| Arbroath Open | |||
| Date | 29th May 10 | Venue | Seaton House |
Saturday past saw this event reach a wee milestone with the 5th playing of it, and the second at our new venue, Seaton Country Club. Following last year’s record turnout, we were just short with 73 entries this time and with another quality field, including players from Arbroath, Dundee, Brechin plus some up-and-coming youth entries from Glasgow who play for the SPA’s Under-21 International team. The prize pot remained the same as last year (£500) and allowed the payouts to reach down to the Quarter-Finals again. The format reverted back to straight knockout beginning with Best of 5 frames but was reviewed on a time versus rounds basis and as it happened, we were able to increase the Last 16, Quarters and Semis up to Best of 7 frames. Once again the table quality was very high and thanks must go to the SPA’s Ross McInnes who supplied them again. The knockout format provided some 9 preliminary ties before the Last 64 started in earnest. In all, some 72 ties were played and a total of 292 frames of pool! At the end of the day we saw some outstanding skills in the final between Dundee’s Jimmy Pollock and Kirkintilloch’s Ryan Davie (one of the youth entries), with Jimmy hitting high gear and winning 4-0. Commiserations to Ryan who did little wrong in the final but could only watch as Jimmy pulled out several excellent finishes to keep Ryan off the table. As a reward Jimmy claimed the trophy and top prize of £200. For Ryan, he can console himself with the prize of £100. Jimmy’s title winning credentials were backed up by the cold stats which showed he played 30 frames all day, winning 23 and losing only 7 and was the highest percentage in the field (77%). En-route to the final he drew a succession of fellow Dundee players (Davy Penman, brother John Pollock, Steve Selvey and Tam Smith) before coming back from 2-0 down against Arbroath’s Mark McGlashan in the semi-final to win 4-2. Beaten semi-finalists were Mark McGlashan and Colin Brown who got £50 for their efforts and the 4 Quarter-Finalists (Tam Smith, Lee Butler, Ian Webster and Gary Bruce) received £25 each. Another stat of note was the fact that we have now had 5 different winners of this event in the 5 years of playing which makes it a true “open” with any one of a number of players capable of winning through on the day. In fact, 9 out of the 10 finalists are different, with only Josh Brannan of Dundee making two finals. Finally a huge thank you to Ally and Elaine Ballingall, the new proprietors of Seaton Country Club for hosting the event and to their bar/kitchen staff. The feedback received from players continues to be excellent and ADPL hope the event will continue to growth, up to the magic 100 player mark. Already looking forward to next year! Full results are in the Tournaments section. Preliminary Round Bruce Wallace beat Stevie Anderson by 3-2 Chris Hardwick beat Dale Cassidy by 3-1 Kevin Dougan beat Roy Middleton by 3-1 Dean Anderson beat Craig Brown by 3-0 Tam Smith beat Gary McLeish by 3-1 Dale Leith beat Tam Comrie by 3-2 George Fairweather beat Callum Paton by 3-0 Greg Alexander beat Jim Dear by 3-0 Kenny McMillan beat Michael Bastow by 3-2 Last 64 Bruce Wallace beat Chris Hardwick by 3-2 Dean Anderson beat Kevin Dougan by 3-0 Tam Smith beat Dale Leith by 3-2 Greg Alexander beat George Fairweather by 3-0 Steve Selvey beat Kenny McMillan by 3-2 Gareth Ruxton beat Euan Sharpe by 3-1 Jimmy Pollock beat Davie Penman by 3-1 John Pollock beat Gordon Dickson by 3-2 Davy Glen beat Tom Dye by 3-1 Steve Reid beat Paddy Nicol by 3-0 Mark McGlashan beat Graeme Anderson by 3-2 John McHugh beat Andy Butterworth by 3-2 Garry Mitchell beat Darren Bonella by 3-0 Davie Williams beat Scott Robertson by 3-0 Lee Butler beat Colin Smith by 3-0 Alan Reid received walkover from Luke Lawson Ryan Davie beat Tam Walkinshaw by 3-2 Paul Kelly received walkover from Stephen Humphries Norrie Miller beat David Rooney by 3-0 Kent Mitchell beat Richard Crowdar by 3-1 Gordon Smith beat Davy Jack by 3-1 Ian Webster beat Gavin Smith by 3-0 Steve Hallam beat Watty Preston by 3-0 Mark Crozier beat Kris Cameron by 3-0 Colin Brown beat Gary Hutchison by 3-1 Brian Craig beat Bob Whitelaw by 3-0 Graham Dunbar beat David Farrell by 3-1 Tommy Webster received walkover from Martin Greer Jonathon Cargill beat Scott MacEwan by 3-0 Steve Webster beat Neil Walker by 3-2 Stuart Campbell received walkover from Craig Fairweather Gary Bruce beat Steve Hamilton by 3-1 Last 32 Dean Anderson beat Bruce Wallace by 3-1 Tam Smith beat Greg Alexander by 3-1 Steve Selvey beat Gareth Ruxton by 3-1 Jimmy Pollock beat John Pollock by 3-1 Steve Reid beat Davy Glen by 3-2 Mark McGlashan beat John McHugh by 3-2 Garry Mitchell beat Davie Williams by 3-0 Lee Butler beat Alan Reid by 3-0 Ryan Davie beat Paul Kelly by 3-0 Kent Mitchell beat Norrie Miller by 3-0 Ian Webster beat Gordon Smith by 3-0 Steve Hallam beat Mark Crozier by 3-2 Colin Brown beat Brian Craig by 3-0 Graham Dunbar beat Tommy Webster by 3-1 Jonathon Cargill beat Steve Webster by 3-0 Gary Bruce beat Stuart Campbell by 3-2 Last 16 Tam Smith beat Dean Anderson by 4-0 Jimmy Pollock beat Steve Selvey by 4-2 Mark McGlashan beat Steve Reid by 4-3 Lee Butler beat Garry Mitchell by 4-2 Ryan Davie beat Kent Mitchell by 4-2 Ian Webster beat Steve Hallam 4-2 Colin Brown beat Graham Dunbar by 4-2 Gary Bruce beat Jonathon Cargill by 4-2 Quarter-Finals Jimmy Pollock beat Tam Smith by 4-1 Mark McGlashan beat Lee Butler by 4-0 Ryan Davie beat Ian Webster by 4-2 Colin Brown beat Gary Bruce by 4-3 Semi-Finals Jimmy Pollock beat Mark McGlashan by 4-2 Ryan Davie beat Colin Brown by 4-3 Final Jimmy Pollock beat Ryan Davie by 4-0 | |||
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