Saturday 12th September seen event 3 of The Midlothian Invitational Series and again saw some excellent pool played throughout the day.
Congratulations goes to Calum Bain who kept up the run of a different winner in every tourament so far as he proved too strong for Kevin Selkirk in the final and won by 6 - 2.

here is how the day panned out:-............

Royal Hotel

Last 32

Simon Dixon v Bye
Nigel Kitchen v Bye
Jamie Craig w/o Bob Stirling
Calum Bain w/o Ewen Hutchison
Davie Duncan 5 - 4 Ronnie Ferrier
Raymond Todman 5 - 1 Lynsey Selkirk
Benji Brogan 5 - 3 Robert Ferrier
Kim Black 5 - 0 Pauline Selkirk

Last 16

Nigel Kitchen w/o Simon Dixon
Calum Bain 5 - 3 Jamie Craig
Raymond Todman 5 - 4 Davie Duncan
Kim Black 5 - 4 Benji Brogan

Qtr Final

Calum Bain 5 - 4 Nigel Kitchen
Raymond Todman 5 - 3 Kim Black

Semi Final

Calum Bain 5 - 1 Raymond Todman

Crescent

Last 32

Stevie Curran 5 - 3 Tam Peters
Chris Ferrier w/o Darren Sutton
Joe Turnbull 5 - 4 Stuart Hunter
Russ Young 5 - 2 Kevin Rae
Kev Selkirk 5 - 2 Jenny Lawson
Davie Thomson v Bye
Phil Wilson 5 - 4 Stuart Bunce
Billy Foster w/o Peter Kivlin

Last 16

Chris Ferrier 5 - 1 Stevie Curran
Russ Young 5 - 2 Joe Turnbull
Kevin Selkirk w/o Davie Thomson
Phil Wilson 5 - 2 Billy Foster

Qtr Final

Russ Young 5 - 1 Chris Ferrier
Kev Selkirk 5 - 2 Phil Wilson

Semi Final

Kev Selkirk 5 - 4 Russ Young

Final

Calum Bain 6 - 2 Kev Selkirk


superb tournament and congratulations again to all players who effort to turn up. for those that didnt i still require the money as you confirmed thanks.

Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August seen a new tournament in Midlothian, Magoos Masters..
It was played between Fishers Tryst and The Crescent snooker club in Penicuik and to be fair it was a raving success.
First things first id like to say congratulations to Davey Kinnear in winning Magoos Masters Main Event when he defeated Scott Specer of Dunfermline by 7 frames to 5 in the final and Kevin Rae for winning the plate event by defeating young Jamie Craig by 1 frame to 0.... unfortunately both players had to work to decided it was a single frame decider.

Ok here was the group positions from saturday and sunday morning.... all the results will be filled in and knockout sections later..

Fishers Tryst

Group A

1 - Russell Young (Mid)
2 - Gareth Lithgow (Mid)
3 - Paul Douglas (Ber)
4 - Steven Brown (Ber)

Russell Young 4 - 1 Gareth Lithgow
Paul Douglas 4 - 1 Steven Brown
Russell Young 4 - 0 Steven Brown
Gareth Lithgow 4 - 3 Paul Douglas
Russell Young 4 - 2 Paul Douglas
Gareth Lithgow 4 - 1 Steven Brown

Group B

1 - Stuart Weeks (Mid)
2 - Robert Ferrier (Mid)
3 - Pauline Selkirk (Mid)
4 - Raymond Todman (Mid)

Stuart Weeks 4 - 0 Pauline Selkirk
Robert Ferrier 4 - 2 Raymond Todman
Stuart Weeks 4 - 0 Raymond Todman
Robert Ferrier 4 - 2 Pauline Selkirk
Stuart Weeks 4 - 2 Robert Ferrier
Pauline Selkirk 4 - 3 Raymond Todman

Group C

1 - Joe Turnbull (Mid)
2 - Davey Thomson (Mid)
3 - Kim Black (Mid)
4 - Jamie Craig (Mid)

Joe Turnbull 4 - 2 Davey Thomson
Kim Black 4 - 3 Jamie Craig
Joe Turnbull 4 - 2 Kim Black
Jamie Craig 4 - 3 Davey Thomson
Joe Turnbull 4 - 1 Jamie Craig
Davey Thomson 4 - 2 Kim Black

Group D

1 - Rab Bannerman (Ber)
2 - Ian Keith (Mid)
3 - Rab Craig (Mid)
4 - Benji Brogan (EPA)

