The CU Open 2012
The 8th annual CU Open was held on Saturday, February 6th 2013(!) at the Cambridge Snooker Centre.
Entry was free as prize money was provided by a mysterious benefactor, possibly seen here...
Who could it be?
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Nineteen entries were received, of which the following eight were seeded:
- Paul Thomas
- Hugh Lund
- Drew Miley
- Tarun Manjunath
- Ben Jarrett
- Jack Hurst
- Jon Nelson
- Emma Pewsey
Hugh Lund, losing only 7 frames on the way, came through to take the title - his second Open win.
Optimum blood-alcohol levels were reached in his semi-final win over Drew Miley before overcoming an
exhausted Ben Jarrett 6-1, clearly worn out after his epic win over Paul Thomas- coming back to win 6-5 after being 5-3 down.
The finalists, Hugh (l) and Ben (r)
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More drama was to ensue afterwards as, after celebratory drinks at Queens' bar, a handle was dislodged from the trophy. There followed an increasingly bizarre chain of events, involving a bizarre rant from
CUPC President, and mysterious benefactor, Rob Hogan who claimed, amongst other things, 'Trophies aren't very good at quizzes' and culminating in him attacking
current captain Drew Miley by pouring lettuce and mayonnaise over his head!
The culprit, R. Hogan MA.
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Results
| Tom Pearson | 3 |
| Kam Ting Tsoi | 1 |
| Rikhil Raithatha | 3 |
| Alex Todd | 0 |
| Charles Perez-Storey | w/o |
| BYE | |
| Jonathan Rawlinson | 3 |
| CJ Donnelly | 2 |
Plate
The plate competition was open to everyone who didn't make the quarter-finals of the main draw. The plate- kindly donated by Emma Pewsey- was taken by Kam Ting Tsoi, who beat James Rickards in a recreation of their Novices' final.
The finalists, Kam and James.
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| Jonathan Rawlinson | w/o |
| BYE | |
| CJ Donnelly | 0 |
| Kam Ting Tsoi | 3 |
| Rikhil Raithatha | 1 |
| Jonathan Rawlinson | 3 |
| Dan Threlfall | w/o |
| Tom Pearson | |
| Kam Ting Tsoi | 4 |
| Dan Threlfall | 3 |
Straight Pool
A straight pool tournament was run as a side event. Taken less seriously than the main tournament (by most), straight pool is all about potting balls, in any order, for a point each up to a set total.
Men's Captain Drew Miley clinically disposed of his four opponents- including both finalists- on his way to securing the Straight Pool Ashtray 2013,
which shall now take pride of place next to his University Challenge nameplate.
But what did he really want?
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| Ben Jarrett | 30 |
| Rikhil Raithatha | 17 |
| Dan Threlfall | 23 |
| Ben Jarrett | 40 |
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