North Island Snooker Championship Report

Held at the ACBS Clubrooms : 21-23 September 2007

Submitted by Warren Burke

Waikato’s Steve Robertson won his third North Island Snooker title with a hard-fought 4/1 win over Auckland’s Henry Killian at the Auckland Confederation of Billiard Sports Clubrooms in Royal Oak on Sunday.

For Robertson it has been a long time between drinks as his last title was way back in 1996.  On his way through to the final Robertson defeated Clive Thomson (AK) 3/1, Paul Bason (AK) 3/1 and Wyn Belmont (AK) 3/0 while Killian disposed of Regan Williams (HB) 3/0, Ramona Belmont (AK) 3/0 and then top seed Alastair Davidson (BOP) 3/1, before coming unstuck against Robertson.

It was a quality field that included past New Zealand Snooker Championships Robertson and Wyn Belmont, current NZ Under 21 Champion David Meier-Bailey and 2007 Oceania Women’s Snooker Champion Ramona Belmont.  Both Ramona and David, plus Hawkes Bay representative Ryan Knott were just back from representing New Zealand at the IBSF World Under 21 Snooker Championships in Goa, India, where Ramona clinched third place in the Women’s Under 21 Championship and David reached the Last 32 in the Men’s Championships. 

Section play took place on Friday and Saturday with the knock-out rounds on Sunday.

Full Results as follows:

Section 1 : A Davidson (BOP) bt W Hill (HB) 3/0, M Tam (AK) bt L Rudolph (AK) 3/2, K Haycock (AK) bt Hill 3/2, Davidson bt Tam 3/0, Haycock bt Rudolph 3/1, Hill bt Tam 3/0, Davidson bt Haycock 3/0, Rudolph bt Hill 3/-0, Haycock bt Tam 3/0, Davidson bt Rudolph 3/2.
Section 2 : P Bason (AK) bt J Williams (HB) 3/1, C Keach (AK) bt R Knot (HB) 3/2, Williams bt J Chu (AK) 3/1, Bason bt Keach 3/0, Knott bt Chu 3/1, Williams bt Keach 3/1, Bason bt Chu 3/1, Williams bt Knott 3/1, Chu bt Keach 3/0, Bason bt Knott 3/0.
Section 3 : D Meier-Bailey (HB) bt R Williams (HB) 3/2, R Belmont (AK) bt K Bell (AK) 3/0, Williams bt G Backman (NH) 3/1, Meier-Bailey bt Bell 3/0, Belmont bt Backman 3/0, Bell bt Williams 3/2, Meier-Bailey bt Backman 3/0, Williams bt Belmont 3/1, Backman bt Bell 3/0, Meier-Bailey bt Belmont 3/1.
Section 4 : S Robertson (AK) bt E Lai (AK) 3/2, H Killiam (AK) bt G Dong (AK) 3/0, J Ma (AK) bt ELaid 3/0, Robertson bt Dong 3/1, Killian bt Ma 3/1, Dong bt Lai 3/0, Robertson bt Ma 3/0, Killian bt Lai 3/0, Dong bt Ma 3/0, Killian bt Robertson 3/2.
Section 5 : W Carey (AK) bt R Cribb (BOP) 3/0, A Maher (AK) bt B Hayward (WK) 3/1, Carey bt S Feierabend (AK) 3/0, Cribb bt Maher 3/0, Hayward bt Feierabend 3/0, Carey bt Maher 3/1, Feierabend bt Cribb 3/2, Carey bt Hayward 3/2, Maher bt Feierabend 3/1, Hayward bt Cribb 3/1.
Section 6 : B Moore (TK) bt C Thomson (AK) 3/2, W Belmont (AK) bt S Maher (AK) 3/0, P Lynch (AK) bt Moore 3/2, Thomson bt Maher 3/0, Belmont bt Lynch 3/2, Moore bt Maher 3/0, Thomson bt Lynch 3/1, Belmont bt Moore 3/1, Lynch bt Maher 3/0, Belmont bt Thomson 3/1.

Last 16 : A Davidson bt A Maher 3/0, K Haycock bt J Williams 3/1, R Belmont bt W Carey 3/2, H Killian bt R Williams 3/0, D Meier-Bailey bt P Lynch 3/2, W Belmont bt B Hayward 3/0, S Robertson bt C Thomson 3/1, P Bason bt G Dong 3/0.
Quarter Finals :  A Davidson bt K Haycock 3/1, H Killian bt R Belmont 3/0, W Belmont bt D Meier-Bailey 3/2, S Robertson bt P Bason 3/1.
Semi Finals : H Killian bt A Davidson 3/1, S Robertson bt W Belmont 3/0.
Final: S Robertson bt H Killian 4/1.

Plate Final: B Moore bt L Rudolph 2/0.

Highest Break: P Bason (104).

Special thanks must go to the sponsors CLS Mitchel Cloth, ROEC and ACBS and also to Malcolm Beehre, Gill Sinclair and Cliff Hazelton for their assistance with the officiating.