2010 West Coast International

[Adam Wyard]

After a year off in 2009, the West Coast International will return in 2010 at the Pot Black Family Pool & Snooker Centre North Perth, 25th - 27th June.

Neil Robertson is keen to return to Perth and regain the title he was forced to relinquish in 2008 when he was unavailable due to a clash with a professional event in China.

This year's event will have a truly international flavour, with players from Singapore and India also expressing interest in competing.

[Dallas Hershell]

Any free entries going??

[Adam Wyard]

[Roger Davey]

After a year off in 2009, the West Coast International will return in 2010 at the Pot Black Family Pool & Snooker Centre North Perth, 25th - 27th June.

Neil Robertson is keen to return to Perth and regain the title he was forced to relinquish in 2008 when he was unavailable due to a clash with a professional event in China.

This year's event will have a truly international flavour, with players from Singapore and India also expressing interest in competing.

Hey Adam - any chance you need a referee ??????????? After forking out last year & then it was cancelled - LOL - you know who

[Dallas Hershell]

Tell me about it, I had to spend the whole week with the missus.
Some players got a Little reimbursement, some didn't..

[Adam Wyard]

Hi to All Players

Please find the attached Entry Form and details for the 2010 West Coast International – an ABSC National Ranking Event - at www.absc.com.au/entry-forms.shtml.

The BSAWA has now secured sponsorship funds to ensure that the event is confirmed to be staged with a minimum of $8000 prize money.

The West Coast International is the only National Ranking event that is staged in Western Australia. The keen support and commitment from interstate players would greatly appreciated by the BSAWA to ensure a successful 2010 tournament and for the encouragement of our sponsors to continue their support in 2011 and onwards.

We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible this June enjoying both our sport of Snooker and a visit to Perth!

So get those entry forms in!

Happy Potting!

Mike Peachey
BSAWA Publicity Officer

[Vinnie Calabrese]

i dont think neil will return this year for this one
but i could be wrong

[Adam Wyard]

Please be advised that the playing conditions for this year's West Coast International have been changed. The entry form now reads:

Referees will be supplied for all matches. Losing players will not be required to referee

www.absc.com.au/entry-forms.shtml

[Luke Hough]

wont be attending this

flights 600 pfft

Plus prize money is not up there

[Ray Taaffe]

Umm Luke, I didn't realise you won a lot of prize money . Is there a repercharge I think he was asking ?

[WilliamK]

Referees will be supplied for all matches.

I can video record the final... for airfare and accommodation.

[Adam Wyard]

Thanks for the offer, but we'll have to decline.

[Dallas Hershell]

Don't know where you get your fligth from Luke, but I did a quick search and could get flighs for $340 return...

[Luke Hough]

Vinnie and i had alook it was like 560 return with virgin

cheaper flights were with tiger but pfft i aint jumpin on one of them

[Adam Wyard]

$430 or so with Jetstar (inc luggage).

I wouldn't recommend Tiger to anyone, I've heard of people being charged an extra $50 each way to take a cue, so there goes any savings on the flight!

[Adam Wyard]

Qantas sale on now - $199 one way SYD-PER, for flights in June. Sale ends midnight Thursday 20 May.

[Ray Taaffe]

Is that for the whole of june Adam ? The specials from brisbane end on wednesday the 23rd of june .

[Adam Wyard]

Yeah, only Sydney gets it for the whole of June for some reason (I guess to do with school holidays?)

Melbourne is the same, only goes till 23 June, so I didn't bother mentioning it.

[Ray Taaffe]

Yep, school holidays start up here that weekend.

[Henry Lau]

I want to play in this but airfare is very steep, to book now will cost $550 return.

[hassankerde]

is there a confirmed amount of players yet for this or not

[Adam Wyard]

is there a confirmed amount of players yet for this or not

Entries are lower than we would have liked at this stage. I can't give an exact number until I get home from Melbourne after the Australian Billiards and check the PO Box.

Entries have been extended until Monday 21 June - if anyone is interested, get in touch with me.

[Henry Lau]

yeah I won't be going, worked out that it will cost me at least $1000 to make this trip if I went.

