MANCHESTER OPEN SNOOKER
2024 TOURNAMENT
8 May; FINAL @ Urmston
Josh Cooper 5-2 Dave Ackers
A hard fought match with several long and close frames. Josh Cooper had a 96 break in frame 2 and won the fourth on the black to take a 3-1 interval lead. 156 ponts were scored on frame 6, which went to Josh on the black, before he won frame 7 to take the title.
High break 112; Josh Cooper
KNOCK OUT STAGES; RESULTS AND FIXTURES
Dress code will be applied strictly in all KO matches; (no trainers, jeans or T shirts)
All matches will start at 7.30 promptly; players arriving late will concede frames
All prize monies will be paid out at the Final on Wednesday 8 May
KO1 Best of 7
20-Mar
Lenny Degriffa [-14] 4-1 Graham Hardy (7)
Adam Longley [-7] 0-4 Pat Burke (0)
Mohammed Ashraf (-7) 0-4 Dave Ackers [0]
Lee Norcross (0) 1-4 Dean Whittaker [0]
Gary Lees (-7) 3-4 Jack Culligan [-7]
Culligan 52 & 61
Lees comes back from 1-3 down to take the match to a decider
Glen Dumville (7) 2-4 Michael Brindley [-7]
Brindley 52 in final frame
Mahmood Zirgham [0] 4-1 Adam Flitcroft (0)
Mark Carrington [-7] 3-4 Philip Greaves (0)
Greaves recovers from 1-3 down to take the decider
27-Mar
Josh Cooper (-7) 4-2 Sheldon O'Connor (-7)
Sheldon O'Connor 73
Stewart Hesketh (-7) 0-4 Dave Ritchie (-7)
John Welsh (-7) 4-1 Jamie Mc Ardle (-7)
John Welsh 84 & 56; Jamie McArdle 50 & 52
Kieran Simpson (7) 3-0 Asim Ahmed (0)
03-Apr
Dean Sheridan (-7) 4-0 Carl Egerton (-7)
Dean Sheridan 60
Chris Harrison (-7) 4-3 Ali Anwar (0)
Martin Lee (7) 3-4 Nish Joshi (7)
Dave Bloor (0) 1-4 Paul Thomas (0)
KO2 Best of 7
10-Apr
Lenny Degriffa [-14] 4-0 Pat Burke (0)
Dave Ackers [0] 4-0 Dean Whittaker [0]
Jack Culligan [-7] 4-1 Michael Brindley [-7]
Jack Culligan 84 & 55
John Welsh (-7) 4-0 Kieran Simpson (7)
John Welsh 83 & 67
17-Apr
Mahmood Zirgham [0] 4-3 Philip Greaves (0)
Josh Cooper (-7) 4-1 Dave Ritchie (-7)
Josh Cooper 112, 112 &70
Dean Sheridan (-7) 0-4 Chris Harrison (-7)
Nish Joshi (7) 4-1 Paul Thomas (0)
Nish Joshi 70
QUARTER FINALS Best of 7
24-Apr
Lenny Degriffa (-14) 3-4 Dave Ackers (0)
Dave Ackers 60
Jack Culligan (-7) unavailable; conceded to John Welsh (-7)
Mahmood Zirgham [0] 3-4 Josh Cooper (-7)
Josh Cooper 50
Chris Harrison (-7) 3-4 Nish Joshi (7)
SEMI-FINALS Best of 7
01-May
Dave Ackers (0) 4-1 John Welsh (-7)
Dave Ackers 81 & 68
Josh Cooper (-7) 4-2 Nish Joshi (7)
Josh Cooper 73
FINAL Best of 9
8 May
Dave Ackers (0) 2-5 Josh Cooper (-7)
Josh Cooper 98
HIGH BREAKS: KO MATCHES
112 Josh Cooper 17/4
112 Josh Cooper 17/4
96 Josh Cooper 8/5
84 John Welsh 27/3
84 Jack Culligan 10/4
83 John Welsh 10/4
81 Dave Ackers 1/5
73 Sheldon O’Connor 27/3
73 Josh Cooper 1/5
70 Josh Cooper 17/4
70 Nish Joshi 17/4
68 Dave Ackers 1/5
67 John Welsh 10/4
61 Jack Culligan 20/3
61 Dave Ackers 24/4
56 John Welsh 27/3
55 Jack Culligan 10/4
52 Jack Culligan 20/3
52 Michael Brindley 20/3
52 Jamie McArdle 27/3
50 Jamie McArdle 27/3
50 Josh Cooper 24/4
HIGH BREAKS; GROUPS
104 Jamie McArdle 06/3
98 Michael Brindley 28/2
90 Mahmood Zirgham 28/2
87 Dean Sheridan 13/3
83 Josh Cooper 06/3
80 John Welsh 06/;3
77 Gary Lees 28/2
