Men’s event : (frame scores not supplied)

Last Sixteen : C Worts bt M Padrigo, K Zhang bt M Hatab, R Wang bt D Sadumiano, M Edwards bt A Ran, W Wen bt G Croudis, R Bennett bt B Wells, M Baabad bt C Bowman, N Pwera bt C Yang.
Quarter-finals : C Worts bt KK Zhang, M Edwards bt R Wang, W Wen bt R Bennett, M Baabad bt N Pera.
Semi-finals : C Worts bt M Edwards, M Baabad bt W Wen.
Final : C Worts bt M Baabad.

Women’s event : (frame scores not supplied)

Semi-final : M Kasemchaiyanan bt K Cullen, D Wilkinson bt M Godinet.
Final : D Wilkinson bt M Kasemchaiyanan

Entry forms and details on the Cue-sport Entry Form page

A top field of 35 in this event which included players from Christchurch, Wellington, Napier, Waikato and Auckland.  Because of the calibre of the field there were some major upsets, notably 3rd, 4th and 5th seeds Gary Gillard, Shannon Swain and Eldon Lai failing to qualify for Post-section Play.  Section 7 ended by having 3 x 3 winners with Willy Florence first on a +6 differential, second was Dale Kwok on a +4 and third was Clive Thomson on a +3 allowing him to qualify in the number 15 spot as one of the two best thirds.  The other third place getter who qualified as number 16 was Shannon Swain.  At this stage of the tournament there had been 25 breaks over 40, the top break being 92 by Thomson.

Last 16 : B Jackson bt S Swain 3/0, W Florence bt V Ry 3/0, R Beedle bt S Kumar 3/0, C Maltby bt D Kwok 3/1, D Garnett bt R Redgrove 3/0, D Bala bt S Roberts 3/0, W Belmont bt R Clark 3/1, S Robertson bt C Thomson 3/2.

The Quarter-finals weren’t quite as one-sided : B Jackson bt W Florence 3/0, C Maltby bt R Beedle 3/1, D Garnett bt D Bala 3/0, W Belmont bt S Robertson 3/2.

Jackson never gave Maltby a chance in their Semi-final match, winning 3/0 with Maltby never really getting a chance to be in a winning position at any time.  The other Semi-final between Belmont and Garnett went Belmont’s way 3/0.
Semi-finals : B Jackson bt C Maltby 3/0, W Belmont bt D Garnett 3/0.

The first frame of the Final saw Jackson open with a 60 break.  Then two breaks in the 30′s to take the second frame, breaks of 25 and 33 saw the frame score 3/0.  Belmont started off the fourth frame with 20 but played a reckless safety shot and Jackson replied with a 48 break eventually taking the frame to win 4/0.
Final : B Jackson bt W Belmont 4/0.

Former NZ Champion Dale Kwok won the Flyte event 2/0 over Thomson and Gillard won the Plate event beating Tony van Wijk 2/0 and it was good for one of our ardent cue sports sponsors, John Rehman to reach the Semi-finals of the Plate event.

Tournament Reports by Malcolm Beehre : In the Men’s Championship eventit was almost the same field as the Oceania 8-Ball Champs, and Will Wen, Brent Wells and Steven Liu all had 100% better performances than the 8-Ball.

Wells qualified #2, Wen #7 and Liu #5.  Top qualifier was No 1 seed Louis Condo from Australia and No 3 seed, also from Australia, was Brad Richmond.

In the Last Sixteen, Wells beat Cliff Keach 9/5, Nick Pera beat Kevin Zhang 9/3, Liu beat Chris Bowman 9/6, Ceri Worts beat David Rothall 9/8, Richmond beat Kelvin Tu 9/2, Jon Grimley beat Mathew McInnes 9/6, Matt Edwardsbeat Wen 9/8 and 15th qualifier Ryan Wang beat Condo 9/8.

In the Quarter-finals, Wang carried on to beat Edwards 9/6 after he shot out to a 7-nil lead, Worts beat Liu 9/5, Wells beat Pera 9/7 and Richmond who was trying his hardest to keep the Aussie flag flying, lost to Grimley 9/8.  Grimley beat Wang in the Semi-final 10/8 and Worts beat Wells 10/9.  Worts ran away in the Final not really giving Grimley many chances, conviningly winning 9/3.

Men’s Last Sixteen : B Wellsbt C Keach 9/5, N Pera bt K Zhang 9/3, S Liu bt C Bowman 9/6, C Worts bt D Rothall 9/8, B Richmond bt K Tu 9/2, J Grimley bt M McInnes 9/6, M Edwards bt W Wen 9/8, R Wang bt L Condo 9/8.

Men’s Quarter-finals : B Wells bt N Pera 9/7, C Worts bt S Liu 9/5, J Grimley bt B  Richmond 9/8, R Wang bt M Edwards 9/6.

