£1500 WWW.WARWICKSHIREPOOL.COM POOL TOURNAMENT 2009

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WWW.WARWICKSHIREPOOL.COM In Association With Brian Higgins Promotions
£1500 ANNUAL BLACKBALL POOL TOURNAMENT 2009

Entry fee is £20 per player (64 maximum entries), this must be paid before the group stages commence, you may only enter if you are a member of a side, past or present, from any of the Warwick or Leamington Pool leagues.

Prize money will be paid out as follows :-
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Main Event Winner = £500 + Trophy
(trophy to be in winners possession for one year)
Main Event Runner Up = £250
Losing Semi Finalists Main Event = £125 x 2
Losing Quarter Finalists Main Event = £50 x 4

Plate Event Winner = £150 + Trophy
(trophy to be in winners possession for one year)
Plate Event Runner Up = £70
Losing Plate Semi Finalists = £40 x 2

ALL ENTRY FEES WILL BE PAYED OUT AS PRIZE MONEY.

The tournament group stages will commence on Monday 25th May 2009, this tournament will be played at the Whitnash Tavern, Frames Club and the Wheatsheaf Inn in Leamington over a series of weeks and will culminate in a finals night.

WWW.WARWICKSHIREPOOL.COM AND MYSELF ARE SPONSORING THE EVENT AND WILL ADD TO THE PRIZE FUND TO MAKE IT £1500, ALSO TWO ENGRAVED TROPHIES FOR THE WINNERS OF BOTH EVENTS (TROPHIES TO BE HELD BY THE WINNERS FOR 1 YEAR).

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Entries so far :-

1. Brian Higgins (PAID inc SPONSORSHIP)
2. Matty Smith (PAID)
3. Franc Woodcock (PAID inc SPONSORSHIP)
4. Loz Plant (PAID)
5. Adam Prewitt (PAID)
6. Stu Higgins (PAID)
7. Andy Rowlandson (PAID)
8. Kev Ward (PAID)
9. Justin Hardy (PAID)
10. Steve Short (PAID)
11. Neil King (PAID)
12. Dave Megeney (PAID)
13. Dan Buckingham (PAID)
14. Ryan Gardener (PAID)
15. Dave Nash (PAID)
16. Dean Davies (PAID)
17. Terry Babb (PAID)
18. Simon Gilbert (PAID)
19. Gaz Murphy (PAID)
20. Paul Riches (PAID)
21. Pash Jugpal (PAID)
22. Charlie Mann (PAID)
23. Matty Allan (PAID)
24. Rob Butterworth (PAID)
25. Ted Sohal (PAID)
26. Ash Ellis (PAID)
27. Sparky Smith (PAID)
28. Harj Dhesi (PAID)
29. Vince Canty (PAID)
30. Nigel Whittaker (PAID)
31. Lee McNamara (PAID)
32. John Burke (PAID)
33. Dave Easson (PAID)
34. Phillipe Stummer (PAID)
35. Johnny McDaid Jnr (PAID)
36. Wayne 'O' Connor (PAID)
37. Chris Poole (PAID)
38. Nathan Green (PAID)
39. Mark O'Neill (PAID)
40. Tony Poynter (PAID)
41. Liam Ryan (PAID)
42. Hardip Bains (PAID)
43. Chris Garforth (PAID)
44. James Kerrane (PAID)
45. Paul Price (PAID)
46. Dom Pratt (PAID)
47. Alex Hood (PAID)
48. Sandy Panaich (PAID)
49. Kul Dhesi (PAID)
50. Kam Dhesi (PAID)
51. Nino Episcopo (PAID)
52. Josh Saul (PAID)
53. Brad Riches (PAID)
54. Danny Cleworth (PAID)
55. Gaz Coles (PAID)
56. Billy Morton (PAID)
57. Daz Hynes (PAID)
58. Dan Johnson (PAID)
59. Ian Grindrod (PAID)
60. Neil Dickens (PAID)
61. Dave Lane (PAID)

62. Anthony Smart
63. Ian Berry
64. Eddie Starzynski

(64 maximum entries)

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Format :-
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16 groups of 4 people will be RANDOMLY drawn (Group A thru to Group P) and these group matches will be played on eight dates from the 25th May '09 up to and including 17th June '09 (Mon Night or Wed Night), PLEASE NOTE THAT EACH PLAYER WILL PLAY ALL OF THEIR THREE GROUP GAMES ON ONLY ONE OF THESE DATES, all games in the group stage will be best of 7 frames.

