Qualifying Rounds
Plymouth Pavillions,
Plymouth, England
(Jul-Sep, 1998)
Results provided by Janie Watkins
([email protected])
(Players are English unless stated)
Round 7
(Thursday 3rd September)
Jamie Burnett (Scotland) 5-1 Mark Davis
Matthew Stevens (Wales) 5-0 Marco Fu (Hong Kong)
Paul Davies (Wales) 5-4 Fergal O'Brien (Ireland)
Dominic Dale (Wales) 5-4 Joe Perry
Chris Small (Scotland) 5-2 Phaitoon Phonbun (Thailand)
Paul Hunter 5-3 Mark Gray
Jonathan Birch 5-2 Jimmy White
Michael Holt 5-1 Gary Wilkinson
Bradley Jones 5-1 Dave Harold
Billy Snaddon (Scotland) 5-4 Craig MacGillivray (Scotland)
Drew Henry (Scotland) 5-0 Martin Clark
Peter Lines 5-2 Graeme Dott (Scotland)
Dave Finbow 5-2 Darren Morgan (Wales)
Joe Swail (N.Ireland) w/o Terry Murphy (N.Ireland)
Quinten Hann (Australia) 5-4 Andy Hicks
Anthony Davies (Wales) 5-3 Brian Morgan
Good day for the Welsh boys - Stevens whitewashes Marco Fu to gain
two wins out of three in the overseas events.
Dominic Dale completes his hattrick with his second 5-4 in two days.
Paul Davies does it again and namesake Anthony Davies joins him in
China.
Nightmare for Andy Hicks and Martin Clark as they fail to win a
match.
Bradley Jones continues - invincible.
Darren Morgan limps away with one win out of three, when he
shouldn't have been playing at all.
Paul Hunter completed his third win, but had to come back from 3-1
down to Peterborough's Mark Gray to win 5-3.
Michael Holt notches a memorable victory with his 5-1 win over the
experienced Gary Wilkinson.
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Well we can have a breather for a day or so and collect our thoughts
and analyse the points, money etc.
Next week see the Qualifiers for The Regal Masters - Paul Hunter
paired against Matthew Stevens is onematch to savour.
The qualifiers for the UK tour also start with two venues - one
north, one south and we will try and keep up to date with all that,
plus news and results from the first World Ladies Ranking Event of
the season as the girls plays in Scotland this weekend.
Later in September comes the multi cue event in celebration of the
centenary of Walter Lindrum's birth - in australia - with favourite
names such as Jimmy White, Willie Thorne and Karen Corr
participating - we will bring you all the info.
Round 6
(Sunday 30th August)
Mark Davis 5-3 Tony Jones
Marco Fu (Hong Kong) 5-0 Wayne Brown
Paul Davies (Wales) 5-3 Karl Broughton
Joe Perry 5-2 Neal Foulds
Phaitoon Phonbun (Thailand) 5-4 Darryn Walker
Mark Gray 5-2 Mick Price
Jonathan Birch 5-2 Lee Walker (Wales)
Michael Holt 5-2 Robert Milkins
Bradley Jones 5-2 John Read
Craig MacGillivray (Scotland) 5-4 Paul Wykes
Drew Henry (Scotland) 5-4 Ian McCulloch
Peter Lines 5-0 Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland)
Dave Finbow 5-1 John Giles
Joe Swail (N.Ireland) 5-4 Dean Reynolds
Quinten Hann (Australia) 5-2 Euan Henderson (Scotland)
Anthony Davies (Wales) 5-3 Mark Fenton (Wales)
Holt knocks them in again - Michael Holt continued his scoring form
from yesterday as he compiled breaks of 57, 96, 71, and 97 to win
5-2 to earn a match against Gary Wilkinson.
Phonbun - one step away - Phaitoon Phonbun progressed again, this
time with a vital 64 in the decider to set up a clash with
Scotland's Chris Small.
Marco Fu demolished Wayne Brown 5-0 and will now play Welshman
Matthew Stevens. The winner will play Alain Robidoux in China.
Brdley Jones fired in 124 in his opening frame to set up a 5-2 win
over John Read, a further 53 and 77 sealed the last two frame and he
now meets Stoke's Dave Harold.
