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When: Saturday 20th February
Where: Rileys Purley Way
How Much: ?10
Who to pay: Kyle Pickett,Paul Saxton,Rileys or Dave(Farley)

1. Kyle Pickett (Paid KP)
2. Paul Saxton (Paid KP)
3. Halil Nedim (Paid KP)
4. Rob Collings (Paid KP)
5. Steve Pantony (Paid KP)
6. Emil Gjergi (Paid KP)
7. Graf Bishop (paid KP)
8. Tom Telford (Paid KP)
9. Mark Bannister (Paid KP)
10. Steve Potter
11. Steve Aldridge
12. Craig Jones (Paid Rileys)
13. Cathy Fox
14. Dan Reeks (Paid KP)
15. Mark Vincent (Paid KP)
16. Paul Wildman (Paid KP)
17. Mark Rowson (Paid KP)
18. Adam Everitt (Paid Dave)
19. Andy Bentley (Paid Dave)
20. Farron Rowe (Paid KP)
21. Mark Ramsay (Paid Dave)
22. Ricky Cook (Paid KP)
23. Gary Rawlings (Paid KP)
24. Ray Tolfrey (Paid KP)
25. Shane st Romaine (Paid KP)
26. Paul Picton (Paid Dave)
27. Mark Eldridge (Paid KP)
28. Gary Swettenham (Paid KP)
29. Mark Miller (Paid KP)
30. Matt Palmer (Paid Dave)
31. Edita Tuckova
32. John Baylis
33. Mick Huggins (Paid KP)
34. Darren Porter
35. Will White
36. Ian David (Paid KP)
37. Andy Telford (Paid KP)
38. Scott Harrison (Paid KP)
39. Jon Prothero (Paid KP)
40. Krishen Sookhraz (Paid Rileys)
41. Chris Knock
42. Micky Samuels
43. Alex Barneston
44. Dave Truan (Paid KP)
45. Scott Lansing
46. Tony Venus
47. Barry Watkins
48. Stuart Thompson (Paid Dave)
49. Gary Martin (Paid Dave)
50. Katie Hendrick (Paid Dave)
51. Marco Angel
52. Alan Danneau (Paid Paul)
53. Andy Shaw (Paid KP)
54. Zoe Healy
55. Stephen Frampton (Paid Rileys)
56. David Sparey (Paid Rileys)
57. Martin Jones

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Right just spoke 2 paul on the phone and weve made a few changes,

The draw will now b done on the day at 10-30 so if u havnt paid get there b4 this time as we will b strict on this, and matches will start at 11.

1st round matches will be best of 7
2nd round matches will best of 9

Paul will be running a plate comp which will be ?5 to enter

rileys have also kindly donated ?200 to the prize fund

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Can I get this straight - this isn't the CroydonPool.com Open comp that Danny and I used to run but it is using the same weekend?

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Yes it is apart from it's not an open! There is going to be an open later in the year tho! Why??

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Just a bit confusing that's all. I was wondering why change this one to a closed event when there was a well established competition in place?

Surprised it isn't full yet. Come on people get involved!!

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KYLE, Sorry mate but im got to withdraw from this event iv just been reminded of a familey function on the same weekend dont want to mess up your draw so count me out
SORRY.:(

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there was a few reasons we did this, mainly because paul has just started a new job and hasnt got alot of spare time and this is only the 2nd one ive ever done so we didnt want to go too big when we wasnt really prepared, i know paul has provisionally booked a date later in the year for the open so it will be back, just later on in the year!!!

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Good reasons. I guess I'm just a little sad to see it go.

I still remember the look on Danny's face when we took the money for 100th entrant in the first comp we ever ran . . .

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Its not gone, its just moved to September means that there will be 2 Croydonpool.com competitions this year, not just the 1

There is always potential for swapping the dates around next year, i.e. Croydon open in Feb and Croydon Singles in September

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It's gone Paul. All the hard work that Danny and I put into building up that competition and its reputation over 5 years is completely wasted. Danny is livid and frankly so am I.

It's just so amateur and could so easily have been avoided.

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Just a quick reminder the comp is this Saturday!! The club will be open from 10, and the draw will be done at half 10, so if ur money is not in by then u won't b in the draw!! Matches will be starting at 11 so everyone needs to be there by then!!

