English Amateur Championship 2015

As in previous years, regional qualifiers followed by a 'Last 16' competition for each of North and South (each Last 16, quarters, semis), then at the finals weekend a 'North final' and 'South final' followed by a 'Grand Final'.

Qualifiers have taken place, six of the eight regions have reported results (Yorkshire & London/South East being the missing ones). Some surprises as ever, so starting with a selection of early round results and then a full rundown of the final qualifying matches

Selected early round results
David Lilley 4 -2 John Morrell
(Lilley break of 112)
John Welsh 4 - 3 John Whitty
(Welsh break of 93)
James Silverwood 4 - 3 John Welsh
(Silverwood breaks of 81,76,54,48 and 44)
Callum Costello 4 - 3 Sean Hopkin
Jamie Bodle 4 - 1 Andrew Diacopoulos
(Bodle break of 117)
Jamie Brown 4 - 1 Callum Downing
Adam King 4 - 3 Josh Baddeley
Rob Jones 4 - 2 Brandon Sargeant
Syd Wilson 4 - 1 Ryan Causton
Mark Turner 4 - 3 Ben Harrison
(Harrison break of 121)
James Height 4 - 1 Aaron Cook

Final qualifying round
Michael Rhodes 4 - 1 David Lilley
Nev Graham 4 - 0 Matthew Hudson
Darren Cook 4 - 0 Manasawin Phetmalaikul
James Silverwood 4 - 0 Adam Morrey
(Silverwood breaks of 72,68,62 and 59)
Danny Thomas 4 - 1 Jeff Robinson
Josh Cooper 4 - 1 Stephen Groves
Lee Shanker 4 - 2 Ronnie Kralj
Callum Costello 4 - 2 Scott Lyons
Jamie Bodle 4 - 1 Matt Lee
Dale Schofield 4 - 0 Lee Crombie
Daniel Ward 4 - 2 Stephen James
Luke Garland 4 - 2 Richard Haney
(Garland break of 99)
Saqib Nasir 4 - 2 Jamie Brown
Adam King 4 - 3 John Wilson
Matt Emms 4 - 2 Rob Jones
Grant Miles 4 - 2 George Pragnell
Syd Wilson 4 - 0 Sam Betts
James Height 4 - 0 Mark Turner
Alan Tunney 4 - 3 Kurtis Weaver
Eden Sharav 4 - 1 Peter Mercer

North and South Last 16 competitions will be played on 11th/12th April at Northern Snooker, Leeds and Crucible Sports, Newbury.

London/South East early round results (selected)

Sean O'Sullivan 4 - 1 Sonnie O'Sullivan
(Sean breaks of 116 and 117)
Nick Jennings 4 - 0 Johnathan Charlton
(Jennings break of119)
Sean O'Sullivan 4 - 3 Simon Dent
(O'Sullivan breaks of 70,74,48 and 85)
Alan Harvey 4 - 1 Jordan Winbourne
Billy Castle 4 - 3 Wayne Townsend
Martin O'Donnell 4 - 0 Syed Hassan
(O'Donnell break of 135)

London/South East final qualifying

Ryan Mears 4 - 1 Petr Devlin
Sean O'Sullivan 4 - 1 Nick Jennings
Tokki Yamaguchi 4 - 3 Lawrence Oliver
Alan Harvey 4 - 3 Bill Cornish
Billy Castle 4 - 1 Andrew Scott
Martin O'Donnell 4 - 2 Thomas Barton

Yorkshire early round results (selected)

Johnathan Bagley 4 - 3 James McGouran
Kuldesh Johal 4 - 2 Declan Bristow

Yorkshire final qualifying

Johnathan Bagley 4 - 0 Lewis Gillen
Adam Duffy 4 - 1 Jamie Barrett
Paul Davison 4 - 1 Nathan Walton
Kuldesh Johal 4 - 3 Jeff Cundy
Brian Quinlan 4 - 1 Lee Brookes
Joe Roberts 4 - 0 Adam Clarke
(Roberts break of 115)

Southern 'Last 16'

a few no shows so only 3 matches in the Last 16:
Billy Castle 5 - 0 Adam King
(Castle breaks of 113,90 and 83)
Matt Emms 5 - 0 James Height
(Emms break of 134)
Alan Tunney 5 - 2 Tokki Yamaguchi

Quarter finals
Billy Castle 5 - 0 Matt Emms
Alan Tunney 5 - 3 Ryan Mears
(Tunney break of 81)
Grant Miles 5 - 0 Alan Harvey
Luke Garland 5 - 3 Sean O'Sullivan
(O'Sullivan breaks of 105 and 96)

Semi finals
Billy Castle 8 - 3 Alan Tunney
(O'Sullivan break of 92)
Grant Miles 8 - 3 Luke Garland
(Miles breaks of 81,65,62,54,52,47)

So Castle v Miles in the Southern final at finals weekend.

Northern 'Last 16'

Last 16
Nev Graham 5 - 4 Callum Costello
Dale Schofield w/o Adam Duffy
Paul Davison 5 - 1 Brian Quinlan
(Davison break of 90)
Lee Shanker 5 - 2 Josh Cooper
Michael Rhodes 5 - 4 Darren Cook
Kuldesh Johal 5 - 3 Jamie Bodle
Johnathan Bagley 5 - 4 Joe Roberts
(Roberts break of 84)
Danny Thomas 5 - 4 James Silverwood
(Despite Silverwood having breaks of 65,62,61,55 and 48!)

Quarter finals
Nev Graham 5 - 3 Dale Schofield
Paul Davison 5 - 0 Lee Shanker
(Davison break of 105)
Michael Rhodes 5 - 4 Kuldesh Johal
Johnathan Bagley 5 - 1 Danny Thomas

Semi finals
Paul Davison 8 - 0 Nev Graham
(Davison breaks of 116, 109 and 100)
Michael Rhodes 8 - 6 Johnathan Bagley
(Rhodes break of 98, Bagley break of 86)

So Davison v Rhodes in the Northern Final at finals weekend

The finals weekend will be at Longton Snooker & Pool Club, Stoke-On-Trent on 2nd and 3rd May, with the Northern and Southern winners meeting for the English Amateur Championship in the showcase event on the 3rd.

The 'Club Players' final (for players not currently competing on one of the national tours) will be between Shaun Wilkes and Anthony Hebblethwaite.

Club Players Final
Shaun Wilkes 5 - 3 Anthony Hebblethwaite

Congratulations to Shaun Wilkes!

Contrasting regional finals ...

Southern Final
Billy Castle 8 - 0 Grant Miles

Northern Final
Michael Rhodes 8 - 7 Paul Davison

So Castle v Rhodes for the English Amateur crown

Six Reds final
Jake Nicholson 6 - 0 John Hartley

Congratulations to Jake Nicholson on his successful defense of the title!

Masters Final
Johnathan Bagley 5 - 0 Anthony Harris

That's four in a row for Bagley!

The Final

Michael Rhodes 10 - 6 Billy Castle

Congratulations to Michael Rhodes, English Amateur Champion 2015 !