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BWPPA Ranking Event No.1
Rileys American Pool and Snooker Club - Birmingham
21-22 Essex Street
Birmingham
West Midlands
B5 4TR
Tel: 0121 666 6811
www.bwppa.org
www.rileysltd.com
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Saturday 28 February - Sunday 1 March 2009

Karl Read with BWPPA Birmingham Open Championship trophy and Rileys manager.
Three champions celebrate victory at first BWPPA event

Ireland's Fred Dinsmore is another pool player who has taken the plunge and opted for laser eye surgery, and whilst results with his particular type of prescription are gradual there can be no complaints as he took the top prize in the Pro Cup division on Britain's 9 Ball Tour for wheelchair players.

Strong wins over very capable opponents Tony Southern and Danny Luton in the semi's and final respectively will give Dubliner Dinsmore a healthy early lead on the rankings and he'll be hoping to do well in the main event on Sunday.

There is a wide range of physical disabilities on the tour, and it's heartening to see plucky Nicky Oliver overcome his challenges and win the rather appropriately named "Challenge" Cup.

Oliver plays with the aid of an able-bodied assistant who brings a dimension of team work to the operation as he positions the chair, fetches the rest and operates the wheel lock in an obviously well practiced routine requiring no verbal communication between player and assistant.

Oliver and Dinsmore will be presented with their trophies on Sunday, as well as continuing to battle for even more glory in the Main Event - especially as the overall top ranked player at the end of the season will win a signed Wayne Holmes cue worth a cool �1,000!

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Rileys Birmingham

The British Wheelchair Professional Pool Players Association event gets underway.

The fabulous Rileys Birmingham staff.

A spectators eye-view of the final.

Danny Luton in action again in his second final at Birmingham.

Matthew Duffy getting down to business in Birmingham.

Challenge Cup winner Nicky Oliver playing in the main event.

Matthew Gleaves holding one of the awesome racks from tour sponsor "Delta-13".

Gleaves shooting and showing off the smart Polo Shirts sponsored by Dynamic Billard.

BWPPA Tour veteran Matthew Lester in the main event at Birmingham.

Fred Dinsmore made the worthwhile journey from Dublin to win the Pro Cup..

Nicky Oliver receiving Challenge Cup from sponsor "Gentleman's Night Out" representative.
"Wheelie" terrible accident

Apparently player's at these events haven't traditional hung around after they have lost, and they shoot off home as soon as they can, but there was a really friendly atmosphere at this event as lots of players stayed to watch the finals and have a chat with each other.

However, when Frankie Gillen left the club he took a curb too quickly at an acute angle and completely threw a tyre just outside.

It was quite a comical sight as we all had a go at the virtually impossible task of getting that infernal 9 inch rubber disk back on over the wheel rim.

Pliers were employed to remove the spindle and suggestions flowed from every corner as volunteers sweated profusely over the task until washing up liquid and a relentlessly helpful Rileys staff member had the tenacity and sheer strength to complete the job, much to the relief of all around.

Sponsors flock to support BWPPA tour

After struggling to get meaningful sponsorship for many years the BWPPA have really nailed it this year with some very high quality deals with premier pool businesses keen to support the tour with fantastic deals.

Among this years sponsors are the Delta-13 rack who have provided awesome racks for the tour, Predator products have chipped in with a whole slew of prizes to be awarded to players. Simonis have supplied a superb Tournament Blue cloth for each and every final table of the season, and Dynamic Billard have supplied tour shirts for each of the players.

Gentleman's Night Out have added the always welcome "hard-cash" variety of sponsorship and their four figure sum was greatly appreciated, and Talisman have supplied gifts for all the tour's players... A real bumper crop, and thanks must go to both the sponsors for their generosity, as well to the organisers who worked tirelessly to seal those fantastic deals.

THE STATS

Rileys Birmingham

MAIN EVENT PLAYERS

Roy Kimberley, Tony Southern, Karl Read, Danny Luton, Matthew Duffy, Matthew Gleaves, Craig Welsh, Adam Pearson, Graham McClounnan, Matthew Lester, Mark McNeil, Fred Dinsmore, Nicky Oliver, Frankie Gillen.

THE BWPPA EVENT NO.1
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE LAST 16
Roy Kimberley	7 : 0	Bye
Graham McClounnan	7 : 3	Adam Pearson
Mathew Duffy	7 : 4	Fred Dinsmore
Danny Luton	7 : 2	Nicky Oliver
Karl Read	7 : 3	Frankie Gillen
Matthew Gleaves	7 : 4	Mark McNeill
Craig Welsh	7 : 4	Matthew Lester
Tony Southern	7 : 0	Bye

THE BWPPA EVENT NO.1
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE QUARTER FINALS
Roy Kimberley	7 : 4	Graham McClounnan
Danny Luton	7 : 4	Matthew Duffy
Karl Read	7 : 5	Matthew Gleaves
Tony Southern	7 : 0	Craig Welsh

THE BWPPA EVENT NO.1
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE SEMI FINALS
Danny Luton	7 : 5	Roy Kimberley
Karl Read	7 : 2	Tony Southern

THE BWPPA EVENT NO.1
THE MAIN TOURNAMENT
THE FINAL
Karl Read	9 : 7	Danny Luton

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CHALLENGE EVENT PLAYERS

Adam Pearson, Nicky Oliver, Frankie Gillen, Graham McClounnan, Mark McNeill, Matthew Lester.

THE BWPPA EVENT NO.1
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE SEMI FINALS
Nicky Oliver	5 : 3	Frankie Gillen
Mark McNeill	5 : 2	Adam Pearson

THE BWPPA EVENT NO.1
THE CHALLENGE CUP
THE FINAL
Nicky Oliver	6 : 3	Mark McNeill

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PRO EVENT PLAYERS

Roy Kimberley, Tony Southern, Fred Dinsmore, Danny Luton, Craig Welsh, Karl Read, Matthew Duffy, Matthew Gleaves.

THE BWPPA EVENT NO.1
THE PRO CUP
THE SEMI FINALS
Fred Dinsmore	6 : 3	Tony Southern
Danny Luton	6 : 4	Roy Kimberley

THE BWPPA EVENT NO.1
THE PRO CUP
THE FINAL
Fred Dinsmore	7 : 2	Danny Luton

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