WWW Snooker: Regal Scottish Open 1999 (original) (raw)

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Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Scotland(Tel: +44 (0) 1224 824824)
Feb 15-21 (BSkyB Feb 15-21)
WPBSA ranking tournament (#5 of 9)
�370,000 purse

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Stephen Hendry won his 30th ranking event and 68th major title by trouncing fellow Scot Graeme Dott 9-1 in the final.

The win lifts Stephen from third to second in the provisional rankings. Dott jumps 10 places, to No.21.

Hendry received �60.000 for the win and Dott pocketed �32,000 for the runner-up position. Rod Lawler won the �5,000 high-break prize with a 142 break.

Results

(Players are English unless stated)

Final

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 9-1 Graeme Dott (Scotland)

68-32 79-0 75-44 (74) 61-35 (60) 50-35 69-49 70-60 (70 Hendry, 60 Dott) 73-4 (71) 0-68 90-20

Semi-finals

Graeme Dott (Scotland) 6-5 Ken Doherty (Ireland)

56-35 43-70 (66) 86-42 0-61 21-69 61-33 36-72 53-52 8-107 (102) 72-57 (52) 63-51

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 6-5 John Higgins (Scotland)

11-98 (94) 53-71 80-1 0-98 (98) 0-88 (88) 81-35 107-0 (106) 25-69 81-0 (81) 76-19 (76) 75-65 (68 Hendry, 59 Higgins)

Quarter-finals

Graeme Dott (Scotland) 5-4 Paul Hunter

61-47 1-68 44-54 6-74 60-3 52-57 68-24 76-67 65-37 (60)

Ken Doherty (Ireland) 5-0 Mark J Williams (Wales)

81-34 129-0 (104) 70-14 (70) 137-0 (137) 63-30 (61)

Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 5-1 Alan McManus (Scotland)

67-55 76-8 90-29 68-66 (50 McManus) 53-66 90-0 (90)

John Higgins (Scotland) 5-4 Stephen Lee

61-26 81-33 (74) 15-107 (107) 40-71 (58) 82-18 25-81 (50) 30-73 (55) 81-14 (50) 82-13 (81)

Qualifying Rounds

Norbreck Castle Hotel,Blackpool, England(Tel: +44 (0) 1253 352341)
Jan 4-11, 1999
Results and reports provided by Janie Watkins ([email protected])
Also posted on alt.sport.snooker

(Players are English unless stated)

Round 5

(Monday 11th January)

Jonathan Birch John Lardner (Scotland) Steve James David Roe Quinten Hann (Australia) Jimmy Michie Dave Finbow Leo Fernandez (Ireland) Peter Lines Joe Johnson Karl Broughton Stefan Mazrocis Matt Wilson Alfie Burden Joe Swail (N.Ireland) Marcus Campbell Lee Richardson Nick Pearce Drew Henry (Scotland) Rod Lawler Darren Clarke Barry Mapstone David McLellan (Scotland) Willie Thorne Ian McCulloch Lee Walker (Wales) Nick Walker Paul Davies (Wales) Euan Henderson (Scotland) Karl Payne Leigh Griffin Stuart Pettman 5-2 Jason Weston 5-4 Tony Jones 5-2 Simon Bedford 5-0 Karl Burrows 5-3 Martin Dziewialtowski (Scotland) 5-4 Jason Prince (N.Ireland) 5-3 Dennis Taylor (N.Ireland) 5-2 Bradley Jones 5-1 Marco Fu (Hong Kong) 5-2 Craig MacGillivray (Scotland) 5-3 Phaitoon Phonbun (Thailand) 5-2 Paul Wykes 5-2 Shokat Ali (Pakistan) 5-3 Mick Price 5-1 Robin Hull (Finland) (Scotland) 5-4 Dene O'Kane (New Zealand) 5-4 Michael Judge (Ireland) 5-2 Adrian Gunnell 5-1 Gary Ponting 5-2 Wayne Brown 5-1 David Gray 5-3 Jason Ferguson 5-0 Dean Reynolds 5-1 Colm Gilcreest (Ireland) 5-0 Sean Storey 5-4 Hugh Abernethy (Scotland) 5-1 Gerard Greene (N.Ireland) 5-4 Steve Judd 5-1 Anthony Davies (Wales) 5-0 Mark Davis 5-4 Neal Foulds 5-4 Tony Chappel (Wales)

16 out of 32 seeded players perished in their opening sortie of the New Year as new faces take their places in the line up at the venue in February.

