IBSF World under 21 Championships

[ferret]

The first day of the IBSF World under 21 Championships started today, 1st
August 2010, at the Northwest snooker club, in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.

The first matches started at 10.00am, but before they were underway Bernard McGuinness (Tournament Referee) gave a speech to welcome everyone to the Championships.

Bernard thanked the participants and their families for travelling from far and wide to attend the competition.

John Doherty then welcomed everyone to the Northwest snooker club and
wished everyone an enjoyable stay in Letterkenny, and the best of luck in the competition.

Bernard McGuinness then asked everyone to stand for one minute of silence to pay their respect to the former 2 times World Snooker Champion, Irishman Alex Higgins, who sadly passed away last month.

The first matches of the tournament then started at 10am. Table 1 saw Irishman Vinny Muldoon against Mostafa Gebaly from Egypt.

Vinny Muldoon Started the match with breaks of 75 and 46 to take the first frame with ease. The second frame was also taken with the help of a 55 break by Muldoon.

The third frame was a closer affair, but Muldoon won the frame by 77 to 42 to go 3-0 up. The next frame saw Gebaly much improved and he comfortably took the frame 75 points to 15.

The fifth frame saw Muldoon pot first, and Gebaly had to sit and watch as Muldoon masterly cleared the table with a total clearance of 135.

Li Yan from China was on table 2 against Al Urfy Bairaq from Sweden. Bairaq won the first and fourth frames, but Li Yan had breaks of 121 in the third and 53 in the fifth that helped him to see out the match with a 4frames to 2 win.

Patchara Mayoe from Thailand won his match on table 3 with a 4-0
scorelineagainst Maor Shalom from Israel. Table 4 saw Irishman Sean Conway run out his first match with a 4-2 win against K.Salam Suleman from Sweden.

Pakpoj from Thailand defeated Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands by 4 frames to 2.

Li Hang from China did not wait around in his first match against Kyota from Japan. In just over an hour Li Hang won 4-0 which also included breaks of 75 and 113 in the first and last frames.

The final opening match saw Isreal player Shacher Ruberg win 4-2 against
Polands Grzegorz Biernadski.

[ferret]

IBSA World Under 21 Snooker Championships, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.
Day Two – Monday2nd August

First Session
The first session of day two saw Irishman Tony Moore (Group D) secure his second win of the Championship with a 4-1 win over Germany’s Marius Weise. Two other players from group D also have a second win from two under their belt, the two players being,Yun Shing Wong from China Hong Kong and Sam Craigie from England.
Shachar Ruberg from Israel had his second win from Two matches with a 4-1 victory over K.Salam Suleman from Sweden. In Group C Khalid Khamali From the UAE ran out a 4-2 winner over Sam Bond from New Zealand. In Group E Scotland’s Campbell Dunlop beat New Zealander Ryan Knott 4 frames to 0.
Ireland’s Jason Devaney (Group C) won his second match 4-0 against Janne Saarela from Finland, Jason has not conceded a frame in the tournament so far. Poland’s Michal Zielinski knocked in a 109 break in the second frame of his match against Stephen Craigie from England, but Stephen had breaks of 77, 55, 72, and 64 to win 4-2.

Second Session
The second session of the day started with Irishman David Cassidy winning his second match of the tournament by 4 frames to 2, including a break of 65 in the fifth frame. Jamie Clark from Wales had a 57 break in the third frame in his win over Adam Stefanow from Poland. Belgium’s Julius Grauls won 4-1 in his match against
Mohammed Faithi Alsenan in Goup G. While in Group E Arya Sohrabi of the Netherlands won his match 4-0 against Adem Gerwash of Libya. Scotland’s Michael Leslie Had little difficulty in Group F with a 4-1 win against Chinnapat Kamsad from Thailand.
Declan Brennan from Northern Ireland missed the last pink in frame five of his group G match but still recorded his highest break so far with a 118, and went on to win the match 4-2. Danni Bismoot from Israel had an easy 4-0 win in Group F against Brian Ochoiski from France.
The final match of the second session saw Kishan Hirani from Wales win 4-0 against China Hong Kong’s Man Hoi Leong.

Third Session
The match between Ireland’s Stephen Reddington and Scotland’s Rhys Clark was a very close affair with the match going 3 frames all. But it was Rhys who managed to win the final frame decider by 61 points to 33. Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy from the Ukraine run out a 4-2 winner over Abdullah. A. Alatyani.
Irish Player Daniel O’Regan won by 4 frames to 2 in his Group I match against Aleksi Tenkula. Ali Alobaidli from Qatar beat Belgium’s Kristof Vermeiren by 4 frames to 2 in their Group H match. Simon Lee from China Hong Kong lost 4-2 to Egypt’s Mohammed Ibrahim Aly in Group G. Local Letterkenny Irishman Gareth Boyle won 4-1 against Germany’s Benedikt Griesdorn in Group H.
In Group H, Maltese Thurston Grixti had a break of 51 in the second frame and went on to win 4-0 against Egyptian Karim Mohamed Metwaly. The Final Match of the session Saw a comfortable win for England’s Nick Jennings against Daniel Dempsey From Ireland.

Fourth Session
The fouth session saw Shaun Dalitz from Australia in Group I play Dylan Murray from Northern Ireland. Shaun won the match four nil with a 62 break in the third frame and a 51 break in the fourth. Thailand’s Patchara Mayoe also won his match 4-0 against Mostafa Gebaly from Egypt.
Group A had two players duelling in a fantastic match with Robert Carlisle from Scotland winning against China’s Li Yan by the score of 4 frames to 2. In Group J Aaron Busuttil from Malta won out a 4-1 match against Abdullah Alsubh from Saud Araba.
Group B saw Li Hang from China win his third match from 3 with a 4-0 win over Irishman Sean Conway. Li hang has still to concede a frame in the tournament. In Group J Roman Dietzel from Germany managed three breaks of 81, 59 and a fifty seven in the sixth frame to win 4-2 against Northern Ireland’s Micheal Smyth.
In Group A Irishman Vinny Muldoon won his second match with the help of a 97 in the second frame and a 101 in the fourth frame in a 4-0 win against Maor Shalom from Israel. The final match in session four saw a four frame to one win in the favour of Kurt Brown from Australia against Belgium player Jurian Huesdens.

