TOURNAMENT REPORT: SWEET REVENGE FOR STEVE MIFSUD

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1 TOURNAMENT REPORT: SWEET REVENGE FOR STEVE MIFSUD An appreciative crowd of 300 people saw Steve Mifsud exact revenge for last year s defeat in the Kings Australia Cup snooker tournament when he defeated World ranked No. 7 player Neil Robertson 4-2 in an entertaining and attacking match at the Kings Entertainment Complex in suburban Dingley over the weekend.these same two players had met in last year s final with Robertson being the victor on that occasion by the same scoreline. Mifsud won the first frame with a 42 break being the main contribution. Robertson showed his world class in the next to post a total clearance of 142 winning the highest break prize of the tournament to level the match at one apiece. Mifsud was not to be intimidated by this impressive display and won the next two frames with breaks of 49, 51 and 58 to lead 3-1. In the following frame Robertson displayed consumate professional skill and some beautiful long potting to take it comfortably. It was Steve Mifsud, however, who proved what a formidable player he is by knocking in a stunning long opening red from tight on the baulk cushion to get in early in the next frame. Mifsud compiled enough points from this opportunity to leave Robertson needing a snooker with just blue, pink and black remaining on the table. A few shots later Mifsud fluked the blue and Robertson gamely fought on requiring three snookers on the pink. He succeeded in getting one of the required snookers but unintentionally potted the pink on his next visit to give Mifsud the match 4-2. Neil congratulated Steve on his win and thanked his sponsors CL and S and Kings for promoting snooker at such a high level in Australia. Neil suggested that other professional players may be interested to travel to Australia in future to compete in this event in the off season. As the winner of the tournament, Steve Mifsud thanked all those who attended and said that such a large crowd really added a lot of atmosphere to the final. He also had very warm words for hos opponent Neil Robertson and said that Neil is a great representative for Australian snooker on the World stage. Neil has reached such a high standard in snooker in World terms and what s really amazing is that he continues to improve! He has a brilliant future ahead of him. The Kings Encouragement Award was presented to Brad Harris for battling through two qualifing matches and then winning three main event matches to get to the round of the last 16. The Consolation Plate event was won by local Kings player Danny Bedi. Report by Terry Chapman (Tournament Director)

2 Kings Australia Cup Snooker Finalists Steve Mifsud (left) with Neil Robertson (Right).

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4 QUALIFYING MATCHES Q1 Jon Moss v Jun Dai Q33 Jun Dai 3/2 v Brendan Taylor } Brendan Taylor 3/1 Q2 Allan Oliveri v Bill Durrington Q34 Allan Oliveri 3/1 v Luke Hough (NSW) } Luke Hough 3/0 Q3 Con Pandazis v Rina Etyngold Q35 Con Pandazis w/o v Peter Gray } Peter Gray 3/0 Q4 Tex Partridge v Pillans Alex Q36 Tex Partridge 3/1 v Kevin Xu } Kevin Xu 3/0 Q5 Ta Phua v Tony Fridman Q37 Tony Fridman 3/0 v Peter Manifavas } Tony Fridman 3/1 Q6 Jia Han Phua v Hilton Gaulbert Q38 Jia Han Phua 3/0 v Rodney McCallum } Rodney McCallum 3/1 Q7 Tony Phung v Mark Glasson Q39 Tony Phung 3/1 v Samuel Filiadis } Tony Phung 3/2 Q8 Ben Poliansky v Vincent Goh Q40 Vincent Goh 3/0 v Terry Dodunski } Vincent Goh 3/0 Q9 Anthony Quattrone v Ricky Gov Q41 Anthony Quattrone 3/0 v Manny Stefanou } Anthony Quattrone 3/1 Q10 Peter Rigopolous v Carl Greco Q42 Peter Rigopolous 3/0 v Nick Provenzano } Peter Rigopolous 3/2 Q11 Haim Rozanski v Dino Handros Q43 Dino Handros 3/2 v Harry Andrews } Dino Handros 3/1 Q12 Simon Rudov v Bradley Harris Q44 Bradley Harris 3/0 v Ron Cole } Bradley Harris 3/1 Q13 Terry Rushford v Tommy Hassiotis Q45 Terry Rushford 3/1 v Bernie Partridge } Bernie Partridge 3/2 Q14 Santo Scardamaglia v Prem Hetti Q46 Prem Hetti 3/1 v Paul James } Prem Hetti 3/2 Q15 Dennis Skamangas v Alan Irwin Q47 Alan Irwin 3/1 v George Spiteri } George Spiteri 3/1 Q16 David Spiegel v Michael Kagan Q48 Michael Kagan 3/0 v Michael Cafarella } Michael Kagan 3/1 Q17 Calvin Szeto v Sumit Kapoor Q49 Sumit Kapoor 3/0 v Tad Babiak (SA) } Tad Babiak (SA) 3/1 Q18 Michael Tan v Paul Keyser Q50 Paul Keyser 3/2 v Marco Chan } Marco Chan 3/2 Q19 Ryan Thomerson v Andrew Knight Q51 Ryan Thomerson 3/0 v Kelvin Small } Kelvin Small 3/1 Q20 Adrian Tinline v Somphop Koschasan Q52 Somphop Koschasan 3/1 v Eddie Etyngold } Somphop Koschasan 3/2 Q21 Tuna Toala v Dino Koukoullis Q53 Tuna Toala w/o v Vinh Tran } Tuna Toala 3/1 Q22 Ronnie Tong v Daniel Lai Q54 Ronnie Tong 3/1 v Brendon Lang } Ronnie Tong 3/0 Q23 Michael Touris v Sonny Bagga Q55 Sonny Bagga w/o v Nick Baltas } Nick Baltas 3/1 Q24 Chris Toutoglou v Michael Lang Q56 Michael Lang 3/2 v Danny Bedi } Danny Bedi 3/1 Q25 Neil Allison v Eing Hou Lee Q57 Eing Hou Lee 3/1 v Adam Beitner } Eing Hou Lee 3/0 Q26 Johnson Tsang v Martin Liu Q58 Martin Liu 3/1 v Andrew Bergman } Martin Liu 3/0 Q27 Ozgur Uysal v Marc Lo Q59 Marc Lo w/o v Andrew Brandon } Marc Lo 3/0 Q28 Michael Wilson v Khai Minh Luong Q60 Michael Wilson 3/0 v Murray Bretherton } Michael Wilson 3/0 Q29 Ken Wong v Joe Luppino Q61 Ken Wong 3/1 v James Cartledge } James Cartledge 3/2 Q30 Man Kwong Wong v Mark Melton Q62 Man Kwong Wong 3/0 v Jerome Chung } Man Kwong Wong 3/1 Q31 Graeme Wright v Daniel Micmacher Q63 Graeme Wright 3/0 v Chris Coyne } Graeme Wright 3/0 Q32 Silvester Yung v John Miranda Q64 Silvester Yung 3/0 v Mike D'Silva } Mike D'Silva 3/2

