STAFFORD LADIES SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIP 2011.

SUNDAY 4TH DECEMBER 2011 @RILEYS STAFFORD.

The first ever Ladies Knockout took place at Rileys with a positive turnout of 8 Ladies entering the competition.

Quarter Final results -

Jill Woolford (Princess Royal) 0 v 2 Pippa Steele (Star & Garter);

Lynda Simpson (Star & Garter) 2 v 0 Michelle Sambrook (Rickerscote C);

Clair Maslin (Rileys Cue T's) 2 v 0 Tracie Stanyer (Rickerscote C);

Charlotte Shelley (Rileys) 2 v 0 Kirsty Lawrence (Rickerscote B).

Semi final results -

Lynda Simpson 3 v 0 Pippa Steele; Charlotte Shelley 3 v 1 Clair Maslin.

FINAL result -

CHARLOTTE SHELLEY 4 V 1 Lynda Simpson.

A BIG thank you to ALL the ladies who entered this competition and congratulations to our FIRST Parkside Electrical stafford Sunday Pool Ladies Champion, CHARLOTTE SHELLEY. A well deserved success after seeing off the Challenge of Shropshire Ladies County player Clair Maslin and then West Mids Ladies County Player Lynda Simpson. Fine potting and played to a high standard and also in great spirit.

Also thank you to Shaun Cooper who refereed the FINAL.

STAFFORD SUNDAY POOL LEAGUE FINALS NIGHT

Played @Rileys, Stafford on Sunday 24th July 2011.

Rob Wharne of Rileys Cue defended his Singles Title in style with an emphatic display of potting on Finals night. He ran away with the title in the Final with a 5-0 victory over fellow teammate Dave Whitfield. It was the Dave Whitfield's first appearance in a Singles Final in 26 years of playing League Pool, and probably felt the occasion had got the better of him. However, playing aginst a player who in the last 12 months has become National Amateur Champion, IPA Club Open winner, World Masters Runner-up and also had England Trials was inevitably going to be a tall order. Rob's performance in the Final was faultless and simply overpowering as he cleared in one visit on 4 occasions leaving Dave Whitfield only a couple of chances throughout.

The Finals night, which started at the Quarter Final stage, unfortunately was missing 2 players, as they couldn't make it for various reasons. As a result Rob Wharne and Dave Barker received walkovers into the semis. This left Lee Whitehouse (Tap) drawn against Simon Davies (Joiners A). The former was in his first Finals and showed good form running out a 3-0 winner. Dave Whitfield was paired against Craig Parsons (Rileys) and after a nervy start the former came away with a 3-1 success, Parsons did have a dish in frame 3 of a somewhat nervous match!

The Semi Finals saw Rob Wharne pair up against Fellow Rileys Cue teammate Dave Barker (2009 winner). This match amazingly saw some uncharacteristic mistakes and an element of good fortune between 2 established players. However it was the consistent fine potting by Wharne that saw him home to a 4-1 success.

The other semi saw Lee Whitehouse pair against Dave Whitfield and this proved to be a much closer match. Both players played to quite a high standard as Whitfield took the first frame but back came Whitehouse who took the next two. This brought Whitfield to life and he cleared up in 3 consecutive frames to clinch a place in the Final after winning 4-2 for the first time.

In the Final though Whitfield struggled to maintain his form and Rob Wharne capitalised on this and deservedly became the Stafford Sunday Pool League Champion for the 2nd year running.

STAFFORD SUNDAY POOL SINGLES FINALS NIGHT

24TH JULY 2011 @ RILEYS, STAFFORD. (4 tables to be used)

7:25pm - DRAW TO BE MADE, 7:30pm - START, (7:45pm SCRATCH)

PLAYERS ATTENDING

1. SIMON DAVIES (Joiners Arms A) 

2. CRAIG PARSONS (Rileys)

3. CHRIS NOLAN (Metropolitan Bar)

4. DAVE WHITFIELD (Rileys Cue)

5. DAVE BARKER (Rileys Cue)

6. ROBERT WHARNE (Rileys Cue)

7. LEE WHITEHOUSE (Tap n Spile)

8. JOHN GROBNIK (Rileys C)

Format for evening for each Round will be:

QUARTER FINAL - Best of FIVE Frames (£10 for losing QF) 

SEMI FINAL - Best of SEVEN Frames (£25 for losing SF)

GRAND FINAL - Best of NINE Frames (£50 for RU, £100 for WINNER)

GOOD LUCK TO ALL FINALISTS!!