Barratts Snooker Tournament

The next Barratts monthly handicap of this snooker season 2016-2017, Event 6 - takes place at Barratts Club on Sunday, April 2nd 2017 at 10.30 am. We invite and welcome all players to this handicap event. Entry is £10 - this guarantees all players at least 2 matches. If you lose your first match you get automatic entry into the plate competition. All prize money is paid out. Please try to arrive and register for 10.15 am to enable the draw to start at 10.30 am @. Tables available to practice from 9.30am. Thanks to all. See you there! - KP.

***************************************** ***************************** CARL HARRISON. Event 5 Winner!! ***************************************** ******************************** CARL HARRISON - EVENT 5 CHAMPION. Many congratulations to Carl who won our latest tournament here at Barratts' Club. Carl who is a regular competitor in our events alongside his Son Brad was a deserving and popular winner on the day. Well done Carl!!... His route to success came by way of defeating Joe Lodato, Kevin Boyd, Dan Bishop, Biagio Sereno and in the final Mark Kelly. Mark made the final by eliminating Phil Gimbert, Ryan Roberts and Antonio Antoniou and dropped only one frame in doing so! The Final was a tight contest and neither player was giving much away. Carl took the first but Mark rallied in the next and with a cool head cleared to force a decider. It was nip and tuck all the way in the deciding frame with the lead changing hands a couple of times, but not by many points so the outcome was in the balance throughout. It eventually came down to a black ball finish and Carl potted a fantastic ball to win it! It was a very thin cut indeed on a tight table but he gathered his efforts and slotted it in. What a way to finish! It was a very sporting affair and well done to both players for providing us with a gripping final. Elsewhere the plate competition was a high quality affair with some notable low handicapped players involved. Steve Evans emerged the winner though producing some excellent snooker in beating Darren Weeks, Michael Linford, Richie Matthews and in the final Martin Brierley. Up to the final Martin hadn't dropped a frame and Steve had only dropped one so something had to give. It was a really good match and Steve raised his game when he needed to seal an impressive 2-0 win. Well played Steve! and unlucky Martin. The high break award went to former champion Kevin Mok who had a fine 59 effort against Adam Goff. Well done Kev!
Both events produced some excellent snooker and were a credit to the players involved. We welcomed seven new players again and we hope you all enjoyed your day here. We had a total of 29 entrants. Thanks to everyone who entered our event. Thanks also to those friends and family who came along to support and encourage, you also make the day what it is so many thanks! It was a great day here at the Club. We hope you all enjoyed it! Thanks also to Brenda who made the Draw, and finally thanks to all the dedicated staff at Barratts who support you all and supply the refreshments. Our next competition, Event 6 is coming right up this Sunday, April 2nd. at our usual time of 10.30am (draw) hope to see you all then. Thank you. K.P. ...with Carl Harrison.
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The next Barratts monthly handicap of this snooker season 2016-2017, Event 5 - takes place at Barratts Club on Sunday, February 19th 2017 at 10.30 am. We invite and welcome all players to this handicap event. Entry is £10 - this guarantees all players at least 2 matches. If you lose your first match you get automatic entry into the plate competition. All prize money is paid out. Please try to arrive and register for 10.15 am to enable the draw to start at 10.30 am @. Tables available to practice. Thanks to all. See you there! - KP.

***************************************** ****************************** ENRICO FORGIONE. Event 4 Winner!! ***************************************** ******************************** ENRICO FORGIONE - EVENT 4 CHAMPION. Well done to Daventry's Enrico who won our last Event at Barratts' Club in January. Enrico who is a rising star on the Pool circuit came through some real tests on the day and showed great heart to come out the eventual winner....
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Another great snooker evening! Really well run events these by Robbie Watson and team ... also starring our regular tournament players Westley and Brad. Promises to be a great night. K.P.

Mark Selby Exhibition at Coventry this month!

Event 4 - takes place at Barratts Club on Sunday, January 22nd 2017 at 10.30 am. We invite and welcome all players to this handicap event. Entry is £10 - this guarantees all players at least 2 matches. If you lose your first match you get automatic entry into the plate competition. All prize money is paid out. Please try to arrive and register for 10.15 am to enable the draw to start at 10.30 am @. Tables available to practice. Thanks to all. See you there! - KP.