Fifth & final Session from day 2
The final session saw Grzegorz Biernadski from Poland take a 2-0 lead with breaks of 72 in both the opening two frames. But his opponent Mitchell Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands take the next four in a row including a break of 64 in the fourth to win their match by 4 frames to 2. Thailand’s Yuttapop Pakpoj had a straight forward 4-0 win over Sweden’s K. Salam Suleman.
Michal Zielinski from Poland met Ross Higgins from Scotland in Ross’s first game in Group C. Michal had little difficulty in securing a four nil win against Ross. Group C saw a match with Janne Saarela from Finland and Stephen Cragie from England. Stephen had two excellent breaks of 95 and 100 and run out an easy winner by 4 frames to nil.
Yun Shing Wong from China Hong Kong beat Osama Anga from Libya by a 4-2 scoreline with the help of a 51 break in the second frame and a 71 break in the sixth frame. Shachar Ruberg from Israel ran out an easy winner with a 4-0 win over Toyoda Kyota from Japan.
In Group C Khalid Khamali from the UAE beat Jason Devaney from Ireland by a 4 frames to 2 scoreline. In the last match of the session and the day, Irishman Tony Moore won his match by 4 frames to to 2 against the New Zealand player Shannon Swain.

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IBSA World Under 21 Snooker Championships, Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.
Day Three – Tuesday 3rd August

First Session
The Session started good for England’s Sam Craigie with two breaks of 59 and 73 to win 4-0 over Sweden’s Benjamin McCabe. The next match was a closer affair with a tightly fought 4-3 win for Danni Bismoot of Israel over Kishan Hirani of Wales. Man Hoi Leong from China Hong Kong struggled in his Group F match and lost 4-1 to Austrian Alexander Gauss.
Campbell Dunlop Had a hard fought match as well in his Group E encounter with Adem Gerwash from Libya, but managed to win the decider to take the win.
Adam Stefanow from Poland was in terrific form in his match against Arya Sohrabi from the Netherlands. He had five breaks of over 50 in the five frame match, he hit a 50, 52, 63, 78 and a 86 to win 4 frames to 1.In Group E Welshman Jamie Clarke was at 1-1 with Irishman Greg Casey. Casey hit a 62 in the second frame, before Clarke hit a 118 and a 71 to win the match 4-1.
Group F had Michael Leslie from Scotland winning 4-0 against David Cassidy from Ireland with the help of two breaks of 52 and 55. The final match of the session was also a 4-0 win for Group F player Chinnapat Kamdad from Thailand against France’s Brian Ochoiski

Second Session
The session started with Germany’s Benedikt Griesdorn winning a close encounter against Ukraine’s Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy by 4 frames to 3 in their Group H clash. Irishman Gareth Boyle lost a close match in Group H against Qatar’s Ali Alobaidli by 4 frames to 3. Group H had Egypt player Mohamed Ibrahim Aly secure a straightforward 4-0 win against Mohammed Faithi Alsenan from Saudi Arabia.
Irishman Stephen Reddington was on great form in his match and managed a quick 4-0 win against his opponent Sigurour Kristjansson from Iceland. A close encounter was watched in the match between Belgium’s Kristof Vermeiren and Malta’s Thurston Grixti. Thurston Grixti managed to win on the final black in the decider in his 4-3 win.
Karim Mohamed Metwaly from Egypt won his Group H match Against Abdullah A. Alatyani from Saudi Arabia by 4 frames to 1. In Group D Northern Ireland’s Declan Brennan had a comfortable win against Julius Grauls from Belgium, winning his match 4 frames to 2.
The final match of this session saw Rhys Clark from Scotland win in quick fashion by 4 frames to 0 against Simon Lee from China Hong Kong in their Group G match.

Third Session
Session three started with an easy win for Robert Carlisle from Scotland in Group A with a 4-0 victory over Mostafa Gerbaly from Egypt. Nick Jennings from England also had an easy win in Group I with a four-nil victory over Aleksi Tenkula from Finland.
Irish player Josh Boileau had a 4-1 victory over Abdullah Alsubhi from Saudi Arabia in Group J. Maltese player Aaron Busuttil won his match 4-0 against Micheal Smyth from Northern Ireland in Group J. Dylan Murray allso from Northern Ireland, won his match 4-2 against Kusai Sharif from Libya.
Australian player Kurt Brown managed to win his encounter against Germany’s Roman Dietzel by 4frames to one after going down 1-0 a 91 break from Dietzel. An all Ireland clash against Danial O’Regan and Daniel Dempsey was pretty much a one sided affair in Group I as Dempsey out potted O’Regan and won 4 frames to 1. The final match of the session saw another win for China’s Li Yan against Israel’s Maor Shalom by the score of 4 frames to 0.

Fourth Session
Shachar Ruberg from Israel had a break of 57 in the third frame to help him to a four-one victory in Group B against Mitchell Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands. Group C players Michal Zielinski from Poland and Janne Saarela from Finland met in their encounter with Michal having breaks of 53 in the third frame and a 58 in the fifth frame to win 4 frames to 1.
Li hang from China had a 60 break in the first frame against K.Salam Suleman from Sweden then rattled off the next three frames to win 4-0 in this group B match.
Vinny Muldoon from Ireland had four breaks in four frames, a 52, 71, 82 and a 92 in a straightforward 4-0 win against Al Urfy Bairaq from Sweden in this Group A match.
In Group B Yuttapop Pakpoj from Thailand was to strong for Japan’s Toyoda Kyota and won 4-0 which included breaks of 60 and 61. Stephen Cragie from England had an easy win as well when he beat Khalid Khamali from the UAE in Group C by 4 frames to 0 with the help of a 51 and an a 83 break in frames 3 and 4.
Irish player Sean Conway found himself 2-1 down after 3 frames of his match in Group B against Grzegorz Biernadski, but managed to win three frames in a row, including breaks of 62 and 75 to win 4 frames to 2. The final match of the session saw Ross Higgins from Scotland have a 52 break in the second frame in his 4-0 win over Sam Bond from New Zealand in this Group C clash.

