Noppon wins Top Two Selangor Open

Noppon lifts the Champions
trophy

After 8 days of grueling snooker action, it's Noppon Saengkham from Thailand whom finally claims the inaugural Top Two Selangor Open Snooker Championship 2011 after beating Chan Ka Kin from Hong Kong in the Final by 6-1.

Chan appeared to be in better form as he whitewashed Elvin Lean 5-0 in his Semi Final match whilst Noppon took a longer time to beat his fellow countryman Dechawat by 5-1 to advance into the Final.

As the Final cued off at 8pm sharp, both players showed signs of nervousness as safety plays were exchanged. It was Noppon who drew first blood as he made a break of 41 to claim Frame 1. Chan however had other plans as he also made a 44 break to level the match at 1-1. Frame 3 and 4 were scrappy as both players struggled to regain the form from the afternoon session but Noppon merely squeezed through and took both frames to lead 3-1. Breaks of 58 and 52 saw Noppon extend the lead to 5-1, leaving Chan clueless in his chair. Noppon continued his aggressive strategy and that totally shattered Chan as he conceded frame and match with one red ball left on the table.

Noppon Saengkham collects the Champion's cash prize of RM 10,000 and the trophy while Chan Ka Kin wins RM 5,000 and trophy as the Runner up. Highest Break for the Championship goes to Noppon with his effort of 137 points in his Last 16 match against Ooi Chin Kay. He wins cash prize RM 500 and a set of Legacy cue worth more than RM 1,000 and cue case courtesy of Wiraka's sponsorship.

(l-r) Noppon Saengkham & Daphne Leong from Wiraka

Below are the results for Semi Finals and Final.

Semi Finals
Elvin Lean 0 vs 5 Chan Ka Kin (HKG)
55-67, 17-62, 23-68, 32-84, 35-75

Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) 1 vs 5 Noppon Saengkham (THA)
71-10, 38-71, 7-64, 56-65, 46-68, 2-84

Final
Chan Ka Kin (HKG) 1 vs 6 Noppon Saengkham (THA)
23-62(41), 68(44)-22, 50-63, 41-59, 30-63(58), 30-55(52), 25-57

Day 2 Results for Borneo Invitational

Day 2 saw more players qualify for the next stage at the Borneo Invitational 10 Ball Pool Championship 2011 at Sabah.

Group C
Winners - Ibrahim Amir & Md Saiful Azri (BRN)
Runner ups - Peter Sim & Frankie Foo

Group D
Winners - Koh Seng Ann (SIN) & Juhan Sew
Runner ups - Mohd Qusyairi (BRN) & Frankie Kok

Malaysia's only hope on Elvin

It was a tough and endurance test match but Elvin Lean emerged eventually winning his Quarter Final match against Hong Kong's Lau Ka Lam. Trailing 2-4 at one point in the match, Elvin continued to give all he had as he nailed one ball at a time. By the time the final frame cued off, the surrounding was already crowded with all the supporters, some even clambering on to chairs around the table to watch the final frame. After a gruelling 40 minutes, the "Malaysia Boleh" chant was heard accompanied with the most thunderous applause of the night as Lau conceded the frame and match.

Elvin will be flying the Malaysia flag alone tomorrow in the Semi Finals as he plays another Hong Kong player, Chan Ka Kin, who beat Sebastian H'ng in the other Quarter Final match 5-2. In the other Semi Final match, it's an All Thai affair as 2010 World Amateur Champion Dechawat Poomjaeng plays his team mate Noppon Saengkham, 2009 World Junior Champion. Both whitewashed their opponents with Mohd Reza and Lai Chee Wei on the receiving end.

Semi Finals starts tomorrow at 4pm, playing Best of 9 frames followed by the Final at 8pm, playing Best of 11 frames.

Below are the results for the Quarter Finals matches.

Quarter Finals
Elvin Lean 5 vs 4 Lau Ka Lam (HKG)
48-62, 67-57, 29-87, 57-22, 33-58, 43-69, 47-38, 78-64, 54-20

Sebastian H'ng 2 vs 5 Chan Ka Kin (HKG)
71-85, 75-34, 12-62, 13-46, 52-33, 48-73, 51-52

Mohd Reza 0 vs 5 Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)
39-82, 44-79, 16-73, 16-61, 29-64

Lai Chee Wei 0 vs 5 Noppon Saengkham (THA)
0-65, 11-59, 43-50, 46-64, 0-99

Semi Finals
28 May, Saturday
4pm
Elvin Lean vs Chan Ka Kin (HKG)
Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA) vs Noppon Saengkham (THA)

Last 16 Results for Top Two Selangor Open

Moh Keen Hoo, ranked no 1 after the Group Stage, has crashed out of the Championship as Elvin Lean literally steam rolled over him winning 4-1. Top Two's very own hero, Sam Chong also follow suit as he was whitewashed by Lau Ka Lam from Hong Kong 4-0. Both Dechawat Poomjaeng and Noppon Saengkham from Thailand recorded century breaks of 121 points and 137 points, currently highest break for the Championship respectively as they also advance to the Quarter Finals after winning Thean Mun Kit and Ooi Chin Kay respectively.

Quarter Finals now sees 4 Malaysia, 2 Hong Kong and 2 Thailand players battling for the top cash prize of RM 10,000 and a very beautiful Champion's trophy.

Results for the Last 16 are as below.

