Maybank triumphant yet again; Razak's 13th win

En Omar Sharafuddin Abdullah, Head of Maybank Sports Unit (1st from left)
and Team Category Champion - Maybank

Maybank extends their winning streak as they claims this year's NBSC Interbank Snooker Championship 2013 Team Category, making it a total of 8 victories in the Championship's history. They defeated CIMB in the Final with a scoreline of 3-1. 3rd placing goes to OCBC whilst first timer RHB manages 4th placing overall.

Individual Category Champion - Abdul Razak

Ambank Abdul Razak also wins yet again in the NBSC Interbank Snooker Championship 2013 and this will be his 13 time winning it under the Ambank flag.

Last year's winner Henry Tay from Standard Chartered could only manage Runner up's placing as he proved no match for Abdul Razak's form. Semi Finalist are Zurini Hashim from Ambank and Azmi Ahmad from HSBC respectively.

Winners List - Team Category
Champion - Maybank
Runner up - CIMB Bank
3rd placing - OCBC Bank
4th placing - RHB Bank

Plate Cup
Winner - Standard Chartered
Runner up - AmBank

Winners List - Individual Category
Champion - Abdul Razak (AmBank)
Runner up - Henry Tay (Standard Chartered)
Semi Finalist - Azmi Ahmad (HSBC)
Semi Finalist - Zurini Hashim (AmBank)

Team Category Runner up - CIMB Bank

Team Category 3rd Placing - OCBC Bank

Team Category 4th Placing - RHB Bank

Plate Cup Winner - Standard Chartered Bank

Plate Cup Runner up - AmBank

Individual Category Runner up - Henry Tay (Standard Chartered)

Individual Category Semi Finalist - Zurini Hashim (AmBank)

Nazri conquers Red Ball

(l-r) Tournament committee Terrence Kuan, Joseph Hoe, Mohd Nazri,
Hendry Por, David Ong and Syed

Mohd Nazri wins for the 2nd time as he defeats Hendry Por in the final of Red Ball Amateur Snooker Tournament recently. 

Mohd Nazri collects RM 2,000 cash prize for his Champion's triumph whilst Hendry Por manages only RM 1,000 cash prize. Semi Finalist goes to Abdul Razak and David Ong respectively with each receiving RM 300 cash prize.

Winners List

Champion - Mohd Nazri (Q5 Snooker)

Runner up - Hendry Por (Club 11 Snooker)

Semi Finalist - David Ong (Club 11 Snooker)

Semi Finalist - Abdul Razak (Club 11 Snooker)

Alvin wins for the 4th time

(l-r) Hussein Abd, Alvin Wijaya, Golden Break Bandar Puteri Puchong
outlet manager Michael Soh, Jason Ng and Texas Yap

Alvin Wijaya claims his 4th win on the Golden Break 10 Ball Tour 2012/13 after defeating Jason Ng 11-3 at Golden Break Bandar Puteri Puchong.

Alvin Wijaya collects RM 1,500 cash prize for his 4th victory whilst Jason Ng only manages RM 700 as the Runner up. Hussein Abd and Texas Yap each collects RM 300 cash prize as the losing semi finalists.

The last leg of the Golden Break 10 Ball Pool Tour 2012/13 will be held at Golden Break Snooker & Pool Club at Section 14 from 6-11 May.

Winners List
Champion - Alvin Wijaya (Garuda GB Kuchai)
Runner up - Jason Ng (Rack Cafe)
Semi Finalist - Hussein Abd (Amazon Pool Club)
Semi Finalist - Texas Yap (Trickshot Pool Cafe)

First win for Rory

(l-r) Mohd Reza, KLSBA President Lee Thye Hong,
The Ball Room Director CT Chan and Rory Thor

Rory Thor finally captures his first victory for 2013 as he defeats Mohd Reza to win Leg 3 XZ Snooker Tour 2013 at The Ball Room.

Rory played in the last 2 legs final and lost both matches to the current No 1 seed Imtiaz Serwer. This time around however, Imtiaz lost in the Quarter Final to Thean Mun Kit, giving Rory a chance to recapture the No 1 seed.

Rory Thor finally takes away the Champion's cash prize of RM 3,000 whilst Mohd Reza only claims RM 1,200 cash prize for his Runner up effort.

Rory Thor receives the Highest Break prize of an Altantis snooker
cue plus RM 500 cash prize

Highest break of the Championship goes to Rory Thor for his 112 points and receives a Altantis snooker cue sponsored by Wiraka plus RM 500 cash prize.

