Not sure how many snooker players were there today, but I have just finished a day at Riley's in Whitefield where the NW Individual Qualifying round took place in which I have not competed for over 20 years!
Local star player Craig Steadman was there among other notable talent such as Michael Wild, Kamran Ashraf, Simon Fitzsimmons and more local young talent. I managed to win 3 matches, 3-1, 3-0 and finally 3-2 to qualify for the final stages later in the year. I think I managed to bring my final opponent down to my level a little by keeping him pegged on the back cush quite a lot, which I needed to do as my positional play all day left a lot to be desired, however, given how little practice I get nowadays I was very pleased to knock in some good balls, a few small breaks here and there, best of the match was only 45 I think but it proved enough with me finally winning by potting the brown. Can't wait for the finals now, I will have my new Mike Wooldridge cue then, hope it brings out my best form....I'm gonna need a few miracles hahahah.
Craig Steadman was the other qualifier on the day, I just hope I don't draw him in the finals !
Local star player Craig Steadman was there among other notable talent such as Michael Wild, Kamran Ashraf, Simon Fitzsimmons and more local young talent. I managed to win 3 matches, 3-1, 3-0 and finally 3-2 to qualify for the final stages later in the year. I think I managed to bring my final opponent down to my level a little by keeping him pegged on the back cush quite a lot, which I needed to do as my positional play all day left a lot to be desired, however, given how little practice I get nowadays I was very pleased to knock in some good balls, a few small breaks here and there, best of the match was only 45 I think but it proved enough with me finally winning by potting the brown. Can't wait for the finals now, I will have my new Mike Wooldridge cue then, hope it brings out my best form....I'm gonna need a few miracles hahahah.
Craig Steadman was the other qualifier on the day, I just hope I don't draw him in the finals !
