The revival of Mark J Williams continued this weekend as he defeated home favourite Robin Hull to win the Finnish Snooker Challenge yesterday…
Cheers to Teo for the information.
Finland might not be there first country that comes to mind when you hear the word snooker but do not let that fool you because as well as some of the top local players, the Finnish Challenge this weekend also attracted a number of professional players including Mark, Matthew Stevens, Ken Doherty and Ryan Day.
Unsurprisingly the most successful home player proved to be former professional Robin Hull who defeated Ken Doherty, Matthew Stevens and Welsh veteran Darren Morgan to progress to the final.
That was to prove one step too far however as Williams, fresh from victories over David Hogan and Alfie Burden, raced to a 6-1 victory with the aid of a break of 128 to take the trophy.
It is good to see events like this attracting such strong fields, unfortunately I was not aware of it beforehand so do not know whether it was streamed or how well attended it was. With the World Series struggling of late, perhaps such a format (more players, round robins), is something that should be looked at for their events…
Results:
FINAL
MARK WILLIAMS 6 – 1 ROBIN HULL
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MARK WILLIAMS 5 – 3 DAVID HOGAN
ROBIN HULL 5 – 4 MATHEW STEVENS
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8 CUP Best of 9
ALFIE BURDEN 0 – 5 MARK WILLIAMS
DAVID HOGAN 5 – 4 BJORN HANEVEER
RYAN DAY 4 – 5 MATHEW STEVENS
ROBIN HULL 5 – 3 KEN DOHERTY
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16 CUP
Burden 4 – Tolvanen 0
Steadman 2 – Williams 4
Hogan 4 – Virtanen 2
Haneveer 4 – O’Donoghue 3
Day 4 – Hämäläinen 1
Kauhanen 0 – Stevens 4
Morgan 3 – Hull 4
Perry 1 – Doherty 4
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GROUP A
Pasanen 4 – H. Svedstedt 3
Kauhanen 4 – Pasanen 3
Kauhanen 4 – H. Svedstedt 0
M.Williams 4 – H. Svedstedt 0
M.Williams 4 – Pasanen 2
M.Williams 4 – Kauhanen 2
GROUP B
Virho 1 – Karhu 4
Haneveer 4 -Virho 0
Haneveer 4 – Karhu 0
Ken Doherty 4 – Karhu 0
Ken Doherty 4 – Virho 0
Ken Doherty 4 – Haneveer 1
GROUP C
Lång 4 – V.Virtanen 0
O’Donoghue 4 – Lång 1
O’Donoghue 4 – V.Virtanen 1
Joe Perry 4 – V.Virtanen 0
Joe Perry 4 – Lång 0
Joe Perry 0 – O’Donoghue 4
GROUP D
J.Virtanen 4 – Lyyra 0
Kukka 0 – J.Virtanen 4
Kukka 1 – Lyyra 4
Mathew Stevens 4 – Lyyra 1
Mathew Stevens 4 – J.Virtanen 1
Mathew Stevens 4 – Kukka 0
GROUP E
Salovaara 4 – Svedstedt 1
Steadman 4 – Salovaara 1
Steadman 4 – Svedstedt 0
Ryan Day 4 – Svedstedt 1
Ryan Day 4 – Salovaara 0
Ryan Day 4 – Steadman 1
GROUP F
Vuori 3 – Hämäläinen 4
Eriksson 3 – Vuori 4
Eriksson 3 – Hämäläinen 4
Alfie Burden 4 – Hämäläinen 0
Alfie Burden 4 – Vuori 0
Alfie Burden 4 – Eriksson 0
GROUP G
Tolvanen 4 – Glader 0
Blanckaert 2 – Tolvanen 4
Blanckaert 4 – Glader 2
Darren Morgan 4 – Glader 1
Darren Morgan 4 – Tolvanen 0
Darren Morgan 4 – Blanckaert 2
GROUP H
Mannila 2 – Erkinmikko 4
Hull 4 – Mannila 0
Hull 4 – Erkinmikko 1
David Hogan 4 – Erkinmikko 1
David Hogan 4 – Mannila 0
David Hogan 4 – Robin Hull 1