Hopefully see you all Saturday

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Anyone running a book on this event ???
I fancy a bet ?

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ok if not a book...anyone want to give me a price on an Eden Cues player winning it ?

Surely someones has the jacobs to offer a price ?

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4-1 dave:winking:

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Truey, have you recently signed Moray Dolan ;)

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4-1......cheers for the price Chris but i think it is 4/1 that any of us make it through the 1st round...:roll:

Looking for a bit more value than that - about 3 times it

oh & moray dolan wud not get in our side.....hahaha

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Nelio Jardin & Joel Bullen. Have paid me tonight...

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The main comp was won by Shaggy who beat Graf Bishop 6-4

The plate was won by Mark Miller who beat \will \white 5 4

Thanks to everyonewho helped theday run smoothly includind Shaggy, Kyle, Scott, Tom and the staff at Rileys

Full results to follow

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How many entrants?

When are you going to reply to my earlier post?

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58 paid entries, sass your post doesn't have a question in it so why does he have to answer it??? Your just s#*t stiring cos you've got nothing better to do! Like you said your comp is "gone" or "ruined" so start your own thread up about it and and see how many ppl really aren't bothered!

Anyway back on topic, in my opinion was a really good day yesterday, I thought the main comp ran very smoothly and I know Paul had 29/30 entries in the plate which was pleasing to see, well done to shaggy who probably had the toughest draw of the day and still came out on top! any feed back good points, bad points, things that can be improved on pls let us know

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if you could shoot the tawt who does my work roster so i can actually have a weekend off and do one of these comps...!!!

that would help me!

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really enjoyable day,apart from the fact that i had to go to work last night so i was knackered,well done to all the organisers who made the day run smoothly without any problems,congratulations to shaggy on winning the main comp,unlucky graffy,must have been a good final,cant wait untill the next all croydon pool comp,with the amount of runners we had who needs the rest of surrey taking part.:lol:

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Thoroughly enjoyable day, smoothly run comp, I know me and the boys from Bromley had a good laugh yesterday.

Congrats to Paul on the win.

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a well run comp all went very smooth so well done to the organisers!:clap: well done to shaggy for claiming the spoils on the day!

the only negative side from what i heard and saw was the condition of some of the tables! to many rolls and were obviously not level which is a shame as i have always found the tables to be of a very good standard over the years!

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Thank you Kyle but I'm not *******stirring because I have nothing better to do. I'm expressing my disappointment at the fact you and Paul have transformed a hugely successful Open event into the worst attended February Croydon event in its history and you seem to consider it an achievement!!

Sorry if you don't like facts but perhaps its time you faced them.

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If i'm not mistaken (I'm not) Paul said that there was going to be the Croydon Open held later in the year. Surely 2 comps is better than one?? :?:

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I have never disputed that 2 comps are not better than one but when you have spent 5 years building up an Open competition and its reputation not just in Croydon but across London and the South East you don't go changing it to a closed event and starting a new Open competition on a different date 'to be decided' and lose all the goodwill built up by that hard work.

I've had at least 10 people ask me what has happened to the Croydon Open this year and I've had to be diplomatic and say I don't know.

Now I've had an 'organiser' call me a *******stirrer for having an opinion. It just gets better and better.

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The Croydon Open will be later in the year, personly I felt that it was a great idea to have a closed comp for Croydon Players only. In the Croydon Open you only ever see 1st division with the occasional lower division players, due to the prospect of the South Easts best players being there. So it's only fair to give all the Croydon Players a comp and the much larger Croydon Open will be advertised when all the details are known, which will undoubtably bring in much more players as it has previously done. I don't see how changing date ruins and destroys it.

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Why are you arguing a point that I'm not even disputing Tom?? Did you misunderstand my post?

If you hold a competition year on year on the same date then people know who won it last time, people want to improve on their performance the previous year etc etc. It actually begins to promote itself. That's what I mean by goodwill. The larger pool community recognises it and accepts the competitions place in the pool calendar and other pool promoters don't use that weekend for their events.

This new competition won't have that history. It won't have an established weekend to be held on and given that London couldn't find a free weekend for another competition I wish you guys luck in finding one for an Open.

The point is that you had a weekend set from previous years Croydon Opens which was the second weekend in February (Europeans weekend). It's much easier to find a free weekend for a Closed Event than it is for an Open.

