the bar went to give him the win. Scorer Mark James reported that it was an extremely high quality final with only one 50/100 split being missed in the entire match. Great performance from both players. Nigel had beaten Curt Driver in his semi-final, Curt had been in top form in the group stages but an early miss let Nigel in and he made no mistake. In the other semi-final Matt was involved in another titanic match, this time with current World Champ Paul Sainsbury. Jonesy again ran the table out for just over 18k, Paul was going well but a missed break shot was costly and he was off on 9k. Paul was first to get them back and was motoring to the point where he was just a few behind with the bar down. A couple of one-up and splits with the whites saw him needing the 100 to give him the win by 10 points, Paul was furious with himself as he left the ball short of the hundred pocket, leaving Matt the chance to win, he sunk the white in the 100 first time to give him the win at the end of a brilliant game from both players.

Thank you to Dave Alder for setting up the tables and, assisted by Janet Burns for running the day. Thanks to Nigel for doing the formats and to Lorin for being a great host on the day. Thanks also to the club for letting us use their facilities. Final thanks to Stephen Coleman for putting in a great shift with Dave in taking the tables down. Some high quality play in all three competitions.