Fifth & final Session from day 3
The Final Session saw the match withwith Osama Anga from Libya and Tony Moore from Ireland go in the favour of Osama by a scoreline of 4 frames to 2 in Group D.
Sam Cragie from England won his match against China Hong Kong’s Yun Shing Wong by 4 frames to 1 with the help of a 63 and a 55 break in frames 3 and 4. Germany’s Marius Wiese tok little time in winning four-nil against Sweden’s Benjamin McCabe in Group D.
Campbell Dunlop from Scotland managed to win his match in this session by 4 frames to 2 against Adam Stefanow from Poland in Group E. Welsh Player Jamie Clarke met Arya Sohrabi in this Group E match, which Jamie won by 4 frames to 1. Greg Casey from Ireland had an easy win with a straightforward 4-0 win over Ryan Knott from New Zealand in Group E. David Cassidy from Ireland found himself 2-1 down against France’s Brian Ochoiski in their Group F encounter but managed to reel of three frames in a row to win the match by 4 frames to 2. The final Match of the day was from Group F, where Chinnapat Kamsad had a 52 break in the first frame, but lost the next by 68 points to 40, before he took three frames in a row to see out the match by a score line of 4 frames to 1.

[Monique]

Some news from the under-21 WC currently ubder way in Ireland

http://www.foulfour.com/foul4com-news/irish-news/311-li-hang-leads-the-line.html?

China's Li Hang is the man to beat in Letterkenny as he maintained his unblemished record at the top of Group B with four wins from four without dropping a single frame yet.

http://foulfour.com/images/stories/2010/players/li%20hang.jpg

However he is now having it all his own way as Thailand's Yuttapop Pakpoj and Israel's Shachar Ruberg keep hot on his heels with four wins each.

However Hang and Pakpoj face off against each other tomorrow afternoon when something will have to give in the battle for the No.1 spot in the group and possibly top seeding in the knockout stages.



Group A sees Robert Carlise and Vincent Muldoon lead the way with Carlise having a 4-0 win over Mostafa Gebaly today to make it three wins from three. Muldoon also ran out a 4-0 winner today as he saw off Al Urfy Bairaq for his third win of the campaign and will have a tough match tomorrow against Thailand's Patchara Mayoe before facing Carlise on Thursday and Li Yan on Friday.

Yan is also in with a shout of the top spot after three wins from four and it could go all the way with Friday's match against Muldoon a big deciding match in that group.

Other pre tournament favorite Stephen Craigie also notched up his third win today with a solid 4-0 win over Khalid Khamali with Khamali, Devaney and Zielinski competing for the other three spots at this early stage with two wins.

Stephen's younger brother Sam is firmly in control of Group D with four wins from four and should join his brother in the knockout stages this Saturday.

Most of the remaining groups are still fairly competitive at this early stage although England's Nick Jennings is looking good for Group J with three wins to date.

Play continues tomorrow and live scoring and live streaming are available here: http://www.esnooker.pl/ .

[eWil]

Anyone knows who'll advance to the KO stages in Letterkenny? Can't find this info at IBSF or elsewhere. :confused:

There are 10 round-robin groups, so how do we get down to 32 players?

> top 3 of every group, two top-seeds get a bye into last 16
> top 3 of every group, added by two best numbers 4
> top 3 of every group, numbers 4 play extra round to reduce to total of 32
> ...

[ferret]

Day Four – Wednesday 4th August

First Session
The session started with Julius Grauls from Belgium winning his Group G match against Irishman Stephen Reddington by 4 frames to 2. Group G also saw a tough match for Northern |ireland’s Declan Brennan against Mohamed Ibrahim Aly, Declan won a final frame the final frame decider to win the match 4 frames to 2.
Danni Bismoot from Israel found Austrian Alexander Gauss in great form as the Austrian won this group F match by 4 frames to 1. China Hong Kong’s Simon Lee beat Sigurour Kristjansson from Iceland by 4 frames to 0 in Group G. Irelan’s Gareth Boyle continued his good form as well in Group H with a straightforward 4-0 win over Thurston Grixti from Malta.
Scotland’s Rhys Clark played well against Mohammed Faithi Alsenan from Saudi Arabia and managed a 68 break in the fourth frame to see out the match 4-0. Kristof Vermeiren from Belgium won 4-0 against Abdullah A. Alatyani from Saudi Arabia with a break of 70 in the third frame. The final frame of the session saw Michael Leslie from Scotland have an easy win in Group F against China Hong Kong’s Man Hoi Leong by the scoreline of 4-0.

Second Session
The second session match between Qatar’s Ali Alobaidli and Ukraine’s Vladyslav Vyshnevsky went to 2 frames all in their Group U match, then Ali Alobaidli won two frames in a row to secure the match. Karim Mohamed Metwaly from Egypt had a 77 in the fifth frame of his match in Group H against Germany’s Benedikt Griesdorn, after being at 2 frames all and went on to win the sixth frame and the match.
Daniel Dempsey from Ireland found himself up against Kusai Sharif from Libya. Dempsey took the first two frames with ease before Sharif won the next two close frames and then went on to win the next two and the match. Abdullah Abdulaziz Alsubhi in Group J found Michael Smyth from Northern Ireland a tough opponent and nanaged only to win the first frame before losing four in a row and losing the match 4-1.
Dylan Murray from Northern Ireland met the Republic of Ireland’s Daniel O’Regan in Group I. Dylan played some great snooker and managed a straightforward 4-0 win against Daniel. Also In Group I Nick Jennings from England had a four nil win over Australia’s Shaun Dalitz.
Kurt Brown from Australia lost the first frame in his match against Aaron Busuttil from Malta but managed to win four in a row after that first frame loss, including breaks of 51 and 82 to win the match 4-1. Young Irish playerJosh Boileau found Jurian Huesdens from Belgium in good form and lost the match 4 frames to 1.

