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Strachan International Tour 1- Paramount - Hinckley, 9th - 11th February 2007

‘The Magician’ Chris Melling captured the first leg of the 2007 International Pool Tour at the Hinckley Island Hotel this past weekend. It was Melling’s first Tour win since the 2000 season which for a player of his undoubted ability is far too long a gap. Bizarrely Chris signed a sponsorship deal with Supreme Promotions within the last fortnight and his final opponent was the M.D of that company Keith Brewer. Although closely linked both would have been desperate to put one over on their rival and with a clash of styles it promised to be good, but unfortunately for Brewer it was to be the younger man's day as Chris ran out an 8-6 victor. It was a strange weekend of results really as plenty of top players seemed ring rusty after the break and went out early on. This paved the way for some for other less well known players to challenge for major honours. Eddie Barker would have liked to claim his first major title after being a runner-up in 2004 and losing out to Rob Chilton a couple of years ago in the International Masters on T.V. Unfortunately for Eddie it wasn’t to be as he was beaten 8-5 in the last four by Keith. Russell Burgess looked in fine form but couldn’t pick himself up after his exertions on Saturday and struggled with his quarter final match against Barker going down 7-2.  Alan Mower reached his first Tour quarter final and faced another debutant at that stage in Scotland’s number one Darren Matthew. Matthew a multiple World Junior champion looks to be heading into the professional ranks next year after this showing and put paid to the chances of Alan 7-5. Darren’s luck ran out there as he was trounced 8-1 by Melling in their semi-final. In the other quarter finals Melling defeated Home International Champion Gareth Hibbott and Brewer defeated Lee Kendall. I’m sure that normal service will be returned in April and the elite of the game will be back at the business end of the tournament, but I have a feeling Chris and Keith plan to be in the winners circle again this year.

  Preliminary Round          
P1 STEVE FINNEGAN (134) 7 0 MATTHEW GAULD (130)    
P2 DEAN COLE (New) 7 6 WILLIAM RIGBY (New)    
P3 ADAM LILBURNE (New) 7 6 IAN CROSBIE (New)    
P4 ALAN LUCAS (137) 7 5 ADAM JOHNSON (New)    
P5 PAUL MCKEOWAN (New) 7 2 CHRIS MARTIN (New)    
P6 NICK HAGAN (145) 7 6 LUKE SMITH (New)    