Rab Bannerman 4 - 1 Benji Brogan
Ian Keith 4 - 0 Rab Craig
Rab Bannerman 4 - 0 Rab Craig
Ian Keith 4 - 0 Benji Brogan
Rab Bannerman 4 - 1 Ian Keith
Rab Craig 4 -2 Benji Brogan

Crescent

Group E

1 - Tam Peters (Mid)
2 - Ian Blaikie (Ber)
3 - Ian Martin (Mid)
4 - Dermot McGrory (Mid)

Tam Peters 4 - 3 Ian Blaikie
Ian Martin 4 - 2 Dermot McGrory
Tam Peters 4 - 0 Ian Martin
Ian Blaikie 4 - 0 Dermot McGrory
Tam Peters 4 - 1 Dermot McGrory
Ian Blaikie 4 - 1 Ian Martin

Group F

1 - Colin DeSwarte (Dun)
2 - Davey Muirhead (Mid)
3 - Chris Ferrier (Mid)
4 - Kevin Rae (Mid)

Colin DeSwarte 4 - 1 Kevin Rae
Davey Muirhead 4 - 1 Chris Ferrier
Colin DeSwarte 4 - 2 Davey Muirhead
Chris Ferrier 4 - 2 Kevin Rae
Colin DeSwarte 4 - 3 Chris Ferrier
Davey Muirhead 4 - 0 Kevin Rae

Group G

1 - Scott Spencer (Dun)
2 - Davey Kinnear (Mid)
3 - Iain Gibson (Ber)
4 - Calum Bain (Ber)

Scott Spencer 4 - 2 Calum Bain
Davey Kinnear 4 - 1 Iain Gibson
Scott Spencer 4 - 1 Davey Kinnear
Iain Gibson 4 - 1 Calum Bain
Scott Spencer 4 - 1 Iain Gibson
Davey Kinnear 4 - Calum Bain 2

Group H

1 - Brian York (Mid)
2 - Stuart Bunce (Mid)
3 - Billy Foster (Mid)
4 - Davey Duncan (Mid)

Brian York 4 - 3 Billy Foster
Stuart Bunce 4 - 1 Davey Duncan
Brian York 4 - 0 Stuart Bunce
Billy Foster 4 - 0 Davie Duncan
Brian York 4 - 1 Davie Duncan
Stuart Bunce 4 - 3 Billy Foster

Main Competition Knockout

Last 16

Russell Young 5 - 4 Robert Ferrier
Joe Turnbull 5 - 4 Ian Keith
Davey Muirhead 5 - 1 Tam Peters
Scott Spencer 5 - 2 Stuart Bunce
Gareth Lithgow 5 - 1 Stuart Weeks
Davey Thomson 5 - 1 Rab Bannerman
Colin DeSwarte 5 - 0 Iain Blaikie
Davey Kinnear 5 - 2 Brian York

Qtr Finals

Joe Turnbull 6 - 2 Russell Young
Scott Spencer 6 - 1 Davey Muirhead
Davey Thomson 6 - 2 Gareth Lithgow
Davey Kinnear 6 - 5 Colin DeSwarte

Semi Final

Scott Spencer 6 - 1 Joe Turnbull
Davey Kinnear 6 - 1 Davey Thomson

Final

Davey Kinnear 7 - 5 Scott Spencer

Plate Draw Knockout

Last 16

Raymond Todman 3 - 1 Paul Douglas
Kim Black 3 - 1 Benji Brogan
Kevin Rae 3 - 0 ian Martin
Davey Duncan 3 - 0 Iain Gibson
Pauline Selkirk 3 - 0 Steven Brown
Jamie Craig 3 - 2 Rab Craig
Chris Ferrier 3 - 1 Dermot McGrory
Calum Bain 3 - 1 Billy Foster

Last 8

Raymond Todman 3 - 0 Kim Black
Kevin Rae 3 - 0 Davey Duncan
Jamie Craig 3 - 2 Pauline Selkirk
Calum Bain 3 - 2 Chris Ferrier

Semi Final

Kevin Rae 3 - 2 Raymond Todman
Jamie Craig 3 - 0 Calum Bain

Final

Kevin Rae 1 - 0 Jamie Craig

Just a final note to say thanks to all the players whoi made this tourny a success as to be honest it was a good idea by gareth and seemed to be a success well done
big thanks to Bryant and Cairns too for there help

Sunday 2nd August saw Event 2 of the series which was full again of some cracking games... the usual story of the gadd bad and damn right flukey definitely was the order of the day.

Congratulations goes to Kevin Rae who had a tough draw and really surpised a few on the way to a 6 frames to 3 final victory against Graham Roy who surely now must feel hes getting a raw deal in this tournament.