Third Session
Sin Group B Li Hang from China came up against Yuttapop Pakpoj From Thailand. The first two frames were shared, before Hang won the third with the help of a 73 break in the third. But Pakpoj produced two fabulous breaks of 74 and 97 in frames 4 and 5 and won the sixth to win the match 4-2. Mostafa Gebafy won his Group A match 4-3 against Israel’s Maor Shalom. Poland’s grzegorz Biernadski won his match four frames to 1 against K.Salam Suleman from Sweden in Group B.
Group A saw Irishman Vinny Muldoon lose the first two frames of his match against Patchara Mayoe from Thailand. Vinny then turned up a gear to knock in break of 126 to take the third. Vinny then won the next three in a row to see out the match 4 frames to 2.
Sean Conway from Ireland was defeated in Group U by Israel’s Shachar Ruberg. Sean had two clearances of 57 in the first and a 70 clearance in the third to lead 2-1. Shachar won the next in a close frame to go 2-2. Sean had a 67 in the 5th but Shachar fought back to win on the black to go 3-2 ahead. Shachar then played an excellent sixth frame to see out the match 4 frames to 2.
Scotlands Robert Carlisle had a straightforward win over Al Urfy Bairaq by four frames to 0 in Group A. Michal Zielinski from Poland had two breaks of 55 and 58 in his win against Khalid Khamali from the UAE in Group C. The last match in this session saw a 4-0 win for Mitchell Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands against Toyda Kyota from Japan by 4 frames to 0.

Fourth Session
Shannon Swain from New Zealand was the winner in the game against Benjamin Mc Cabe from Sweden by 4 frames to 2. Jason Devaney had a tough match against Scotlands Ross Higgins. Devaney went 3-1 up before Higgins made a 60 and a 101 to level at 3-3. Higgins won the last by 74 points to 9 to take the match.
Jamie Clarke from wales had Scottish opposition in Campbell Dunlop and it was Clarke who prevalled in the match with an 87 that helped him to a 4-2 win.
Osama Anga from Libya met Marius Wiese from Germany in Group D. Marius proved to strong for Anga and won the match 4 frames to 1. Greg Casey from Ireland wasted no time in a quick win over Adem Gerwash from Germany by 4 frames to 0. Adam Stefanow from Poland was in good form todays match with breaks of 58 and 72 in a 4-1 win over New Zealander Ryan Knott.
Tony Moore from Ireland seemed to be struggling to find form today as he slipped to a 4-1 defeat to England’s Sam Cragie in Group D. In the final match of this session Stephen Cragie won 4-0 with two century breaks of 115 and 102 against Sam Bond from New Zealand.

Fifth & final Session from day 3
The last session of the day had Danni Bismoot up against Man Hoi Leong. Bismoot from Israel found the going too tough as Man Hoi Leong rallied off 4 quick frames too win their Group F match. Kishan Hirani from Wales was in great form as he won 4 frames and the match against David Cassidy from Ireland. Michael Leslie from Scotland continued his good form with a straightforward win over Brian Ochoiski from France in Group F by 4 frames to 0.
Four nil was also the score for the match between Belgium’s Julius Grauls and Iceland’s Sigurdur Kristjansson, in the favour of Grauls in this Group G encounter.Ireland’s Stephen Reddington lost by 4 frames to 1 in Group G to Egyptian Mohamed Ibrahim Aly.
China Hong Kong’s Simon Lee won a close first frame against Mohammed Faithi Alsenan from Saudi Arabia, and then went on to win the next three frames with relative ease to win this match in Group G
There was three breaks between Chinnapat Kamsad from Thailand and Alexander Gauss from Austria in the match in Group F. Kamsad had a 55 and a 60 in the first two frames to take a two nil lead, but Gauss hit back with a 61 in the third. Gauss took the next two frames to make it 3-2 before Kamsad took the next to leave a decider. It was Gauss who managed to accumulate 89 unanswered points in the last to win the match 4-3.
The last match of the day had Rhys Clark from Scotland take on Northern Ireland’s Declan Brennan. Clark hit breaks of 87 and 54 in frames 2 and 3 to go 2-1 ahead after dropping the first to Brennan. The next two frames were shared, before Clark saw out the match by 4 frames to 2.

[Deiseboy]

The top four qualify from each group so they will have eight pre last 32 matches on Saturday morning

[Mr P]

Is there any English players in that event?

I've had a quick glance through, but is Luca Brecel playing?

[Mignon]

http://www.esnooker.pl/turnieje/2010/ms21/en/ms21z_2010.php

No. Brecel should play in PTC3 :)

[Mr P]

Oh, good.

He's better off mixing it with the 'big boys', because he is that good.

[Deiseboy]

Don't think luca was given much option and was advised to play in ptc.
Englands players are Stephen and Sam Craigie and Nick Jennings.

[Mr P]

He obviously would have been given an option.

[Manu147]

Seems to be numerous breaks over 50 at the u21s, are they using standard club tables for these matches and not the star tables?

[ferret]

Day Five – Thursday 5th August

First Session
Today’s play started with an encounter between Ali Alobdali from Qatar and Benedikt Griesdorn from Germany. Ali had a break in the first frame of 50 and a 95 in the sixth to win by 4 frames to 2. Khalid Khamali from UAE and Ross Higgins from Scotland met in Group C and Khamali came out on top at 4 frames to 1.
Aleksi Tenkula from Finland lost his match against Kusai Sharif from Libya by 4 frames to 1 in Group I. Vermeiren from Belgium had breaks of 52 and 64 in frames 3 and 4 to win his match 4-1 against Karim Metwaly from Egypt in Group H. Shaun Dalitz from Australia won four frames against Dempsey from Ireland in his match in Group I.
Kurt Brown and Abdullah Alsubhi from Group J had a match that went in the favour of Brown by a score line of 4 frames to 1. The Match against England’s Nick Jennings and Northern Ireland’s Dylan Murray was a one sided affair with Jennings having breaks of 54 and 62 in a straightforward 4-0 win. The final match of the session saw Maltese player Thurston Grixti win 4-1 against Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy.

