The CU Open 2009
The fifth CU Open was held on Sunday, November 29th at Cambridge Snooker Centre. Nineteen entries were received, of which the following eight were seeded (in a daring break from tradition, the CUPC President gave the seeds letters rather than numbers).
Men's captain Ali Argo came through to take the title, his second of 2009.
Ali was relatively untroubled early on but was held to 4-4 by Laurence in a tense semi before battling through. A repeat final with Paul Thomas followed in which Ali stormed to a 7-1 lead but went in-off a 'championship ball' black. Spurred on, Paul took the next two frames before Ali closed out the match.
Ali with the trophy
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Results
Plate
The plate competition was open to everyone who lost their first match in the main draw. Tim Henshaw of Queens' won through with the loss of just two frames, beating Churchill's Steven Herbert 4-0 in the final.
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. Organisers Steve and Rob were also allowed to enter this one, and it was Steve (a former winner of the Open) who potted his way to victory.
Gallery
A few more snaps from the day...
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