Day Four – Wednesday 4th August

First Session

The session started with Julius Grauls from Belgium winning his Group G match against Irishman Stephen Reddington by 4 frames to 2. Group G also saw a tough match for Northern |ireland’s Declan Brennan against Mohamed Ibrahim Aly, Declan won a final frame the final frame decider to win the match 4 frames to 2.

Danni Bismoot from Israel found Austrian Alexander Gauss in great form as the Austrian won this group F match by 4 frames to 1. China Hong Kong’s Simon Lee beat Sigurour Kristjansson from Iceland by 4 frames to 0 in Group G. Irelan’s Gareth Boyle continued his good form as well in Group H with a straightforward 4-0 win over Thurston Grixti from Malta.

Scotland’s Rhys Clark played well against Mohammed Faithi Alsenan from Saudi Arabia and managed a 68 break in the fourth frame to see out the match 4-0. Kristof Vermeiren from Belgium won 4-0 against Abdullah A. Alatyani from Saudi Arabia with a break of 70 in the third frame. The final frame of the session saw Michael Leslie from Scotland have an easy win in Group F against China Hong Kong’s Man Hoi Leong by the scoreline of 4-0.

Second Session

The second session match between Qatar’s Ali Alobaidli and Ukraine’s Vladyslav Vyshnevsky went to 2 frames all in their Group U match, then Ali Alobaidli won two frames in a row to secure the match. Karim Mohamed Metwaly from Egypt had a 77 in the fifth frame of his match in Group H against Germany’s Benedikt Griesdorn, after being at 2 frames all and went on to win the sixth frame and the match.

Daniel Dempsey from Ireland found himself up against Kusai Sharif from Libya. Dempsey took the first two frames with ease before Sharif won the next two close frames and then went on to win the next two and the match. Abdullah Abdulaziz Alsubhi in Group J found Michael Smyth from Northern Ireland a tough opponent and nanaged only to win the first frame before losing four in a row and losing the match 4-1.

Dylan Murray from Northern Ireland met the Republic of Ireland’s Daniel O’Regan in Group I. Dylan played some great snooker and managed a straightforward 4-0 win against Daniel. Also In Group I Nick Jennings from England had a four nil win over Australia’s Shaun Dalitz.

Kurt Brown from Australia lost the first frame in his match against Aaron Busuttil from Malta but managed to win four in a row after that first frame loss, including breaks of 51 and 82 to win the match 4-1. Young Irish playerJosh Boileau found Jurian Huesdens from Belgium in good form and lost the match 4 frames to 1.

Third Session

In Group B Li Hang from China came up against Yuttapop Pakpoj From Thailand. The first two frames were shared, before Hang won the third with the help of a 73 break in the third. But Pakpoj produced two fabulous breaks of 74 and 97 in frames 4 and 5 and won the sixth to win the match 4-2. Mostafa Gebafy won his Group A match 4-3 against Israel’s Maor Shalom. Poland’s grzegorz Biernadski won his match four frames to 1 against K.Salam Suleman from Sweden in Group B.

Group A saw Irishman Vinny Muldoon lose the first two frames of his match against Patchara Mayoe from Thailand. Vinny then turned up a gear to knock in break of 126 to take the third. Vinny then won the next three in a row to see out the match 4 frames to 2.

Sean Conway from Ireland was defeated in Group U by Israel’s Shachar Ruberg. Sean had two clearances of 57 in the first and a 70 clearance in the third to lead 2-1. Shachar won the next in a close frame to go 2-2. Sean had a 67 in the 5th but Shachar fought back to win on the black to go 3-2 ahead. Shachar then played an excellent sixth frame to see out the match 4 frames to 2.

Scotlands Robert Carlisle had a straightforward win over Al Urfy Bairaq by four frames to 0 in Group A. Michal Zielinski from Poland had two breaks of 55 and 58 in his win against Khalid Khamali from the UAE in Group C. The last match in this session saw a 4-0 win for Mitchell Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands against Toyda Kyota from Japan by 4 frames to 0.

Fourth Session

Shannon Swain from New Zealand was the winner in the game against Benjamin Mc Cabe from Sweden by 4 frames to 2. Jason Devaney had a tough match against Scotlands Ross Higgins. Devaney went 3-1 up before Higgins made a 60 and a 101 to level at 3-3. Higgins won the last by 74 points to 9 to take the match.

Jamie Clarke from wales had Scottish opposition in Campbell Dunlop and it was Clarke who prevalled in the match with an 87 that helped him to a 4-2 win.

Osama Anga from Libya met Marius Wiese from Germany in Group D. Marius proved to strong for Anga and won the match 4 frames to 1. Greg Casey from Ireland wasted no time in a quick win over Adem Gerwash from Germany by 4 frames to 0. Adam Stefanow from Poland was in good form todays match with breaks of 58 and 72 in a 4-1 win over New Zealander Ryan Knott.

Tony Moore from Ireland seemed to be struggling to find form today as he slipped to a 4-1 defeat to England’s Sam Cragie in Group D. In the final match of this session Stephen Cragie won 4-0 with two century breaks of 115 and 102 against Sam Bond from New Zealand.

Fifth & final Session from day 3

The last session of the day had Danni Bismoot up against Man Hoi Leong. Bismoot from Israel found the going too tough as Man Hoi Leong rallied off 4 quick frames too win their Group F match. Kishan Hirani from Wales was in great form as he won 4 frames and the match against David Cassidy from Ireland. Michael Leslie from Scotland continued his good form with a straightforward win over Brian Ochoiski from France in Group F by 4 frames to 0.

Four nil was also the score for the match between Belgium’s Julius Grauls and Iceland’s Sigurdur Kristjansson, in the favour of Grauls in this Group G encounter.Ireland’s Stephen Reddington lost by 4 frames to 1 in Group G to Egyptian Mohamed Ibrahim Aly.

China Hong Kong’s Simon Lee won a close first frame against Mohammed Faithi Alsenan from Saudi Arabia, and then went on to win the next three frames with relative ease to win this match in Group G

There was three breaks between Chinnapat Kamsad from Thailand and Alexander Gauss from Austria in the match in Group F. Kamsad had a 55 and a 60 in the first two frames to take a two nil lead, but Gauss hit back with a 61 in the third. Gauss took the next two frames to make it 3-2 before Kamsad took the next to leave a decider. It was Gauss who managed to accumulate 89 unanswered points in the last to win the match 4-3.

The last match of the day had Rhys Clark from Scotland take on Northern Ireland’s Declan Brennan. Clark hit breaks of 87 and 54 in frames 2 and 3 to go 2-1 ahead after dropping the first to Brennan. The next two frames were shared, before Clark saw out the match by 4 frames to 2.