English Ranking Series 2012/13 & 147 breaks

Only just getting myself up to date with what is going on, been a busy past few months ...

Anyway, the EASB Ranking Series is being played over 5 events, highlights of results so far as follows:

Event 1 1st / 2nd December 2012 EIS, Sheffield

Round 2
Jeff Cundy 4 - 2 Sam Harvey
(Cundy 147 break)

Round 3
Wayne Brown 4 - 2 Kyren Wilson

Quarter Finals
David Lilley 4 -1 Hammad Miah
Jeff Cundy 4 - 0 Jason Tart
Ryan Causton 4 - 3 Wayne Brown
Nick Jennings 4 - 1 Sydney Wilson

Semi Finals
Jeff Cundy 4 - 1 David Lilley
Ryan Causton 4 - 1 Nick Jennnings

Final
Ryan Causton 5 - 3 Jeff Cundy
(112 break to Causton)

Event 2 SWSA Gloucester 12/13 January 2013

Preliminary Round
Ben Harrison 4 - 3 Jeff Cundy
John Whitty 4 - 1 Gary Wilson

Round 1
Callum Downing 4 - 1 Ryan Causton

Round 2
Jamie Bodie 4 - 3 David Lilley

Quarter Finals
Callum Downing 4 - 0 Wayne Brown
Rob James 4 - 3 Nick Jennings
Ben Harrison 4 - 3 Tom Maxfield
Kyren Wilson 4 - 1 James Bodie
(Wilson 147 break)

Semi Finals
Rob James 4 - 2 Callum Downing
Kyren Wilson 4 - 0 Ben Harrison

Final
Kyren Wilson 5 - 1 Rob James

Event 3 EIS Sheffield 23-24 February 2013

Round 2
Antony Parsons 4 - 1 Wayne Brown

Round 3
Gary Wilson 4 - 1 Nick Jennings

Quarter Finals
John Whitty 4 - 2 Kyren Wilson
Brett Miller 4 - 1 Antony Parsons
Jeff Cundy 4 - 3 Ryan Causton
(115 break to Causton)
Gary Wilson 4 - 2 David Lilley

Semi Finals
John Whitty 4 - 2 Brett Miller
Gary Wilson 4 - 1 Jeff Cundy

Final
Gary Wilson 5 - 3 John Whitty

Rankings
1. Kyren Wilson 424
2. Ryan Causton 394
3. Jeff Cundy 377
4. David Lilley 336
5. Nick Jennings 335
6. Wayne Brown 264
7. Gary Wilson 261
8. John Whitty 248
9. Rob James 233
=10. Brett Miller 185
=10. Callum Downing 185

Remaining Events
23/24 March EIS Sheffield
13/14 April Northern Snooker Leeds

Event 4 results

Rob James withdrew from the event (was 9th overall). Hammad Miah took a couple of early round scalps, beating Chris Norbury 4 - 3 in Round 1 and Sam Harvey 4 - 2 in Round 2. Other notable early matches included :

Round 1 (selected)
David Lilley 4 - 3 Saqib Nasir
Syd Wilson 4 - 2 Michael Wild
Robert Marshall 4 - 1 Ryan Causton

Round 2 (selected)
Jamie Barratt 4 - 3 Ben Harrison
Jeff Cundy 4 - 0 Shaun Wilkes
Christopher Keogan 4 - 3 Callum Downing
Oliver Lines 4 - 1 Wayne Brown
James Gillespie 4 - 2 Brett Miller

Last 16
Antony Parsons 4 - 1 Kyren Wilson
John Whitty 4 - 1 Lewis Mayes
Hammad Miah 4 - 1 Nick Jennings
David Lilley 4 - 0 Jamie Barratt
Lilley 118 break
Jamie Bodle 4 - 2 Jeff Cundy
Oliver Lines 4 - 3 Christopher Keogan
Gary Wilson 4 - 1 James Gillespie
Gillespie 111 break
Syd Wilson 4 - 0 Robert Marshall

Quarter Finals
John Whitty 4 - 3 Antony Parsons
David Lilley 4 - 3 Hammad Miah
Oliver Lines 4 - 1 Jamie Bodle
Syd Wilson 4 - 1 Gary Wilson

Semi Finals
John Whitty 4 - 1 David Llley
Oliver Lines 4 - 1 Syd Wilson

Final
John Whitty 5 - 4 Oliver Lines

Congratulations to John Whitty

Points Standings
1. John Whitty 498
2. David Lilley 497
3. Kyren Wilson 475
4. Jeff Cundy 429
5. Ryan Causton 405
6. Nick Jennings 386
7. Gary Wilson 382
8. Syd Wilson 327
9. Hammad Miah 298
10. Jamie Bodle 294
11. Wayne Brown 285
12. Antony Parsons 277
13. Oliver Lines 269
14. Rob James 233
15. Callum Downing 208

The fifth event was held at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds on 13th and 14th April, decent number of century breaks in this!

15th ranked Callum Downing withdrew from the event and Shane Castle and Tom Maxfield (amongst others) were no-shows. 10th ranked Jamie Bodle and 11th ranked Wayne Brown did not enter

1st Round results (selected)
Chris Norbury 4 – 2 Darren Bond
Michael Wild 4 – 2 Elliot Slessor
Ashley Carty 4 – 2 Christopher Keogan
(Carty break of 126)

Round 2 (selected)
Chris Norbury 4 – 1 Hammad Miah
Ryan Causton 4 – 3 Michael Wild
Sam Harvey 4 – 1 Oliver Lines
(Harvey break of 100)
Nick Jennings 4 – 2 Shaun Wilkes
Antony Parsons 4 – 1 Anthony Harris
(Parsons break of 129)
Steven Hallworth 4 – 2 David Lilley

Round 3 (Last 16)
James Cahill 4 – 1 John Whitty
(Cahill break of 128)
Chris Norbury 4 – 3 Syd Wilson
Ryan Causton 4 – 0 Rob James
Jeff Cundy 4 – 2 James Gillespie
Kyren Wilson 4 – 2 Ashley Carty
Nick Jennings 4 – 1 Sam Harvey
(Jennings break of 110)
Gary Wilson 4 – 0 Antony Parsons
(Wilson break of 143)
Steven Hallworth 4 – 1 Ben Harrison

Quarter finals
Chris Norbury 4 – 2 James Cahill
(Norbury break of 103)
Jeff Cundy 4 – 3 Ryan Causton
Kyren Wilson 4 – 3 Nick Jennings
(Jennings break of 122)
Gary Wilson 4 – 0 Steven Hallworth

Semi-finals
Jeff Cundy 4 – 3 Chris Norbury
Gary Wilson 4 – 2 Kyren Wilson
(Wilson break of 132)

Final
Gary Wilson 5 – 2 Jeff Cundy
(Wilson breaks of 120 and 109)

Congratulations to Gary Wilson

(bet the remaining amateurs will be glad he’s in the Pro ranks next season)

Final rankings (my calculation, rankings not updated on English Snooker since the 3rd event – hope I’m right but it’s a close result ...)
1. Kyren Wilson 637
2. Gary Wilson 632
3. Jeff Cundy 631
4. John Whitty 549
5. Ryan Causton 528
6. David Lilley 519
7. Nick Jennings 509
8. Syd Wilson 380
9. Antony Parsons 327
10. Hammad Miah 319
11. Jamie Bodle 294
12. Oliver Lines 290
13. Wayne Brown 285
14. Rob James 283
15. James Cahill 279