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THE DRAW – All matches Best of 7 Frames

Robert Bell 0-4 Joe Delaney (79)

Ray Whelan 0-4 Johnny Williams

John Sutton 4-1 Andrew Doherty

Robbie Redmond 2-4 Keith Sheldreck

Final Qualifying Matches

Joe Delaney (88) 1-4 Johnny Williams (Qualified)

 John Sutton (75) (Qualified) 4-1 Keith Sheldreck

UPDATES

And that’s it. Huge thanks to the players and to David Caulfield and Fin Ruane for all their help.

3.22pm RESULT: John Sutton joins Johnny Williams at Finals Day. Well done to him.

3.09pm Sutton wins the 4th on the pink and is one frame away from qualifying

3.06pm SnookerHQ says ‘bit of a slog here, neither playing that well at the moment, important frame to win though whoever can. 

2.40pm 2-1 to Sutton on the black after ‘a very odd frame indeed’. SnookerHQ says ‘he’s just informed me he had a 75 to go 1-1 earlier. Gutted to hear about Joe’s 88 ha’

2.30pm A slower paced match between Sheldreck and Sutton but might we have the only decider of the day?

2.17pm RESULT: Williams beats Delaney 4-1. Congratulations to Johnny Williams who qualifies for the Grand Finals of the Snookerbacker Classic in Gloucester on the 24th.  

2.15pm From Fin ‘Think I’ll have to get a photo of these two playing, along with the picture of the bombed hall in Soho, I have another picture of Joe Davis playing Horace Lindrum on the same table, I wonder what those two greats would think of the pots these two guys are pulling out today?’

2.05pm From Fin at the Crossguns: ‘Joe and Johnny are playing on the clubs oldest table, it’s a Burroughes & Watts table, it came from the old Burroughes & Watts hall in Soho Square London. I have a picture of the hall when it was bombed by the Luftwaffe during WW2, the hall was badly damaged and the tables were covered in debris but the tables survived and here is one of them today hosting a qualifier for the SB Classic.’

2.03pm Delaney pulls a frame back with an 88 break, highest of the day so far.

1.56pm 3-0 now to Williams ‘going for everything and getting it’ 

1.55pm ‘Johnny Williams is known as ‘The Sniper’, can see why. potting machine and lightning around the table’ says SnookerHQ 

1.53pm Williams is 2-0 up on Delaney

1.42pm Williams playing like his namesake MJW according to SnookerHQ on Twitter

1.41pm Sutton and Sheldreck underway for their on Final 

1.36pm Fin says ‘this old club has seen some great matches in the past and this Delaney v Williams game could be up there with the best of them.’ Williams leads 1-0.

1.25pm RESULT: Keith Sheldreck beats Robbie Redmond 4-2

1.20pm Williams and Delaney now underway

1.10pm RESULT: John Sutton completes a 4-1 victory

12.55pm John Sutton 3-1 up but no news as yet on the Sheldreck/Redmond clash. Delaney and Williams chomping at the bit to start their final eliminator.

12.33pm Delaney and Williams play each other to set up a clash for a Finals slot – described by Fin as ‘Crash, Bang, Wallop with these two’

12.30pm RESULTS: Delaney and Williams both through.

12.25pm Everything running ‘Smooth as Silk’ according to Fin

12.20pm Latest is that Delaney and Williams look on course for a clash for the right to join Finals Day.

11.55am – Really hard to pick two qualifiers, some big names in there, Delaney would be local favourite but Johnny Williams is a dark horse. In the other section John Sutton and Keith Sheldreck have PTC pedigree whilst apparently Robbie Redmond hit a 147 last week in a league match, all to play for. 

11.30am – Play now under way, according to Fin Ruane the Crossguns is like a library ‘you can hear a pin drop’