The Underdog, Geoff Barrett came good to win the grandmaster, he digged in deep in his quarters to make a 64 break to defeat Ron Bickerdike by a small margin of 4 points in the two game. He then went on to defeat Darren Kell in the semi final 294-210.
Facing number 1 seed Phil Welham in the final, Phil started well with a 76 break but at the half way stage phil was slightly behind. In the second match Geoff played some exceptionally good Billiards to win 485-259 compiling a 67,59 break to take the title.
Many thanks to TD Clive Scott and his teams of ref Matin O’Reilly, Bob Slee, Tom Hughes, Steve Crosland and Chris Ellis. A great Weekend of Billiards.
Quarters | | | | | | | | |
Richard Whittle | | | 173 | Mick Cooper | | | 125 | |
Richard Whittle | | | 187 | Mick Cooper | | | 139 | Points 360-264 |
Phil Welham | | 89,55 | 277 | Chris Achilles | | | 110 | |
Phil Welham | | | 157 | Chris Achilles | | 64 | 208 | Points 434-318 |
Geoff Barrett | | | 90 | Ron Bickerdike | | | 111 | |
Geoff Barrett | | 63 | 129 | Ron Bickerdike | | | 103 | Points 218-214 |
Darren Kell | | | 277 | Chris Taylor | | | 146 | |
Darren Kell | | 109 | 220 | Chris Achilles | | | 101 | Points 325-247 |
Semi Final | | | | | | | | |
Richard Whittle | | | 119 | Phil Welham | | 84unf | 131 | |
Richard Whittle | | | 90 | Phil Welham | | 89,72,60 | 382 | Points 209-513 |
Geoff Barrett | | | 134 | Darren Kell | | | 83 | |
Geoff Barrett | | | 160 | Darren Kell | | | 127 | Points 294-210 |
Final | | | | | | | | |
Phil Welham | | 76 | 146 | Geoff Barrett | | | 200 | |
Phil Welham | | | 113 | Geoff Barrett | | 65,57 | 285 | Points 259,485 |