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Castella Classic British Open

Plymouth Pavillions, Plymouth, England (Apr 1-8, 1996) Ranking tournament (No.9 of 10)

Players are English unless stated

Final

Nigel Bond (England) def. John Higgins (Scotland) 9-8

71-56, 96-4 (61), 65-64, 53-64 (Higgins 56), 79-47 (79), 18-72, 17-102, 0-91 (91), 89-0 (89), 30-60, 99-30, 55-56, 72-0, 0-97, 122-6 (122), 8-128 (75), 71-69

Finally Nigel Bond won a major ranking title. In his fourth try he succeeded. and what a way to do it! He clinched it on the very last black after needing a snooker. Too bad that John Higgins lost his title, but he's been winning so many lately, so I guess he can spare one for Nigel. Bond won �60,000 for the victory and Higgins got �32,000.

This result means Stephen Hendry can still enjoy the view from the very top of the provisional rankings. He will have to watch out for John Higgins though. Now there's only 870 points in it. Will we see a new No.1 next year? Tune in to the World Championship to find out!

Semi-finals

John Higgins (Scot) 6-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan Nigel Bond 6-5 Dave Harold

Quarter-finals

Dave Harold 5-1 Darren Morgan (Wales) John Higgins (Scot) 5-3 John Parrott Nigel Bond 5-3 Peter Ebdon Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3 Mark J Williams (Wales)

Third Round

Nigel Bond 5-4 Stephen Hendry (Scot) Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3 Ken Doherty (Ire) John Parrott 5-2 Gary Wilkinson Peter Ebdon 5-1 Alan McManus (Scot) Darren Morgan (Wales) 5-1 Fergal O'Brien (Ire) John Higgins (Scot) 5-3 Stephen Lee Dave Harold 5-2 Mark Johnston-Allen Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-0 Tony Knowles

Second Round

Stephen Hendry (Scot) 5-1 Joe Swail (N Ire) Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-1 Graeme Dott (Scot) John Parrott 5-3 Dean Reynolds Tony Knowles 5-4 James Wattana (Thai) Alan McManus (Scot) 5-4 Steve James Fergal O'Brien (Ire) 5-3 Jimmy White Darren Morgan (Wales) 5-4 Martin Clark Ken Doherty (Ire) 5-3 Andy Hicks Peter Ebdon 5-4 Dennis Taylor (N Ire) John Higgins (Scot) 5-4 Jason Ferguson Nigel Bond 5-1 Dene O'Kane (Nzl) Dave Harold 5-2 Mick Price Gary Wilkinson 5-0 Mark Bennett (Wales) Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-1 Neal Foulds Mark Johnston-Allen 5-4 Anthony Hamilton Stephen Lee 5-2 Mike Hallett

First Round

Stephen Hendry (Scot) 5-1 Terry Murphy (N Ire) Mark Johnston-Allen 5-2 Steve Davis Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-2 Oliver King John Parrott 5-3 Mark Rowing James Wattana (Thai) 5-2 Karl Broughton Alan McManus (Scot) 5-3 Steve Meakin Jimmy White 5-3 Matthew Stevens (Wales) Darren Morgan (Wales) 5-3 Stefan Mazrocis Ken Doherty (Ire) 5-1 Barry Pinches Peter Ebdon 5-3 Pat Horne John Higgins (Scot) 5-1 Jamie Burnett (Scot) Nigel Bond 5-0 Paul McPhillips (Scot) Dave Harold 5-2 Antony Bolsover Mark Bennett (Wales) 5-0 Tony Drago (Malta) Stephen Lee 5-2 Terry Griffiths (Wales) Mark J Williams (Wales) 5-4 David Roe Andy Hicks 5-1 Chris Scanlon Dene O'Kane (Nzl) 5-2 Matthew Couch Joe Swail (N Ire) 5-2 Billy Snaddon (Scot) Fergal O'Brien (Ire) 5-1 Alain Robidoux (Canada) Mick Price 5-2 Anthony Davies (Wales) Martin Clark 5-4 Joe Johnson Gary Wilkinson 5-2 Stuart Pettman Tony Knowles 5-3 Jimmy Michie Graeme Dott (Scot) 5-4 Willie Thorne Steve James 5-1 Mark Flowerdew Mike Hallett 5-2 Brian Morgan Neal Foulds 5-4 Yasin Merchant (India) Jason Ferguson 5-0 Steve Newbury (Scot) Dean Reynolds 5-4 David McDonnell Anthony Hamilton 5-2 Karl Payne Dennis Taylor (N Ire) 5-0 Rod Lawler

1995 Castella Classic British Open

British Open Finals