Highlight of the day was a 140 total clearance from Preston's Ian McCullochas he breezed past Sean Storey 5-0. McCulloch also added breaks of 97, 53, and 54 for good measure. He will now play Peter Ebdon in Scotland.

Willie Thorne turned back the clock, notched yet another century - 106 as he won 5-1 against Colm Gilcreest. Thorne has set up a match against Andy Hicks, another player who has struggled to find his form this season so far.

Swansea's Tony Chappel clawed his way back from the brink of defeat at 0-4, but having gallantly levelled at 4-4 he could not sustain his recovery as a grateful Stuart Pettman won the final frame 106-0 to go forward to meet Billy Snaddon on his home turf. Joe Swail's win sets up an all Irish battle as he plays Ken Doherty.

Quinten Hann's solid 5-3 win over Martin Dziewialtowski now matches him against Mark King in an intruiging encounter.

Jonathan Birch posted the highest break of the event so far - 125 on his way to a 5-2 win overJason Weston - and the mouthwatering draw against last year's championRonnie O'Sullivan.

Matt Wilson joins the ton club, as his 103 helps him to a shock win over Pakistan's LancastrianShokat Ali.

Veteran Dennis Taylor, in his final professional season, bids farewell to the British Open as he bows out 5-3 to Worcester'sDave Finbow. Runs of 58 and 69 helped Finbow an a 4-0 lead, before the obdurate Taylor won 3 frames to cut the deficit, before Finbow edged the next for his win.

Fellow veteran, 1986 World ChampionJoe Johnson fared better, prevailing 5-2 overCraig MacGillivray.

Many players dread drawing Marco Futhese days, but no problems for Leeds'Peter Lines as he ran in breaks of 87, 65, 77 and 69 for an emphatic 5-1 win.

Alfie Burden used his scoring power to good effect to dispose of his stablemateMick Price, runs of 66, 55 and 65 giving him a 5-3 win.

Marcus Campbell, Scotland's man of the moment compiling a gritty 64 in a nerve tingling final frame shoot out against New Zealand'sDene O'Kane, who has yet to see the inside of a venue this season.

Century breaks so far

Jonathan Birch 125 Ian Brumby 123 Tony Knowles 123 Lee Richardson 122 Chris Shade 122 Joe Grech 121 Nick Terry 121 Tony Knowles 113 Leigh Griffin 111 Alfie Burden 105 Nick Terry 103 Matt Wilson 103 Darren Clarke 101 Stuart Pettman 101 Mick Price 101 Nigel Gilbert 100

Round 4

(Sunday 10th January)

Marco Fu (Hong Kong) 5-3 Stuart Bingham Phaitoon Phonbun (Thailand) 5-4 Joe Delaney (Ireland) Matt Wilson 5-0 Richard Somauroo (Mauritius) Robin Hull (Finland) 5-0 Mario Geudens (Belgium) Adrian Gunnell 5-2 Shawn Budd (Australia) Colm Gilcreest (Ireland) 5-0 Tom Finstad (Canada)

Hong Kong's Marco Fu opened the second half of the season in bright enough style today in Blackpool. Pitted against former English Amateur Champion,Stuart Bingham, both players produced a match of high quality and solid scoring, but having fallen 3-2 behind, it was Fu who stepped up another gear to run in frame and match winning breaks of 67, 63 and 95 to go forward.

Frame Scores:Fu first (breaks in brackets:) 63-22; 52-69 (51); 70 (70)-2; 3-76 (76); 0-80 (80); 84 (67)-35; 73 (63)-39; 124 (95)-0.

Thailand's Pahitoon Phonbun survived a thriller to progress at the hands of giant killer Joe Delaney, having clinched a 30 minute decider. Phonbun produced breaks of 85 and 93.

The other four overseas qualifiers only put two frames on the board between them, once again calling into question the current system for overseas qualifying - AussieShawn Budd managed the two frames against Adrian Gunnell, butRichard Somauroo,Mario Geudens andTom Finstad all failed to trouble the scores.

Robin Hull of Finland clattered in breaks of 82, 66 and 52 in frames 1-3 of his demolition ofMario Geudens.