Semi Finals Results
Thean Mun Kit 2 - 4 Mohd Reza
Ng Ann Seng 3 - 4 Rory Thor

Final Result
Mohd Reza 1 - 4 Rory Thor

Top seed Imtiaz goes out

No 1 seed Imtiaz Serwer crashes out as Thean Mun Kit beats him 4-2 in the Quarter Finals round of Leg 3 XZ Snooker Tour 2013 at The Ball Room.

This means Rory Thor will have a chance to take over the top spot in the rankings as he goes through to the Semi Finals after defeating Sam Chong 4-1. Highest break for the Championship remains at 112 points by Rory Thor.

Semi Finals plays tomorrow at 6pm followed by the Final at 9pm.

Quarter Finals Results

Imtiaz Serwer 2 - 4 Thean Mun Kit

Chooi Yew Wah 1 - 4 Mohd Reza

Fong Keng Seng 1 - 4 Ng Ann Seng

Sam Chong 1 - 4 Rory Thor

Semi Finals

19 April, Friday

6pm

Thean Mun Kit vs Mohd Reza

Ng Ann Seng vs Rory Thor

Early exit for Patrick Ooi

Top seeds Patrick Ooi was shown the exit early as he lost to seasoned campaigner Fong Keng Seng in the Last 16 round of Leg 3 XZ Snooker Tour 2013 at The Ball Room.

Highest break of the Championship is currently held by Rory Thor with 112 points.

 

Last 16 Results

Imtiaz Serwer 4 - 2 Kamarul Azmeer

William Teo 3 - 4 Thean Mun Kit

Chooi Yew Wah 4 - 0 Elvin Lean

Ravi 0 - 4 Mohd Reza

Patrick Ooi 3 - 4 Fong Keng Seng

ZW Khoo 1 - 4 Ng Ann Seng

David Tang 2 - 4 Sam Chong

Mohd Sepawi 3 - 4 Rory Thor

Quarter Finals

18 April, Thursday

6pm session

Imtiaz Serwer vs Thean Mun Kit

Chooi Yew Wah vs Mohd Reza

9pm session

Fong Keng Seng vs Ng Ann Seng

Sam Chong vs Rory Thor

Last 32 Results

Last 32 round matches completes for Leg 3 XZ Snooker Tour 2013 at The Ball Room with most of the tournament favourites going through to Last 16 round.

Results - Last 32 - Leg 3 @ The Ball Room

Day 3 Results

The first half seeded players completes their matches today at The Ball Room as the Championship gets closer to the finale. The top seeds will go into action tomorrow as the competition gets tougher.

Results - Day 3 - Leg 3 @ The Ball Room

Day 2 Results

Day 2 Preliminary Round matches of Leg 3 XZ Snooker Tour 2013 completes today at The Ball Room with the seeded players taking to the green baize tomorrow. The top seeds will play their first match on Tuesday, including the current top seed Imtiaz Serwer.

Results - Day 2 - Leg 2 @ The Ball Room

Draw for Leg 3

XZ Snooker Tour 2013 moves back downtown with The Ball Room hosting Leg 3. Preliminary Rounds starts on 13 April, Saturday with the Final being played on 19 April, Friday.

Draw - Leg 3 @ The Ball Room

Maiden victory for Lee

(l-r) Yuttapop Pakpoj (THA), Au Chi Wai (HKG), Mdm Jasmine
Lee Chun Wei (HKG) and Rory Thor (MAS)

It was Lee Chun Wei's first trip to Malaysia for a snooker tournament and it turned out very much in his favour as he defeats fellow countrymen Au Chi Wai to win this year's Mike Yow Memorial Cup.

Having played in the professional circuit previously, the formerly ranked 83rd in the world showed the crowd why he was ranked No 1 in Hong Kong with consistent potting and great safety play, keeping Au mostly in his chair throughout the whole match.

Although national player Rory Thor nearly got the better of Lee in the Semi Finals with all 9 frames played to decide the winner, the Final showed a different flow as Lee was in control most of the time.

Lee Chun Wei takes home RM 8,000 cash prize and the Champion's effort for his maiden victory here in Malaysia whilst Au manages only RM 3,500 cash prize and the Runner up's trophy. Highest break for the Championship went to semi finalist Yuttapop Pakpoj from Thailand, with his 129 break during the Stage 2 Group Stage match against Michael Tan.

The Championship also donated total of RM 20,000 cash to two charity organizations, which are Rumah Kanak Kanak Angels, KL and Seng Wong Kong Old Folks & Rehab Centre as part of the objective for this event.

