Goldflake Grand Slam
Third Series: Second Leg Final Stages
Windsor Manor Bangalore, 1st - 4th December 1994
Sethi Strikes Back
Geet Sethi took the Grand Slam second leg beating Gilchrist, Russell, and Foldvari. Most matches were very close. Sethi won 16 games and lost ten whilst beaten finalist Foldvari won 13 and lost 13. With Russell having won the first leg in Madras, no player is now able to claim the £3000 bonus on offer for a clean sweep.
| Roxton Chapman
| 4 | Ian Williamson
| 0 |
Williamson is reported as unable to get going. Judging from the figures he would seem to have had little chance.
| Robby Foldvari
| 4 | Norman Dagley
| 3 |
Quite a struggle, Foldvari taking three games on the trot after being 3 - 0 down. With all to play for on the last, the players were naturally cautious and the 150 up lasted just four minutes less than one hour.
| Mike Russell
| 4 | Michael Ferreira
| 1 |
Interesting to note that Russell's run-out in the fourth took just eleven minutes. Ferreira a little unlucky in the last but still not the Ferreira of old.
| Geet Sethi
| 4 | Peter Gilchrist
| 2 |
Gilchrist's cause was not helped by him being penalised one game for late arrival due to a misunderstanding on the Teessider's part. The play - as indicated by the figures - was of a very high standard.
| Geet Sethi
| 5 | Mike Russell
| 4 |
A quite remarkable match, Russell made 6 centuries and Sethi 2. Games 5, 6, and 7, were won by the Englishman in just 43 minutes. The longest was the last and deciding game and that lasted only a half-hour.
| Robby Foldvari
| 5 | Roxton Chapman
| 3 |
Foldvari made four centuries and a 97 in the first five games and still lost one of them! Chapman had centuries to win games 6 and 7 to be just one game behind. Yet another century from the Australian took him to the final. Foldvari was clearly in much better form than in the World Championship and his splay is described as, "risk and attractive."
| Geet Sethi
| 7 | Robby Foldvari
| 4 |
A very good match indeed. Foldvari missed an easy pot red (!) in the third at which Sethi ran out with 134* to lead 3 - 0. He then led 4 - 1 only to see the Australian take three games on the trot to level at four all. It was then Sethi's turn for three in a row to take the championship. The standard was very high indeed, every game had at least one 50+ break and there were four complete run outs. Each game averaged 32 minutes and there was a total of 2258 points scored. Spectators had a feast of great billiards played in contrasting yet equally attractive styles.