P7 PAUL ALEXANDER (New) 7 6 JULIAN PENNIE (138)    
P8 DAVID ROBLIN (New) 7 4 DARREN SADLER (New)    
P9 KEN EDWARDS (New) 7 5 KEVIN HAYES (New)    
P10 JOHN ASTILL (139) 7 3 BOBBY GWYTHER (New)    
P11 MARK COURT (New) 7 4 DAVID SHAND (New)    
P12 MARTIN KIRBY (132) 7 0 JOHN WHITTY (New)    
P14 DAVID ADDINALL (New) 7 2 PAUL PENHALE (New)    
P15 LIAM BULLOCK (New) 7 4 JOHN GREGORY (148)    
P16 LEE SMITH (New) 7 5 GRAHAM THROWER (New)    
P17 DEAN SIMPSON (110) 7 6 NIGEL MEAL (New)    
P18 MATT BARCOCK (New) 7 4 IAIN ALDOUS (133)    
P19 LEE HULL (New) 7 1 KARL WILLIAMS (142)    
P20 SEFTON PAYNE (New) 7 6 PAUL WYATT (143)    
  Round 1          
S1 JAMES GWYTHER (New) 7 0 STEVE HOTCHKISS (122)    
S2 RUSS FRAME (78) 7 5 RYAN CRAIG (New)    
S3 LEE NELSON (91) 7 6 JAMIE KITCHEN (New)    
S4 NATHAN BRIDGES (103) 7 4 JAMES ELLIS (147)    
S5 MATT PURNELL (80) 7 6 STACEY TITE (New)    
S6 NIGEL OLDING (89) 7 5 MARK SHEPHERD (New)    
S7 BAYDEN JACKSON (94) 7 5 STEVEN HARVEY (135)    
S8 DARREN MATTHEW (72) 7 5 MARC HUTCHINSON (New)    
S9 STEVE DOWDELL (92) 7 3 DANIEL DARLINGTON (New)    
S10 MICHAEL PUNTSCHART (New) 7 1 DOUGLAS HOWARD (116)    
S11 MICHAEL RICHARDSON (96) 7 2 PERRY GILLETT (New)    
S12 RICHARD WHARTON (105) 7 1 ANTHONY ILLINGWORTH (New)    
S13 JOHN HARVEY (109) 7 4 MARK TURNER (New)    
S14 EDWARD RUMSEY (New) 7 5 PAUL KEEBLE (69)    
S15 MATT MOULDING (New) 7 0 RICHARD STOCKING (107)    
S16 JAMES CROXTON (75) 7 0 DOMINIC RUSHER (144)    
S17 CHRIS RIGBY (121) 7 3 MARK CHAPMAN (New)    
S18 NIGEL CRAIG (93) 7 5 LEE STEPTOE (New)    
S19 NEIL WALSH (New) 7 6 JAMES PEGG (86)    
S20 CLINT I'ANSON (84) 7 6 JOHN RUNGHEN (136)    
S21 AIDAN OWENS (New) 7 1 RYAN HARPER (88)    
S22 ANDY JONES (73) 7 3 JAMES COOK (New)    
S23 ROBERT UZZELL (115) 7 6 BILLY MOORE (New)    
S24 RODNEY BOURKE (70) 7 6 WAYNE PARSONAGE (New)    
S25 JACK POPLE (New) 7 0 KEITH PRICE (113)    
S26 JULIAN LEFEURE (101) 7 0 DEREK MURPHY (New)    
S27 MARK ASTBURY (126) 7 1 TIM WEBBER (New)    
S28 MATT BRIERLEY (New) 7 2 KARL BEATTIE (127)    
S29 SPENCER JONES (100) 7 2 MARK ECKERSLEY (New)    
S30 ROBERT TROSINO (102) 7 0 PETER LEE (141)    
S31 ARFAN DAD (74) 7 5 MIKE KING (New)    
S32 STEVE SEARS (111) 7 6 PETER MULLANY (New)    
S33 IAN DUFFY (68) 7 1 PAUL MCARDELL (New)    
S34 DAVID COMPTON (New) 7 5 DARREN BAKER (98)    
S35 STEVE PARAMORE (New) 7 4 DAVE HUGHES (117)    
S36 TONY PRICE (146) 7 0 NICK WHITELAW (99)    
S37 RICHARD CRADDOCK (112) 7 2 KIERON LEE (New)    