Round 3

(Wednesday 6th January)

Jason Weston 5-4 Ian Brumby John Lardner (Scotland) 5-4 Allister Carter Simon Bedford 5-3 Troy Shaw Karl Burrows 5-4 Ian Sargeant (Wales) Martin Dziewialtowski (Scotland) 5-1 Chris Shade (Scotland) Jimmy Michie 5-3 Michael Holt Dave Finbow 5-0 Alan Burnett (Scotland) Leo Fernandez (Ireland) 5-4 Stephen O'Connor (Ireland) Stuart Bingham 5-3 Peter McCullagh Craig MacGillivray (Scotland) 5-1 Wayne Saidler Joe Delaney (Ireland) 5-4 Mark Bennett (Wales) Stefan Mazrocis 5-1 Craig Harrison Matt Wilson 5-0 Chris Scanlon Alfie Burden 5-1 Tony Knowles
Robin Hull (Finland) 5-4 Matthew Couch (Scotland) Marcus Campbell (Scotland) 5-3 Bob Chaperon (Canada)
Lee Richardson 5-1 Nick Terry
Adrian Gunnell 5-1 Mark Gray Gary Ponting 5-1 Paul McPhillips (Scotland) Wayne Brown 5-1 Steve Newbury (Wales)
Darren Clarke 5-1 Mike Dunn
Barry Mapstone 5-3 Wayne Jones (Wales) David McLellan (Scotland) 5-4 Graham Horne (Scotland) Colm Gilcreest (Ireland) 5-4 John Read Sean Storey 5-4 Darryn Walker
Hugh Abernethy (Scotland) 5-4 Joe Perry Nick Walker 5-1 Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus)
Steve Judd 5-4 Antony Bolsover
Anthony Davies (Wales) 5-0 Nigel Gilbert
Karl Payne 5-4 Joe Grech (Malta)
Leigh Griffin 5-2 Tai Pichit (Thailand)
Stuart Pettman 5-4 Simon Parker

Disappointment today for the Newsgroup's own pro Simon Parker, as he loses out in a tantilising deciding frame to Stuart Pettman, his fellow Lancastrian. Pettmann opened the match with a run of 101, added 51 in the second and 57 in frame 7, but it was a match clinching 74 that saw him over the line in the decider.

Wales' Ian Sargeant threw away a 4-0 lead to give Karl Burrows a 5-4 win; while his countryman Mark Bennett also lost the clincher, as outsider Joe Delaney compiled a vital 52 in the decider.

Alfie Burden showed scant respect for his opponent's illustrious past, as he breezed past Tony Knowles 5-1. Knowles opened with a run of 60, but Burden responded with 5 frame on the spin and breaks of 105 and 66.

Canadian Bob Chaperon gave Scotland's latest hero Marcus Campbellplenty to think about. Chaperon nicked frame two with a break of 70, in response to a run of 69 from Campbell. "Frechnie" added a run of 81 in the 4th to keep the scores level and took a 3-2 lead, before Campbell dug deep to run out the match in some close fought and long frames.

Shock of the day was the early demise of Matthew Couch, who lost the final frame of his match with Finland's Robin Hull. A quality game saw breaks of 56, 59, and 54 from Couch, but Hull responded with 80, 62 and decisively 56 in the final frame.

Worcester's Dave Finbow administered heavy punishment to young Scottish hopeful Alan Burnett, runs of 52 and 67 getting him off to the ideal start, as he ran out an easy 5-0 winner.

Snooker's "rap" boy Lee Richardson went on a scoring spree in a 5-1 demolition of Nick Terry. Lee hammered home breaks of 83, 94, 122 and 64, and Terry compiled 121 in the only frame he won.Wayne Brown wasn't far behind in the scoring stakes as he put away scores of 66, 77, 98 and 80 in a 5-1 win over Neath's Steve Newbury.

The lowest 6 seeded winning players from this round go forward to play the 6 overseas qualifiers in round 4. The winners go through in the seeded players place in the draw.

Round 2

(Tuesday 5th January)

