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Some excellent news for Woking…
A HANDFUL OF STARS who competed within the quick and livid Snooker Legends 900 turned out to Woking Snooker Centre for the WPBSA Open Collection Occasion on the weekend.
But it surely was the teenage expertise Oliver Sykes who scooped the WPBSA Open Collection on Saturday, November 4th.
35 entries was a very good turnout for the occasion, which was finally gained by the proficient Cuestars Underneath-21 star 17-year-old Oliver Sykes, who defeated Labeeb Ahmed within the remaining 3 – 1.
Australian skilled Ryan Thomerson, the World no 110 on the Most important Tour, was current on the occasion and reached the quarter-finals.
Marcos Dayao, who made a John Higgins-like clearance within the first week of the 900, Cuestars Senior Dharminder Lilly, winner of week 6, Billy Fortress, who had a very good run in a single week, and is one commentator on the occasion, additionally performed within the Open occasion at Woking.
Most of the high amateurs within the sport, from the totally different excursions, could possibly be described as professionals in all however title. For instance, Michael Holt, now an newbie, is mostly a skilled in all however title.
Dwelling Wokng star participant and World Ladies’s No 15, Jasmine Bolsover, 23, who gave a gutsy efficiency in week 5 of the occasion of the 900, narrowly lacking out on semi-final locations within the occasion, additionally starred within the star-studded line-up on the Surrey-based membership, and has made a Youtube recorded 147 there.
Woking star of the World Incapacity Tour, who lately reached a remaining in Germany, Dalton The Digger Lawrence additionally performed within the occasion and performed SnookerZone’s Chris Gaynor within the first spherical, who competed within the occasion for the primary time.
Chris Gaynor, 41, additionally a loyal long-standing member of the membership since 2015, who has competed in Cuestars occasions, and almost gained matches, and the weekend tournaments at Woking the place he has been a semi-finalist within the handicap, and the 2023 Bob Mason Open, competed within the occasion for the primary time within the WPBSA Open Collection, and stated: “It was nice to see a very good turnout on the occasion and these occasions are nice for gamers of all skills to play high gamers, some who play for 5 hours a day, and have that luxurious, and enhance and continue learning the sport.
These sorts of occasions have been by no means held at Woking for a very long time from 2015 onwards, till the introduction of Membership Supervisor Peter Ruddick and his group, so it’s good to see all these occasions again on at a snooker membership. Nicely performed to Terry Teeman for the Event Director function.
SnookerZone wrote a newspaper article about Woking C and native star Peter Butler within the Byfleet League when Woking C gained the Division 2 League Title and Peter Butler had made a 63, the very best break of that division that season. World No 15 Jasmine Bolsover has additionally been featured within the Woking Information previously for the Teaching Day performed with WPBSA Coach Kai Michael and World no 7 Emma Parker.
Congratulations to Peter Butler for lately making a century on the Membership. We spoke to Butler, who runs the Sunday Junior Teaching Membership on the membership over the weekend, who was over the moon and had “at all times wished to make it.”
Large congratulations to @SnookerWoking , @snookercuestars & @ByfleetLeague participant Pete Butler @shots_pb on his first ton .(101) @snookerhub pic.twitter.com/I4kQBxBxwT
— Cue Surrey (@CueSurrey) November 5, 2023
“Gaynor added on his Open Collection look: “I used to be happy to help the turnout for the occasion and luxuriate in competing and making an attempt to additional develop my sport beneath the strain of competitors once I can, in opposition to a number of the high stars of the sport. Despite the fact that I didn’t get by means of the primary spherical, I made a pleasant five-ball break on the colors on the finish of the final body, regardless of needing snookers, and confirmed my opponent I hadn’t been intimidated by the event. I gave a very good account of myself throughout the match and typically the scorelines in frames don’t mirror that! I performed some nice security, which is the strongest a part of my sport. I’ll maintain pushing on.”
Some high gamers from the Premier Division of the Byfleet League additionally appeared within the line-up.
Monday within the 900 sees Matt Ford, one other we’ve interviewed on SnookerZone, in addition to Cuestars founder John Hunter, who performs on Tuesday.
Dayao spoke to Gaynor of SnookerZone on the occasion and stated he totally loved his expertise enjoying within the Snooker Legends 900 in Week One.
The Snooker Legends 900 continues for the ultimate week of TV qualifying this week for the Grand Finals on November twenty second, the place one fortunate star will decide up the Snooker Legends 900 trophy and pocket a £10,000 newbie prize, the most important in newbie snooker since Pot Black.
Catch the 900 on Mondays to Wednesdays at 10 PM on Sky 427 and The YouTube SportyStuff TV channel.
Good luck to everybody who’s competing within the 900 this week for the ultimate week of TV qualifying.
WOKING NOW HAS ITS OWN YOUTUBE CHANNEL
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