1999 Bell Fruit / SCPA Open (30 Jul - 1 Aug)

Suffolk County Pool Association and Premier Pool and Snooker Club in Ipswich have got together with Bell Fruit to bring you this major event with big money prizes.

Substantial cash prizes including a first prize of £1000 guaranteed!. For the benefit of players who were out of the main event early or wanted to increase their chances or simply could not be available for the Saturday event, there was a £10 singles competition on the Sunday at 11.00 am. For people arriving Friday evening there was a £5 flyer at 8.00 pm. Prizes for the Friday and the Sunday competition subject to the number of entries as were prizes for runner up etc in the main event. Other flyers were organised throughout the weekend.

The entry fee for the main event was just £20 in advance. Discounts available if registering in advance for the main event plus one or both of the others, eg Fri/Sat £23, Sat/Sun £27, Fri/Sat/Sun £30.

The event took place at:-

Premier Pool Club, Ipswich was the venue for a major pool competition, the 1999 Bell Fruit - Suffolk County Open, organised and run by Suffolk County Pool Association (SCPA). There were other competitions throughout the weekend. Click on above links for specific reports and results.

Despite the exceptionally hot and humid weather, a great time was had by all competitors and we hope to see them again for the Y2k Bell Fruit - SCPA Open.

Suffolk County Pool Association would like to thank Premier Pool Club for hosting the event and Bell Fruit for their generous sponsorship.

The weekend kicked off with a Friday Night Flyer starting at 8.00 pm. Matches were best of five throughout. The event was well attended and there were some good performances from Suffolk players Justin Saunders and George Barker. After getting through the first round, Justin didn't lose a frame until reaching the semi finals where he lost 3-1 to World Junior Champion Tim Singh. In the other half of the draw, George was playing well, gradually clearing the field to meet former World Champion Carl Morris in the semis. This was to be a tough match but George persevered to beat Carl 3-2 and gain a place in the final. George continued to play superbly. The final went to 2-2 and George was looking like winning but unfortunately one mistake was enough to let Tim Singh in to clear the table and take the final 3-2.

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Nicky Parnell and Carl Morris prepare to do battle in the final.
Nicky Parnell receives the Runner Up Trophy	Carl Morris wins the big trophy and takes the £1000 Prize

The main event started at 10.00 am on Saturday. There were substantial prizes available with a guaranteed first prize of £1000. Other prizes were paid out to Runner Up, Losing Semi-finalists and Quarter-finalists.

Entry was just £20 per player and tables were on free play throughout. Matches were played as best of nine from the first round and increased to best of eleven for the semi-finals and finals.

Cambridgeshire players Nicky Parnell and Darren Hope worked their way through to the semi-finals where Nicky came up against Darren Collison. Nicky was on form and beat Darren 6-2 to earn a place in the final. In the other semi-final, Darren Hope was up against Carl Morris. The match went all the way to 11 frames with Carl finally beating Darren 6-5. Then came the final. Carl was taking no prisoners and Nicky was having no luck. Carl finally took the match 6-2 to become the 1999 Bell Fruit-SCPA Champion.

In addition, there was a smaller singles competition on the Sunday. Just £10 entry and best of seven frames from the start, increasing to eleven for the semi-finals and final. Semi-finalists were Rob Hill v Andy Barnett and Rory Dawson v Sunny Singh. Rob and Sunny got through to the final and at the end of what had been a hot and sticky weekend, they chose to split the prize.

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