Top two group finishers will progress into the Main Event and the bottom two in each group will progress into the Supplementary Plate Event, in the event of a tie for group positions then legs aggregate will count, if still a tie on legs then the result of the match between the two tied players will count.

Seedings will come into effect for the knockout stages in terms of where you finish in your group and every player will have a pre-determined path to the final, these draws will not be known to any players until after the completion of the group stages (except for the tournament organiser and tournament sponsor), it will be impossible for any player to meet one of their group stage opponents until the grand final in both events (therefore if you get a group of death then you will not meet any of them in the last 32, last 16, quarters or semi finals, just to clear that up).

Last 32 Supplementary Event matches to be played on Mon 22nd June & Wed 24th June, best of 11 frames (SIXTEEN THIRD PLACE FINISHERS TO PLAY AGAINST THE SIXTEEN FOURTH BEST GROUP FINISHERS).

Last 32 Main Event matches to be played on Mon 29th June & Wed 1st July, best of 11 frames (SIXTEEN FIRST PLACE FINISHERS TO PLAY AGAINST THE SIXTEEN SECOND BEST GROUP FINISHERS).

Last 16 matches of Supplementary Event and Main Event to be played on Mon 6th July and Wed 8th July respectively, best of 11 frames.

Quarter Final matches of Supplementary Event and Main Event to be played on Mon 13th July, best of 11 frames in Plate and best of 13 frames in Main event.

Semi Final matches of Supplementary Event and Main Event to be played on Weds 15th July, best of 13 frames.  

The Finals in both Supplementary Event and Main Event to be played on Mon 20th July, best of 13 frames Plate and best of 15 frames in Main event.

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Rules :-
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All games to be played to current 'BLACKBALL' rules, as played in the Warwick and Leamington leagues.
Both players to lag for choice of whether to break in the first frame, break shot will then alternate for the remainder of the match, both in the group stages and ko stages.
In the event of a foul, oncoming player to ask permission from their opponent to pick the cue ball up (only if the white ball has not been potted).
A player going in off and catching the white ball in the jaws of the bag will NOT lose the frame.
No referees except for the final in both events.
Fixtures will be issued out to each player by way of this forum or text message.

PLEASE POST ON THIS FORUM THREAD AND YOUR NAME WILL BE ADDED TO THE ENTRY LIST.

Roll Of Honour :-
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2008 Main Event
Winner : Dave Lane (Holder)
R/Up : Justin Hardy

2008 Plate Event
Winner : Paul Riches (Holder)
R/Up : Gaz Coles

2007 Main Event
Winner : Brian Higgins
R/Up : Rob Butterworth

2007 Plate Event
Winner : Loz Plant
R/Up : Andrew Rowlandson

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All group nights start at 7-30pm sharp.

Group E - Wheatsheaf - Mon 25th May
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1st Brian Higgins
2nd Nathan Green
3rd Daz Hynes
4th Nino Episcopo

Group J - Frames Club - Mon 25th May
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1st Dave Nash
2nd Ash Ellis
3rd Paul Riches
4th Wayne O Connor

Group M - Wheatsheaf - Tue 26th May
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1st Neil Dickens
2nd Ian Berry
3rd Franc Woodcock
4th Paul Price

Group C - Frames Club - Tue 26th May
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1st Sparky Smith
2nd Chris Garforth
3rd Anthony Smart
4th Andy Rowlandson

Group L - Wheatsheaf - Mon 1st June
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1st Dan Buckingham
2nd Johnny McDaid Jr
3rd Ryan Gardener
4th Mark O Neill