5 MAIN 64 (RESULTS) 1 Neil Robertson v Mike D'Silva } ROBERTSON 3/0 32 Gary Nunn v Brendan Taylor } NUNN 3/0 } ROBERTSON 3/0 } 17 Daniel Faddoul v Michael Kagan } FADDOUL } ROBERTSON 3/1 } 16 Hassan Kerde (NSW) v Tad Babiak (SA) } KERDE 3/0 } FADDOUL 3/2 } 9 Paul Balzer (NSW) v Danny Bedi } BALZER 3/0 } ROBERTSON 3/2 } 24 Steven Cain v Anthony Quattrone } CAIN 3/2 } BALZER 3/2 } } } 25 Rod Nelson v Vincent Goh } NELSON } BALZER 3/2 } 8 Rudy Sulaeman v Eing Hou Lee } SULAEMAN 3/0 } SULAEMAN 3/1 } ROBERTSON 3/0 5 Aaron Mahoney v Michael Wilson } MAHONEY 3/0 } } 28 Alan Croft v Tony Fridman } FRIDMAN 3/2 } MAHONEY 3/0 } } } 21 Shane Charles v Bradley Harris } HARRIS 3/1 } MAHONEY 3/1 } } } 12 Adrian Ridley v Tuna Toala } RIDLEY 3/0 } HARRIS 3/1 } } } 13 Steve Ebejer v Somphop Koschasan } EBEJER 3/0 } MAHONEY 3/1 } 20 Ky Huynh v Bernie Partridge } B. PARTRIDGE 3/2 } EBEJER 3/1 } } } 29 Paul Thomerson v Kevin Xu } THOMERSON 3/0 } WILKINSON 3/1 } 4 Glen Wilkinson (NSW) v James Cartledge } WILKINSON 3/0 } WILKINSON 3/0 } S. MIFSUD 4/2 3 Steve Mifsud v Man Kwong Wong } S. MIFSUD 3/0 } 30 Joe Sacco v Peter Gray } GRAY 3/0 } S. MIFSUD 3/0 } } 19 Adriam Hung v Prem Hetti } HUNG 3/2 } S. MIFSUD 3/0 } } 14 John Hudson (QLD) v Kelvin Small } HUDSON 3/1 } HUNG 3/2 } S. MIFSUD 3/0 } 11 Alex Render (NSW) v Ronnie Tong } RENDER 3/0 } } } 22 Chris Christofi v Dino Handros } CHRISTOFI 3/1 } RENDER 3/1 } } } } 27 Robin Beggs v Rodney McCallum } BEGGS 3/2 } J.MIFSUD 3/2 } } 6 James Mifsud v Marc Lo } J. MIFSUD 3/0 } J. MIFSUD 3/2 } S. MIFSUD 3/2 } 7 Robby Foldvari v Martin Liu } FOLDVARI 3/0 } 26 Justin Tsang v Tony Phung } TSANG 3/1 } FOLDVARI 3/0 } } 23 Sean Partridge v Peter Rigopolous } RIGOPOULOS 3/1 } THORP 3/1 } } 10 Daniel Thorp v Nick Baltas } THORP 3/0 } THORP 3/0 } THORP 3/0 } 15 Mark Bullen v Marco Chan } CHAN 3/2 } 18 Henry Lau v George Spiteri } LAU 3/2 } CHAN 3/0 } } 31 Anthony Benz (NSW) v Luke Hough (NSW) } HOUGH 3/0 } HOUGH 3/1 Highest Break: Neil ROBERTSON Dominic Dale (UK) v Graeme Wright } WRIGHT w/o } HOUGH 3/0 PLATE WINNER: Danny Bedi

6 HIGHEST BREAKS: Neil ROBERTSON 57, 69, 84, 76, 55, 142 Rudy SULAEMAN 110, 52 Rod NELSON 68 Hassan KERDE 61 Steve MIFSUD 68, 78, 51, 53, 59, 42, 41, 59 Glen WILKINSON 48, 84 Steve EBEJER 51, 53, 58 Aaron MAHONEY 55, 63 Steve CAIN 53 James MIFSUD 50, 55 Marco CHAN 55 Paul BALZER 86, 138 James MIFSUD 50, 57 Robby FOLDVARI 61, 57, 73