***************************************** ****************************** DAVID SHORTT. Event 3 Winner!! ***************************************** ******************************** DAVID SHORTT - EVENT 3 CHAMPION. Many congratulations to local League player David who won the Pre Christmas Tournament at Barratts' Club recently. David who has always been noted for his excellent long potting added some steady break building and fine safety too to most deservedly win his first compet...ition here at Barratts. David's passage to the final came by beating Leicester youngster Edward Jones, and then beating no less than three former champions in Dave Biggs, Kevin Mok and Richie Matthews. David did it by dropping just two frames! His final opponent was Lohith who making only his 2nd appearance in the event also had a great day. Lohith beat Sam Maxted, Louis Antoniou, the event's highest ranked player and former champion Aaron Cahoon and then Louis' father Antonio. Both semi's were gripping affairs and went to deciders but David and Lohith were not to be denied. The final was tense as both players tried hard to quickly settle. David controlled the first and went ahead. He looked like wrapping up the match in the next until Lohith made a brilliant clearance to level matters.The decider was hard fought but David led throughout and never let Lohith back in really and was always ahead in the frame, he secured the title in fine fashion potting brilliantly as he had done all day. Well done to David! and hard lines to Lohith. Very well played to both. Elsewhere the plate competition was equally as keenly fought. The final was contested by Paul Jackson and Pool tour player Dean Griffin. Both players had excellent runs and got stronger as the day wore on. Paul beat defending champ Harley, Edward Jones and Wayne James. Dean beat Henry Jones, Ben Pacan and former plate winner Carl Harrison. The final promised to be a close encounter and it was. Paul emerged the winner but Dean pushed him all the way. Well done to both players! The High break award baton was passed from joint winner Edward Jones to his elder brother Henry on the day. Well done Henry! a great effort. Both events produced some excellent snooker and were a credit to the players involved. We welcomed new players again and we hope you all enjoyed your day here. We had 31 entrants which just before Christmas was a brilliant turnout! Thanks to everyone who entered our event. Thanks also to those friends and family who came along to support and encourage, you also make the day what it is so many thanks! It was a great day here at the Club. We hope you all enjoyed it! Thanks also to Brenda who made the Draw, and finally thanks to all the dedicated staff at Barratts who support you all and supply the refreshments. Our next competition, Event 4 is scheduled for Sunday, January 22nd. 2017 at the usual time of 10.30am (draw) hope to see you all then. Thank you. K.P.
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***************************************** ****************************** HARLEY ALLEN. Event 2 Winner!! ***************************************** ******************************** HARLEY ALLEN - EVENT 2 CHAMPION. Congratulations to the club's Junior player Harley who played some superb snooker at Barratts Club to capture the November Handicap recently.. He showed a very high standard all day and was a most deserving winner. After an initial bye he defeated the plate holder Carl ...Harrison, Brett Gant, Phil Gimbert and then in a great final Antonio Antoniou by 3-1. It was one of the best finals we have witnessed to date. Well done Harley and unlucky to Antonio. Antonio also was in fine form on the day he got the better of previous champ Ben Jackson, Enrico Forgione, and in a classic semi talented youngster Bradley Harrison in a nail biting decider. In the final Antonio continued in his fine vein of form but Harley was irrepressible. After Antonio had pulled one back Harley just raised his game again in very convincing fashion to sew up the final 3-1. Elsewhere the plate competition was of a very high standard as we found former tournament winners Ryan Roberts, Dave Biggs, and Kevin Boyd involved after suffering surprising 1st round defeats. It was Ryan though who came through in the end. He knocked out Kevin then Dave and also Paul Jackson and in the final Ben Pacan without the loss of a frame. Well done Ryan! The High break award last month was shared for the first time! Louis Antoniou and young Edward Jones from Leicester who was making his debut in the tournament finished joint top. Well done lads! Both events produced some excellent snooker and were a credit to the players involved. We welcomed new players again and we hope you all enjoyed your day here. Thanks to everyone who entered our first event. Thanks also to those friends and family who came along to support and encourage, you also make the day what it is so many thanks!. It was a great day here at the Club. We hope you all enjoyed it! Thanks also to Brenda who made the Draw, and finally thanks to all the dedicated staff at Barratts who support you all and supply the refreshments. Our next competition, Event 3 is coming right up this Sunday, December 11th. 2016 at the usual time of 10.30am (draw) hope to see you all then. Thank you. K.P.
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Event 3 - takes place at Barratts Club on Sunday, December 11th 2016 at 10.30 am. We invite and welcome all players to this handicap event. Entry is £10 - this guarantees all players at least 2 matches. If you lose your first match you get automatic entry into the plate competition. All prize money is paid out. Please try to arrive and register for 10.15 am to enable the draw to start at 10.30 am @. Tables available to practice. Thanks to all. See you there! - KP.