Am I the only tightass out there who thinks that's too much to spend to go to a tournament?

[Vinnie Calabrese]

no henry your not being tightass!
im goin cause obviously if i play well im a chance of winning
but also i used my qantas flyer points and also a good friend of mine lives around the corner from the venue so yeh...
but i would be thinkin twice if i has to be payin for the usual hotels and flights

[Dallas Hershell]

I'm not going because I didn't get a free entry..

[Adam Wyard]

Draw and playing schedule are now available

www.absc.com.au/cgi-bin/absc.pl?A=ResultDetail&ID=265

[Grumpy]

I'm not going because I didn't get a free entry..

Aw... I am disappointed Dallas... I was looking forward to meeting you and watching your game.
Guess I'll have to cheer on my house-guest for the Tournament... and cheer for Vinnie as well????

[Vinnie Calabrese]

thanks grumpy i need all the support i can get

and taffe will only be needing your support for the one match

[Dallas Hershell]

Well, you would have met me last year, but I spent the weekend at rotnest island instead..

[Grumpy]

thanks grumpy i need all the support i can get

and taffe will only be needing your support for the one match

Bit harsh Vinnie... still first up the lady he has drawn has won a ladies WA title...
... and Dallas I hope you enjoyed Rotto

[Dallas Hershell]

Nope, it was winter and pissing down rain.

[SeaNy.]

gee just looked at the draw, it really is a shame to see such a small field...

[Luke Hough]

id pay to see barry jones play LOL

foul and miss!

[Grumpy]

Got severely flogged by Gloves in a practice session today... lots of fun though.

[hassankerde]

i played today at pot black and must say biggest pockets i have ever seen in my life. i made 3 tons on a table today(playing on my own) but it is the match table.if the pockets are that big on the match table i can only imagine what the other tables are going to be like

[Adam Wyard]

Huss, you're just discovering how nice it is to play on new 30oz cloth.

[Adam Wyard]

So after bagging the tables, Hassan did make a century, but lost 4-3. Oh dear. The other casualty was James Mifsud, taken out by the perennial dark horse, Peter McCullagh.

Quarter Finals
Steve Mifsud v Steve Saxon
Matthew Bolton v Marvin Lim
Peter McCullagh v Tommy Ang
Daniel Jones v Vinnie Calabrese

High Breaks
Steve Mifsud 102
Hassan Kerde 102
Peter McCullagh 84
Vinnie Calabrese 82

Check for frame by frame updates of the semi finals on www.absc.com.au from approx 3pm AEST, and live scoring of the final from approx 7pm AEST.

[Terry Jackson]

Go Vinnie!

[Black Ball]

For those that may be interested, report in by Gloves .

Vinnie 4-1
S.Mifsud 4-1
Mr.Ang 4-0
Marvin Lim leads M.Bolton 3-1

[Adam Wyard]

Lim v Bolton now 3-3

Semi Finals will start about 2 hours late.

[Black Ball]

Report in from Gloves
Mif 2-1 up on Bolton
Vinnie 2-1 down to Ang.

[Ray Taaffe]

I have left the venue and vinnie had got back to 2 all and I think Mathew Bolton was leading the 4th frame against steve.

[Grumpy]

Check for frame by frame updates of the semi finals on http://www.absc.com.au from approx 3pm AEST, and live scoring of the final from approx 7pm AEST.

Nothing at all on the absc site at 6-10pm WA time (8-10 pm in the East)

No frame by frame?????? etc etc

[Grumpy]

Ahh that's better now on absc (712pm wa time)
Go Vincent

[Ray Taaffe]

Steve 5-4 over Matthew and Vinnie 5-2 over Ang

[Dallas Hershell]

Standard

[Grumpy]

Ahh that's better now on absc (712pm wa time)
Go Vincent

OOOOOps no link working 829pm WA time

Had to come home early for family reasons... will no doubt get some results , somewhere later

[Grumpy]

Steve wins 5-4

Matthew Bolton knocked in the highest break of 135 against Steve in the semi.

[Hilton]

Well done Steve,badluck Vinnie.