Cambridge University Pool Club

Cambridge University Novices' Tournament 2008

The 2008 Novices' Tournament was held on Sunday, October 12th at Cambridge Snooker Centre. The competition was open to anyone who had played neither in Varsity nor the CU Masters. Twenty novices entered and five university players also participated in the first stage.

Relja Arandjelovic claimed the title, coming through some tough matches before overturning a three frame deficit to beat Chris Bryant in the final.

Knockout Stage

Thirteen qualifiers from the group stages went on to compete in the knockout stage, with three random group winners receiving first round byes.

Round 1 Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final Champion
0 Liam Kirkwood    
vs3 Laurence   
2 Laurence Shaw    
 vs1 Laurence  
1 Lorry Carr    
vs0 Matt   
2 Matt Scott    
  vs3 Chris 
2 Chris Bryant    
vs3 Chris   
0 James Folliard    
 vs3 Chris  
Ed Mosely    
vs1 Ed   
BYE    
   vsRelja
Adam Hargreaves    
vs2 Adam   
BYE    
 vs3 Relja  
0 Tom Stephens    
vs3 Relja   
2 Relja Arandjelovic    
  vs4 Relja 
0 Jon Nelson    
vs3 Luke   
2 Luke Bennett    
 vs1 Luke  
Mike Judge    
vs2 Mike   
BYE    

Group stage

The tournament began with a group stage. Groups A to E were made up of four players including one experienced university level player (italics). The top two players excluding the uni player qualified through to the knockout stage. Group F consisted of five novices with the top three qualifying.

GROUP A Ro L Re E
Rob Hogan   2 1 3
Liam Kirkwood 1   3 2
Relja Arandjelovic 2 0   1
Emma Pewsey 0 1 1  
GROUP B R Mi Ma T
Rob Allen   2 3 3
Mike Judge 1   3 3
Matt Scott 0 0   2
Tom Waddoups 0 0 1  
GROUP C P A Ja Jo
Paul Thomas   3 2 3
Adam Hargreaves 0   2 2
James Folliard 1 1   2
Josh Cadney 0 1 1  
GROUP D S C L J
Steve McCann   3 2 2
Chris Bryant 0   3 2
Luke Bennett 1 0   2
Joe Fernandes 1 1 1  
GROUP E Lu T La S
Luke Gleave   2 3 3
Tom Stephens 1   1 3
Laurence Shaw 0 2   1
Steve Legg 0 0 2  
GROUP F E L J V D
Ed Mosely   2 1 2 2
Lorry Carr 1   3 2 1
Jon Nelson 2 0   3 1
Vin Shen Ban 1 1 0   3
Dimiter Ostrev 1 2 2 0