Last 16 Results

Moh Keen Hoo 1 vs 4 Elvin Lean

Sam Chong 0 vs 4 Lau Ka Lam (HKG)

Sebastian H'ng 4 vs 3 Imtiaz Serwer (PAK)

Lim Zhi Wei 3 vs 4 Chan Ka Kin (HKG)

Mohd Reza 4 vs 2 Rory Thor

Thean Mun Kit 1 vs 4 Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)

Mohd Lababi (IRN) 3 vs 4 Lai Chee Wei

Ooi Chin Kay 1 vs 4 Noppon Saengkham (THA)

Quarter Finals

26 May, 830pm

Elvin Lean vs Lau Ka Lam (HKG)

Sebastian H'ng vs Chan Ka Kin (HKG)

Mohd Reza vs Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)

Lai Chee Wei vs Noppon Saengkham (THA)

Day 1 Results at Borneo Invitational

Below are the results for Day 1 at Borneo Invitational 10 Ball Pool Championship 2011 at Sabah.

26 May, Thursday
Group A
Winner - Ahmad Taufiq (BRN) & Kok Jken Yung
Runner up - Jumain Wahab & KB Lim

Group B
Winner - Ku Jia Loong & David Tan
Runner up - Bali Treman & Vincent Lim

Last 32 Results at Top Two Selangor Open

The top 4 seeds after the Group Stage went through the Last 32 matches but both Mohd Reza and Chan Ka Kin from Hong Kong had to struggle right up till the decider before finally winning Chooi Yew Wah and Eric Yap respectively.

Last 16 plays tomorrow at 4pm followed by the Quarter Finals at 8pm.

Last 32 Results
6pm session
Moh Keen Hoo 4 vs 1 Moh Loon Hong
William Teo 0 vs 4 Elvin Lean
Sam Chong 4 vs 0 Roslan Yurnalis (w/o)
Lau Ka Lam (HKG) 4 vs 2 Anson Tan
Sebastian H'ng 4 vs 1 Danny Wong
Michael Tan 0 vs 4 Imtiaz Serwer (PAK)
Lim Zhi Wei 4 vs 1 Alex Puan (SIN)
Eric Yap 3 vs 4 Chan Ka Kin (HKG)

9pm session
Mohd Reza 4 vs 3 Chooi Yew Wah
Rory Thor 4 vs 1 Diamond Yau
KL Tan 1 vs 4 Thean Mun Kit
Jason Cheong 1 vs 4 Dechawat Poomjaeng (THA)
Mohd Lababi (IRN) 4 vs 1 Augustinus Suhaemi (INA)
Mohd Rofi 1 vs 4 Lai Chee Wei
Ooi Chin Kay 4 vs 1 Goh Boon Sun
Erwin Phoon 1 vs 4 Noppon Saengkham (THA)

Knockout Draw for Top Two

Round Robin Group matches has all completed today with the top 4 from each group advancing in to Knockout Stage. Reigning National Champion Moh Keen Hoo won all his matches and only dropped one frame to rank number 1 followed by 2009 IBSF World U-21 Champion Noppon Saengkham from Thailand ranked number 2.

The Knockout Stage starts tomorrow at 6pm followed by 2nd session at 9pm.

Complete results for the Group Stages and Knockout Draw are as below.

Results - Group A, B, C, D
Results - Group E, F, G, H
Draw - Knockout Stage

Day 4 at Top Two

Day 4 was full of unexpected upsets as Rory Thor lost his 2nd straight match against Thean Mun Kit whilst his former team mate Lai Chee Wei also lost to Danny Wong on the decider. Looking at the current form, seems like Moh Keen Hoo would most likely be ranked No 1 going into the Knockout Stage as hot favourites seems to be tumbling one after another.

Tomorrow will be the last day for the Round Robin Group matches after which upon completion, the Draw for the Knockout Stage will be conducted. The Top 16 ranked players based on the frame average will be seeded and the other 16 qualifiers will be drawn randomly.

Below are the results for Day 4 Round Robin Groups.

Day 4 - Results - Group A, B, C, D
Day 4 - Results - Group E, F, G, H

Borneo Invitational 2011 - Groups

Borneo Invitational 10 Ball Pool Championship 2011 will start on 26 May at Sabah with players such as Asian Games Silver Medalist Ibrahim Amir and also from Singapore and Brunei participating. A total of 66 players will be competing for a prize purse amounting to RM 9,600. 

Below are the groups drawn for the Championship.

Group A Group E

Group B Group F

Group C Group G

Group D Group H

Trickshot Cafe In House 9 Ball Tournament

Event Date
7 - 11 June 2011

Venue
Trickshot Sports Cafe, Nilai

Prize Money
Champion - RM 1,500 + Trophy
Runner up - RM 700 + Trophy
Semi Finalist - RM 300 + Trophy
Quarter Finalist - RM 100 + Trophy
Last 16 - RM 50 + Trophy

Closing & Draw Date 5 June, Sunday

Entry Fee 
First Try - RM 40
Re-try - RM 30 (Empty Slot)

- Loser pay table charges
- Matches starts at 8pm daily
- 2 groups per day, each group qualify 2 players
- Double Elimination Format, Last 16 Knockout Format
- Current Top 8 Ranking Players not allowed to participate

Tournament Format
Qualifying Stage - Race to 6
Last 16 - Race to 7
Quarter Finals - Race to 8
Semi Final - Race to 9
Final - Race to 10

Entries & Enquiries
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Colin Han - 012 365 9056