***************************************** ****************************** MIKO FORGIONE. Event 1 Winner!! ***************************************** ******************************** MIKO FORGIONE - EVENT 1 CHAMPION. Congratulations to Daventry player Miko who won his first tournament here last month at Barratts Club in the October Handicap. He showed a high level of consistency all day and was the deserving winner. MIko was the highest ranked player here that Sunday and played s...ome fine snooker along the way. He overcame a 63 point handicap in his first match ... then later went on to beat Kevin Mok, Dave Biseker, Phil Gimbert and in the final Dan Byrne to secure the first event of 2015-2016. He survived two deciding frame matches, first to Kevin Mok then in the semi he fought back brilliantly against Phil Gimbert when it looked he might get beat, but with his back against the wall he rallied and scored a fine and very timely break of 80. Phil played his part too in that match, a good contest. In the final Miko seemed to sense it was his day and beat Dan Byrne without dropping a frame.It was Dan's second appearance in a final so maybe it will be a case of 3rd time lucky for him! .. Well played Miko! and better luck next time Dan.
Elsewhere the plate competition was keenly contested as always. The last four was Ben Pacan v Carl Harrison and David Shortt against previous event champion Dave Biggs. Carl beat Ben without dropping a frame and David Shortt won by the same score against Dave Biggs. The final went all the way. In the decider David built up a small lead and was potting very well from distance but Carl dug deep and held his nerve brilliantly when it came to the colours to wrap up the win. Well done to Carl! and hard luck David. It was an excellent final. The High break award was up for grabs with 3 or 4 in with a shout but Miko's 80 in his semi-final took the honours. Well done again! Both events produced some excellent snooker and were a credit to the players involved. We welcomed new players again and we hope you all enjoyed your day here.
Thanks to everyone who entered our first event. Thanks also to those friends and family who came along to support and encourage, you also make the day what it is so many thanks!. It was a great day here at the Club. We hope you all enjoyed it! Thanks also to Brenda who made the Draw, and finally thanks to all the dedicated staff at Barratts who support you all and supply the refreshments. Our next competition, Event 2 is coming right up this Sunday, November 13th. 2016 at the usual time of 10.30am (draw) hope to see you all then. Thank you. K.P.
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Event 2 - takes place at Barratts Club on Sunday, November 13th 2016 at 10.30 am. We invite and welcome all players to this handicap event. Entry is £10 - this guarantees all players at least 2 matches. If you lose your first match you get automatic entry into the plate competition. All prize money is paid out. Please try to arrive and register for 10.15 am to enable the draw to start at 10.30 am @. Tables available to practice. Thanks to all. See you there! - KP.

The 1st Barratts monthly handicap of this new snooker season 2016-2017, Event 1 - takes place at Barratts Club on Sunday, October 2nd 2016 at 10.30 am. We invite and welcome all players to this handicap event. Entry is £10 - this guarantees all players at least 2 matches. If you lose your first match you get automatic entry into the plate competition. All prize money is paid out. Please try to arrive and register for 10.15 am to enable the draw to start at 10.30 am @. Tables available to practice. Thanks to all. See you there! - KP.

BARRATTS SNOOKER - SUMMER FESTIVAL 2016 ***************************************** ************************
Thanks to all 32 players who entered and competed over two full days in last months Summer Festival! ... It was one of the best events we have ever held at the club! Well done guys! BIG WELL done to our Champion, KEVIN BOYD from Daventry who raised his game brilliantly when it mattered to take the title. Full Report Below.
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July 23rd and 24th 2016.

Day 2 - KEVIN BOYD wins the Festival! ... congratulations to Kevin who after only just qualifying from Saturday to reach the MAIN event knockout gradually improved and went on to take the title!
HARLEY ALLEN also recovered well and won the PLATE knockout. Well done to both players!
JAMIE MOK took the HIGH BREAK AWARD with his excellent 101 break from Saturday. Well done Jamie!
... Thanks to all the players! .. it was a great weekend! I'm glad you all enjoyed it !
I'm away for a few days visiting family, but when I return I'll put up the regular full summary and report plus photos from a top weekend's snooker.
Cheers! (K.P.)
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BARRATTS FESTIVAL OF SNOOKER. SATURDAY JULY 23RD and SUNDAY JULY 24TH 2016. Just to remind everyone that the Festival of Snooker is less than 3 weeks away now! PRIZE MONEY = £1000 based on 32 entries. For all those wishing to compete we would strongly urge you all to get your entries paid in ASAP. You can pop into Barratts and pay either myself or Biagio Sereno. It's £30 entry and we are limiting the event to 32 entries on a first come first served basis.... We have had lots of enquiries and interest in this weekend of snooker, but to guarantee your place you NEED to pay in your entries ahead of the event. If you can't get into Barratts for whatever reason you can also pay via PAYPAL ... send your payment to kevsnooker@gmail.com with your names to be entered. Ideally we would like all entries in before the start of week of the Festival, so that we can conduct the draw. Once the draw is made we will post all the details of the groups on our FB page and will notify all others by text. That way everyone will know what group they are in and who their opponents will be.
CONFIRMED ENTRIES TO DATE: Andy Goff Adam Goff * Ryan Roberts C Leigh Jamison C Ronnie Kralj * Dave Biggs C Jamie Mok C Kevin Mok C Mark Towers Ben Towers Bradley Harrison C Carl Harrison C * Ben Jackson C * Westley Cooper (Jnr) C Ben Pacan C Harley Allen C Richie Matthews C *Wayne James C *John Miller C * David Shortt C Ashley Everitt C Mark Cussans C Matthew Johnson C * Paul Jackson C * Dave Ballard C * Tony Morgan C Steve Evans C * Miko Forgione C * Antonio Antoniou C * Louis Antoniou C Gary Matthews C * Kevin Boyd C * Martin Brierley C Biagio Sereno C Richard Cleeter C Enrico Forgione C * Harry Farrell C
It is £30 entry for both days snooker, and we are capping it at 32 entries and on a first come first served basis. So the prize pot will be £1000. So get your payments in asap to secure your entry into the Festival. 2 Days of Snooker!! We are going to have 4 groups of 8 players (32 players) and they will each play their opponents in their respective groups on a round robin basis. Everyone will play 7 matches on Saturday. (Best of 3 frame per match). When the groups are completed on the Saturday. The top 4 players in each group progress (16 players) and will compete on Sunday in a knockout for the MAIN event. The players who finish in positions 5th - 8th in their respective groups on Saturday (16 players) will compete on Sunday in a knockout PLATE competition. The Event is handicapped and in line with our monthly tournaments. Thank you. K.P.
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There is a scratch event on this Saturday at Rushden. Starts at 10am and is also at a popular venue. Contact Harvey Chandler to confirm your entry or for any questions. Thanks.