Men’s Semi-finals : C Worts bt B Wells 10/9, J Grimley bt R Wang 10/8.

Men’s Final : C Worts bt J Grimley 10/3.

Denise Wilkinson proved she’s the one to beat in New Zealand Women’s pool by winning the double when she took out the Oceania 9-Ball after she won the Oceania 8-Ball.  She did lose one match in Section Play to Molrudee Kasemchaiyanan 6/5, and had a close game against Hazel Cook, winning 6/5.  She beat Cook in their Semi-final match. Kasemchaiyanan beat Lorna Frost 9/6 in the other Semi-final and although Kasemchaiyanan won the first three frames of the Final, Wilkinson never seemed to be in much danger and won 9/6.

Women’s Semi-final : M Kasemchaiyanan bt L Frost 9/6, D Wilkinson bt H Cook 9/2.

Women’s Final : D Wilkinson bt M Kasemchaiyanan 9/6.

Tournament Reports by Malcolm Beehre : The field in the Men’s Championship was extremely strong and with four top Australian players included, it meant for some top NZ players missing out qualifying for Post Section Play.  Some of the more noticeable ones to miss out were the 2010 and 2011 NZ 8-Ball Champion Will Wen, plus Brent Wells and Steven Liu.

Two players went through unbeaten in Section Play with NZ 10-Ball Champion, Adam Marlow, going through #1 seed and David Rothall from Australia qualifying in the number two spot.

There was one default in Post Section play and was from a player who has qualified in the two previous tournaments to this event, and who failed to arrive or get there on time for Post Section play for the three tournaments.  With the calibre of players in the Post Section draw there was a surprising number of one-sided games and up to the Semi-finals there was only one match that went the full distance.

In the Last Sixteen, Adam Marlow beat Ross Bennett 6/0, Nick Pera beat 82-year-old Tom Parish from Australia 6/0.  Parish had beaten Pera in Section Play 5/1.  Matt Edwards won by default over Ryan Wang, Kevin Zhang beat Matt Edwards 6/5, Jimmy Henry beat Brad Richmond (AUS) 6/4, Jon Grimley beat Louis Condo (AUS) 6/3 and Rothall beat Jamie Walker 6/1.

In the Quarter-finals, matches were fairly one-sided again with Pera beating Marlow 6/3, Worts beat Edwards6/3, Zhang beat Henry 6/3 and Rothall beat Grimley 6/0.  The Semi-finals saw Zhang take out Rothall 7/4 and Pera took Worts 7/4.  The Final was won by Pera beating Zhang 7/4.

Men’s Last Sixteen : A Marlow bt R Bennett 6/0, N Pera bt T Parrish 6/0, M Edwards bt R Wang 6/0, C Worts bt C Yang 6/0, K Zhang  bt M McInnes 6/5, J Henry bt B Richmond 6/4, J Grimley bt L Condo 6/3, D Rothall bt J Walker 6/1.

Men’s Quarter-finals : N Pera bt A Marlow 6/3, C Worts bt M Edwards 6/3, K Zhang bt J Henry 6/3, D Rothall btJ Grimley 6/0.

Men’s Semi-finals : N Pera bt C Worts 7/4, K Zhang bt D Rothall 7/4.

Men’s Final : N Pera bt K Zhang 7/4.

There were some close matches in the Women’s Championship event in Section Play with four out of each section of five qualifying for Post Section Play.  Denise Wilkinson top qualified with four wins and a +13 aggregate. Lorna Frost qualified second with four wins and a +9 aggregate.  Wilkinson and Frost both won their Quarter-final matches 5/0 over Cherie Hobbs and Michelle Hansen (AUS) respectively.  Molrudee Kasemchaiyanan beat Gaylene Bullmore 5/2 and Hazel Cook beat Kim Cullen 5/3.  In the Semi-finals Wilkinson beat Kasemchaiyanan 6/2; Wilkinson had only dropped five frames at this stage of the tournament, and Cook beat Frost 6/5.  Cook shot out to a 3-nil lead in the Final but missed a couple of chances after that and Wilkinson won the next six frames to win 6/3.

Women’s Quarter-finals : D Wilkinson bt C Hobbs 5/0, M Kasemchaiyanan bt G Bullmore 5/2, H Cook bt K Cullen 5/3, L Frost bt M Hansen 5/0.

Women’s Semi-finals : D Wilkinson bt M Kasemchaiyanan 6/2, H Cook bt L Frost 6/5.

Women’s Final : D Wilkinson bt H Cook 6/3.

Semi-finals : R Harris bt M Belmont 2/0, P Masani bt C Billington 2/1.

Final : P Masani bt R Harris 2/1.

Highest Break : C Billington (20)