FORUM CLOSING ON 14th JANUARY

Osama Bin Laden wrote:

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THIS IS NOW CONFIRMED.
This event will now be played at COLOURS and will now be played on the following SATURDAY & SUNDAY 24th & 25th FEBRUARY 2007 instead of the 17th & 18th this is down to the numbers that have entered and rileys feel that the venue is to small and not enough tables to host such an event.

Wait for it - it will be on the 3rd and 4th of March next when half the players that might enter will be in Selsey at county finals !

All players that have entered and cannot make the new date must contact ROB at rileys on (01865) 749147 FOR A FULL REFUND

Down goes the prize money once again then !

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 Greetings infidels.......................

So once again you zionist dogs couldn't run a run a piss-up in a brewery.

Ha Ha Ha! and you expect to bring democracy to my friends but you can't run a pool tournament, what a joke you are................

Oh and you think you could do better then do you ? They have secured sponsorship which is first for pool comps in Oxford. Your so big and bold with your comments hiding behind an alias - maybe you should run a comp before taking the piss out of other peoples efforts.

So...................Riley's haven't got enough tables, Colours only have 6, or are you seriously telling me that you're going to use the 2 crap tables as well. Please tell me you're not.......

Scared about playing on those tables then, a good player should be able to win on any top so are you good or scared !

Why the change of date? What's on at Colours on the 17th/18th?

Good question there is no Balackball county matches !

Surely if there's too many entries, you could use both venues on the Saturday and one venue on the Sunday?

Riley's 5 tables, Colours 6 (decent) tables, so 1 table advantage by using Colours

Now that is the first sensible comment you have made so far and it also seems the obvious solution to me. Top half at one venue, bottom half at another but need to publish the draw before the date to do that and that means no late entries !

Are you a BAPTO organiser in disguise?

I doubt it they don't exist anymore only Blackball or World Rules

Still, the new dates suit my colleagues anyway, gives us more time to practice in the tournament's final venue, The Osney Arms,
 
Now I have heard it all and find it quite amazing that Rileys are allowing this given they are putting up the sponsorship money. Maybe they should approach Bar Billiars for one of their match tables to be reclothed and kept back for the final match   

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I am not going to waste my breath on some stupid has been. Your comments are so childish bin laden get a life.

Anyway over to the more important stuff.

It has been decided by people above me that the prize structure will change as well instead of £1000.00 to the winner it will now be as follows.

1st £500.00
2nd £250.00
3rd and 4th £75.00
5th 6th 7th 8th £25.00 
TOTAL PRIZE FUND £1000.00

Jimmy has quaranteed this reguardless of entries and is trying to secure more money in the form of club vouchers. If Succesful the extra vouchers will be shared as folows
 
1st £50 club cash,
2nd £50 club cash,
3rd and 4th £25 club cash,
5th 6th 7th 8th £25 club cash

This of course will be on top of any money won

I hope this clarifys the situation and any person who has issues with this should direct their comments to the people who are in charge i am only promoting it on behalf of the thursday league and is part of our sponsorship deal 

Colours Telephone Number (01865) 792793

 

JFK wrote:

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Personally ... i think that is far better. Might just be tempted to risk dying of a lung disease and spend a saturday in colours!!

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 Perhaps you'd be better off spending your time practicing your spelling!

-- Edited by JFK at 10:00, 2007-02-06

Hello

What time is this expected to start?

I normally take my boys to basketball on Saturday mornings.

Thanks

Below is a list of players who have entered the tourament.

Players still wishing to take part are reminded they can enter on the day and need to be their before the draw is done at 10-30am sharp.
Colours opens at 10.00am so players turning up at 10.35am will be to late.

Adam Johnson
Adam Woodley
Aiden Williams
Altaf Ali
Andy tam
Arpad lipcsei
Ben scott
Brian higgins
Chris Stocker
Chris Webb
Daniel Davy
Daniel Gill
Danny
Dave Shaw
David feore
David Lewis
Dean hockyer
Gaz coles
Graham bishop
Hazel Dabrowski
Ian Berry 
Isty afzal
Jamie saczak
Jamie street
Jimi Simpson
Jimmy Cairns
Jimmy Miller
Joe nolan
John Williams
Jon kush
Jonathan Gill
Julian Gorman
Julian Wood
Keiran Docherty
Keith Brewer
Kenny Broster
Kevin mcilroy
Lawrence Plant
Luke conaley
Malc Lewis
Mark
Matt Inglis
Matt Sheridan 
Matthew challen
Michelle james
Michelle X
N.Bastin
Nathan ball
Nigel whittaker
Paul riches
Paul watson
Rab Weir
Rhys Freemire
Sean o'brien
Shaun taylor
Shaun bridle
Simon Conway
Simon cormack
Stuart higgins
T Bates
Ted sohal 
Tim williamson
Tom Wilkinson
Dave Harrisson

-- Edited by hulio at 19:14, 2007-02-21

Yeah I can't make it unfortunately so I guess one of those might win it....

