BUCS-UPC Eight-ball Pool Championships 2008-2009

Tournament Review

A tournament review (PDF version) can be found at:

Tournament Review

Watch the featured games!

Cuesport TV attended the event to film a number of matches, and kindly allowed UPC officials and student players to commentate on these featured games. You can now watch and listen to these matches at the below links:

Individual Championship

• Last 128 - Rich Wharton (Anglia Ruskin) v Rob Hogan (Camb.)

• Last 128 - Paul McKay (Queen's) v Bobby Hutchison (Strathclyde)

• Last 32 - Jay Murphy (Warwick) v David Magill (Ulster)

• Last 16 - Lee Morris (UWE) v Tom Birch (York)

• Quarter-Final - Lee Morris (UWE) v Aaron Bell (Ulster)

• Semi-Final - Lee Morris (UWE) v Rob Cork (Cambridge)

• Final - Lee Morris (UWE) v Marc Higgins (Ulster)

Team Championship/Trophy

• Group Stage - Queen's (Belfast) 1st v Reading 2nd

• Group Stage - Lancaster 1st v York 1st

• Group Stage - Strathclyde 1st v Edge Hill 2nd

• Last 16 - Cambridge 1st v Nottingham 1st

• Quarter-Final - Oxford 1st v Cambridge 1st

• Final - Queen's (Belfast) 1st v Durham 1st

Team Shield

• Final - LSE 1st v Leeds 1st

Results

Full tournament results (Excel versions) can be found at:

• Team Championship/Trophy

• Team Shield

• Individual Championship

• Individual Championship Qualifying

Images From The Weekend

Team Championship

Gold Medallists - Queen's University, Belfast

Left to right - Chris Canning, Paul McKay, Emmet McGuire (c), Gareth Quin, Aedan McCotter.

Team Championship

Silver Medallists - University of Durham 1st

Left to right - Matthew Perks, Daniel Williamson, Rob Patching (c), Paul Williams, Adam West.

Team Championship

Joint-bronze medallists - Oxford University 1st

Left to right - Ian Ashpole, Lei Xiao, Rob Gaunt (c), Adam Brown, Mark Harrison.

Team Trophy

Gold Medallists - University of Ulster 2nd

Left to right - Connor McDonnell, Marc Higgins, Darren Millar, Pearse Sharratt (c), Raymond Christie, Mark O’Neill.

Team Trophy

Silver Medallists - University of York 2nd

Left to right - Neil Forster, Matt Robson, Tom Birch (c), Guy Vine, Andrew Myhill.

Team Trophy

Joint-bronze medallists - Cambridge University 2nd

Left to right - Josh Cadney, Luke Bennett, Tom Stephens, Laurence Carr, Chris Jenkins (c).

Team Trophy

Joint-bronze medallists - University of York 3rd

Left to right - Sam Wass, Ben Goodwin, Mungo Pay, Kane Needham (c), George Hogg, Nick Vanner.

Team Shield

Gold Medallists - University of Leeds 1st

Left to right - Warren Yabsley, Glen Spalling, Martin Pratt (c), Dan Fleming, Joe Newby.

Team Shield

Silver Medallists - London School of Economics 1st

Left to right - Daniel Steene, Martin Rydland, Lee Mager (c), Christopher Gully, Robert Zhaolin Lee, Alpesh Varsani.

Individual Championship

Winner - Lee Morris (University of West of England)

Individual Championship

Runner-up - Marc Higgins (University of Ulster)

Individual Championship

Semi-finalist - Rob Cork (Cambridge University)

Individual Championship

Semi-finalist - Rob Patching (University of Durham)

Individual Championship

Medallists

Left to right - Rob Patching (University of Durham), Lee Morris (University of West of England), Marc Higgins (University of Ulster), Rob Cork (Cambridge University)

Miscellaneous Images