Pro Challenge Series – Event 2

Pro Challenge Series – Event 2
Tournament information
Dates 31 August –
1 September 2009
Venue Pontin's
City Prestatyn
Country Wales
Organisation(s) WPBSA
Format Non-ranking event
Winner's share £3,000
Highest break 75 (x4)
Final
Champion Ken Doherty
Runner-up Martin Gould
Score 6–2
PCS1
PCS3

The Pro Challenge Series – Event 2 took place between 31 August and 1 September 2009 at Pontin's in Prestatyn, Wales.[1][2]

This was the first and only time that World Snooker used the Super Sixes format in a professional competition.[3]

Ken Doherty won in the final 6–2 against Martin Gould.[4][5]

Contents

Prize fund

Winner: £3,000
Runner-up: £1,500
Semi-finalists: £800
Quarter-finalists: £400
Last 16: £225

Fastest Maximum Break: £500

Representation from different countries

Number of players by country*
33:    England 2:    Scotland 3:    Wales
3:    Ireland 2:    Northern Ireland 4:    Thailand

* In snooker, as in many other sports, some non-sovereign sub-national entities of the United Kingdom are treated as separate countries for sport governance purposes.

Main draw

First Round Best of 9 frames
Craig Steadman 2–5 Barry Pinches
Stuart Bingham 4–5 Mark Boyle
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3–5 Ben Woollaston
Sam Baird w/o-w/d Jimmy White
Matthew Couch 2–5 Jordan Brown
Joe Swail 5–2 Noppadol Sangnil
Rod Lawler 5–0 Mark Joyce
Joe Delaney w/d-w/o Matthew Selt
Dave Harold 4–5 Stephen Lee
Ian McCulloch 4–5 Fergal O'Brien
Michael Holt 1–5 Robert Milkins
Jimmy Robertson 4–5 Anthony Hamilton
Mike Dunn 1–5 Andrew Norman
Peter Lines 3–5 Ryan Day
Chris Norbury 2–5 Judd Trump
  Round 2
Best of 9 frames
Round 3
Best of 9 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames
Final
Best of 11 frames
                                               
 Marcus Campbell 5  
 Barry Pinches 1  
   Marcus Campbell 5  
   Jamie Cope 2  
 Jamie Cope 5
 Mark Boyle 3  
   Marcus Campbell 0  
   Ken Doherty 5  
 Ian Preece w/d  
 Ben Woollaston w/o  
   Ben Woollaston 3
   Ken Doherty 5  
 Ken Doherty 5
 Sam Baird 1  
   Ken Doherty 6  
   Atthasit Mahitthi 1  
 Jimmy Michie 5  
 Stuart Pettman 3  
   Jimmy Michie 5
   Jordan Brown 2  
 David Gray w/d
 Jordan Brown w/o  
   Jimmy Michie 1
   Atthasit Mahitthi 5  
 Atthasit Mahitthi 5  
 Joe Swail 2  
   Atthasit Mahitthi 5
   Rod Lawler 2  
 Mark King 2
 Rod Lawler 5  
 Ken Doherty 6
 Martin Gould 2
 Simon Bedford 2  
 Matthew Selt 5  
   Matthew Selt 0  
   Martin Gould 5  
 Martin Gould 5
 Stephen Lee 0  
   Martin Gould 5  
   Fergal O'Brien 1  
 Joe Jogia 4  
 Fergal O'Brien 5  
   Fergal O'Brien 5
   Robert Milkins 1  
 Andrew Higginson 3
 Robert Milkins 5  
   Martin Gould 6
   Anthony Hamilton 5  
 Daniel Wells 4  
 Anthony Hamilton 5  
   Anthony Hamilton 5
   Andrew Norman 2  
 Ricky Walden 4
 Andrew Norman 5  
   Anthony Hamilton 5
   Ryan Day 1  
 James Wattana 2  
 Ryan Day 5  
   Ryan Day 5
   Tom Ford 0  
 Tom Ford 5
 Judd Trump 4  

Final

Final: Best of 11 frames
Pontin's, Prestatyn, Wales, 1 September 2009.
Ken Doherty
 Ireland
6–2 Martin Gould
 England
0–34, 37–9, 38–28 (38), 37–16, 35–23 (35), 0–56 (27,27), 38–0 (37), 41–1
38 Highest break 27
0 50+ breaks 0

Maximum breaks

(Note: a maximum break in six-reds is 75 points.)

References