The Pool Shark wrote:

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Some good names there. My money would be on one of Daniel Davy, Keith Brewer, Jimmy Millar or Emperor Ming to win it - unless I've missed any other superstars?

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Rab Weir, current County Singles Champion

Tim Williamson, as long as he don't meet Nathan in the 1st Round

Hopefully i'll be on of the last out of the hat. So i've time for pre-match practice.
 
                         

hulio wrote:

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Below is a list of players who have entered the tourament.

Players still wishing to take part are reminded they can enter on the day and need to be their before the draw is done at 10-30am sharp.
Colours opens at 10.00am so players turning up at 10.35am will be to late.

Adam Johnson
Adam Woodley
Aiden Williams
Altaf Ali
Andy tam
Arpad lipcsei
Ben scott
Brian higgins
Chris Stocker
Chris Webb
Daniel Davy
Daniel Gill
Danny
Dave Shaw
David feore
David Lewis
Dean hockyer
Gaz coles
Graham bishop
Hazel Dabrowski
Ian Berry 
Isty afzal
Jamie saczak
Jamie street
Jimi Simpson
Jimmy Cairns
Jimmy Miller
Joe nolan
John Williams
Jon kush
Jonathan Gill
Julian Gorman
Julian Wood
Keiran Docherty
Keith Brewer
Kenny Broster
Kevin mcilroy
Lawrence Plant
Luke conaley
Malc Lewis
Mark
Matt Inglis
Matt Sheridan 
Matthew challen
Michelle james
Michelle X
N.Bastin
Nathan ball
Nigel whittaker
Paul riches
Paul watson
Rab Weir
Rhys Freemire
Sean o'brien
Shaun taylor
Shaun bridle
Simon Conway
Simon cormack
Stuart higgins
T Bates
Ted sohal 
Tim williamson
Tom Wilkinson
Dave Harrisson

-- Edited by hulio at 19:14, 2007-02-21

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There are some Impressive names there from outside of our region Dan Davy, Keith Brewer, Matt Inglis, Rab Weir to name a few......

Will have to come down and have a look maybe a late entry will have to see.  

The Chin wrote:

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Sorry to say it, but it looks like the big prize could be going to someone from outside the area!



Good luck to all, unfortunately I wont be able to make it, but might try and pop in to show some support!

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 Hi Lee

 It's a shame you're not coming down (work or family?), would have been cool to catch up.

 Can't see Tom's name on the list either?  What happened to him? He's already proven he  
 can beat the big names

 PS - How's the Yarmouth 3 man campaign going? I presume you're playing in Tom's team 
 out of  Colours, noticed you were drawn against the Carterton boys...

 Isty

-- Edited by Cue_Isty at 15:47, 2007-02-22

Keith Brewer also won't be able to make it as the date has changed.

MING wrote:

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PoolQueen wrote:

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Keith Brewer also won't be able to make it as the date has changed.

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Huh? Why not? He couldn't have made it last weekend as he was playing in the European Championships, wasn't he? or is it still going on?

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Well if it gone tactical then quite possibly - he is a master at it after all even better than Ming !

Yeah, shame I can't make it, would of been nice to catch up with a lot of people!

Unfortunately Family and Work both take president over this event!

We are playing the Carterton team in a couple of weeks I think.  Could be a tough game, but with Tom Weeks and Ming in the team, hopefully I will just be along for the ride!

It is a shame that Brewer isn't going now, I am sure that alot of the local players would of liked the opportunity to play him (win or lose!).  It's not often you get the chance to take on the big names in the game.

Good luck again to all those playing.  Hope to join you all for a pint at some point!

What no results up here yet - you guys are slacking! Hope no one minds if I nudge things along...

I arrived in time to see Ben Scott squeeze out Nathan Ball 4-3 to seal his place in the semi final, sending him the same way as his Berkshire/Demos team the previous day ;o)

So Semi final line up of:

Ben Scott v Tom Weeks

Brian Higgins (Warwichshire) v Mark Preist (Berkshire)

Both matches looked close, Ben and Brian drawing first blood.  Brian's safety play seemed to have Mark on the hop, settling into a reassuring 2-0 lead.  We then saw Mark Priest boost into turbo, and win 7 on the trot from 2-0 down to slide comfortably 5-2 into the final.

On the other table Tom was going for every clearance oppurtunity, and Ben was pouncing when he missed.  It almost looked like Tom's attack was to be his downfall, but a cracking length of the table double from Tom kept him from being 2-0 down at the start.  Instead 1-1, then 2-2 and looking like it could be anybody's game - simply a case of who got to the table first!  Tom upped his game though, cutting out the single mistake in his clearances that had lost him the early two frames, and with barely a foot wrong from his opponent (we'll let you off the in-off in your final frame Benny...) Tom also made his way
into the final 5-2

The final

Sadly guys I didn't stay for the final - someone else will have to fill in the gaps there.  I am reliably informed though that the final score was

Mark Priest 6 - Tom Weeks 1

Please correct me if misinformed!