Eastwood Snooker Open
26th
April 2008
Martin makes it
two in a row
Some of Nottingham’s best amateur snooker players turned out for the second
Eastwood Open, which was held at Phoenix cue sports. Former professional
Wayne Martin successfully defended his title running out a three nil winner in
the final against Long Eaton’s Stuart Crosswell. Runs of 20 and 26
helped Martin take a scrappy opening frame before the final came to life in the
second. Martin opened up with a good 45 break but Crosswell responded
immediately knocking in a 32 which would have been more but for an agonizingly
under hit red which sat in the jaws of the corner pocket. This miss
appeared to affect Crosswell mentally who then made several unforced errors
which the experienced Martin took full advantage of to run out a comfortable
winner and pocket the £80 prize fund. Earlier in the day the eventual
winner had to endure a shock two nil loss to Steve Butler who knocked in a
superb 52 break. The defeat was obviously the wake up call Martin needed
as he went on to beat Adam Shaw, Ross Wilkin, Nav Hussain and Lee Buckle
knocking in breaks of 52, 40 and 37 in the process. The highest break of
the tournament was a superb 70 by Nav Hussain who was also second on the list
with a 55. The next open has been pencilled in for the end of June and anyone
interested should contact Steve Lally on 01773 760459.
Elimination Results: L.Richards bt D.Watson, R.Wilkin bt Yaz, M.Harmon bt
A.Coulton, S.Crosswell bt S.Lally, S.Butler bt W.Martin, L.Buckle bt A.Shaw,
D.Allsop bt D.Binks, N.Hussain bt D.Barker, L.Richards bt M.Ellis, S.Crosswell
bt M.Harmon, L.Buckle bt S.Butler, N.Hussain bt M.Langdon, A.Coulton bt S.Lally,
Yaz bt M.Langdon, M.Ellis bt D.Barker, W.Martin bt A.Shaw, D.Allsop bt Yaz,
R.Wilkin bt M.Ellis, S.Butler bt D.Allsop, S.Crosswell bt L.Richards, L.Buckle
bt N.Hussain, W.Martin bt R.Wilkin, N.Hussain bt S.Butler.
Finals: S.Crosswell bt L.Buckle, W.Martin bt N.Hussain, W.Martin bt
L.Buckle, W.Martin bt S.Crosswell.
High Break List
70 Nav Hussain
55 Nav Hussain
52 Steve Butler, Wayne Martin
46 Stuart Crosswell
45 Laurence Richards, Wayne Martin
40 Wayne Martin
37 Wayne Martin, Nav Hussain x 2
36 Laurence Richards
33 Lee Buckle
32 Steve Butler / Stuart Crosswell
30 Lee Buckle
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