S38 PAUL HORNER (New) 7 5 MICK CONLON (118)    
S39 CARL FITZSIMON (123) 7 0 PAUL STEVENS (131)    
S40 KARL SUTTON (New) 7 2 DANIEL HEALE (120)    
S41 DAMIAN CAMPSEY (97) 7 6 JON SHAPLAND (New)    
S42 PHIL HARGIN (95) 7 1 SAM CAPPER (New)    
S43 JASON NORRIS (71) 7 1 JOSEPH TONKIN (New)    
S44 JON SANDERS (67) 7 1 JAMES HAMMOND (140)    
S45 SEAN GREENWOOD (128) 7 5 STEVE FINNEGAN (134)    
S46 DEAN COLE (New) 7 3 STEPHEN HEENAN (65)    
S47 BOB COOPER (119) 7 6 ADAM LILBURNE (New)    
S48 ROGER CHARLES (114) 7 4 ALAN LUCAS (137)    
S49 PHIL CULLINGFORD (125) 7 1 PAUL MCKEOWAN (New)    
S50 NICK HAGAN (145) 7 2 CLIVE RAYSON (124)    
S51 JASON DIXON (82) 7 3 PAUL ALEXANDER (New)    
S52 DAVID ROBLIN (New) 7 1 ALEX LEGGATE (76)    
S53 KEN EDWARDS (New) 7 3 RICHARD FALLON (104)    
S54 JOHN ASTILL (139) 7 5 GARY SIMMONDS (79)    
S55 ANDREW HERRIOT (66) 7 4 MARK COURT (New)    
S56 WARREN HODGSON (85) 7 6 MARTIN KIRBY (132)    
S57 SHAUN BREARLEY (81) 7 6 SHAUN DEMPSEY (New)    
S58 LIAM DOHERTY (77) 7 6 DAVID ADDINALL (New)    
S59 LIAM BULLOCK (New) 7 3 GARY BURNLEY (106)    
S60 LEE SMITH (New) 7 6 BEN SWINNERTON (83)    
S61 ROB TITCHENER (129) 7 4 DEAN SIMPSON (110)    
S62 DAVID PREECE (90) 7 5 MATT BARCOCK (New)    
S63 PAUL ELLIOTT (87) 7 2 LEE HULL (New)    
S64 SEFTON PAYNE (New) 7 4 IAN NORRIS (108)    
  Round 2          
  RONAN MCCARTHY (1) 7 0 JAMES GWYTHER (New)    
  JAMES PHEELY (53) 7 1 RUSS FRAME (78)    
  PAUL DUNKEY (42) 7 3 LEE NELSON (91)    
  NATHAN BRIDGES (103) 7 6 RICHARD TWOMEY (32)    
  KEVIN BARTON (17) 7 1 MATT PURNELL (80)    
  NIGEL OLDING (89) 7 3 GARETH MANNING (44)    
  BAYDEN JACKSON (94) 7 6 JOHN KELLY (63)    
  DARREN MATTHEW (72) 7 3 ANDREW BREEN (16)    
  MARTIN HAZELL (15) 7 3 STEVE DOWDELL (92)    
  ALAN MOWER (38) 7 1 MICHAEL PUNTSCHART (New)    
  MICHAEL RICHARDSON (96) 7 3 STEVEN KANE (55)    
  ROBERT WILSON (21) 7 2 RICHARD WHARTON (105)    
  SHANE APPLETON (19) 7 6 JOHN HARVEY (109)    
  LIAM FARRELL (61) 7 3 EDWARD RUMSEY (New)    
  MICHAEL PEEL (58) 7 0 MATT MOULDING (New)    
  JAMES CROXTON (75) 7 3 PHIL HARRISON (6)    
  MICK HILL (5) 7 6 CHRIS RIGBY (121)    
  NIGEL CRAIG (93) 7 0 MARK SLATER (39)    
  STEVEN PETTY (51) 7 3 NEIL WALSH (New)    
  CLINT I'ANSON (84) 7 5 MORRAY DOLAN (28)    
  AIDAN OWENS (New) 7 6 ANDREW MACDONALD (24)    
  GARETH HIBBOTT (46) 7 1 ANDY JONES (73)    
  BRIAN HALCROW (33) 7 0 ROBERT UZZELL (115)    