Peter Lines inflicted a whitewash on Dennis Taylor, who has now
failed to progress in all 6 tournaments played to date. Lines will
play Scotsman Graeme Dott.
Anthony Davies won The Cardiff/Swansea clash, breaks of 51, 69 and
50 helped his cause. Fellow Cardiff player Paul Davies also got
through, holding on in a see saw battle against Louth's Karl
Broughton. Davies plays Irishman Fergal O'Brien.
Joe Swail, enjoying a solid run so far, will benefit from the
misfortune of his fellow Irishman Terry Murphy.
Murphy has broken his ankle and is set for a six week recovery
period. This will prevent him playing at Plymouth, but he hopes to
be fit by The Grand Prix, where he is already seeded through to the
Venue.
Swail will get a walkover and is thus the first player through to
China, where he will play Nigel Bond.
Murphy's opponents in the European Open and Thai Masters will also
go straight through.
It is still very doubtful whether Darren Morgan will be able to play
at Plymouth. Morgan is still recovering from a car smash, that left
him with a dislocated hip. Dave Finbow would be the lucky
beneficiary in this event if Darren can't compete.
So illness and accidents are taking their toll - Murphy, Morgan both
out with injuries, Ferguson struggling following Flu and the most
bizarre so far, Micky Roughan, who had to withdraw from an earlier
match through illness - he was rushed to hospital with "peanut"
poisoning - Roughan is allergic to peanuts. Luckily he recovered
quite quickly, as this condition can be fatal.
The 17-32 seeds are all making their way to Plymouth ready to join
in the fray - all have to play one match in each of the three
overseas tournaments - now the giant killing begins!
Round 5
(Saturday 29th August)
Tony Jones 5-3 Björn Haneveer (Belgium)
Mark Davis 5-2 Darren Clarke
Marco Fu (Hong Kong) 5-3 Jason Ferguson
Wayne Brown 5-3 David Roe
Paul Davies (Wales) 5-2 Paul Sweeny
Karl Broughton 5-1 Nick Terry
Neal Foulds 5-3 Patrick Wallace (N.Ireland)
Joe Perry 5-2 David Gray
Darryn Walker 5-0�Nick Pearce
Phaitoon Phonbun (Thailand) 5-2 Jason Prince (N.Ireland)
Mick Price 5-1 Leigh Griffin
Mark Gray 5-1 Willie Thorne
Jonathan Birch 5-0 Simon Bedford
Lee Walker (Wales) 5-4 Jimmy Michie
Robert Milkins 5-4 Michael Judge (Ireland)
Michael Holt 5-2 Dene O'Kane (New Zealand)
John Read 5-3 Rod Lawler
Bradley Jones 5-1 Marcus Campbell (Scotland)
Craig MacGillivray (Scotland) 5-1 Gerard Greene (N.Ireland)
Paul Wykes 5-4 Richard Somauroo (Mauritius)
Ian McCulloch 5-4 Alan Burnett (Scotland)
Drew Henry (Scotland) 5-4 Joe Grech (Malta)
Peter Lines 5-2 John Whitty
Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland) 5-2 David Coles
John Giles 5-4 Shokat Ali (Pakistan)
Dave Finbow 5-3 Joe Johnson
Dean Reynolds 5-4 Stuart Pettman
Joe Swail (N.Ireland) 5-2 Jason Weston
Euan Henderson (Scotland) 5-3 Chris Shade (Scotland)
Quinten Hann (Australia) 5-4 Patrick Delsemme (Belgium)
Anthony Davies (Wales) 5-3 Steve James
Mark Fenton (Wales) 5-2 Tony Chappel (Wales)
Disappointment again for Willie Thorne as he falls to East Anglian hope
Mark Gray - Mark Gray's greatest victory to date came last season when
he defeated Jimmy White - Gray remarked that even he wanted Jimmy to
win!
Somauroo narrowly fails to progress - 99 from Bournemouth's Paul Wykes
in the decider.
Fu takes a step nearer getting "home", as the Hong Kong player now
stands two matches away from a trip to China.
Neal Foulds revival continues. After several miserable seasons, Foulds
showed glimpses of the form that took him to World No 3,when he reached
the quarters of The British Open. A solid performance today put paid to
Northern Ireland's latest high flyer - Patrick Wallace. Wallace, who
remained undefeated in his first 15 matches has succeeded in qualifying
for all the UK based venues, but strangely has failed to qualify in all
the overseas tournaments. However Wallace's performances to date have been excellent.