Here is how the day panned out:-......

Royal Hotel

Last 32

Robert Ferrier 5 v 3 Kim Black
Andy Naismith 5 v 2 Ronnie Ferrier
Stuart Hunter 5 v 3 Chris Ferrier
Phil Wilson 5 v 4 Benji Brogan
Stevie Kerr 5 v 1 Jamie Craig
Nigel Kitchen 5 v 1 Billy Foster
Simon Dixon 5 v 3 Sandy Renwick
Kevin Rae 5 v 4 Kevin Selkirk

Last 16

Robert Ferrier 5 v 4 Andy Naismith
Stuart Hunter 5 v 1 Phil Wilson
Nigel Kitchen 5 v 1 Stevie Kerr
Kevin Rae 5 v 2 Simon Dixon

Quarter Finals

Robert Ferrier 5 v 3 Stuart Hunter
Kevin Rae 5 v 1 Nigel Kitchen

Crescent

Last 32

Calum Bain 5 v 3 Andy Anderson
Davey Thompson 5 v 3 Lynsey Selkirk
Graham Roy 5 v 0 Raymond Todman
Gareth Lithgow 5 v 3 Pauline Selkirk
Stevie Curran 5 v 2 Rab Craig
Russell Young 5 v 0 Joe Turnbull
Ewen Hutchison 5 v 3 Ian Keith
Tam Peters 5 v 2 Jenny Lawson

Last 16

Calum Bain 5 v 2 Davey Thompson
Graham Roy 5 v 4 Gareth Lithgow
Russell Young 5 v 4 Stevie Curran
Tam Peters 5 v 0 Ewen Hutchison

Quarter Finals

Graham Roy 5 v 2 Calum Bain
Tam Peters 5 v 4 Russell Young

Semi Finals

Kevin Rae 5 v 1 Robert Ferrier
Graham Roy 5 v 2 Tam Peters

Final

Kevin Rae 6 v 3 Graham Roy

Saturday 6th June Saw Event 1 of the Midlothian Invitational Series Held In The Crescent Snooker Club & The Royal Hotel In Penicuik...

We have managed to secure £200 in sponsor money... Kitchens Kitchens....D.R.Joinery.....Jennys Snacks..& T.Peters Civil Engineering Ltd and trophies provided by the Crescent Snooker club so sincerest thanks go to those.

Event 1 was won by pre tournament favourite Russell Young who proved just too strong for the field on the day defeating Stuart Hunter by 6 frames to 3 in a great final. congratulations Russ.
With some good, bad and downright lucky shots played along the way it made out to be a very good day.. here is how the day panned out:-........

Royal Hotel

Last 32

Russell Young 5 v 1 Andy Anderson
Sandy Renwick 5 v 0 Raymond Todman
Ewen Hutchison 5 v 1 Pauline Selkirk
Ronnie Ferrier 5 v 3 Jenny Lawson
Kevin Selkirk 5 v 1 Rab Craig
Bob Stirling 5 v 3 Lynsey Selkirk
Peter Kivlin 5 v 2 Robert Ferrier
Chris Ferrier 4 v 5 Kevin Rae

Last 16

Russell Young 5 v 2 Sandy Renwick
Ewen Hutchison 5 v 2 Ronnie Ferrier
Kevin Selkirk 5 v 3 Bob Stirling
Peter Kivlin 4 v 5 Kevin Rae

Qtr Finals

Russell Young 5 v 1 Ewen Hutchison
Kevin Selkirk 5 v 4 Kevin Rae

Crescent

Last 32

Stuart Hunter 5 v 3 Tam Peters
Joe Turnbull 5 v 4 Gareth Lithgow
Phil Wilson 5 v 0 W/O
Simon Dixon 5 v 2 Stevie Kerr
James Main 5 v 0 W/O
Davey Thompson 5 v 1 Ian Keith
Nigel Kitchen 5 v 3 Calum Bain
Graham Roy 5 v 0 Jamie Craig

Last 16

Stuart Hunter 5 v 4 Joe Turnbull
Phil Wilson 5 v 3 Simon Dixon
Davey Thompson 5 v 0 James Main
Graham Roy 5 v 4 Nigel Kitchen

Quarter Finals

Stuart Hunter 5 v 1 Phil Wilson
Davey Thompson 5 v 4 Graham Roy

Semi Finals

Russell Young 5 v 3 Kevin Selkirk
Stuart Hunter 5 v 0 Davey Thompson

Final

Russell Young 6 v 3 Stuart Hunter

Sunday 17th May 2009 saw Event 1 in the Robins Nest Series in Chirnside organised by Ian Blaikie. A relatively poor turnout of 15 was there but in that 15 there were 7 players from Midlothian who all had varying levels of success.

