28 Players entered the Fourth ABC of the Season, number 3 being rearranged. This was played at Atack in Nuneaton.
All braved the poor weather of the recent storms and it turned out to be a day of upset weather and upsets on the tables. Chris had a great tournament and was a deserved winner on the day, Defeating John Mullane 229 to 152, then playing Peter Sheehan in the semis Peter starting out with breaks of 113 and 53, Cjhris responded with breaks of 95, 59 and a 62 to win by 22 points ( 272 – 250).
Nathan Mann has begun to hit great form, by beating the Number one ranked player Rob Hall in the first round 211-138, Nathan getting through to the semi before John Mullane narrowly defeated him by 18 points. In the final Chris had breaks of 89 and 56 taking the title 287 – 176.
The plate was probably the strongest plate for some time with Rob Hall, Chris Achillies, Mark Hirst and Craig Fitzpatrick taking part.
Rob Beat Chris Achillies in the semi and craig defeating Dean Manders in the other semi.
In the final Rob showed his class with the highest break of the day 184 defeating Craig who also had a 69 break. (384-197)
TD: Clive Scott