Fenton of Morriston, will line up tomorrow against Barry's Anthony
Davies - amazingly taking on a fellow Welshman for the third
successive round. Feonton defeated Newport's Mark Bennett in Round
3, chapel in Round 5. The winner will, however face English
opposition, as Essex's Brian Morgan awaits.
Quienten Hann scraped home by the skin of his teeth 65-55 in the
decider and tomorrow plays Scotland's Euan Henderson.
Two former Top 16 players meet in Round 6 as Dean Reynolds takes on
Norther Ireland's Joe Swail, who is so far enjoying a solid run of
results, after a couple of miserable seasons.
Dennis Taylor progresses for the first time and earns a match
against Leeds' Peter lines. Graeme Dott awaits the winner.
Jonathan Birch and Darryn Walker will view for the chance to play
Jimmy White.
The winner of Marco Fu and Wayne Brown will take on Wales' hot
property - Matthew Stevens. A note for all Stevens fans out there -
Matthew will celebrate his 21st Birthday on 11th September - he will
be aiming to give himself a present in the Regal Scottish Masters,
where he plays in the prelims against Paul hunter. The �61,000
winners cheque would make a nice present!
Neal Foulds will aim to continue his good form against Joe Perry.
Dominic Dale will play the winner.
The August Bank Holiday Sunshine in Plymouth puts the players in scoring
mood today as the breaks were rattled in from all directions in Round 5
of the China International.
There was an amazing 59 breaks over 50 in the 21 matches morning matches.
There were actually a total of 151 frames played to complete the
matches.
Michael Holt started his blitz of breaks with 61 in the first, which he
lost! 62 & 53 in the third, 94 in the fourth, 115 in the fifth, 126 in
the sixth and 91 to take the match in the seventh.
Marco Fu who has already established a rapidly growing reputation as
both a match winner and high scorer, joined in the fun - he kicked off
with 59 & 67 in the third, then 50 &66 in the fifth, and with the score
at 3-3 he sealed the match with 52 in the sixth and 79 to win in the
seventh.
Wales' Lee Walker hit 105 in the second on his way to a narrow 5-4 win
over Leed's Jimmy Michie.
Jonathan Birch joined the ton up boys with 119 on his way to an emphatic
5-0 win over Simon Bedford.
Round 4
(Thursday 27th August)
Marco Fu (Hong Kong) 5-3 Johl Younger (Australia)
Phaitoon Phonbun (Thailand) 5-4 Joe Delaney (Ireland)
Richard Somauroo (Mauritius) 5-1 Mike Hallett
David Coles 5-1 Tom Finstad (Canada)
John Giles 5-2 Shawn Budd (Australia)
Patrick Delsemme (Belgium) 5-4 Mario Geudens (Belgium)
Round 3
Björn Haneveer (Belgium) 5-3 Graham Horne (Scotland)
Darren Clarke 5-4 Mike Dunn
Johl Younger (Australia) 5-2 Karl Burrows
Wayne Brown 5-1 Sam Chong (Malaysia)
Paul Sweeny 5-3 Troy Shaw
Nick Terry 5-3 John Lardner (Scotland)
Patrick Wallace (N.Ireland) 5-2 Matthew Couch
Joe Perry 5-4 Craig Harrison
Darryn Walker 5-2 Alfie Burden
Joe Delaney (Ireland) 5-4 Nick Walker
Leigh Griffin 5-2 Adrian Gunnell
Mark Gray 5-4 Antony Bolsover
Simon Bedford 5-1 Sean Storey
Jimmy Michie 5-3 Paul Cavney
Robert Milkins 5-0 Stephen O'Connor (Ireland)
Michael Holt 5-0 Stefan Mazrocis
John Read 5-1 Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus)
Marcus Campbell (Scotland) 5-1 Philip Williams (Wales)
Craig MacGillivray (Scotland) 5-4 Kristjan Helgason (Iceland)
Mike Hallett 5-4 Gary Ponting
Alan Burnett (Scotland) 5-3 Karl Payne
Joe Grech (Malta) 5-2 Wayne Jones (Wales)
John Whitty 5-1 Steve Judd
David Coles 5-2 Peter McCullagh
John Giles 5-3 Martin Dziewialtowski (Scotland)
Dave Finbow 5-2 Stephen Murphy (Ireland)
Stuart Pettman 5-2 Surinder Gill
Jason Weston 5-2 Chris Scanlon
Chris Shade (Scotland) 5-4 Lee Richardson
Patrick Delsemme (Belgium) 5-4 Ian Brumby
Anthony Davies (Wales) 5-1 Tony Knowles
Mark Fenton (Wales) 5-2 Mark Bennett (Wales)
Knowles falls at the final hurdle - a 1-5 defeat by Welshman
Anthony Davies. Breaks of 80, 106 and 51 from Davies counteract 60
and 50 from Knowles.
