2014 Tournament

Final

• Thriller on the Moor appreciated by good crowd

• Dean Sheridan recovered from 4-1 down, taking four in a row to edge out Michael Wild, and retained his title

• Superb break building from both players - seven breaks over 50 including a century for Sheridan

• • Semi-Final highlights; Rileys Belle Vue

    • Dean Sheridan 4-0 Wayne Brown

      • Sheridan took the first two somewhat scrappy frames, then put together breaks of 71 and 51 to ensure a comfortable victory

      • Dean had pot success rate of 88%

    • Craig Steadman 0-4 Michael Wild

      • Wild won without raising his cue as Steadman, jet-lagged following his return from the China Open, slept through his alarm and forfeited the match

• Moor Club Quarter Final highlights

  • Michael Wild hits form with a 4-0 win over John Welsh, including breaks of 78, 57 and the new high break figure of 132

  • Dean Sheridan loses his first frames in KO stages but comes through 4-2 against Reece Kershaw. Breaks of 71 and 59 from Dean and 57 from Reece in this tight match

  • Wayne Brown beats Gary Lees 4-1 with a great exhibition of tough match play. An amazing snooker laid by Wayne to steal the second frame was a key turning point in the match

  • Craig Steadman takes the outstanding R2 match against Andy Worthington 4-1, with breaks of 76, 90 and 68. First frame was decided in two scoring visits, with 48 from Andy immediately countered with a 76 clearance from Craig. Craig now plays Jamie McArdle on a date to be arranged.

  • Latest: McArdle withdraws so Steadman goes through.

• Round 2 highlights

  • Sheridan wins 4-0 in quick time - still to lose a frame in KO stages

  • Three matches go to final frame deciders

    • Wild edges out Alaraji

    • Lees wins tense frame against Harrison

    • Welsh takes the last against Farakh

  • Other winners; Brown, Kershaw and McArdle

  • Best break of the night - 96 from Michael Wild

  • Other breaks

    • Kershaw 90; Wild 88 & 62; Sheridan 84 & 66; Brown 79; Welsh 75 & 52; Lees 73 & 50; McArdle 62; Farakh 52

• Round 1 highlights

  • Best break - 116 from Wayne Brown

  • Lees has four 50+ breaks in four frames

  • Sheridan wins 4-0 in 45 minutes

  • Farakh wins 4-1 in 55 minutes

  • Centuries for Dean Sheridan and Michael Wild

  • 22 fifty plus breaks

  • Steadman recovers from 0-2 down to win 4-2

  • Wild wins in final frame against Morgan

  • Final frame clincher for Thomond against Ackers

• Qualifying highlights

  • Farakh Ajaib has highest break of 122 - 15 reds,15 blacks and the yellow; rattled the green with a maximum in sight

  • Gary Lees and Dave Ackers undefeated in group stage

  • Other breaks in qualifying;

    • Michael Wild 101, 74 and 67

    • Josh Thomond 92

    • Tony Zanicchi 91

    • Ash Alaraji 77

    • Reece Kershaw 72

    • Gary Lees 67

    • Steve Groves 60

    • Dean Sheridan 57 and 56

    • Martin Lee 56