2007/08 SAPPA TOUR
SAPPA
Tour Event 5
Suzy Q's, Paisley
20 January 2008
The first event of 2008 saw Jayson Shaw back on top of the heap as the SAPPA Tour made its first trip to Suzy Q's in Paisley. It was great to see a number of new SAPPA Tour players amongst the 69 player field. Two of these players made an impression on the tournament, nearly qualifying for the last 16 at their first attempt. Dutch-born Micha Lamers lost his first round match but then proceeded to use his cueing and angels knowledge from 3 Cushion Billards to work his way through the Losers' Bracket only to fall at the final qualifying round to Edinburgh's Chris Fraser. Local player Gordon Bain, a former top-class snooker player, started tearing through the Winners Bracket with excellent wins over Stevie Capaldi by 5 racks to 1 and Ian Mackintosh by 5 racks to 3 before losing to Darren Raine by 5 racks to 4 then Greg Alexander by 4 racks to 3 to also be eliminated in the final qualifying round.
As for the business end of the tournament itself, there was potential for an upset as Alan Maxwell made his way through the last 16. Maxwell, regarded as one of the top Blackball players in Glasgow, beat Gary Houstoun by 6 racks to 5 then beat Michael Valentine 7-6 only to fall to Arbroath's Davy Jack in the Semi Finals 7 racks to 6. Meanwhile, in the bottom half of the last 16, Jayson was making his way through Simon Dixon by 6 racks to 3, Chris Fraser 7-1 and Scottish Provisional Number One Pat Holtz 7-3.
This set up a race-to-8 between Jayson Shaw and Davy Jack for the £400 first prize. As it was, Jack failed to capitalise on the few chances that Shaw left him in the match and it was Shaw who came out the 8-5 victor.
Last
16 |
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Michael
Valentine |
6 |
v |
1 |
Cameron
Bowes |
Gary
Houstoun |
5 |
v |
6 |
Alan
Maxwell |
Davy
Jack |
6 |
v |
3 |
Scott
Ross |
Darren
Raine |
5 |
v |
6 |
Stuart
McPhee |
Clark
Smith |
4 |
v |
6 |
Chris
Fraser |
Jayson
Shaw |
6 |
v |
3 |
Simon
Dixon |
Adam
Smith |
6 |
v |
4 |
Stevie
Capaldi |
Pat
Holtz |
6 |
v |
5 |
Greg
Alexander |
Quarter
Finals |
||||
Michael
Valentine |
6 |
v |
7 |
Alan
Maxwell |
Davy
Jack |
7 |
v |
3 |
Stuart
McPhee |
Chris
Fraser |
1 |
v |
7 |
Jayson
Shaw |
Adam
Smith |
2 |
v |
7 |
Pat
Holtz |
Semi
Finals |
||||
Alan
Maxwell |
6 |
v |
7 |
Davy
Jack |
Jayson
Shaw |
7 |
v |
3 |
Pat
Holtz |
Final |
||||
Davy
Jack |
5 |
v |
8 |
Jayson
Shaw |
The full tournament chart can be downloaded here.
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