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2009/10 BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR EVENT NO. 3
Riley's American Pool and Snooker - Meadowbank
25 Jocks Lodge
Meadowbank
Edinburgh
Midlothian
EH8 7AA
www.scottish9ball.com
www.rileysltd.com
www.blackbottle.com

Saturday/Sunday 5-6 September 2009

Michael Valentine nears the completion of another rack

Michael Valentine nears the completion of another rack

Black Bottle Event 3 winner Michael Valentine nears completion of another rack
TOUR EVENT 3 - RILEY'S MEADOWBANK

Michael Valentine won his first SAPPA Black Bottle Scottish 9-Ball Tour Event of the season with a tight 10-8 victory over Fraser Patrick at Riley's, Meadowbank, Edinburgh. "The Yeti" seemed to turn the clock back a few seasons as he won his first 4 matches with a combined score of 40 racks to 15 against some excellent opponents.

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A total of 54 players were entered into the draw and with the top 16 being seeded through to Sunday, 38 players fought for one of the 16 qualifying spaces. The first day of the event did not bring as many surprises as the previous 2 events but at the end of the Saturday the 16 players remaining were drawn against the top 16 ranked players in Scotland and brought some interesting matches.

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 3
THE LAST 32 (Losers - �30)
Michael Valentine	10 : 1	Tomasz Waliszewski
Tam Talent	10 : 5	Remi
Andy McNiven	10 : 2	Billy Edmond
Adam Smith	10 : 2	Stevie Capaldi
Jayson Shaw	10 : 8	Andy Morris
Stewart McPhee	10 : 6	Carl Smith
Chris Cowie	10 : 4	Tam Walkinshaw
Davy Jack	10 : 9	Peter McLanachan
Scott Gillespie	10 : 5	Greg Alexander
Ian Macintosh	10 : 0	Alan Reynolds
Gordon Bain	10 : 5	Cameron Bowes
Clark Smith	10 : 3	Derek Easton
Darren Murray	10 : 4	Dave Moir
Fraser Patrick	10 : 2	Chas Kelly
Chris Fraser	10 : 6	Chris Pringle
Scott Ross	10 : 9	Pat Holtz

Stand out results in the last 32 included Ian Macintosh's whitewashing of top 8-Ball player Alan Reynolds, Michael Valentine's 10-1 hammering of Tamasz Waliszewski and Adam Smith's 10-2 drubbing of Stevie Capaldi. At the other end of the scale, Scott Ross managed to squeeze by Scotland's number one, Pat Holtz, 10-9 in a very tight match and Davy Jack survived a scare when he came back from 9-5 down to win 10-9 over Peter McLanachan.

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 3
THE LAST 16 (Losers - �60)
Michael Valentine	10 : 2	Tam Talent
Adam Smith	10 : 2	Andy McNiven
Jayson Shaw	10 : 1	Stewart McPhee
Chris Cowie	10 : 8	Davy Jack
Scott Gillespie	10 : 4	Ian Macintosh
Gordon Bain	10 : 2	Clark Smith
Fraser Patrick	10 : 4	Darren Murray
Scott Ross	10 : 7	Chris Fraser

Reading the results of the last 16 stage might make you think that most players were trying to get their matches finished in a hurry but the vast majority of them were all very hard fought affairs. The exception to this was Jayson Shaw who beat Stewart McPhee 10-1 in double-quick time.

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 3
THE QUARTER FINALS (Losers - �80)
Michael Valentine	10 : 6	Adam Smith
Chris Cowie	10 : 9	Jayson Shaw
Scott Gillespie	10 : 9	Gordon Bain
Fraser Patrick	10 : 3	Scott Ross

The Quarter Finals gave us 4 top-quality matches with 2 of them going right down the the wire. While Fraser Patrick was pouncing on a series of uncharacteristic errors from Scott Ross to win 10-3 and Michael Valentine was getting past Adam Smith, the matches between Jayson Shaw and Chris Cowie and Scott Gillespie and Gordon Bain were gaining large crowds of eliminated players and club members as they both went to a deciding rack. The difference between the players in both matches was measured in a matter of a couple of inches as safety shots from Shaw and Bain allowed Cowie and Gillespie respectively in to finish off the matches.

Scott Ross can't watch as Fraser Patrick finishes off another rack

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 3
THE SEMI FINALS (Losers - �110)
Michael Valentine	10 : 6	Chris Cowie
Fraser Patrick	10 : 2	Scott Gillespie

Chris Cowie comes to the completion of another rack in his
Semi Final match against Michael Valentine

The Semi Finals were both excellent matches with Valentine showing a resurgence in form to get past the ever improving Chris Cowie while former snooker professional Fraser Patrick showed that the work he has been putting into his 9 Ball game has not been in vain with a seemingly easy demolition of Tour Event 2 runner-up Scott Gillespie.

BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA SCOTTISH 9-BALL TOUR
EVENT NO. 3
THE FINAL
Michael Valentine	10 : 8	Fraser Patrick
WINNER - �400	PRIZE	RUNNER-UP - �200

The final was a tight affair all the way through with no player having a lead of more than one or 2 racks at any one time. At the end of the match, however, it was the player affectionately known as "The Yeti" pocketing the final 9-ball to win his first SAPPA Tour Event since March 2008. SAPPA would like to thank Black Bottle Whisky, Riley's Meadowbank and all the players for making the weekend such a big success.

SCOTTISH AMERICAN POOL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION
2009/10 Season Calendar
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 1	Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Stirling 57-59 Upper Craigs Stirling Stirling FK8 2DT Telephone: 01786 446363 www.rileysltd.com Saturday/Sunday 16-17 May 2009
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 2	Reardons Snooker and Pool - Southside Reardons Southside 1060 Pollokshaws Rd Glasgow Scotland G41 3EA Telephone: 0141 632 0007 www.reardonsnookerandpool.com Saturday/Sunday 8-9 August 2009
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 3	Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Edinburgh 25 Jocks Lodge Meadowbank Edinburgh Midlothian EH8 7AA www.rileysltd.com Saturday/Sunday 5-6 September 2009
Scottish Open 9-Ball Championships	Styx American Pool Bar 28a Victoria Road Kirkcaldy Scotland KY1 1DS Telephone: 01592 265483 www.scottish9ball.com www.styx.info Saturday/Sunday 7-8 November 2009 Please note change of date
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 4	The Q CLub 101 St. Georges Rd Glasgow G3 6JA Telephone: 0141 333 9035 Saturday/Sunday 12-13 December 2009
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 5	Reardons Central American Pool and Snooker Centre 24 Hope Street Glasgow Telephone: 0141 221 4646 www.reardonsnookerandpool.com Saturday/Sunday 9-10 January 2010
BLACK BOTTLE SAPPA TOUR EVENT N0. 7	Rileys American Pool and Snooker - Kirkintilloch 22 Cowgate Kirkintilloch East Dunbartonshire G66 1HN. Tel: 0141 7778108 www.rileysltd.com Saturday/Sunday 6-7 March 2010

Check out the Pro9.co.uk Calendar for more tournament dates.

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