Second Session
The session started with a good win for Irishman Josh Boileau winning a close match against Roman Dietzel from Germany by 4 frames to 1. Aaron Busuttil of Malta lost in Group J to Jurian Heusdens from Belgium by 4 frames to 1. Shachar Ruberg from Israel had a fantastic win against Li Hang from China in Group B. Ruberg had breaks of 50, 62 and 80 to take the win by 4 frames to 1. Li Yan from China was an easy winner with a four nil score line in his match against Mostafa Gebaly in Group A.
Robert Carlisle the in form Scotsman came up against the on form Irishman Vinny Muldoon. The match was one of the best so far in the Championships. Carlisle took the first, he also took the second with a 57 break. Muldoon hit back with a 55 in the third to take the frame. Carlisle then had a 57 in the next to take a 3-1 lead. But Muldoon was in great match play form as he took the next three frames in an amazing 4-3 win.
Mayoe from Thailand only lost one frame to Al Bairaq in the Group A match . Mayoe had a break of 76 in his 4-1 victory. Pakpoj from Thailand had a resounding victory over Biernadski from Poland by 4 frames to 0 in Group B. Irishman Sean Conway also had an easy win by 4 frames to 0 in Group B including breaks of 58 and 77 against Japan’s Toyoda Kyota.

Third Session
In this session Osama Anga from Libya won a close match against against Benjamin MCCabe from Sweden by 4 frames to 3. Khalid Khamali from UAE won his match by 4 framees to 1 in Group C against Janne Saarela from Finland. Stephen Cragie from England beat Ross Higgins from Scotland in Group C by 4 frames to 1 in a convincing win.

Mitchell Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands lost his match 4-1 against Sweden’s K.Salam Suleman in Group B. Campbell Dunlop from Scotland was in fine form as he took his match against Arya Sohrabi by the score line of 4 frames to one, which included a break of 95 in the second.
New Zealander Shannon Swain had a comfortable 4-0 win over Germany’s Marius Wiese in a Group D encounter. Group C saw a match between Jason Devaney of Ireland and Sam Bond of New Zealand. Devaney won the frst and had a break of 77 in the second on the way to a four nil victory. Another Irishman was pushed to 3-3 by Yun Shing Wong of China Hong Kong in a Goup D match before Moore had two decisive visits to the table in the decider to win the match by 4 frames to 3.

Fourth Session
The session started with a win for Alexander Gauss from Austria with a 4 frames to 2 victory over France’s Brian Ochoiski. Kishan Hirani outscored Michael Leslie from Scotland in adeciding frame of their Group F Clash. Rhys Clarke from Wales was a winner against Julius Grauls from Belgium. Clarke knocked in a break of 80 in the sixth frame to win by 4 frames to 2.
Greg Casey from Ireland flew through 4 frames, which included a break of 105 in his four nil victory over Adam Stefanow of Poland. Declan Brennan won by 4 frames to 1 in his match against China Hong Kong’s Simon Lee including a break of 53 in the fifth frame.


Fifth & final Session from day
The final session had Saudi Arabia’s Abdullah A. Alatyani Play Ali Alobaidli from Qatar. Alobaidi won the match 4-0 without any real challenge from Alatyani. Mohammed Alsenan lost to Stephen Reddington from Ireland by 4 frames to 1.
Kristof Vermeiren of Belgium also had an easy win over Ukraine’s Vyshnevskyy. Kristof had a 69 in the third frame on his way to a resounding 4-0 victory.

[snookerdad]

I need some help please.

The IBSF website says there are seven players in Group J. There is no mention of Daniel Dempsey.

And yet we hear that group winner Nick Jennings beat Dempsey but hasn’t played Daniel O’Regan.

Initially I assumed the names had been mixed up. However, Ferret reports above that O’Regan has played Dempsey.

Can anyone explain?

Thanks

Tim

[Mignon]

Daniel Dempsey’s matches

vs Murray Aug 6, 19.30
vs Tenkula Aug 5, 19.30
vs Dalitz Aug 5, 10.00
vs Sharif Aug 4, 12.30
vs O’Regan Aug 3, 15.00
vs Jennings Aug 2, 15.00

Jennings’s matches

vs Murray Aug 5, 10.00
vs Tenkula Aug 3, 15.00
vs Dalitz Aug 4, 12.30
vs Sharif Aug 1, 17.30
vs O’Regan Aug 5, 19.30
vs Dempsey Aug 2, 15.00



http://www.esnooker.pl/turnieje/2010/ms21/en/ms21ts_2010.php

[snookerdad]

Thank you. So the IBSF website has the Syrian, Karam Fatima, named in error instead of Daniel Demsey in Group J?

[Mignon]

You're welcome, Tim

No shows:

A Bader Ebrahim Taher (Bahrain)
C Mundir Sherazi (India) >> Janne Saarela (Finland)
D Shahbaaz Adil Khan (India)
E Vipin Premi (India)
J Yousif Almulla (Bahrain)
Karam Fatima (Syria) >> Daniel Dempsey (Ireland)
K Ali Almulla (Bahrain) >> Josh Boileau (Ireland)

[Mignon]

Through to the KO rounds

Group A Vincent Muldoon, Li Yan, Robert Carlisle, Patchara Mayoe
Group B Yuttapop Pakpoj, Shachar Ruberg, Li Hang, Sean Conway
Group C Stephen Craigie, Michal Zielinski, Khalid Khamali, Jason Devaney
Group D Sam Craigie, Yun Shing Wong, Tony Moore, Osama Anga
Group E Jamie Clarke, Greg Casey, Campbell Dunlop, Adam Stefanow
Grupa F Michael Leslie, Kishan Hirani, David Cassidy, Chinnapat Kamsad
Group G Rhys Clark, Declan Brennan, Julius Grauls, Mohamed Ibrahim Aly
Group H Ali Al Obaidli, Gareth Boyle, Kristof Vermeiren, Thurston Grixti
Group J Nick Jennings, Shaun Dalitz, Dylan Murray, Kusai Sharif
Group K Kurt Brown, Jurian Heusdens, Josh Boileau, Roman Dietzel

[Bigmeek]

Mignon Thanks. Thats 40 through to next round. Is it group games again? How do they get to 32 or 16 for proper knock-out?