Jason Weston 5-3 Stuart Reardon Allister Carter 5-1 Philip Williams (Wales) Simon Bedford 5-1 Les Dodd
Ian Sargeant (Wales) 5-4 Patrick Wallace (N.Ireland) Chris Shade (Scotland) 5-1 David McDonnell
Michael Holt 5-2 Kristjan Helgason (Iceland) Alan Burnett (Scotland) 5-4 Geoff Dunn (Scotland)
Leo Fernandez (Ireland) 5-3 Paul Cavney
Stuart Bingham 5-1 James Reynolds (Wales) Wayne Saidler 5-0 Oliver King Joe Delaney (Ireland) 5-3 Eddie Manning Craig Harrison 5-4 Mark Johnston-Allen
Matt Wilson 5-2 Micky Roughan Tony Knowles 5-2 Johl Younger (Australia) Robin Hull (Finland) 5-3 Robert Milkins Bob Chaperon (Canada) 5-2 Munraj Pal Nick Terry 5-2 Gary Lees
Adrian Gunnell 5-4 Paul Sweeny Paul McPhillips (Scotland) 5-3 Alex Borg (Malta)
Steve Newbury (Wales) 5-1 Leigh Robinson
Mike Dunn 5-2 Stephen Murphy (Ireland) Barry Mapstone 5-1 John Whitty
David McLellan (Scotland) 5-4 Sam Chong (Malaysia)
Colm Gilcreest (Ireland) 5-3 Mark Fenton (Wales) Darryn Walker 5-1 Eddie Barker
Hugh Abernethy (Scotland) 5-1 Patrick Delsemme (Belgium) Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus) 5-1 Adrian Rosa Antony Bolsover 5-1 Barry Pinches
Nigel Gilbert 5-4 Sean Lanigan
Joe Grech (Malta) 5-2 Mario Wehrmann (Netherlands) Tai Pichit (Thailand) 5-2 Jason Wallace Simon Parker 5-2 Paul S Davison

The Old Brigade show the kids a thing or two today:

Tony Knowles and Steve Newbury struck a blow for the Over 40s as they both stormed to welcome victories in the second round of the Scottish Open at Blackpool. 43 year old Knowles knocked in two centuries - 113 and 123 on his way to a 5-2 win over Australia's young hopeful Johl Younger. This has set up a mouth-watering match against Alfie Burden on Wednesday. Steve Newbury, who endured a miserable early season in Plymouth bounced back with a 5-1 drubbing of Leigh Robinson. WPBSA Coach Newbury is part of a snooker dynasty back in Neath, which includes his father, 16 year old son Paul and sister Sian, who has been a Welsh International for more than ten years.

Elsewhere 14 of the seeds failed to negotiate their opening matches today as the giant killers rolled them over. Plymouth's 147 heroAdrian Gunnell edged out Paul Sweeny in a last frame thriller. Sweeny knocked in breaks of 68, 62 & 63 but Gunnell stepped in with 81 and the match winning 89 in the decider.

Ireland's Colm Gilcreest put paid to Welshman Mark Fenton, helped by runs of 53 and 68, which negated offerings of 67 and 81 from Fenton. Gilcreest held a 3-0 lead before Fenton levelled, but he couldn't sustain his recovery as Gilcreest took the next two frames for his 5-3 victory.

The tons started roling in today, led by Tony Knowles with 123 and 113, Malta's favourite Joe Grech added 121 in a 5-2 win over Mario Wehrmann, while 100 helped Nigel Gilbert to his 5-4 victory againstSean Lanigan. Nick Terry saved his 103 for the match winning break against Gary Lees and Chris Shade contributed 122 in a 5-2 win overDavid McDonnell.

There were more good wins for the overseas contingent, led by veteran Canadian Bob Chaperon, who notched a 5-2 win over Munraj Pal, while The flying Finn Robin Hull progressed 5-3 against Robert Milkins, with breaks of 83 and 59. Thailand's Tai Pichit ran in breaks of 85, 75 and 69 in a 5-2 win overJason Wallace.

Round 1

(Monday 4th January)

Stuart Reardon 5-3 Steve Mifsud (Australia) Allister Carter 5-1 Brian Rowswell Les Dodd w/o Li Jian-Bing (China) Ian Sargeant (Wales) w/o Anan Terananon (Thailand) David McDonnell 5-2 Wael Talaat (Egypt) Kristjan Helgason (Iceland) 5-1 Björn Haneveer (Belgium) Geoff Dunn (Scotland) 5-0 Neil Robertson (New Zealand) Paul Cavney 5-3 Gary Natale (Canada) Stuart Bingham 5-1 Jeff Cundy Wayne Saidler w/o Kirk Stevens (Canada) Joe Delaney (Ireland) 5-1 Mario Cutajar (Malta) Mark Johnston-Allen 5-3 Darren Hackeson Matt Wilson 5-2 Hitesh Naran (South Africa) Johl Younger (Australia) 5-3 Surinder Gill Robin Hull (Finland) 5-0 Matthew Bray Bob Chaperon (Canada) w/o Dylan Leary (N.Ireland) Gary Lees w/o Chatchawan Rutphae (Thailand) Adrian Gunnell w/o Alastair Fleming (Scotland) Alex Borg (Malta) w/o Keith E (Singapore) Leigh Robinson 5-4 Ben Reicker (Canada) Mike Dunn w/o Saleh Muhammad (Pakistan) John Whitty w/o Farhan Mirza (Pakistan) Sam Chong (Malaysia) 5-1 John Giles Colm Gilcreest (Ireland) 5-1 Dermot McGlinchey (N.Ireland) Eddie Barker 5-4 Shaun Murphy Patrick Delsemme (Belgium) 5-4 Mark Miller Mehmet Husnu (Cyprus) 5-2 David Coles Barry Pinches 5-0 Mike Henson (Germany) Sean Lanigan w/o Hasimu Tuerxun (China) Mario Wehrmann (Netherlands) 5-3 Mike Hallett Tai Pichit (Thailand) 5-0 Darren Limburg Simon Parker 5-2 Guo Hua (China)

