Andover Open — Guyatt keeps the Karl Baxter Trophy
Adam Guyatt beat Josh Sanderson 8–5 in Sunday’s blackball final at the Wolversdene Club and Hayward Suite to retain the Andover Open. In the semis Guyatt edged Sam Marr 7–6 and Sanderson saw off Mick Warner 7–3. Scores on Evolve Eight Ball / RackEmApp; streams ran from the main arena tables over the weekend.
Alongside it, the first Jimmy Lunness Open (D-class and below) went to Chris Stockwell, who beat Micky Clark 6–4 in the final. Semis: Stockwell 5–1 Lee Seffron; Clark 5–0 Leigh Mundy.
WPBA Borderline Brunswick/Pechauer Invitational — Styer crowns Bristol
Margaret Fefilova Styer beat Kristina Tkach in the final at Borderline Billiards in Bristol, Tennessee, for first place and $9,000. Briana Miller took third and Sofia Mast fourth (Inside Spin placings). Coverage was on the WPBA and Borderline Billiards channels.
Goyang — men’s semis under way after Jung’s first LPBA title
At the Crown Haitai PBA–LPBA Championship in KINTEX, Goyang, the men’s last four play today (Korea time): Cho Gun-hwi (Welcome Savings Bank) v David Martínez (Crown Haitai), then Quoc Nguyen (Hana Card) v Noh Jong-hyun, with the final tonight for a 100 million won winner’s purse. Semi and final format is best of seven sets. Jung Su-bin already sealed her first LPBA title on Sunday, beating Lee Mi-rae 4–2 (11–1, 11–10, 10–11, 11–7, 8–11, 11–5), per Herald Business and Seoul Economic Daily. Follow on PBA streams.
Elsewhere
- Mercury Nineball Open (Bucharest): Ioan Ladanyi beat Babken Melkonyan 9–6 in Saturday’s final at Sport Bar Mercury (CueScore; organised with Golden Break Craiova). Semis: Ladanyi 9–2 Ştefan Ilinca; Melkonyan 9–3 Aurelian Ungureanu.
- World Seniors Tour Event 3 (Reading): Craig Steadman beat Jimmy Robertson 4–2 at the Crucible Club — covered in last night’s roundup; frame scores on CueTracker / WPBSA SnookerScores.
- BetVictor Northern Ireland Open: Waterfront Hall, Belfast, 18–25 October; defending champion Jack Lisowski opens against Huang Jiahao (WST / snooker.org).
Feature image: “Billiard Chalk and Cue” by Fcb981 (Eric Baetscher), via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0.
