2007 Grand Prix

[NigelS]

Here are the qualifiers for the 2007 Grand Prix. Pauline Withey has opted to play in the Ladies Grand Prix and therefore will not take part in the Open Grand Prix. Players that have confirmed as attending are shown, could those who have not confirmed whether they are attending or not please do so, so the reserve can be invited. Tournament is on the Sunday, 2nd December
Myself and KT are joint first so will draw for the number 1 and 2 seedings on the day, Richard Wooton and Tony Webster also have identical records and if they end up joint 16th will be invited to play off on the day of the main competition before it starts.

Qualifiers (points in brackets)

1) Kevin Tunstall (35) - confirmed
=) Nigel Senior (35) - confirmed
3) Mark Brewster (28) - confirmed
4) Gareth Lloyd (25) - confirmed
5) Phil Collins (25) - confirmed
6) Chris Reeves (20) - confirmed
Trevor Gallienne (20)
7) Paul Sainsbury (16) - confirmed
8) Jim Millward (16) - confirmed
9) Steven Sheard (15) - confirmed
10) Ray Sturgess (12) - confirmed
11) Mark Trafford (12) - confirmed
12) Alan Chaloner (12) - confirmed
Dave France (12)
13) Leon Beer (11) - confirmed
14) Mal Spier (10) - confirmed
15) Richard Wooton (9) - confirmed
=) Tony Webster (9) - confirmed

[beefy]

nigels said:

Here are the qualifiers for the 2007 Grand Prix. Pauline Withey has opted to play in the Ladies Grand Prix and therefore will not take part in the Open Grand Prix. Players that have confirmed as attending are shown, could those who have not confirmed whether they are attending or not please do so, so the reserve can be invited. Tournament is on the Sunday, 2nd December

Myself and KT are joint first so will draw for the number 1 and 2 seedings on the day,

Qualifiers (points in brackets)

1) Kevin Tunstall (35) - confirmed
=) Nigel Senior (35) - confirmed

Why not have a play off and that way its decided on the table rather than on a toss of a coin ? There must be a day between now and the 2nd when you can have a play off - surely with all the events on the go at the moment ?

[hevvie]

jim is a yes, nige. you can mark him as confirmed x

[NigelS]

Thanks Hevvie

[NigelS]

beefy said:

Myself and KT are joint first so will draw for the number 1 and 2 seedings on the day,

Qualifiers (points in brackets)

1) Kevin Tunstall (35) - confirmed
=) Nigel Senior (35) - confirmed

Why not have a play off and that way its decided on the table rather than on a toss of a coin ? There must be a day between now and the 2nd when you can have a play off - surely with all the events on the go at the moment ?

I think me and KT have enough games to play ;) Being first or second seedings won't make much difference, you will still get a tough group as you can see from the names of the qualifiers.

[milhouse]

Hi Nigel,

Being new to this..... How are the players split into groups ?

Cheers

[NigelS]

Mark, the groups are formed as follows

Group 1 - 1,8,9,16
Group 2 - 4,5,12,13
Group 3 - 3,6,11,14
Group 4 - 2,7,10,15

The seeds above may change if players drop out.

Group winners to go through to last 4.

[PaulS]

Nige, I can confirm I will be there.

Paul

[NigelS]

pauls said:

Nige, I can confirm I will be there.

Paul

Thanks Paul.

We now have 16, all we are waiting for is Trevor Gallienne to confirm whether he is attending or not. He phoned me a couple of days ago to say he is very keen to play in England for the first time but he is checking whether he has work commitments.
It would be great if our new World Champ could be there.

If Trevor does attend we will require a play off between Tony Webster and Richard Wooton, I should see them both this weekend and we can discuss when it should be played.

Thanks to everyone who has been very quick to confirm they are playing, I am chuffed that we have a confirmed 16 over a week before the competition.

[davemay]

Looking at that list of players, whoever comes out on top can most definitely say: -


I AM THE BEST OF THE BEST


Good luck to all 16 players who are taking part.

[Pompey (R.I.P.)]

Well said davemay.

[jiffy]

nigel can i trouble you to bring a new "d" please

[bigtj]

Yes good luck to all taking part and as said whoever wins will have to play well all day. Pleased I am going to over 50`s as great bar billiards to view.

[NigelS]

Trevor unfortunately cannot make it so we now have a final 16.

The groups will be as follows

Group A
(1) Nigel Senior
(8) Jim Millward
(9) Steven Sheard
(16) Richard Wooton

Group B

(2) Kevin Tunstall
(7) Paul Sainsbury
(10) Ray Sturgess
(15) Tony Webster

Group C

(3) Mark Brewster
(6) Chris Reeves
(11) Mark Trafford
(14) Mal Spier

Group D

(4) Gareth Lloyd
(5) Phil Collins
(12) Alan Chaloner
(13) Leon Beer

[NigelS]

Seed were drawn today, alterations made above

[beefy]

My tips for the gorups as as follows:

A - Nigel then Steven (but with results and postings on here the match between them could be the group winner)

B - Kevin then Ray (If the tables are tricky then I would favour Ray as I have seen him play the trickiest of tables better than most. The game between them will be a crunch)

C - Mark Brewster then not so easy here this group looks wide open to me if they play on tricky tables

D - Phil Collins then Leon but could be reversed depending on their results between each other

If my county pool match finishes early in Oxford I might try and come down for the a few hours as there look like some great matches here.

Whats the time table look like ?

[NigelS]

Timetable fornext Sunday is 11am start for Over 50/60

Grand Prix starts 1.20

Finals to start (hopefully) around 7.30pm

Be aware it is a late finish, but we do have 4 competitions to complete!

[beefy]

Will speak to the lads and mybe come down then in that case. Have to sort the Sunday pool match out in the evening as well in that case.