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November 2022

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Merseyside Open Quarter Final Line Up

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The quarter final line up for this year’s Merseyside Open is now complete after the lower half of the draw was played at Scotties over the weekend.
Josh Mulholland continued his recent rich vein of form as he reached the last eight by beating Peter Stanley (3-1) followed a brilliant performance beating the current Formby Open champion John Porter (4-2) which included breaks of 63,70,75 and 98. Josh will now face Adam Brown who beat Mikey Roberts (3-0) and Chris Connelly (4-2).
Roy Bennett enjoyed a good day’s work as reached the quarter finals by beating Dave Holcroft (3-0) followed by Ian Jones (3-1) and Mark Richardson (4-1) and he will now play Jamie Jones in the last eight in a fortnights time. Jamie beat Dean Hulme (3-1), Mark Daugherty (3-0) and then Neal Jones (4-2), with Neal hitting a superb break of 106 which is now the current highest break.
 
The draw for the quarterfinals, to be played on Sunday 4th December at George Scott’s SC…
 
Midday Start – Best of 7 Frames
Wayne Brown v Ian Brumby
Clayton Humphries v Ben Heys
Jamie Jones v Roy Bennett
Josh Mulholland v Adam Brown
 
The tournament will be played to a finish on the day. Spectators are welcome.
**All players who lost in the prelim / first round are invited to the 6-Red Plate KO – which also starts at midday.
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Merseyside Open 2022

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2022 Merseyside Snooker Open – sponsored by JJM Services & Exports Ltd

The top half of the draw was played at Scotties over the weekend, with four players making it through to the quarter finals. 

The day began with the tie of the first round where Wayne Brown beat John Welsh 3-0. Wayne then went on to beat Jack Fitzmaurice and Steve Pyper 3-1 and 4-2 respectively to ensure his place in the last eight where he will play Ian Brumby who didn’t drop a frame all day, including a 4-0 win over in-form Bob McCune. The second quarter final in the top half will see Clayton Humphries play Ben Heys. Clayton had a tough opening match against Andy Molyneux winning 3-2 which included a 73 break in the deciding frame before he overcame Andy Rae 4-1 in the round of 16. Ben Heys overcame Tony Cook (3-2) followed by Marc Shaw (4-2) to secure his place in a major Merseyside quarter final for the first time. Ian Brumby and Wayne Brown both hit breaks of 95 to make that the target for the high break prize. 

The lower half of the draw takes place next Sunday at Scotties with matches starting at 10am as four more players will make it through to the last eight on 4th December. 

Full draw can be viewed here. 

 

The Full Draw for the 2022 Merseyside Open sponsored by JM Services and Exports LTD has now been completed.

Top half of the draw will play Sunday 13th November

Bottom half of the draw will Sunday 20th November

Finals day is Sunday 4th December

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Merseyside off to a winning start!!!

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Merseyside got off to the perfect start this weekend with two big wins in their opening group games in Cueball, Derby.

After Leicestershire pulled out at the 11th hour, Merseyside have a group of 2 other counties to contend with and made light work of both Staffordshire ‘B’ and South Yorkshire ‘A’ to have one foot in the Quarter Finals. 

Mark Richardson and Bob McCune both made impressive debuts while Jamie Jones made the highest break in the group with 122. 

The return fixtures are played on 11th March 2023.

Results

Merseyside 43-5 Staffs ‘B’

Merseyside 30-18 South Yorkshire ‘A’