Semi Finals Results
Au Chi Wai (HKG) 5 - 3 Yuttapop Pakpoj (THA)
5-95(59), 85(59)-22, 23-75(75), 74(56)-0, 64(58)-0, 28-61(47), 72-48, 77(77)-33

Lee Chun Wei (HKG) 5 - 4 Rory Thor (MAS)
97(66)-23, 65-27, 35-76(75), 93-6, 25-74, 17-67, 76-30, 49-70, 60-21

Final Result
Lee Chun Wei (HKG) 6 - 3 Au Chi Wai (HKG)
13-72, 87(86)-1, 55-23, 72-10, 78(52)-1, 23-55, 13-58, 66-6, 61-18

Players, Officials and VIP Group Photo

Complete Results for Knockout Stage

Sam Chong crashes out

Thailand's Yuttapop Pakpoj in action

Defending Champion Sam Chong was shown the exit today by fellow countrymen Lee Hwa Meng on the decider of his Last 16 match for Mike Yow Memorial Cup 2013, expressing disappointment as he was unable to repeat last year's feat.

Rory Thor also defeated last year's runner up Imtiaz Serwer to progress into the Semi Finals, playing with Lee Chun Wei from Hong Kong, whom defeated one of the favourites Pramual Jantad from Thailand.

Yuttapop Pakpoj from Thailand currently holds the highest break with 129 points and plays against Au Chi Wai from Hong Kong tomorrow in the Semi Final.

Semi Finals will be played tomorrow at 2pm followed by the Final at 7pm, with all matches at Golden Break Subang USJ. Buffet dinner will also be served between 6pm-7pm and all are welcome to enjoy.

Semi Finals

2pm session

Au Chi Wai (HKG) vs Yuttapop Pakpoj (THA)

Lee Chun Wei (HKG) vs Rory Thor

Results for Last 16 and Quarter Finals

MYMC2013 : Last 32 Results

Defending Champion Sam Chong narrowly squeezed through as he defeats Mohd Sepawi on the decider during the Last 32 round of Mike Yow Memorial Cup 2013.

Runner up Imtiaz Serwer also makes it through after beating Hong Kong's Lin Tang Ho to play Muhd Shehab from UAE in the Last 16 round. The other Hong Kong's casualty was Bobby Lee as he got thrashed by national player Rory Thor.

Last 16 round plays tomorrow at 3pm followed by the Quarter Finals at 7pm.

Last 16 Round
3pm session
Golden Break, Subang USJ
Sam Chong vs Lee Hwa Meng
Au Chi Wai (HKG) vs Abdulrahman Saif (UAE)
Fung Kwok Wai (HKG) vs Mohd Reza
Yuttapop Pakpoj (THA) vs Chan Ka Kin (HKG)

Century Club, Summit USJ
Pramual Jantad (THA) vs Ng Ann Seng
Lee Chun Wei (HKG) vs Michael Tan (MAS)
Rory Thor vs Jeff Yeoh
Muhd Shehab (UAE) vs Imtiaz Serwer

Last 32 Results

MYMC2013 : Last 32 Draw

Stage 2 Group Stage of Mike Yow Memorial Cup 2013 completed all matches today with most of the favourites going through to the Last 32 Round.

Defending Champion Sam Chong and Runner up Imtiaz Serwer also made it through, with Imtiaz eyeing to revenge his defeat last year and lift the Champion's trophy and cash prize of RM 8,000 this year.

UAE's top player Mohd Shehab qualified to the Last 32 Round with not much hassle while Qatar's sole representative Mohseen Aziz also qualified. Hong Kong's contingent of 6 players all qualified, making this Championship an interesting affair to see who finishes first.

Current highest break holder, Thailand's Yuttapop Pakpoj with 129 points, also qualified to the Last 32 Stage with his fellow team mate Pramual Janthad. Singapore's contingent of 3 players is now left with Benjamin Tang to fly the flag solo.

Last 32 Round will be played in 2 venues, which are Golden Break Snooker & Pool Club, Subang USJ and Century Club, Summit USJ.

For full results of Stage 2 Group Stage, please click here.

Last 32 Draw

Location Map for Golden Break, Subang USJ
and Century Club, Summit USJ

MYMC2013 : Stage 2 Complete Draw

Two days of qualifiers have completed with a total of 36 players plus wildcards joining the seeded players in the Group Stage of Mike Yow Memorial Cup 2013.

Stage 2 Group Stage will be played in 4 different venues, which means each venue will host 2 groups, making it a total of 8 groups. Each group will qualify 4 players, 2 from the Winner Bracket and another 2 from the Loser Bracket.

The Draw for the Last 32 Stage will be done at Century Club USJ after all matches have completed, which will be approximately 11pm.

For more info on the venues, please click here

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H