Fenton makes its a hat-trick of qualifications. Swansea beats
Newport, as Mark Fenton defeats his fellow "Dragon" 5-2 to qualify
for the third time. Fenton finished the match in style with a run of
116, this was added to earlier breaks of 56 and 63.
No such luck for the third Welshman Wayne Jones as he perishes 2-5
at the hands of Joe Grech.
Liverpudlian John Whitty bangs in 101 on his way to a 5-1 win over
Nottingham's Steve Judd.
Belgium's Patrick Delsemme joins countryman Haneveer in the next
round, as he sneaks past Ian Brumby 5-4. the highest break of a very
even contest was 58 from Brumby.
Top century breaks so far:
147 Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus)
125 Alan Burnett (Scotland)
124 Patrick Wallace (N.Ireland)
120 Wayne Brown
116 Mark Fenton (Wales)
111 Craig Harrison
107 Mark Johnston-Allen
107 Johl Younger (Australia)
106 Anthony Davies (Wales)
106 Mike Hallett
104 Ben Reicker (Canada)
102 Ian Sargeant (Wales)
101 Joe Delaney (Ireland)
101 Stuart Reardon
101 Adrian Rosa
101 John Whitty
Round 2
Björn Haneveer (Belgium) 5-2 Paul S Davison
Mike Dunn 5-2 Hugh Abernethy (Scotland)
Johl Younger (Australia) 5-3 Steve Newbury (Wales)
Sam Chong (Malaysia) 5-1 Nigel Gilbert
Paul Sweeny 5-3 Barry Pinches
Nick Terry 5-1 Dylan Leary (N.Ireland)
Patrick Wallace (N.Ireland) 5-1 Simon Parker
Craig Harrison 5-3 David McDonnell
Darryn Walker 5-3 Mario Wehrmann (Netherlands)
Joe Delaney (Ireland) 5-3 Oliver King
Adrian Gunnell 5-4 Leo Fernandez (Ireland)
Antony Bolsover 5-1 Matt Wilson
Simon Bedford 5-3 Matthew Bray
Paul Cavney w/o Micky Roughan
Robert Milkins 5-2 Robin Hull (Finland)
Michael Holt 5-3 Ian Sargeant (Wales)
Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus) 5-4 Jason Wallace
Philip Williams (Wales) 5-0 Sean Lanigan
Kristjan Helgason (Iceland) 5-1 Munraj Pal
Mike Hallett 5-1 David McLellan (Scotland)
Alan Burnett (Scotland) 5-1 Brian Rowswell
Joe Grech (Malta) 5-0 Alex Borg (Malta)
John Whitty 5-3 Barry Mapstone
David Coles 5-2 Paul McPhillips (Scotland)
John Giles 5-1 Eddie Manning
Stephen Murphy (Ireland) 5-1 Kirk Stevens (Canada)
Surinder Gill 5-2 James Reynolds (Wales)
Jason Weston 5-1 Stuart Bingham
Chris Shade (Scotland) 5-1 Stuart Reardon
Patrick Delsemme (Belgium) 5-3 Adrian Rosa
Tony Knowles 5-0 Mark Miller
Mark Fenton (Wales) 5-3 Mark Johnston-Allen
PATRICK WALLACE does it again, but now someone will have to give way. On
Saturday he will play fellow WPBSA Coach Matthew Couch. Couch is also
undefeated, but of course has only had to win one match each time to
qualify, whereas Wallace has had to win TWO.
Belgium, Malaysia and Australia give themselves a chance:
Bjorn Hanevver carries Belgium's hopes forward to round three, where he will
play Graham Horne.
