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51 players attended this
years ANBA Open, held jointly at The Golden Break and
Rileys, Chapel Street. Runaway Scotland number 1 Michael Valentine
justified favouritism by landing the title with an 11-7 win over
Clark Smith (Glasgow) in the final. The win caps a profitable month for the
Falkirk cueist, after he won the Aberdeen Singles in October, and the
Scottish Championship 2 weeks ago. The £400 prize for the ANBA Open title
takes his winnings to £1650 in this spell.
Of the Aberdeen contingent, Darren Matthew reached the
semis, and Mark Gravener the quarters. Matthew swept
through unbeaten at Rileys, and then beat top Dundee junior Josh Brannan to
line up a semi final against Smith. Matthew had already posted a win over
Smith earlier in the day, forcing Smith to negotiate the "losers" side of
the draw. A tight rematch was decided after a long bout of safety on the 1
ball in the deciding rack, when Smith took a long 1-9 combination to take
his place in the final. Gravener also went to the knockout phase unbeaten,
but lost out to Steve Capaldi (Glasgow) at that stage.
Results: Quarter finals (Aberdeen unless stated):
C.Smith (Glasgow) bt. S.Ellis (Falkirk) 9-4; D.Matthew bt.
J.Brannan (Dundee) 9-4; M.Valentine (Falkirk) bt. A.Morris (Stirling) 9-6;
S.Capaldi (Glasgow) bt. M.Gravener 9-5 Semi finals:
Smith bt. Matthew 9-8; Valentine bt. Capaldi 9-4 Final:
Valentine bt. Smith 11-7
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