  RODNEY BOURKE (70) 7 4 CRAIG REYNOLDS (10)    
  CHRIS MELLING (11) 7 4 JACK POPLE (New)    
  JULIAN LEFEURE (101) 7 2 JOHN WALLER (43)    
  SCOTT YARDLEY (56) 7 5 MARK ASTBURY (126)    
  IAN KETTEL (18) 7 6 MATT BRIERLEY (New)    
  IAN HUBBARD (27) 7 0 SPENCER JONES (100)    
  NICKY PARNELL (60) 7 3 ROBERT TROSINO (102)    
  ARFAN DAD (74) 7 2 MARK THRUSSELL (48)    
  DARREN APPLETON (4) 7 4 STEVE SEARS (111)    
  KEITH BREWER (3) 7 2 IAN DUFFY (68)    
  PHILIP NAYLOR (59) 7 4 DAVID COMPTON (New)    
  SIMON DOYLE (35) 7 3 STEVE PARAMORE (New)    
  NEIL TOMS (20) 7 0 TONY PRICE (146)    
  STUART GREEN (22) 7 2 RICHARD CRADDOCK (112)    
  JORDAN CHURCH (54) 7 1 PAUL HORNER (New)    
  ROB CHILTON (34) 7 1 CARL FITZSIMON (123)    
  LEE CLOUGH (9) 7 4 KARL SUTTON (New)    
  LEE KENDALL (14) 7 5 DAMIAN CAMPSEY (97)    
  NEIL DAVEY (37) 7 2 PHIL HARGIN (95)    
  JASON NORRIS (71) 7 2 BRETT WILD (57)    
  JON SANDERS (67) 7 2 HITAN PATEL (23)    
  PARTAB SINGH (31) 7 1 SEAN GREENWOOD (128)    
  JEZ GRAHAM (52) 7 1 DEAN COLE (New)    
  WAYNE SMITH (64) 7 4 BOB COOPER (119)    
  NEIL RAYBONE (7) 7 2 ROGER CHARLES (114)    
  ADAM DAVIS (8) 7 1 PHIL CULLINGFORD (125)    
  MARK WOOD (49) 7 1 NICK HAGAN (145)    
  DANNY MILLER (40) 7 5 JASON DIXON (82)    
  MICKEY WAREHAM (29) 7 6 DAVID ROBLIN (New)    
  RUSSELL BURGESS (26) 7 3 KEN EDWARDS (New)    
  ALISTAIR BAILIE (36) 7 5 JOHN ASTILL (139)    
  ANDY RICHARDSON (41) 7 1 ANDREW HERRIOT (66)    
  WARREN HODGSON (85) 7 2 JASON TWIST (12)    
  BEN FLACK (13) 7 5 SHAUN BREARLEY (81)    
  JOHN SULLIVAN (45) 7 4 LIAM DOHERTY (77)    
  STEVE MUNRO (62) 7 4 LIAM BULLOCK (New)    
  LEE SMITH (New) 7 6 AARON ROBERTS (30)    
  EDDIE BARKER (25) 7 5 ROB TITCHENER (129)    
  DAVID PREECE (90) 7 4 TONY VICKERS (50)    
  PAUL ELLIOTT (87) 7 3 DAVID NORRIS (47)    
  GARETH POTTS (2) 7 2 SEFTON PAYNE (New)    
  Last 64          
  RONAN MCCARTHY (1) 7 0 JAMES PHEELY (53)    
  PAUL DUNKEY (42) 7 2 NATHAN BRIDGES (103)    
  KEVIN BARTON (17) 7 4 NIGEL OLDING (89)    
  DARREN MATTHEW (72) 7 3 BAYDEN JACKSON (94)    
  ALAN MOWER (38) 7 5 MARTIN HAZELL (15)    
  ROBERT WILSON (21) 7 6 MICHAEL RICHARDSON (96)    
  SHANE APPLETON (19) 7 4 LIAM FARRELL (61)    
  MICHAEL PEEL (58) 7 5 JAMES CROXTON (75)    
  MICK HILL (5) 7 1 NIGEL CRAIG (93)    
  CLINT I'ANSON (84) 7 6 STEVEN PETTY (51)    
  GARETH HIBBOTT (46) 7 2 AIDAN OWENS (New)    
  BRIAN HALCROW (33) 7 6 RODNEY BOURKE (70)    