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An enjoyable day and a well run comp.

All we really well considering there was a lot of plate entries as well.

Well done to all who run the comp, nice to have just croydon players so everyone had a chance of winning!

Who won the plate comp?

Agree with the sharks comments, the tables have gone down hill since hannah has left!

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For what it's worth - I'm pleased people enjoyed the day - I'm not trying to pick apart what Kyle and Paul did do. I'm sure they put a lot of effort into running the top table. It's hard work particularly if you are doing it with someone who goes a long way in the competition and isn't around to help so much.

It's what they didn't do I have issue with.

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i to found the day a very enjoyble one ,cinging so many faces u know and play against during the season,i thuoght the day was very very well run all tables being used all the time and hardly any waiting time between games,its a great idea to allow just croydon players it really does give the lower leauge players a shot to play the higher leauge boys ,instead of the really big boys showing up and getting a easy pay day,i think the numbers will go up next year without doudt,really well run and a friendly day which a open does not always have

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Last 64
Bye 0 v Will White 4
Alan Danneau 1 v Barrie Watkins 4
Scott Harrison 2 v Micky Samuel 4
Kyle Pickett 4 v Matt Palmer 0
Dave Truan 0 v Paul Wildman 4
Gary Martin 4 v Chris Knock 2
Mark Rowson 0 v Stephen Frampton 4
Nelio Jardin 4 v Bye 0
Mark Bannister 0 v Andy Telford 4
Bye 0 v Kate Hendricks
Adam Everett 0 v Tash 4
Ben McCaby 2 v Mark Eldridge 4
Steve Aldridge 0 v Andy Shaw 4
David Sparey 4 v Bye 0
Ian David 4 v Bye 0
Mark Vincent 4 v Andy Bentley 0
Bye 0 v Gary Swettenham 4
Gary Rawlings 4 v Edia Tukova 1
Richard Beard 2 v Jon Prothero 4
Shane St Romaine 4 v Farron Rowe 3
Cathy Fox 0 v Graf Bishop 4
Steve Potter 1 v Dan Reeks 4
Paul Saxton 0 v Joel Bullen 4
Metin 4 v Jon Hoy 3
Bily Burton 0 v James Freeman 4
Paul Picton v Tom Telford 4
Steve James 2 v Craig Jones 4
Mick Huggin 4 v Stuart Thompson 2
Rob Collings 4 v Krishnan Sookraz 3
Mark Miller 0 v Darren Porter 4
Ally Nedim 4 v Ricky Cook 0
Bye v Ray Tolfrey 4

Last 32
Will White 4 v Barrie Watkins 5
Kyle Pickett 5 v Micky Samuel 1
Paul Wildman 5 v Gary Martin 3
Stephen Frampton 0 v Nelio Jardin 5
Andy Telford 0 v Kate Hendricks 5
Tash 4 v Mark Eldrige 5
Andy Shaw 5 v David Sparey 1
Ian David 5 v Mark Vincent 4
Gary Swettenham 4 v Gary Rawlings 5
Jon Prothero 2 v Shane St Romaine 5
Graf Bishop 5 v Dan Reeks 0
Joel Bullen 5 v Metin 2
James Freeman 0 v Tom Telford 5
Craig Jones 5 v Mick Huggins 3
Rob Collings 2 v Darren Porter 5
Ally Nedim 3 v Ray Tolfrey 5

Last 16
Kyle Pickett 5 v Barrie Watkins 4
Paul Wildman 5 v Nelio Jardin 2
Katie Hendricks 3 v Mark Eldridge 5
Andy Shaw 5 v Ian David 4
Gary Rawlings 5 v Shane St Romaine 1
Graf Bishop 5 v Joel Bullen 2
Tom Telford 4 v Craig Jones 5
Darren Porter 5 v Ray Tolfrey 2

Quarter Finals
Kyle Pickett 3 v Paul Wildman 6
Mark Eldridge 6 v Andy Shaw 3
Gary Rawlings 1 v Graf Bishop 6
Craig Jones 3 v Darren Porter 6

Semi Finals
Paul Wildman 6 v Mark Eldridge 3
Graf Bishop 6 v Darren Porter 2

Final
Paul Wildman 7 v Graf Bishop 4

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Mark Miller beat Will White 5 - 4

Will post plate results asap