Congratulations goes to Russ Young of the Royal Hotel B team who defeated Sandy Renwick of the Fishers Tryst by 6-3 in the Final.
Midlothian Players in general had a pretty successful day with onlay 1 player dropping out at the last 16.

Here is how the draw panned out

Last 16

Paul Douglas v Bye 6-0
Russ Young v Iain Gibson 6-4
Ian Blaikie v Jason 6-4
Daniel Lunn v Stuart Weeks 6-5
Kim Black v Max 6-4
Tam Peters v Rab Bannerman 6-5
Sandy Renwick v Stephen Brown 6-1
Danny Turner v Gareth Lithgow 6-2

Qtr Finals

Russ Young v Paul Douglas 6-3
Daniel Lunn v Ian Blaikie 6-4
Tam Peters v Kim Black 6-3
Sandy Renwick v Danny Turner 6-3

Semi Finals

Russ Young v Daniel Lunn 6-2
Sandy Renwick v Tam Peters 6-5

Final

Russ Young v Sandy Renwick 6-3

Special congratulations to Russell and general congratulations to all midlothian players who made the effort and had a great day.

Saturday 2nd may saw the Grand Final Of the Midlothian Invitational Series In The Crescent Snooker Club and the Royal Hotel In Penicuik.

Congratulations goes to Gareth Lithgow in defeating Graham Roy 6 - 3 in the Final. Also Congratulations goes to Graham Roy who won the overall points trophy unlucky to lose in 3 out of the 4 finals.

here is how the day went:-

Finally i would like to say thanks to all who assisted in the organising of this event.
Stevie Curran for the original idea and trophies.
Colin Keith for his assistance in running the venues.
Tam Peters for also runnung the venues/draws etc.
Big thanks go to the Crescent and the Royal Hotel for allowing us to have this tournament.

Also main thanks go to -- for Sponsoring this event which was the now the second of its kind and will now become an annual event with the structure set in place.

Saturday 4th April saw event 3 in the Midlothian Invitational Series. It was played between 2 venues The Crescent Snooker Club and The Royal Hotel, both in Penicuik.

Congratulations goes to Nigel kitchen who held his nerve in a great final with Graham Roy to win 5-4.

the draw went as follows:-

Crescent Snooker Club

Prelim

Kevin Rae 4-0 Pauline Selkirk

1st Round

Simon Dixon 5-2 Kevin Rae
Stuart Hunter 5-0 Lynsey Selkirk
Tam Peters 5-2 Sandy Renwick
Graham Roy 5-0 Gareth Lithgow

Qtr Final

Simon Dixon 5-3 Stuart Hunter
Graham Roy 5-4 Tam Peters

Royal Hotel

1st Round

Nigel Kitchen 5-3 Phil Wilson
Scott Hendry 5-3 Colin Keith
Stevie Kerr 5-4 Joe Turnbull
Stevie Curran Bye

Qtr Final

Nigel Kitchen 5-4 Scott Hendry
Stevie Kerr 5-1 Stevie Curran

Semi Final

Graham Roy 5-3 Simon Dixon
Nigel Kitchen 5-4 Stevie Kerr

Final

Nigel Kitchen 5-4 Graham Roy

Again congratulations to Nigel and roll on the final

Seedings for the final are as follows

1 - Nigel Kitchen
2 - Graham Roy
3 - Scott Hendry
4 - Stevie Kerr
5 - Kevin Rae
6 - Colin Keith
7 - Tam Peters
8 - Kevin Selkirk

these names will be placed in the draw and all the rest drawn at random to finalise draw. (again final will be played in 2 venues tbc and timed draw) thanks

Sunday 29th March seen Finals Day for The Penicuik League held in The Crescent Snooker Club.

A day filled with lots of banter and some good pool too.

Under 21 championship turned out to be a bit of a farce with 1 entrant so this years champ undisputed lol was Jamie Craig of the Crescent Snooker Club.

A new tournament was introduced this year to the P.P.L the pairs championship. This was played under a scotch pairs format and had 16 entrants. After lots of the good bad and the ugly finally the final was contested by Birthday boy Brian Bell & Phil Wilson of The Cuiken Inn versus Gemma Clyde and Vandana Helge (apologies if wrong) of New Yorker 2. Victorious on the day were the Cuiken lads.