  CHRIS MELLING (11) 7 2 JULIAN LEFEURE (101)    
  IAN KETTEL (18) 7 3 SCOTT YARDLEY (56)    
  NICKY PARNELL (60) 7 5 IAN HUBBARD (27)    
  DARREN APPLETON (4) 7 4 ARFAN DAD (74)    
  KEITH BREWER (3) 7 4 PHILIP NAYLOR (59)    
  SIMON DOYLE (35) 7 4 NEIL TOMS (20)    
  STUART GREEN (22) 7 3 JORDAN CHURCH (54)    
  ROB CHILTON (34) 7 5 LEE CLOUGH (9)    
  LEE KENDALL (14) 7 6 NEIL DAVEY (37)    
  JON SANDERS (67) 7 3 JASON NORRIS (71)    
  PARTAB SINGH (31) 7 3 JEZ GRAHAM (52)    
  WAYNE SMITH (64) 7 3 NEIL RAYBONE (7)    
  ADAM DAVIS (8) 7 3 MARK WOOD (49)    
  DANNY MILLER (40) 7 3 MICKEY WAREHAM (29)    
  RUSSELL BURGESS (26) 7 5 ALISTAIR BAILIE (36)    
  ANDY RICHARDSON (41) 7 3 WARREN HODGSON (85)    
  JOHN SULLIVAN (45) 7 3 BEN FLACK (13)    
  LEE SMITH (New) 7 1 STEVE MUNRO (62)    
  EDDIE BARKER (25) 7 5 DAVID PREECE (90)    
  GARETH POTTS (2) 7 5 PAUL ELLIOTT (87)    
  Last 32          
  PAUL DUNKEY (42) 7 6 RONAN MCCARTHY (1)    
  DARREN MATTHEW (72) 7 2 KEVIN BARTON (17)    
  ALAN MOWER (38) 7 6 ROBERT WILSON (21)    
  MICHAEL PEEL (58) 7 4 SHANE APPLETON (19)    
  MICK HILL (5) 7 1 CLINT I'ANSON (84)    
  GARETH HIBBOTT (46) 7 4 BRIAN HALCROW (33)    
  CHRIS MELLING (11) 7 5 IAN KETTEL (18)    
  DARREN APPLETON (4) 7 1 NICKY PARNELL (60)    
  KEITH BREWER (3) 7 5 SIMON DOYLE (35)    
  ROB CHILTON (34) 7 2 STUART GREEN (22)    
  LEE KENDALL (14) 7 2 JON SANDERS (67)    
  PARTAB SINGH (31) 7 5 WAYNE SMITH (64)    
  DANNY MILLER (40) 7 5 ADAM DAVIS (8)    
  RUSSELL BURGESS (26) 7 5 ANDY RICHARDSON (41)    
  LEE SMITH (New) 7 3 JOHN SULLIVAN (45)    
  EDDIE BARKER (25) 7 5 GARETH POTTS (2)    
  Last 16          
  DARREN MATTHEW (72) 7 5 PAUL DUNKEY (42)    
  ALAN MOWER (38) 7 5 MICHAEL PEEL (58)    
  GARETH HIBBOTT (46) 7 3 NIGEL CRAIG (93)    
  CHRIS MELLING (11) 7 5 DARREN APPLETON (4)    
  KEITH BREWER (3) 7 2 ROB CHILTON (34)    
  LEE KENDALL (14) 7 6 PARTAB SINGH (31)    
  RUSSELL BURGESS (26) 7 3 DANNY MILLER (40)    
  EDDIE BARKER (25) 7 3 LEE SMITH (New)    
  Quarterfinals          
  DARREN MATTHEW (72) 7 5 ALAN MOWER (38)    
  CHRIS MELLING (11) 7 4 GARETH HIBBOTT (46)    
  EDDIE BARKER (25) 7 2 RUSSELL BURGESS (26)    
  KEITH BREWER (3) 7 5 LEE KENDALL (14)    
  Semi-Finals          
  CHRIS MELLING (11) 8 1 DARREN MATTHEW (72)    
  KEITH BREWER (3) 8 5 EDDIE BARKER (25)    
  Final          
  CHRIS MELLING (11) 8 6 KEITH BREWER (3)    


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