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Mickey Flynns American Pool
103 Mill Road
Cambridge
CB1 2AZ
Tel: 01223 309 000
www.mickeyflynns.co.uk
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Sunday 27 July 2008 - FINAL UPDATE 10:42PM - MORE VIDEOS TOMORROW

Neil Robertson in action at the Mickey Flynns 10-Ball Tournament
Mickey Flynns 10-Ball updates and results

Mickey Flynns 10-Ball event is underway with even the biggest superstars from the world of pool and snooker making an appearance.

Majid, Appleton, Gray, and Diks are all here but the biggest of the big names must be Snooker's 2007 Welsh Open and Grand Prix Champion, Neil Robertson, from Australia!!! (Yes, I'll be trying to get an interview!!!)

40 players have attended after the 50 players signed up, apparently it's often the same ones that don't turn up which is proving irksome to Tournament Director Richard Jones.

"Read More..." for the details.

Oliver Mandel vs Neil Robertson at the Mickey Flynns 10-Ball Tournament

Richard Jones in action at Mickey Flynns

Some of the fabulous Mickeys staff that looked after us so well.

Larry Catapang battles with Darren Appleton at the Mickey Flynns 10-Ball Tournament

Greg Da Silva prepares to go airbourne at the Mickey Flynns 10-Ball Tournament

Robertson Falls to Rico Diks in Last 16 at Mickey Flynns 10 Ball

Australian snooker star Neil Robertson looked cool, calm and collected on the pool table adding a touch of class to this event, and he clearly enjoyed his matches here despite never playing 10-Ball before, but ultimate he fell to the classic mistakes that all newcomers make when changing to the American table.

Despite the deadly accuracy only bestowed on the very top snooker players, at various stages of the event the Welsh Open winner missed powerful kick shots that checked up of the cushion, played the two-ball when the one-ball was still on the table, scratched numerous times off the break, and had over-powered shots rattle and spit from the generous pockets, but he took his luck in good humour and gave us a hill-hill thriller to watch in his Last 16 stage match-up with Dutch pool star Rico Diks.

The score went 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, all the way to the 7-7 double hill score with both players getting a crack at the "cherry", but Robertson missed a tough shot in the final rack which gifted Diks with a four ball run-out for the match.

Watch out for a great Pro Tube interview with Neil Robertson on Tuesday!

Walsh draws "toughest route" to final in Last 16 stage

David Walsh has a huge smile on his face after drawing EuroTour Number 1 ranked player Mark Gray in the Last 16 - and winning the match, only to be rewarded with meeting EuroTour Number 2 ranked player Imran Majid in the Quarter Finals!

He won that match too and will now face either the talented Craig Osborne, or the Mickey Flynns reigning 10-Ball Champion Ricardo Jones!

Good luck Dave!

Craig Osborne and Darren Appleton share the spoils by splitting the cash for the final.
Who wins when "Dynamite" meets "Shotgun" in the final?

We'll never know who would have won the final, as once again the two finalists split the cash at Mickey Flynns 10-Ball despite Craig "Shotgun" Osborne actually beating Darren "Dynamite" Appleton in the group stages earlier in the day.

Appleton beat Snooker's Challenge Tour player from Australia, Vinne Calabrese in the semi-finals, and Craig snatched his place in the final by winning the last two racks after David Walsh missed a ten ball. Craig broke and dished the final rack to double Walsh's pain.

A great day at Mickey Flynns again, thanks to the staff once again for looking after us so well, and hopefully we'll have another good turnout for the next one in three weeks time.

THE STATS

TOTAL PRIZE FUND: �1110-00
Winner x 1	�400-00
Runner-Up x 1	�200-00
Semi-Finalists x 2	�100-00
Quarter-Finalists x 4	�50-00
Plate Winner	�60-00
Plate Runner Up	�40-00
Plate Semi-Finalists	�10-00

THE PLAYERS

Richard Jones
James Tulley
Danny Prentis
Joff Middleton
Nigel Francis
Joe Sims
Andy Nicholson
Yousef Al-Adasanc
Ian West
Gareth Steele
Mark Hughes
David Walsh
Steve Folan
Gareth Esprit
Alan Millership
Craig Osborne
David Nelson
Chris Buckmaster
Larry Catapang
Mike Rogers
Adam Clarke
Josh Hughes
Chris Stocker
Damian Overton
Colin Rennison
Mohammed Ahasan
Anthony Ginn
Mark Gray
Martin Chapman
Imran Majid
Oliver Mandel
Greg Da Silva
Mickey Lambert
Matt Hyden
Rico Diks
Matt Ford
James Taylor
Darren Appleton
Vinne Calabrese
Will Scott
Neil Robertson

LAST 16
Rico Diks	8 : 7	Neil Robertson
Darren Appleton	beat	Ian West
Vinnie Calabrese	beat	Damian Overton
Anthony Ginn	beat	Will Scott
David Walsh	beat	Imran Majid
Mark Gray	beat	Alan Millership
Craig Osborne	beat	Chris Buckmaster
Ricardo Jones	beat	Gareth Esprit

THE QUARTER-FINALS
Darren Appleton	8 : 6	Rico Diks
Vinne Calabrese	8 : 5	Anthony Ginn
David Walsh	8 : 4	Mark Gray
Craig Osborne	8 : 7	Ricardo Jones

THE SEMI-FINALS
Darren Appleton	8 : 6	Vinnie Calabrese
Craig Osborne	8 : 7	David Walsh

THE FINAL
Darren Appleton	SPLIT	Craig Osborne

THE PLATE

LAST 16
Matt Ford	beat	bye
Joe Sims	beat	Larry Catapang
Max Ayliff	beat	Chris Stocker
Oliver Mandel	beat	Greg Da Silva
Colin Rennison	beat	Josh
Mark Hughes	beat	Nigel Francis
James Tulley	beat	Gareth Steele
Mike Rogers	beat	bye

THE QUARTER-FINALS
Matt Ford	beat	Joe Sims
Oliver Mandel	beat	Max Ayliff
Mark Hughes	beat	Colin Rennison
Mike Rogers	beat	James Tulley

THE SEMI-FINALS
Matt Ford	beat	Oliver Mandel
Mark Hughes	beat	Mike Rogers

THE FINAL
Matt Ford	7 : 6	Mark Hughes

Mark Hughes (L) and Matt Ford (R) before the plate final.

Check out the Pro9.co.uk calendar for details of the next Mickey Flynns events.

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