Morning session

The first round hopefuls set out on the long road to the Granite City - Aberdeen - their starting point first round matches in Blackpool this morning.

Four players failed to even make it to the starting line - asLi Jian-Bing, Anan Terananon, Dylan Leary and Kirk Stevens all failed to show for their matches. The lucky beneficiaries were England'sLes Dodd, Wales' Ian Sargeant, Canada's Bob Chaperon and England's Wayne Saidler.

Mixed fortunes for the Overseas players - Robin Hull of Finland posted the first whitewash of the morning, a break of 63 his only sizeable contribution in beating Matthew Bray 5-0.

Australia lost two players as Steve Mifsud lost 5-3 to Stuart Reardonof England and Neil Robertson didn't trouble the scorers as Scotland'sGeoff Dunn won 5-0. Reardon notched up runs of 61 and 83 in his win, while Dunn recorded back to back breaks of 54 and 65.

Australia's youngest player, Johl Younger kept the flag flying with a 5-3 win over Surinder Gill. Gill's break of 61 in the second frame was the only notable break as he held a 2-0 lead before Younger found his form. Younger's win has earned him an intriguing encounter against the veteran Tony Knowles in Round Two.

Canada recorded one walkover, one loss and one no show, asBob Chaperon's opponent Dylan Leary was scratched; Gary Natale lost out 5-3 to England's Paul Cavney and Kirk Stevens failed to report for his opening match.

Iceland beat Belgium comfortably as Kristjan Helgason picked up where he left off in Plymouth last summer, recording a 5-1 victory overBjorn Haneveer. Haneveer notched 73 in the second, but runs of 71 in the third, and 59 and 54 in the fifth and sixth saw Helgason safely over the line.

Evening session

Six more "no-shows" tonight, but Global Snooker Centre's own proSimon Parker, recovers from a 2-0 deficit to beat China's Guo Hua 5-2.

Malaysia's Sam Chong shows his class with a 5-1 hammering of John Giles.

Colm Gilcreest wins an all-Irish battle against Dermot McGlinchey. Runs of 71 and 67 in Frames 5 & 6 sealing his victory.

Snooker's youngest pro Shaun Murphy loses out in a decider to Eddie Barker.

Belgium's Patrick Delsemme notches a win for the Continent as he sneaks a decider against Mark Miller. Another continental win - forMario Wehrmann against Mike Hallett, a run of 82 the highlight for Wehrmann, who now faces Malta's Joe Grech.

Thailand's former monk Tai Pichit breezes through 5-0, his victimDarren Limburg. Pichit will now play Plymouth's hero Patrick Wallaceof Northern Ireland. Wallace's exploits last summer saw him through to two venues and he notched a memorable win against Nigel Bond in the UK Championship.

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Prize Money

� Not payable to overseas qualifiers who lose their first match

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Winner	1	*	60,000		60,000
Runner Up	1	*	32,000		32,000
Losing Semi-finalist	2	*	16,000		32,000
Losing Quarter-finalist	4	*	9,100		36,400
Last 16	8	*	4,600		36,800
Last 32	16	*	2,600		41,600
Last 64	32	*	2,225		71,200
Last 96	32	*	1,250		40,000
Overseas Play-off Round	6	*	1,250	�	7,500
Last 134	32	*	200		6,400
High TV Break	1	*	5,000		5,000
High Pre TV Break	1	*	1,100		1,100

Total	370,000

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Points

Here is an overview of the points system used in the 1999 Scottish Open.

The points are awarded to the losing players in each round.

Round	Points
Last 198	200
Last 166	270
(seeds 97-128)	200
Last 134	360
(seeds 65-96)	270
Last 102	480
(overseas seeds)	360
Last 96	480
(seeds 33-64)	360
Last 64	640
(seeds 1-32)	480
Last 32	855
Last 16	1,140
Q-F	1,520
S-F	2,025
R-up	3,040
Winner	4,560