2022 Grandmasters Whitworth Institute

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