Held at the ACBS Clubrooms : 12-13 June 2010

Report by Malcolm Beehre : Both days started the same way, with a lot of 6/0 wins to the number 1 and 2 seeds in each Section.

Probably the one major upset in the first games was number 6 seed, Kevin Zhang, beating Jon Grimley 6/1.  Zhang is a top player but hasn’t played in any 8-ball ranking tournaments and so ended up number 6 in his Section.  Unfortunately Grimley’s day didn’t improve and he ended up with only two wins and not qualifying for Post-section play.

Most of the other sections went to the order of seeding.  The standard of play from the top seeds was high and five playrs had five wins each with last year’s winner, Adam Marlow, being number 1 qualifier on a +29 differential.

Post-section play : There wre some very close contests in a lot of Post-section matches but also a few one-sided ones.  One of them being the match between Leighton Pologa and Jordan Davey, with Pologa beating Davey 6/0.  Pologa then lost to the eventual winner, Will Wen in the Quarter-finals 7/6.  Marvin Padrigo had Adam Marlow beaten 7/5 but missed an easy black allowing Marlow another chance.  Marlow took full advantage and won 7/6.  The other finalist, Phil Wilkinson won his Post-section generally by a two or three frame difference and the Final went right to the wire with Wen winning 8/7 but not before losing a couple of frames on technicalities, through not knowing the rules properly.

The Women’s Championship went almost to the book, with Denise Wilkinson cruising through to the Final, only dropping three frames in Section play and none in her Post-section games.  However, number two qualifier, Lorna Frost had twoi hard Post-section games, winning both 5/4 then 6/4.  Frost had her hand on the trophy looking loke winning 6/2 at one stage, but a couple of mistakes cost her, and Wilkinson won 6/5.

Many thanks to all those who stayed to watch the Finals.  Also thankgs to all the sponsors and new blood on the APA Committee for helping us get the biggest field in the Men’s draw for a number of years.

Men’s Last 32 : A Marlow bt N Whelan 6/3, J Cook bt P Hutchings 6/3, M Padrigo bt N Wilkinson 6/4, R Bennett bt P Li 6/0, N Yang bt S Chin 6/4, L Pologa bt J Davey 6/0, T Putu bt W Pera 6/5, W Wen bt S Qi 6/0, P Wilkinson bt J Pera 6/3, K Zhang bt J Walker 6/2, J Pologa bt G Croudis 6/3, S Liu bt C Ming Yang 6/0, N Pera bt C Keach 6/2, M Edwards bt J Henry 6/2, H Grace bt M Hatab 6/4, G Coutts bt D Breen 6/1.
Men’s Last 16 : A Marlow bt J Cook 6/0, M Padrigo bt R Bennett 6/0, L Pologa bt N Yang 6/1, W Wen bt T Putu 6/1, P Wilkinson bt K Zhang 6/4, J Pologa bt S Liu 6/2, N Pera bt M Edwards 6/5, G Coutts bt H Grace 6/0.
Men’s Quarter-finals : A Marlow bt M Padrigo 7/6, W Wen bt L Pologa 7/6, P Wilkinson bt J Pologa 7/4, N Pera bt G Coutts 7/5.
Men’s Semi-finals : W Wen bt A Marlow 7/5, P Wilkinson bt N Pera 7/5.
Men’s Final : W Wen bt P Wilkinson

Women’s Quarter-finals : D Wilkinson bt A Black 5/0, W Cook bt C Hobbs 5/3, L Nenewale bt B Pologa 5/1, L Frost bt L Prescott 5/4.
Women’s Semi-finals : D Wilkinson bt W Cook 6/0, L Frost bt L Nenewale 6/4.
Women’s Final : D Wilkinson bt L Frost 6/5.

Individual player profiles have been updated.