[Bigmeek]

Mignon Thanks. Thats 40 through to next round. Is it group games again? How do they get to 32 or 16 for proper knock-out?
Mignon Ignore my post. I got the answer on the IBSF website. They're now showing the knock-out draw. There's eight last 64 games to reduce the 40 to 32.
Will be rooting for Robert Carlisle. He plays at same club as me.

[ferret]

Day 6
The final group matches were played today to see who would qualify for the automatic 24 places in the last 32, and which players would finish in the seed places from 25 to 40, who would then play to achieve their place in the last 32.

Group A
Robert Carlisle Qualified for the knockout stages, even with his loss to Patchara Mayoe by 4frames to 2. Patchara Mayoe qualified by winning this match against Carlisle.
Vinny Muldoon and Li Yan had one of the matches of the tournament so far, breaks of 63, 53 & 69 by Yan, and breaks of 74, 69 and 79 by Muldoon took the match to 3-3. Then Yan kept his composure with a total clearance in the last frame of 134. Both players were already through to the knockout stages already.

Group B
Sean Conway needed to win to qualify for the knockout rounds and did so by winning 4-1 against Mitchell Van den Bergh. Li Hang beat Biernadski from Poland, Hang was through to the knockout already and his win put Biernadski out of the tournament. Pakpoj and Ruberg fought out for the number one and two spots in the group, with noth players undefeated. It was Pakpoj who won a close match by 4 frames to 3 and topped the Group.

Group C
Stephen craigie beat Jason Devaney 4-0 and topped this Group, Devaney still qualified in fourth place. Polands Zielinski and UAE player Khamali also qualified from the Group.

Group D
Wong from China Hong Kong won against McCabe from Sweden by 4 frames to 0 and topped the Group. Libian player Anga beat New Zealander Swain by 4-3 and knocked out swain and qualified himself for the knockouts. Sam Cragie qualified in top spot without losing a frame, and Tony Moore from Ireland also made it out from the Group stages.

Group E
Jamie Clarke from Wales finished top of the Group without losing a single match. Stefanow from Poland qualified with a four nil win over Libya’s Gerwash. Greg Casey from Ireland also Qualified from this Group even with a defeat from Netherlands Arya Sohrabi. Campbell Dunlop also qualified from Group E.

Group F
Hirani won his match against France’s Ochoiski by 4 frames to 0. Hirani from Wales finished second in this Group. Kamsad of Thailand qualified fourth from the Group with a win of 4-2 over Israel’s Bismoot. Michel Leslie topped the Group and Ireland’s David Cassidy finished 3rd.

Group G
Northern Ieland’s Declan Brennan qualified second with his win over Alsenan from Saudi Arabia. Rhys Clark from Scotland finished top of the Group with 7 wins from 7. Julius Grauls from Belgium beat Mohamed Aly from Egyot 4-2 , but both players still qualified from this Group.

Group H
Alobaidli from Qatar won his match 4-0 and qualified in the top spot in this group without losing a single match. His opponent Grixti from Malta qualified from fourth position in this Group. Ireland’s Gareth Boyle had a close match that went in the favour of his opponent Vermeiren by 4 frames to 3. Boyle finished second in the group and Vermeiren finished third.


Group J
Nick Jennings finished top of this Group with 7 out of 7 wins , and only lost 1 frame in the round robin stages. Sharif from Libya lost 4-3 to Dalitz from Australia , but both players qualified for the knockout stages. Dylan Murray from Northern Ireland also qualified.

Group K
Kurt Brown qualified from Group K, along with Josh Boileau from Ireland and both Jurian Heusdens from Belgium and Roman Dietzel from Germany also qualified from Group K.

Top 40 Seeds (Qualifiers)

1 Nick Jennings
2 Sam Craigie
3 Stephen Craigie
4 Jamie Clarke
5 Michael Leslie
6 Yuttapop Pakpoj
7 Rhys Clarkr
8 Ali Alobaidl
9 Vincent Muldoon
10 Kurt Brown
11 Gareth Boyle
12 Shachar Ruberg
13 Declan Brennan
14 Li Yan
15 Kishan Hiran
16 Michał Zieliński
17 Greg Casey
18 Yun Shing Wong
19 Shaun Dalitz
20 Jurian Heusdens
21 Li Hang
22 Robert Carlisle
23 Julius Grauls
24 Kristof Vermeiren
25 Campbell Dunlop
26 Josh Boileau
27 Dylan Murray
28 Tony Moore
29 Khalid Khamali
30 David Cassidy
31 Patchara Mayoe
32 Jason Devaney
33 Mohamed Ibrahim Aly
34 Chinnapat Kamsad
35 Roman Dietzel
36 Sean Conway
37 Thurston Grixti
38 Adam Stefanów
39 Kusai Sharif
40 Osama Anga

[Souwester]

Great performance so far from the English lads :-)

[Monique]

Not bad for the Belgians neither. 3 out of 3 to the knock-out stage although only Julius Grauls made it to the last 16 ...