70 Kieran Simpson 06/3
69 Josh Cooper 06/3
67 Stewart Hesketh 13/3
66 Pat Doohan 06/3
66 Josh Cooper 06/3
64 Mohammed Ashraf 21/2
63 Jack Culligan 21/2
63 Mohammed Ashraf 21/2
58 Josh Cooper 06/3
52 Sheldon O’Connor 06/3
50 John Welsh 06/3
GROUP STAGE RESULTS
Play two frames against all other players in the group
Top two from each group go through to KO Stages
SCROLL DOWN FOR VENUE INFORMATION
21 February; Urmston. GROUP 1
Lenny Degriffa [-14]
Dean Whittaker [0]
Matt Darbyshire [7] Michael Tuson [14]
21 February; Urmston. GROUP 2
Adam Longley [-7]
Dave Ackers [0]
Kaele Mayor [7], Robert Pompilio [14]
21 February; Longsight. GROUP 3
Mohammed Ashraf [-7]; 6 63 & 64 breaks
Patrick Burke [0]; 3
Asif Nisar [7] 2, David Evans [14];1
21 February; Longsight. GROUP 4
Lee Norcross [0]; 5
Graham Hardy [7]; 4
Michael Dickinson [-7] 2, Eric Ridgeway [14] 1
28 February; Urmston. GROUP 5
1. Gary Lees [-7] 3 77 break
2. Philip Greaves [0] 2
Terry Goodwin [14] apology, Mark Bennett – no show
28 February; Urmston. GROUP 6
1. Glen Dumville [7] 3
2. Adam Flitcroft [0] 0
Danny Connolly [-7] apology, Barry Christie [7] no show
28 February; Longsight. GROUP 7
Mahmood Zirgham [0] 5 - 90 break
Michael Brindley [-7] 3 98 break
Mark Hallsor [0] 2, Damon Heslop [14] 2
28 February; Longsight. GROUP 8
Mark Carrington [-7] 5
Jack Culligan [-7] 3 63 break
John Thomspon [0] 2, John Daly [14] 2
6 March; Urmston. GROUP 9
1. Josh Cooper [-7] Breaks; 58, 83,66 & 69
2 Asim Ahmed [7],
Matt Foster [14], Mark Johnson [14]
6 March; Urmston. GROUP 10
1. Chris Harrison [-7],
2. Jamie McArdfle [-7) 103 break
Steve Buck [7], Derek Wilson [7]
6 March; Longsight. GROUP 11
1. John Welsh [-7] 80 & 50 breaks
2. Ali Anwar [0]
Patrick Doohan [7] 3 66 break, Steven Daly [14] 0
6 March; Longsight. GROUP 12
1. Kieran Simpson [7] 70 break
2. Sheldon O’Connor [-7] 52 break
Jordan Pompilio [14], 3, Mohammed Ali [0] 1
13 March; Urmston. GROUP 13
1. Dean Sheridan [-7] 6 87 break
2. Paul Thomas [0] 4
Yatrik Bhatt [7], Bilal Aziz [14] no show
13 March; Urmston. GROUP 14
1. Stewart Hesketh [-7] 6 67 break
2. Nish Joshi [7] 4
Oscar Muggins [7], James Bradley [14]
13 March; Longsight. GROUP 15
1. Martin Lee [7] 5
2. David Ritchie [-7] 3
Steve Groves [0] 2, Anthony Filgate [14] 1
13 March; Longsight. GROUP 16
1. Dave Bloor [0] 3
2. Carl Egerton [-7] 2
Joseph Brennan [7] apology, Rick Jones [14] no show
VENUE INFORMATION
Matches will start promptly at 7.30.
Please ensure that you arrive at the venue in sufficient time
Urmston Conservative Club
The club is situated above Sainsbury’s in Urmston town centre.
The entrance door can be found on the corner opposite the Police station on Crofts Bank Road.
29 Crofts Bank Rd, Urmston, Manchester M41 0TZ
Longsight Cricket Club
Longsight Cricket Club is off Bickerdike Rd at the bottom of Bowling Green Lane in Longsight, Manchester.
Postcode; M12 5FZ
PROJECTED PRIZE MONEY FOR 2024
Winner £500
Runner-up £200
Semi-finalists £100 each
Quarter-finalists £40 each
High break; £1 per point
Peter Hunt is the Manchester Open Tournament Director.
Peter can be contacted on 07507 786893