Channel Island International 2007 |
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Men |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
Drew |
Points |
Bristol |
6 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
Belgium |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
Jersey A |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
10 |
Taunton |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
Portugal |
6 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
Guernsey |
6 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
Jersey B |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Ladies |
Played |
Won |
Lost |
|
Points |
S West |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
9 |
Taunton |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
9 |
Jersey |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
6 |
Guernsey A |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
6 |
Guernsey B |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
0 |
| Juniors | Played |
Won |
Lost |
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Points |
Jersey A |
4 |
4 |
0 |
|
12 |
Guernsey A |
4 |
3 |
1 |
|
9 |
Jersey B |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
6 |
Jersey C |
4 |
1 |
3 |
|
3 |
Guernsey B |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
0 |
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A clean sweep for Jersey in the CI inter insulars for the very first time
The mens won theirs best of 21 match 11-8 . Steve Palmer the man of the match fittingly won the game with an absolutely stunning finish, must to the delight of his team mates as he outplaye
The Ladies who lost in the round robin to Guernsey won the best of 25 insular 13-11 in a match that could have gone either way. Christell Le Toullec,Tracey Perriera and Laura Gicquell won the last three games for the home team.
The junior was as always a potting affair with all out attacking pool. The Jersey boys where in control all the way through the game and won convincingly 13-4. Man of the match was Hinds who won 4 out of 5, and won the game as he beat Robert Le Gallez
The C I International was the best ever, and it has to be said the closets one ever, with 6 of the mens teams out of 7 being able to reach the top 4 play off
The Jersey team pipped Portugal out of o top 4 place with the last of their round robin games as they beat Taunton 8-4
They faced Belgium in the semi final and looked to d and outputted Ashley Periumcoasting their way to anther final in this event as they led 6-3, but Belgium had travelled a long way to compete here this weekend, and came back with a stunning finish as they won 5 on the trot to devastate the home team and the support
The other semi was between Bristol and Taunton with Bristol coming out on top 8-6 in a very close match, as is usually the case for these two rivals
The junior team final was between Jersey A and Guernsey A and this was a much closer affair than the insular game, After two sessions in the best of 15 game it was all square at 5-5. Darren De Fue beat James Kirk, Karl Hinds further enhanced his reputation as he out potted Robert Le Gallez and brother Josh won the match as he beat James Kirk
The Ladies team final was between Taunton and a SW Select team with Taunton winning the match 8-6
The C I Championships which where played in the same venue had our top two C I Junior players playing each other in the Junior final, Josh Hinds(Jersey) faced his biggest rival Jess De La haye, It was as always a close encounter and E La Haye ranked no2 in the world beat him 5-3 in a superbly contested final
The Ladies final was between Laura Gicqull and Christell Le Toullec, an all Jersey final, Le Toullec put out hot fav Linda Maider in the second round 4-3
The Junior C I International was another disappointment for Josh Hinds as he had fought his way to yet another final, only to be outputted by Sarnian James Kirk, both have lots of international experence, and the standard of play was as always exciting
Kirk beat Scott Crawford 4-2, Cole McClean 4-0 and in the semis he beat fellow team mate Jamesd le Gallez 4-0 also
Hinds beat Adam McGrath 4-1, Matt Barker also 4-1 and in the semis he beat Darren De Feu 5-1
The final score was 5-3, but it was a very close affair, as always between the two players
The Ladies C I Final was as one sided as it gets as Laura Gicquel beat Chsirtelle Le Toullec 4-0 and in the last frame she had a total clearnce to win yet another title at this event as she has played in several finals over the years
The C I International men’s event was as always a prestigious event, and the runner up from two years ago Chris Alexander of Jersey yet again reached the final with a great potting display against the Belgium champion Johan Depoorter in the semi final, He was 3-2 down in the race to 6, then went into a different gear as he on the next four. He beat Mark Wood (Bristol) 5-4 in the first round,Then Gareth Ford 5- 0(Taunton) in the second round, Mark Hancock (Guernsey) was 5-1
In the other half another another Belgium player Dave Verey played the very talented Andy Dart from Bristol, it went 5-5 then Verey won it with a great cut in the middle pocket to win 6-5 in the sudden death decider
The final was great to watch as Verey went 2-0 ahead , back came Alexander to level at 2-2, Verey took the next, but Alexander pumped up the vol as he out potted Verey in the next three frames to lead 5-3. Verey was not out of it as he won the next two to level at 5-5, Verey had a chance to win it, but let Alexander in as he missed a pot, he cleared his last 5 balls to win the event for the first time
The International Ladies final was between Sammy Hogg and Debbie Chudley both from the SW team, Chudley won 6-1
In the mens C I event it was the greatest player to pick up a cue, Gary Cook beat Bret Campbell 6-1, this is the fifth time that Cook has won the competition. He led 3-0 before Campbell pulled one back
He beat Ady Bougourd in the semi-final 5-4, Campbell had beaten island player Andy Stentiford 5-2 in the semis
Chris Alexander, Jersey. C I International Mens Winner
