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          

1. Lenny Degriffa [-14]        4-1   Graham Hardy (7)

2. Adam Longley [-7]       0-4  Pat Burke (0)

3. Mohammed Ashraf (-7)   0-4   Dave Ackers [0]

4. Lee Norcross (0)    1-4   Dean Whittaker [0]

5. 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

6. Glen Dumville (7)  2-4   Michael Brindley [-7]

   • Brindley 52 in final frame

7.  Mahmood Zirgham [0]    4-1   Adam Flitcroft (0)

8. Mark Carrington [-7]     3-4  Philip Greaves (0)

• Greaves recovers from 1-3 down to take the decider

27-Mar                  

9. Josh Cooper (-7)     4-2 Sheldon O'Connor (-7)

   • Sheldon O'Connor 73

10. Stewart Hesketh (-7)   0-4  Dave Ritchie (-7)

11. John Welsh (-7) 4-1 Jamie Mc Ardle (-7)

    • John Welsh 84 & 56; Jamie McArdle 50 & 52

12. Kieran Simpson (7) 3-0 Asim Ahmed (0)

03-Apr                   

13. Dean Sheridan (-7)    4-0  Carl Egerton (-7)

    • Dean Sheridan 60

14. Chris Harrison (-7) 4-3 Ali Anwar (0)

15. Martin Lee (7) 3-4 Nish Joshi (7)

16. Dave Bloor (0) 1-4 Paul Thomas (0)

KO2         Best of 7

10-Apr           

17. Lenny Degriffa [-14]          4-0   Pat Burke (0)

18.  Dave Ackers [0]        4-0   Dean Whittaker [0]

19.  Jack Culligan [-7]        4-1   Michael Brindley [-7]

    • Jack Culligan 84 & 55

20.  John Welsh (-7)       4-0   Kieran Simpson (7) 

    • John Welsh 83 & 67                                                                                                          

17-Apr                   

21. Mahmood Zirgham [0] 4-3  Philip Greaves (0)

22. Josh Cooper (-7)        4-1   Dave Ritchie (-7) 

    • Josh Cooper 112, 112  &70

23. Dean Sheridan (-7)      0-4  Chris Harrison (-7)

24. Nish Joshi (7)     4-1   Paul Thomas (0) 

    • Nish Joshi 70   

QUARTER FINALS Best of 7

24-Apr           

25. Lenny Degriffa (-14)     3-4   Dave Ackers (0)

    • Dave Ackers 60

26. Jack Culligan (-7) unavailable; conceded to John Welsh (-7)

27. Mahmood Zirgham [0]     3-4  Josh Cooper (-7)

    • Josh Cooper 50    

28. Chris Harrison (-7)     3-4   Nish Joshi (7)                                                                                                                

SEMI-FINALS    Best of 7 

01-May               

29. Dave Ackers (0)    4-1  John Welsh (-7)

    • Dave Ackers 81 & 68

30. Josh Cooper (-7)   4-2   Nish Joshi (7) 

    • Josh Cooper 73

FINAL Best of 9

8 May                

31.  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

1. Lenny Degriffa [-14]

2. Dean Whittaker [0]

• Matt Darbyshire [7]  Michael Tuson [14]

21 February; Urmston. GROUP 2

1. Adam Longley [-7]

2. Dave Ackers [0]

• Kaele Mayor [7], Robert Pompilio [14]

21 February; Longsight. GROUP 3

1. Mohammed Ashraf [-7]; 6  63 & 64 breaks

2. Patrick Burke [0]; 3

• Asif Nisar [7] 2, David Evans [14];1

21 February; Longsight. GROUP 4

1. Lee Norcross [0]; 5

2. 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

1. Mahmood Zirgham [0] 5 - 90 break

2. Michael Brindley [-7] 3 98 break

• Mark Hallsor [0] 2, Damon Heslop [14] 2

28 February; Longsight. GROUP 8

1. Mark Carrington [-7] 5

2. 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