David Tan competes in Hanoi 9 Ball Open

(l-r) SBSSF David Tan and Miri City Council Mayor Lawrence Lai

MIRI: David Tan will represent Sarawak Billiards and Snooker Sports Federation (SBSSF) in the 2nd Hanoi Open 9 Ball tournament to be held in Hanoi from July 18 to 22.

Tan was in invited by the Vietnam Billiard Media JSC to play in the annual international billiard tournament organised by Hanoi Department of Culture Sports and Tourism.

“Miri is proud to have a talented and professional billiard player to represent Sarawak in the international event,” said Miri mayor Lawrence Lai.

Lai added that Tan who is also SBSSF deputy chairman would take the chance to promote Miri by distributing brochures, CDs and other Miri City Council (MCC) promotional items while in Hanoi.

Jia Loong wins at Sportsville

(l-r) Ku Jia Loong, Sportsville representative Joseph Hoe and Danny Lim

In the wee hours of the morning, Ku Jia Loong beats Danny Lim on the decider to win Sportsville 10 Ball In House tournament.

Danny Lim, after beating Amazon's Syafiq Aziz and fellow club player Md Aidi in the Loser's Pool, plays Ku Jia Loong whom has won all his matches in the Winner's Pool. The Final was a very close encounter, which went all the way to the hill. It was Jia Loong whom eventually came out as the winner.

Jia Loong walks away with RM 1,500 cash prize and trophy whilst Danny Lim takes home RM 700 as the runner up. 2nd runner up Md Aidi wins RM 300 cash prize whilst Syafuq Aziz takes home RM 200 as the 3rd runner up.

Final Results

Champion - Ku Jia Loong (Golden Break)

Runner up - Danny Lim (Trickshot)

2nd runner up - Md Aidi (Trickshot)

3rd runner up - Syafiq Aziz (Amazon Pool Club)

Players and Officials Group Photo

(l-r) Amazon Pool Club team, Syafiq Aziz, PK Yap,
Sportsville representative Joseph Hoe, Alan Ng and Hussein Abd

Rory whitewashes Patrick to win Leg 8

(l-r) Rory Thor and Patrick Ooi

Rory Thor literally steam rolled over Patrick Ooi as he whitewashed him 5-0 to win Leg 8 XZ Snooker Tour 2012 at World 6 Snooker.

During the Semi Finals, Rory won Imtiaz Serwer, whom recently won the Top 2 Asia Invitational, convincingly as he recorded a 4-1 win. In the other match between Sam Chong and Patrick Ooi, Sam was the favourite to go through as he led 3-1 with Patrick requiring 2 snookers in Frame 5. Somehow rather, Sam couldn't seem to find the pocket and way out, ended up losing the match on the decider.

Patrick, breathing a sigh of relief, cued off against Rory in the Final at 8 sharp. Probably one of the quickest Final in this year's Tour, Rory won the match with a scoreline of 5-0 in under slightly about 80 minutes.

(l-r) Rory wins RM 500 and Atlantis Cue sponsored by Wiraka

Rory takes home RM 3,000 for his effort whilst Patrick takes home RM 1,200. Rory also takes home cash prize RM 500,  an Atlantis snooker cue and case, sponsored by Wiraka, for his high break of 115 points.

Leg 9 moves on to Pelangi Snooker, Sea Park, starting from 28 July to 3 Aug

Semi Finals Results
Rory Thor 4 vs 1 Imtiaz Serwer
67-58, 27-70, 80-51, 67-64, 63-35

Sam Chong 3 vs 4 Patrick Ooi
80-0, 2-66, 67-57, 61-30, 61-63, 9-83, 27-54

Final Result
Rory Thor 5 vs 0 Patrick Ooi
48-39, 59-37, 60-45, 60-0, 60-12

Players and Officials Group Photo

AX Snooker opens in Old Klang Road

AX Snooker is located next to Kuchai Food Court

For snooker fans living around Old Klang Road morning market, AX Snooker will be officiating it's Opening Ceremony tomorrow, 14 July Saturday, in the evening. All are welcomed to drop by as food and drinks will be served while having a game of snooker.

AX Snooker
Lot No 4451, Off Jln Klang Lama
58200 Kuala Lumpur
(Behind Nova Gold Old Klang Road, next to Kuchai Food Court)

Business Hours : 10am - 5am

Ground floor with 5 snooker tables 

2 VIP tables on the first floor

Quarter Finals results for Leg 8

Rory aims to maintain his No 1 ranking as he crushes Ng Ann Seng to go through to the Semi Finals of Leg 8 XZ Snooker Tour 2012 at World 6 Snooker. Both Sam Chong and Patrick Ooi had little trouble advancing as they whitewashed Lee Hwa Meng and Loh Chern Su respectively. Imtiaz on the other hand, had to go all the way to the decider before finally defeating Lai Chee Wei.

