9-Ball
Topic: Updates on first event

A small update for everyone.....

Mark Gray beat James Kay in quarters 9:7.....he now plays winner of Valentive and Appleton. Last count Darren was 7:6 up.

I think Raj is playing Imran in other semi......but dont quote me on it.....phone line was a bit crackly!


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Crazy Cue

Hey Mal, How did you get on in the challenge tour? Sure i seen your name down on the list.

I had an extremely bad day at the office mate. Twice. Lost 9-2 to Adam Clarke in main event 1st and 9-3 to Damian Massey in the challenge event. Not the greatest draws as both have been FT pros but I did get chances on their break and just played awful. Shocked me just how bad I was so its back to the drawing board. I'm down for Nottingham on 17th but I'll be hopefully making amends next time. The good thing is its not got me down more spurred me on to do better.

Ta for asking mate I was pretty anonymous this time!

any results or is it still top secret

top secret

change the name to the MI5 tour.......

any danger of some results?......

i think its just a lack of pc's at the club.....and Dave trying hard with the pro9 shop at the club so he has been so busy! i can assist a little if you want....I lost in the last 16 to Raj! there thats my results done

imran 6-5 up on gray in final

Yeah guys the boys are doing the best they can but the internet is not available at the club.

thanks buckster,that would have been good enough at the beginning of the thread

imran for the double then

first time seen him play at barnsley and looked very very good

It would of been, but I only just got on.

Wow, looks like Imran really loves this new format. Great effort to get to the final of the main event as well!
I thought he was going out at the semi final stage of the Pro Cup when Craig Osbourne only had two balls left at 8-8 but the pool gods through in final twist.

Double for Imran!!
11-10

Please accept my apologies for the tardy timeliness of the reports and results from Solihull. I appreciate we've become accustomed to expect fast results, but for reasons I won't bore you with I was unable to provide the usual service in a timely fashion.

I'm sorry.

However, I DO have some great photos (uploading now), the full results from every single match (coming soon) and a super new feature of fun videos clips from the event, available within a new section called The Pro Tube (uploading a new video clip from Solihull each day this week).

I'll also be uploading the new rankings and the formal press release from the event when they become available.

I'd like to personally thank all the people who helped support the GB9 tour event by purchasing something from The Pro Shop - we had a great time chatting with people at the stall and we hope you found something useful for your pool arsenal. We'll be coming to all the GB9 events this year, so if there's something special you'd like, drop us a line and we'll see if we can help you out.

Thanks to ALL the GB9 staff who did a great job this weekend, I'm "over the moon" about the Pro9 logo on the sleeves of the tour shirts (wear those with pride) and thanks to the fantastic staff at Rileys for looking after us (special thanks for posting my mobile phone back to me).

Can't wait for the next one!

All the best,
Big Dave.


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well done Imran, to carry off the double in such high class fields is remarkable.

riggers and co - you guys rock! fantastic organisation, just what the uk pool scene was looking for.

well done to all involved.

Many congratulations to Imran Majid and Thomas Ainsworth Smith on their impressive victories this weekend.

I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who made it so successful especially Big Dave & Andy from the Pro Shop, Cuesport TV and Ann, Steve and all the team from Rileys Solihull who looked after us so well. And of course an enormous thanks to Shirley for making eveyrthing run like clockwork just like it always does when she's in the Tournament Directors chair. You cannot imagine how hard that job is and the personal sacrifices she makes for us to bring us these events. I think she's going to have to take unpaid leave from work this morning to try and recover.

There's so many more people to thank but we are both very tired now and will post more including updates on the GB9 site regarding rankings and press releases later this week. In the meantime I know Big Dave will keep you all furnished with results and information.

Thanks for all the kind words everybody, it means a lot to know the hard work is acknowledged and appreciated.

awesome from imran to complete the double,pocket full of cash then this morning then

was a fantastic event weell done top table first class,people players etc were very friendly never heard a bad word bout anyone its a pleasure to be involved in this tour roll on croyden

Just one more quick thank you that is especially important....

To all the players and visitors that stayed to support the players and watch the semi finals and finals on both nights thank you very much as this was so important in making the event so special for us and the players taking part.

Great event, shame I couldn't stick around to the end (bloody trains!). Congrats to the winners and the team who made it all hapen