The BWPPA tour returned to Savannas Pool & Snooker, Whitefield, Manchester, for Event 3 from the 9-10 October 2023.
They were competing for the first prize of £250 from a prize pot of £560, and the title of 2023 Tiger Cues GB 10-Ball Champion.
The early stages through up some good matches, but the top 4 seeds, Defending Champion Dave Beaumont, Fred Dinsmore, Danny Luton and Tony Southern made the semi-finals.
Early action saw Southern take a 7/2 win over Gary Swift, and Luton beat Darren Brook 7/1.
In the winner’s qualifiers, Southern lost 2/7 v Beaumont, and Dinsmore whitewashed an under the weather Luton, who conceded the match early.
In the losers’ side later stages, Southern whitewashed Brook 6/0, whilst Luton beat Swift 6/3.
In the semi-finals, Southern had an overdue win over Dinsmore, winning 7/3, and in the other semi-final, Beaumont edged Luton 7/6 in a thriller, Luton will look back on a string of chances to win at 6/4 up.
It was to be a Beaumont v Southern v final, overshadowed by Southern damaging the front castor on his chair, meaning he was unable to push around the table, and had to go backwards, as a result he was never in the game and Beaumont strolled to a 7/1 win, and a 5th title on the bounce.
This meant he can’t be caught at the top of the end of season rankings with an event to go.
A video of the main event final is available to watch here. Facebook Live kept interrupting the stream due to music in the background.
Gary Swift won the challenge event 5-4 v Darren Brook, but Darren can’t be caught at the top of the challenge rankings for 2023.
Pictures of the event can be found here in the BWPPA gallery.
The latest BWPPA ranking list can be found here.
The BWPPA would like to thank all our sponsors:
We Are All Making A DIfference (formally Gentlemen’s Night Out), Predator Cues, Simonis Cloth, Aramith Billiard Balls, Kamui, Cuescore, Shark Racks, Tiger Cues of Warrington and our patron Dynamite Darren Appleton, and Fred Dinsmore Billiards.
We would also like to thank long time BWPPA supporter Big Dave Knight from www.pro9.co.uk for his great support including providing our event posters.
We also are always looking to expand the sponsorship side of the tour, so if you or your company would like to become one of our sponsors, please visit our contact us page, or contact the BWPPA chairman at tonysouthern@bwppa.com.
You can be a part of the world’s largest wheelchair pool tour; please keep checking on http://www.bwppa.com and http://www.pro9.co.uk for further information. In addition to our national tour stops there is also the possibility of representing Great Britain in international tournaments such as the EPBF European Championship and WPA World 9-ball Championship for wheelchair players.
From 18-19 November 2023, the tour will be back at, Savannas for Event 4, The Predator Cues GB9 Ball Championships.
EVENT STATS
| THE BWPPA EVENT NO.3 (2023 TIGER CUES GB 10-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS) | |||
| THE MAIN TOURNAMENT | |||
| Dave Beaumont | 7 : 6 | Danny Luton | |
| Fred Dinsmore | 3 : 7 | Tony Southern | |
| THE FINAL | |||
| Dave Beaumont | 7 : 1 | Tony Southern | |
| THE BWPPA EVENT NO.3 | |||
| THE CHALLENGE TOURNAMENT | |||
| Darren Brook | 4 : 5 | Gary Swift | |