Semi Finals starts tomorrow at 5pm followed by the Final at 8pm

Quarter Finals Results
Rory Thor 4 vs 1 Ng Ann Seng
Imtiaz Serwer 4 vs 3 Lai Chee Wei
Lee Hwa Meng 0 vs 4 Sam Chong
Patrick Ooi 4 vs 0 Loh Chern Su

Semi Finals
14 July, Saturday
5pm session
Rory Thor vs Imtiaz Serwer
Sam Chong vs Patrick Ooi

Last 16 Results at World 6

The Last 16 round of Leg 8 XZ Snooker Tour 2012 completes with only one top seed casualty at World 6 Snooker. Loh Chern Su beats Thean Mun Kit on the decider to advance through to the Quarter Final, where he meets Patrick Ooi.

Below are the results for the Last 16 round and Quarter Finals line up.

Last 16 Results
Rory Thor 4 vs 0 William Teo
Ng Ann Seng 4 vs 1 Di Juan
Anson Tan 0 vs 4 Imtiaz Serwer
Lai Chee Wei 4 vs 0 Mohd Aizat
Chooi Yew Wah 2 vs 4 Lee Hwa Meng
Sam Chong 4 vs 1 Hidayat Chiu
Loh Chern Su 4 vs 3 Thean Mun Kit
Patrick Ooi 4 vs 1 Shahdani

Quarter Finals
13 July, Friday
5pm session
Rory Thor vs Ng Ann Seng
Imtiaz Serwer vs Lai Chee Wei

10pm session
Lee Hwa Meng vs Sam Chong
Loh Chern Su vs Patrick Ooi

Latest Results from World 6

Day 4 of Leg 8 XZ Snooker Tour 2012 at World 6 Snooker eliminates most of the players with only 16 players left in the Championship. Below are today's results and the line up for Last 16.

Day 4 Results
Tan Seng Teck 2 vs 3 William Teo
Muhd Fithri 2 vs 3 Di Juan
Anson Tan 3 vs 0 Roslan Yurnalis
Mohd Aizat 3 vs 2 Gilbert Wu
Erwin Phoon 0 vs 3 Chooi Yew Wah
David Tang 0 vs 3 Hidayat Chiu
Mohd Reza 2 vs 3 Loh Chern Su
Shahdani 3 vs 0 JH Leong

Last 16 Round
12 July, Thursday
8pm session
Rory Thor vs William Teo
Ng Ann Seng vs Di Juan
Anson Tan vs Imtiaz Serwer
Lai Chee Wei vs Mohd Aizat

10pm session
Chooi Yew Wah vs Lee Hwa Meng
Sam Chong vs Hidayat Chiu
Loh Chern Su vs Thean Mun Kit
Patrick Ooi vs Shahdani

Latest Results from World 6

Day 2 matches completes for Leg 8 XZ Snooker Tour 2012 at World 6 Snooker. Below are the results for Day 1 & 2.

Results - Leg 8 - World 6 Snooker

Maybank in 7th heaven

En Omar Sharafuddin Abdullah, Head of Maybank's Sports Unit,
(1st from left) presenting the prizes to Maybank Snooker Team

Maybank emerged as the team champion after narrowly beating first time finalist HSBC in the 2012 Inter Financial Institution Snooker Championship, on Sunday at The Ball Room.

During the Final, it was Maybank's Mazly whom clinched the crucial winning point, as he beats Suffian from HSBC in the final frame, final match to help Maybank win with a scoreline of 3-2.

Organised by the National Bank's Sports Council, The Championship comprises of 2 categories, Individual and Team, and is now into it's 13th edition for 2012. A total of 8 banks participated in this year's Championship with each team sending 5 players.

Maybank, with this year's triumph, now holds the record for the most wins, 7 to be exact, which includes a 5 years back-to-back victory.

En Omar presenting the prize to Henry Tay from Standard Chartered,
winner of Individual Category

This year also saw a historic change of wind in the Individual category as Henry Tay from Standard Chartered claims the Individual category, beating Nasro from Bank Negara in the Final. Abdul Razak from Ambank dominated this category for the past 12 years but, however, he is unable to defend his title as AmBank did not participate in this year's Championship.

Below are the winners list for the Championship:-

Team Category

Champion - Maybank

Runner up - HSBC

3rd Place - OCBC

4th Place - CIMB

Plate Cup - Standard Chartered

Individual Category

Champion - Henry Tay (Standard Chartered)

Runner up - Nasro (Bank Negara)

En Omar and Runner up - HSBC Snooker Team

En Omar and 3rd Place - OCBC Snooker Team

En Omar and 4th Place - CIMB Snooker Team

En Omar and Plate Cup - Standard Chartered

En Omar and Runner up - Nasro from Bank Negara

Draw for Leg 8 at World 6

XZ Snooker Tour 2012 continues on to Leg 8 after about a month's break, this time World 6 hosting it at Balakong. Please find below the Draw for your viewing.

Draw - Leg 8 - World 6 Snooker