[Mignon]

Last 16

England: 3 players (Nick Jennings, Stephen Craigie, Sam Craigie)
Scotland: 3 players (Campbell Dunlop, Michael Leslie, Rhys Clark)
Ireland: 2 players (Vincent Muldoon, Gareth Boyle)
Wales: 2 players (Jamie Clarke, Kishan Hirani)
China: 2 players (Li Hang, Li Yan)
N Ireland: 1 player (Declan Brennan)
Belgium: 1 player (Julius Grauls)
Poland: 1 player (Michal Zielinski)
Thailand: 1 player (Yuttapop Pakpoj)

[ferret]

Day 7
Last 64
The Last 64 matches saw Jason Devaney from Ireland lose to Mohamed Aly from Egypt. Campbell Dunlop from Scotland won 4-0 against Osama Anga from Libya, Dunlop had breaks of 56 and 68 in frame 3 in the match.
Irishman Tony Moore had a 50 break in frame 4 of his 4-0 last 64 win over Thurston Grixti from Malta. Another Irishman Sean Conway had breaks of 77 and 51 in frames 4 and 5 in his 4-1 win over Khald Khamali from the UAE.
Roman Dietzel of Germany had three breaks in frames 1, 2 and 4 of 58, 54 and 52 in an easy 4-0 win over David Cassidy from Ireland. Dylan Murray of Northern Ireland won by 4 frames to 2 against Adam Stefanow of Poland.
Josh Boileau of Ireland won against Kusai Sharif of Libya by the scoreline of 4-2. Pstchara Mayoe of Thailand had a very close match against Chinnapat Kamsad of Thailand. Mayoe had breaks of 68 twice, and Kamsad had a 57 and a 59. But it was Mayoe who ran out the winner by 4 frames to 2.

Last 32
Michal Zielinski from Poland proved too strong for Greg Casey of Ireland. Michal had breaks of 61, 60, 65 and 83 in the first four frames to lead 4-0, but Casey had a 57 in the fifth to win that frame, Casey also won the next to go 2-4. But Zielinski kept his composure and won the seventh frame and match.
Irishman Muldoon won his match with ease by 5 frames to 0 against Kristof Vermeiren of Belgium. Shachar Ruberg won the first frame against Li Hang, but Li Hang was in fantastic form after that winning 5 in a row and the match with breaks of 63, 62, 68, 63 and a 105 clearance.
Declan Brennan from Northern Ireland had breaks of 59, 74 and 58 to win his match by 5 frames to 3. Li Yan had a comfortable victory over Shaun Dalitz from Australia by 5 frames to 0 with a closing break of 91. Gareth Boyle from Ireland came back from 4-3 down to win two frames in a row with a closing framebreak of 82.
Julius Grauls from Belgium won a close match as well against Kurt Brown from Australlia by the score line of 5 frames to 4.Kishan Hirani from Wales won his match by the score of 5-2 including a break of 85 in the 5th frame. He won the match by 5 frames to 2.
Patchara Mayoe from Thailand was out classed by Sam Cragie as Cragie hit a 139 total clearance in the 2nd frame and a 95 in the 4th in his 5-1 win to reach the last 16.
Rhys Clark won his match against Ireland’s Josh Boileau. Scotland’s Clark won the match by 5 frames to 1. Dylan Murray from Northern Ireland was no match for Yuttapop Pakpoj from Thailand. Pakpoj had breaks of 113 and 131 in his 5-1 victory over Murray.
Roman Dietzel from Germany was out classed by Stephen Cragie. Cragie had breaks of 68, 86 and 77 in his 5-1 victory over Dietzel.Jamie Clarke run out a 5-3 victory against Sean Conway from Ireland. Clarke from Wales made the most of a couple of mistakes by Conway and won the match by 5 frames to 3.
Michael Leslie from Scotland won 5-2 against Ireland’s Tony Moore by 5 frames to 2. Scotsman Campbell Dunlop won by 5 frames to 1 against Ali Alobaidli from Qatar. Nick Jennings won his match with breaks including 50, 64 and 53 by 5 frames to 2.

[ferret]

Day 8
Last 16
Michal Zielinski from Poland took a 4-1 lead against England’s Nick Jennings, with the help of breaks of 50, 52, 57, 92 and 93. But Jennings made an amazing comeback to win the match 5-4 with breaks of 58, 58 and 72. Vincent Muldoon from Ireland had a comfortable win against Campbell Dunlop from Scotland, winning 5-2 with the help of breaks of 53, 76 and 125.
Li Hang of China had a tight match with Michael Leslie of Scotland only managing to win the match in the final frame with a 94 break. Jamie Clarke from Wales also won a final frame decider against Northern Ireland’s Declan Brennan by 5 frames to 4.
Stephen Craigie of England won 5-2 against Li Yan of China which included breaks of 55, 56, 64 and 81. Rhys Clark of Scotland lost against Julius Grauls of Belgium by five frames to four. Sam Craigie had breaks of 55, 62, 68, 90 and 103 to win by 5 frames to 4 against Welsh player Kishan Hirani. Gareth Boyle of Ireland lost 5 frames to 1 in the match against Yuttapop Pakpoj of Thailand.

Quarter Finals
Julius Grauls won the first frame. But the Belgium youngster had to sit and watch the next six frames as Englishman Sam craigie had breaks of 53, 62, 65, 69 78 and 102 to progress to the semi finals.
Stephen Craigie of England will meet Sam Craigie after he won a long hard fought match against Yuttapop Pakpoj of Thailand by a single frame by the score line of 6 frames to 5.
Jamie Clarke of Wales was no match in his quarter final against Li Hang of China. The Chinese player had breaks of 61, 63, 73 and 100 and saw the match out by 6 frames to 1 to reach the semi finals.
Vinny Muldoon Started his match playing some fabulous snooker. He won the first frame with an 80 break, then needing a snooker in the second frame, Muldoon put the cue ball behind the black with only the pink and black left on the table. His opponent Englishman Jennings missed the pink and Muldoon sank pink and black to go 2-1 up.
Muldoon then had an 82 in the third to go 3-0 up. Jennings won the next to reduce the gap to 3-1, but Muldoon won the next two to go 5-1 up. Jennings nearly made an astonishing comeback winning two on the trot to reduce the gap to just 5 frames to 4. But Muldoon kept his nerve and managed a frame and match winning break of 82 in the 10th Frame.
So the semi finals will see Sam and Stephen Craigie meet each other, and Li Hang will play Irishman Muldoon for the two final places in the IBSF World Under 21’s Snooker Championship.

