Welsh Over 40´s Season 2008/09

Welsh Over 40´s Event 3 / Whitez Snooker Club / 15 February 2009

From an entry of only 20 players Llanelli’s Phil Williams a former Welsh Champion came out the winner of the third Ranking Event of the season beating the former Pro Darren Morgan (Cross Keys) in the final by (3-1).

Williams played consistant snooker throughout the day only losing 1 frame beating Gerald Brain a former European Pairs Champion with Darren Morgan a few years back(3-0) followed by a win again against Malcolm Wilcox (3-0).

He then took on Ron Jones of (Abertwyssog) a former member of the Welsh Team winning (3-0) in the semi-final before finally beating Darren Morgan in the final by (3-1).

Darren Morgan also had a good run up to the final beating Ron Allen 3-0, Welsh Team Members Gerwyn Davies (Merthyr) 3-0 and Darren Thompson (Newport) 3-0 before finally losing to Phil Williams in the final 3-1.

Quarter Finals

Ron Jones 3-0 Martin Broomfield
Phil Williams 3-0 Malcolm Wilcox
Darren Morgan 3-0 Gerwyn Davies
Darren Thompson 3-1 Simon Grifiths

Semi Finals

Phil Williams 3-0 Ron Jones
Darren Morgan 3-0 Darren Thompson

Final

Phil Williams 3-1 Darren Morgan

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Welsh Over 40´s Event 2 / Redz Triangle Cross Keys / 16 November 2008

Ron Jones (Abertwyssyg) a very experienced snooker player and a former Welsh International who has represented his country at home and abroad over the years, won the Welsh Ranking Event 2 at the Red Triangle Club at the week-end beating Welsh International Gerwyn Davies (Merthyr) by 3-0. This was the second time this year he has won and now heads the Over 40’s ranking list.

Jones had some good wins under his belt in his run up to the final he beat Brian Rees 3-2 and Ian Holmes 3-0 in the last 8 and then came up against Welsh International Darren Thompson with a good win 3-1 in the semis before finally playing another Welsh International Gerwyn Davies winning 3-0.

Gerwyn Davies in the bottom half of the draw also had some good wins beating John Terry (Swansea) in the first round 3-2 then against John Mills 3-0 in the semis, and Gerald Brain 3-2 in a much closer match by the odd frame 3-2 in the quarter finals. He then went on to lose to the inform Ron Jones 3-0.

Despite making a 95 break Darren Morgan (Cross Keys) succumbed to fellow club mate Darren Thompson by the odd frame 3-2. Also in an epic battle lasting 3hours Llanelli’s Phil Williams went out in the first round to John Mills a former Welsh International also by the same score 3-2.

Quarter Finals

Ron Jones 3-0 Ian Holmes
Darren Thompson 3-2 Darren Morgan
Gerwyn Davies 3-2 Gerald Brain
John Mills 3-1 Gareth Perry

Semi Finals

Ron Jones 3-1 Darren Thompson
Gerwyn Davies 3-0 John Mills

Final

Ron Jones 3-0 Gerwyn Davies

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Welsh Over 40´s Event 1 / Rileys Newport / 28 September 2008

Ron Jones made a great start to the season winning the first Over 40s event of the season with solid performances against Welsh International players Gerwyn Davies, Darren Morgan, Gerald Brain and Phil Williams.

After winning comfortably against Gerwyn he then won a hard fought tussle with Darren winning on the final black. Ron then beat Jesse in the semi-final before battling hard to get the better of Phil in the final.

Quarter Finals

Darren Morgan 3-1 Bob Watkins
Gerald Brain 3-1 John Terry
Darren Thompson 3-1 Gareth Perry
Byron Phillips 0-3 Phil Williams

Semi Finals

Ron Jones 3-0 Gerald Brain
Darren Thompson 1-3 Phil Williams

Final

Ron Jones 3-1 Phil Williams

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