The inaugural SnookerAus Central Coast Billiards Challenge was held at Davistown RSL club on 13-14 May. The 16 entrants were drawn into groups of four to play round robin matches over one hour. The winner of each group and the next 4 highest scoring competitors qualified for the final on Sunday – a straight knockout draw.

The results of the round robin matches are as follows:

Group A
Ian Johnson def Ross Wyard 183-167
Les Clarke def Ross Wyard 165-158
Ross Wyard def Norm Williams 174-168
Ian Johnson def Les Clarke 172-155
Ian Johnson def Norm Williams 200-156
Les Clarke def Norm Williams 173-168

Group B
Brett Hallam def Brian Kennedy 222-114
Brett Hallam def Osman Avdicevic 208-150
Alan Fletcher def Brett Hallam 146-138
Osman Avdicevic def Brian Kennedy 183-178
Brian Kennedy def Alan Fletcher 193-135
Alan Fletcher def Osman Avdicevic 192-171

Group C
Roland Holder def Adam Wyard 205-173
Thomas Lawson def Roland Holder 193-189
Roland Holder def David Pastoors 230-218
Thomas Lawson def Adam Wyard 258-215
David Pastoors def Adam Wyard 251-249
David Pastoors def Thomas Lawson 198-189

Group D
Phil Tarrant def Brett Ryman 163-98
Jim Daly def Phil Tarrant 168-110
Phil Tarrant def Lester Kirkman 142-94
Jim Daly def Brett Ryman 193-185
Lester Kirkman def Brett Ryman 182-155
Lester Kirkman def Jim Daly 168-165

The standings after the round robin:

	Won	Lost	Points scored
Ian Johnson	3	0	555
David Pastoors	2	1	667
Thomas Lawson	2	1	640
Roland Holder	2	1	624
Brett Hallam	2	1	568
Jim Daly	2	1	526
Les Clarke	2	1	493
Alan Fletcher	2	1	473
Lester Kirkman	2	1	444
Phil Tarrant	2	1	415
Ross Wyard	1	2	499
Osman Avdicevic	1	2	499
Brian Kennedy	1	2	490
Adam Wyard	0	3	637
Norm Williams	0	3	492
Brett Ryman	0	3	438

Results from the final 8 knockout

Quarter finals
Les Clarke def Ian Johnson 146-124
Alan Fletcher def Jim Daly 160-149
Roland Holder def Brett Hallam 271-229
David Pastoors def Thomas Lawson 212-196

Semi finals
Les Clarke def Alan Fletcher 191-165
David Pastoors def Roland Holder 295-196

Final
David Pastoors def Les Clarke 201-190


Prizes were awarded to the overall winner and runner up, as well as the highest placed finisher in each grade. Prizemoney was supplied by candelaComputing and was allocated as follows:

David Pastoors $150 (Overall winner, B grade winner)
Les Clarke $50 (Overall runner-up)
Roland Holder $100 (A grade winner)
Alan Fletcher $100 (A reserve grade winner)
Ian Johnson $100 (C grade winner)


The event was considered a success by all involved and laid the foundations for many more tournaments to be run by SnookerAus in the future – watch this space for details of the large scale version to be run in Sydney (off scratch) later in the year.