***************************************** ****************************** BEN JACKSON. Event 9 Winner! ***************************************** ******************************** BEN JACKSON - EVENT 9 CHAMPION. Congratulations to Barratts' Club Junior player BEN who in his first season of competitive snooker won the final event of this season on Sunday at Barratts Club. He defeated Neil Ward, Jamie Mok, Matthew Johnson and in the final his stablemate and former champion Harley Al...len. Ben dropped just one frame in reaching his first final and had played some excellent matchplay all day. Harley had got past David Shortt, Mark Cussans and reigning champ Adam Goff. In the final it was a really close contest. Harley took the lead convincingly courtesy of some excellent long potting which kept seizing the initiative. Ben trailed in the next too but rallied in fine style to get bring the scores close. Harley then had a chance to clear but he very sportingly admitted to a foul of touching a ball, which wasn't detected. Fine sportsmanship! Ben cleared from there to level the match. In the decider Ben got on top early and although Harley kept battling, Ben responded each time to secure a deserved win. Well done Ben! and well played to Harley! Ben has improved significantly as the season has progressed and his success is a measure of the hard work he has put into his game. Well done Ben! you deserve it. The Junior players at the host club Barratts have all enjoyed a successful season and they continue to fulfill their promise. Well done lads, keep it up! Elsewhere the days highest ranked player Miko Forgione from Daventry was our plate winner. Miko who has just returned to playing again after a long break from the game beat Neil Darling, Roger Hayes-Roome, Ryan Roberts and in the final Ben Pacan. Well done Miko! Both events were keenly contested and were a credit to the players involved. We welcomed new players again and we hope you all enjoyed your day here. Matthew Johnson had a great day. He not only enjoyed his best tournament to date, by reaching the semi-final he also captured the high break award. Well done Matt! Thanks to everyone who entered the Event on Sunday and indeed everyone who has competed throughout the season. We have been well supported. Thanks also to those friends and family who came along to support and encourage, you also make the day what it is so many thanks!. It was a great day here at the Club. We hope you all enjoyed it! Thanks also to Brenda who made the Draw, and finally thanks to all the dedicated staff at Barratts who have supplied refreshments all season. Have a great summer ...we hope to see you all next season! Thank you. K.P.
NB We are probably looking at staging our Summer Festival of Snooker again in July. It ran over the whole weekend last year and proved very popular. Watch this space for details of that. Cheers. K.P.
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Very good venue. A lot of people enjoy and all the players are friendly and the host of the event is well organised great job!

Very good club ☺

Top event and organisers.

would recommend this event and venue to any level of player who wants to play in a competition , level playing field with the handicap system , great advice available and encouragement from Kev Portley who puts a lot of time and effort into organising the event.

Super Venue with Snooker of all abilities! great food :) --- well done Paul Atkinson Jamie Mok lovely day out :)

Great tournament run by a great coach. Helpful. Fair to everyone coaching me for two years and always supported me!

Great event at a great venue run by kevin portley who doesnt only run the tournament but helps youngsters improve with coaching and helps everyone with getting to tournaments and helps people with advice on there cues. Alround pleasure to be involved in

Excellent venue for snooks, I like the way you guys give young people a chance to play the game and look after them. very friendly