[Mignon]

If the semi-finals are best of 13, Vinnie Muldoon missed the final. No idea what happened to him -bad day maybe. He was 6-0 down, attempted to hit back but.... 7-3. Li Hang is in the final.

The Craigie tussle is still too close to call. At the moment, it's 5-5.

Not that the people now in charge with updates on the Global-snooker seem to give a damn about the event and I'm very, very sad about that.... :(

Decider. What a game that must be!

I remember the buzz one could feel on that site when Janie was there. Of course, I couldn’t check but I just knew as everybody knew that we were hundreds if not thousands of us fans waiting for the new frame score, being together in that invisible, unpalpable way> being there. I miss that more than I could say.

Sam won 7-6.

[ferret]

Day 9

Semi-Finals
Vincent Muldoon from Ireland met Li Hang from China in the first semi-final .
It was Li Hang who made a great start to this semi final. The first session of 4 frames all went to Hang. The first frame was over in just over 5 minutes, with Hang winning by 71 points to 23. The second frame Li Hang won by 67 points to 16. The third frame saw Hang clear the table with a 105 clearance with the first century of this semi-final match. The fourth Frame Muldoon did not manage to score a point as Li Hang saw out the frame with a 55 break to end the session 4-0 up.
The second session saw Li Hang in the same mood as he won the next two frames by 62-3 and 95-1 to go 6-0 up and only 1 frame away from a place in the final. But Muldoon started to relax with nothing to lose and compiled a lovely 74 break to take his first frame of the match. Muldoon then put together a 53 break to reduce the deficit to 6 frames to 2. The ninth frame saw Muldoon compile a clearance of 122 to win the frame by 134 points to 0 and reduce the gap to 6-3.
The Tenth frame saw Muldoon go for a long red into the pink pocket but he missed the pot and set up Li Hang a chance to win frame and match. Li Hang settled himself and put together a well taken 78 to win the frame by 93 points to 8 and booked himself a place in the Final of the IBSF World under 21’s Snooker Championship 2010.

The Second semi-final saw the Craigie brothers, Sam and Stephen fighting for the other place in the Final. It was Sam who started stronger with a 76 clearance to win the frame by 97 points to 13. Stephen edged the next frame with a point score of 63 to 53. Stephen Craigie composed the first century of this semi final with a 115 break.
Sam then levelled the match at 2-2 with a 63 point to 47 frame. Sam Craigie took the next as well to lead the match again by winning 56-14. Stephen then made his second century with a clearance of 113.
Sam won frames 7 and 8 to take a 5-3 lead, but his brother Stephen came back to win three frames on the trot including a 129 total clearance in the 10th to lead by 6 frames to 5 and leaving himself needing just one more frame to win the match. But it was Sam who had a break of 76 in the 12th frame to leave the semi final going into the final frame decider.
The final frame was to go to Sam by 68 points to 6 and give the 17 year old a place in the final of the IBSF World under 21 snooker Championships 2010.

[Mignon]

Thanks for all these daily reports, Ferret!

Any idea when the second session of the final will start? No such info on the IBSF site....

To answer my own question> it has just started! :D

[MattWilson]

Great final so far, poised at 7-7 first to 9... watch here...

http://www.ibsf.info/letterkenny10-live.shtml

MW

[Souwester]

I gather Sam won 9-8, so many congratulations to Sam.

[snoopy2608]

yes 98 (I think) break in the decider - great nerve under pressure

[fateric]

Great last two frames with a couple of cracking snookers laid by Sam with pink and black left to almost steal the frame and then a superb 90-odd to seal the championship. Well done from a fellow Geordie!!!!!!!:-)

Mat Wilson

[ferret]

Final Day – IBSF World Under 21 Snooker Championship 2010
Li Hang (China) V Sam Craigie (England)
First Session
Li hang starts by taking the first frame by the score of 64 points to 9. Th second frame of this best of 17 final is Sam’s with a marvellous century break of 102. Sam also takes the third frame by 84 points to 45.
Li Hang plays a very good tactical frame in the next and wins the frame by 73 points to 1 to level the match at 2-2. Sam wins a very low scoring frame in the next to lead again by 3 frames to 2.
Li Hang was to go on a roll in the last3 frames of the first session, Hang managed breaks of 65 and 64 in frames 6 and 7, and managed to win frame 8 by 62 to 34 to close out the session leading 5 frames to 3.

Second Session
Li hang came into the second session where he left off from the first taking frame 9 by 53 points to 32. Sam Craigie was now 6-3 down and needed to dig deep to try to close the gap. The comeback started with a break of 86 in the next frame to reduce the gap to 6-4, Sam convincingly won the next as well by 65 points to 8.
Sam had reduced the gap to just 1 frame. The next frame saw Sam put together a 57 break to help him level the match for the first time since the score was 3-3. Sam then won his fourth frame on the trot to lead the match by 7 frames to 6. Hang needed to compose himself to get back into the match and that he did by making a break of 99 in frame 14 to level the match at 7 frames all.
With 3 frames to play it was anybody’s match to win. Sam settled after a great pot on a red to finish with a 96 break and leave himself needing just one more frame to win the match and the title.
The penultimate frame started well for Craigie but a miss from Craigie on 46 left Hang a chance to come back and level the match with a frame score of 69 to 46.
The match had come down to the Final Frame, the atmosphere had been fantastic all week at the Northwest Snooker Club, and all the spectators were on the edge of their seats as the two Finalists came back to the table to play the deciding frame.
Sam Craigie made the final frame his own with one visit and only missing the final yellow while on a break of 98 stopped him from closing out the Championships with a century break.
Sam Craigie is the IBSF World Under 21 snooker Champion for 2010.