Prelim Round

Dean Hardesty beat Dev Chadha 4-3

Gary Hoad beat Jason Hawkins 4-3

Vikas Sabharwal beat John Young 4-1

Tony Price W/O Paul Maher

Shaun Tuffnell W/O Matt Spedding

Tracey Harman beat John Barnett 4-1

Lee Greenwood W/O Leigh Munday

Rob Walsh beat Tyler Coombes 4-1

James Townsend beat Rav Tak 4-3

Round 1

Gary Hoad beat Dean Hardesty 4-1

Vikas Sabharwal beat Tony Price 4-2

Tracey Harman beat Shaun Tuffnell 4-0

Rob Walsh beat Lee Greenwood 4-1

Martin Smith beat James Townsend 4-2

Videsh Sabharwal beat Keith Walls 4-0

Claire Dormer beat Pat Phelan 4-2

1/4 Final

Vikas Sabharwal beat Gary Hoad 4-2

Rob Walsh Beat Tracey Harman 4-3

Martin Smith W/O Kailash Kohli

Videsh Sabharwal beat Claire Dormer 4-1

Semi Final

Rob Walsh beat Vikas Sabharwal 4-0          

Videsh Sabharwal beat Martin Smith 4-2

Final

Rob Walsh beat Videsh Sabharwal 4-0

Winner

Last Wednesday 20 players turned out for the Singles League Handicap Cup. Tonight the final 3 players played the tournament out. Videsh Sabharwal was in the final having beaten Keith Walls, Claire Dormer & Martin Smith on the way to the final. The one remaining semi-final to be played was between Vikas Sabharwal (last season’s runner-up) and Rob Walsh (newly promoted from Division Two). Many would of said it was likely to be a final between the Sabharwal brothers.

Rob Walsh is almost guaranteed to put in a performance when he is considered the underdog, but in a 3 frame pre-match warm up against myself he missed chances in every frame and lost 3-0. I feared the worst and suspected he wouldn’t get those chances against the likes of Vik & Vid.

With the one frame start under his belt that he was getting from Vik, Rob played some solid pool and missed very little and proceeded to pile on the pressure by taking the first frame. Looking composed and focused Rob went on to take the next two frames to win the match 4-0.

The final was much the same, Rob constantly playing to avoid getting embroiled in a tactical battle with Vid, and trying to keep the frames as open as possible. Again Rob took the crucial first frame to add to the 1 frame start he was getting and again kept the pressure on. Rob was solid throughout and turned down 50-50 chances to win frames. He waited patiently for better opportunity’s. Eventually they arrived and he wasn’t going to miss eventually taking the final 4-0.