Group F - Frames Club - Mon 1st June
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1st Alex Hood
2nd Dan Johnson
3rd Stu Higgins
4th Dave Megeney

Group I - Wheatsheaf - Wed 3rd June
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1st Adam Prewitt
2nd John Burke
3rd Kam Dhesi
4th Matty Allan

Group H - Whitnash Tavern - Wed 3rd June
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1st Harj Dhesi
2nd Matty Smith
3rd Nigel Whittaker
4th Terry Babb

Group D - Wheatsheaf - Mon 8th June
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1st Ted Sohal
2nd Tony Poynter
3rd Neil King
4th Danny Cleworth

Group B - Frames Club - Mon 8th June
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1st Rob Butterworth
2nd James Kerrane
3rd Brad Riches
4th Charlie Mann

Group P - Whitnash Tavern - Wed 10th June
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1st Lee McNamara
2nd Gaz Coles
3rd Kev Ward
4th Dave Easson

Group G - Wheatsheaf - Mon 15th June
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1st Dean Davies
2nd Chris Poole
3rd Eddie Starzynski
4th Liam Ryan

Group O - Frames Club  - Tue 16th June
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1st Justin Hardy
2nd Steve Short
3rd Philippe Stummer
4th Josh Saul

Group K - Whitnash Tavern - Wed 17th June
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1st Dom Pratt
2nd Billy Morton
3rd Vince Canty
4th Gaz Murphy

Group A - Wheatsheaf - Wed 17th June
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1st Simon Gilbert
2nd Ian Grindrod
3rd Kul Dhesi
4th Sandy Panaich

Group N - Frames Club - Wed 17th June
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1st Pash Jugpal
2nd Loz Plant
3rd Dave Lane
4th Hardip Bains
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Seeing as its the finals night for this tomorrow, just wanted to say well done to Bri for organising the event, and thanks to Charlie (Wheatsheaf), Kul & Kam (Whitnash Tavern) and Sati (Frames) for allowing their venue's and tables to be used.
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Nelson Army
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I echo those comments Franc, without the help and support of Charlie, Sati, Kul and Kam then this event simply would not have gone ahead so massive appreciation to them.

Also thanks to you Franc again for your sponsorship which helped us attract more players at a reduced price entry fee.

Next year's event will be held some time between April and June 2010 as we don't want to clash with the World Cup when that starts.

If anyone has any suggestions as to what we can do to improve it then please post your thoughts or contact me individually to discuss.
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.... and well done to Robbie and Whitty on winning their respective tournaments, and to Adam and Paul on reaching the finals.
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www.warwickshirepool.com

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Was pleased that Robbie finally got his hands on the trophy having come so close the previous years, much credit to Adam who hardly put a foot wrong in the final yet still didnt do enough to win, albeit because Rob hardly missed a ball.

Well done to Whitty who I thought had played the best in the plate overall so a much deserved winner and PP proved a few doubters wrong and looks a player with a big future bearing in mind he hasn't been playing at this level for long.

Roll on next year !!!!!!!
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[Ashcroft]

Well done to everyone involved in organising it this year, another great tournament I thought.

I wouldn't change anything for next year Bri, if it ain't broke dont fix it.

Well done again Robbie, great final mate and a deserving winner.

[WARD00]

Great match last night between Robbie and Adam and I think overall as good a match as I've seen and played in great spirit. Both players should be comended for their play and their attitude to the game in a match that could have gone either way.

Well done Robbie and unlucky Adam you should both hold your heads high after a match like that.

Also well done Whitty and unlucky Paul agree with Brian Whitty a deserved winner and played the best pool throughout the plate knockout stages. Paul took a couple of good scalps along the way and although didn't play to his best in the final still had a great tournament.

Well done to all 4 players last nigh and thanks to all involved in the organisation especially Brian reminding us all who when and where we had to play throughout this event.
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"Up the Hammers"

[AndreMontyCaptain]

Agree with Prew, its great as it is so same again next year!!!!

Well done Bri, very well organised tournament.

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