Aussie youngster Johl Younger beat veteran Welshman Steve Newbury, who has
failed to win a single match at Plymouth, but it will release him to
concentrate on his Coaching commitments as a WPBSA Coach. Newbury is
scheduled to undertake a Coaching trip to China. China have a very well
structured set up which includes Snooker Coaching on the School Curriculum!
Several WPBSA Coaches have already undertaken month long trips to Beijing
and other areas to Coach the young players.
Adrian Gunnell does it again - just one defeat in 17 matches, he progresses
to play Leigh Griffin, who although English, is based in Belgium.
One century break so far today to add to the Break Board: 101 from England's
Ollie King, who stil ended up a loser.
England's Paul Cavney received an unexpected afternoon off after his
opponent Mick Roughan has to withdraw through illness, when the score
stood at 1-0 to Roughan.
Scotland's Alan Burnett notched up a 5-1 win over Brian Rowswell and
added to the Break tally with a 125.
Iceland's invincible - Kristian Helgason was at it again - a
resounding 5-1 win over Munraj Pal, helped along by breaks of 95, 53,
87.
Finland's Robin Hull eventually lost today, bringing a highly
successful run to an end - he perished at the hands of Robert Milkins
5-2.
Mehmet Husnu, London based Turkish Cypriot, followed up his explits
yesterday with another narrow queak today. Today he went 4-0 down to
Jason Wallace, who clocked up a run of 82, before Husnu, who only seems
to join in the match after the interval, set to work. No 147 today, but
runs of 96, 50 and 56 gave him another amazing 5-4 win.
Llanelli's Phil Williams, breezed through 5-0 against Sean Lanigan
to earn himself a chance of qualifying for the third time. Having won a
torried first frame, which took 48 minutes(!), by 59-58 he had knocked the
stuffing out of Lanigan, who offered little further resistance. Williams
was cheered on today by his fellow Matchroom stablemate, Matthew
Stevens, who breezed into Plymouth to sample the atmosphere before he
embarks on his overseas qualifiers in a couple of weeks.
Round 1
Björn Haneveer (Belgium) 5-2 Farhan Mirza (Pakistan)
Mike Dunn 5-4 Les Dodd
Johl Younger (Australia) 5-2 Colm Gilcreest (Ireland)
Sam Chong (Malaysia) 5-2 Shaun Murphy
Barry Pinches 5-1 Li Jian-Bing (China)
Dylan Leary (N.Ireland) 5-0 Keith E (Singapore)
Simon Parker 5-3 Guo Hua (China)
David McDonnell 5-1 Alastair Fleming (Scotland)
Mario Wehrmann (Netherlands) 5-2 Gary Lees
Joe Delaney (Ireland) 5-3 Neil Robertson (New Zealand)
Adrian Gunnell 5-2 Gary Natale (Canada)
Matt Wilson 5-2 Darren Hackeson
Matthew Bray 5-4 Wayne Saidler
Paul Cavney 5-3 Chatchawan Rutphae (Thailand)
Robin Hull (Finland) 5-0 Bob Chaperon (Canada)
Ian Sargeant (Wales) 5-3 Jeff Cundy
Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus) 5-4 Eddie Barker
Sean Lanigan 5-3 Anan Terananon (Thailand)
Kristjan Helgason (Iceland) 5-4 Darren Limburg
Mike Hallett 5-1 Hitesh Naran (South Africa)
Brian Rowswell 5-1 Mike Henson (Germany)
Alex Borg (Malta) 5-3 Dermot McGlinchey (N.Ireland)
John Whitty 5-4 Steve Mifsud (Australia)
David Coles 5-1 Geoff Dunn (Scotland)
John Giles 5-0 Tai Pichit (Thailand)
Kirk Stevens (Canada) 5-2 Allister Carter
Surinder Gill 5-2 Mario Cutajar (Malta)
Stuart Bingham 5-1 Wael Talaat (Egypt)
Stuart Reardon 5-2 Ben Reicker (Canada)
Patrick Delsemme (Belgium) 5-0 Leigh Robinson
Mark Miller 5-4 Hasimu Tuerxun (China)
Mark Johnston-Allen 5-4 Saleh Muhammad (Pakistan)