The singles was narrowed down to 8 for finals day and early rounds saw Martin Rogan defeat Gareth Lithgow. Davey Kinnear defeat Glen Faichney. Joe Turnbull defeat Jamie Craig and Tam Peters Defeated Craig Nicoll. Semi Finals Saw Davey beat Martin and Tam Beat Joe. After a long wait Tam and Davey got the final under way. Tam missed the first chance from the break in the first missing his last ball and Davey took away an 8 baller to get infront. After an in off early in second frame Davey again made short work of the table. Davey then finished in style with another table clearance after a dry break to seal a very comfortable 3 - 0 victory.

This years player of the year in the P.P.L was Scott Kinnear of the Navaar Hotel.

Final congratulations and the main tournament award goes to this years League Champions Navaar Hotel.

Congratulations to all concerned.

Midlothian entered 2 teams in this years Super 11's in Haven Holiday camp 'Craig Tara' in ayr this past weekend 13th - 15th march and turned out generally well. A team progressed the furthest reaching the quarter finals narrowly losing 6-4 to Glasgow A and B team progressing to last 16 where they narrowly lost 6-4 to Livingston A.
There was a bit of the good the bad and the damn right ugly not forgetting moments of pure humour and madness to boot! Also lots of controversy and lots of tantrums as per usual!
A team were in Group 4 results as follows:-

Midlothian A 6 Falkirk A 5
Midlothian A 6 Clydesdale 5
Midlothian A 6 Whitburn B 5
Midlothian A 9 Ayr & District A 2
Midlothian A 9 Whitburn A 2

B Team were in Group 7 results as follows:-

Midlothian B 5 Livingston B 6
Midlothian B 7 Ayr & District B 4 (4-1 down at one stage)
Midlothian B 6 Central Ayrshire B 5
Midlothian B 2 East Kilbride 9
Midlothian B 7 East Fife 4

Last 32

Midlothian A 6 Dunfermline A 5
Midlothian B 6 Paisley A 1 (Reigning champs)

Last 16

Midlothian A 6 Kilsyth 4 (3-0 down as players didnt turn up on time)
Midlothian B 4 Livingston A 6

Quarter Final

Midlothian A 4 Glasgow A 6

All in all a good tournament

A team stats (either danny or ronnie will have to fill in)
B team stats

6/7 James Main
5/7 Calum Bain & Robert Ferrier
4/7 Russell Young & Tam Peters
3/5 Ronnie Ferrier
3/6 Gary Corrigan
3/7 Scott kinnear & Craig Nicoll
1/4 Davey Kay
0/2 Andy Anderson
0/6 Paul Bryson (Weekend to forget for the big man)

Congratulations goes to Danny Turner on winning the grand Final of the Midlothian Pool Series sponsored by Kim's Cars.

Here's what happened;

Round 1

Kenny Lawrie 2 v 5 Ronnie Marshall
Steven Brown 2 v 5 Pauline Selkirk
Gary Hibbard 5 v 3 Kim Black
Tam Peters 0 v 5 Rab Bannerman

Round 2

Danny Lunn 5 v 0 Ronnie Marshall
Pauline Selkirk 0 v 5 Mark Leaske
Gary Hibbard 1 v 5 Kev Selkirk
Rab Bannerman 1 v 5 Russell young
Danny Turner 5 v 4 Kev Rae
Mark McGregor 2 v 5 Mick Panzica
Gary Gracey 5 v 1 Gareth Lithgow
Scott Hendry 1 v 5 Davie Kinnear

Q/Finals

Danny Lunn 5 v 3 Mark Leaske 2
Kev Selkirk 5 v 1 Russell Young
Danny Turner 5 v 0 Mick Panzica
Gary Gracey 2 v 5 Davie Kinnear

Semi Finals

Danny Lunn 5 v 2 Kev Selkirk
Danny Turner 5 v 4 Davie Kinnear

Final

Danny Lunn 3 v 5 Danny Turner

I would like to thank Kim Black of Kim's Cars for her sponsorship of the Midlothian Pool Series, and hope this continues for a long time to come. Thanks Kim!

Thanks also to Riley's for their sponsorship of free table time for all the series events.

And Thankyou to all the player that attended the event over the past year.

The new Midlothian Pool Series will begin on Sunday 14th June 2009. See you all there.

Midlothian Pool League had players playing up and down the length of th uk from Liverpool in 4 man competition to Berwick in the 1st of the Berwick Blackball Series to Airdrie in the MJ Hire tour with varying successes.

On saturady 21st The Hainsworth 4 man tournament was held in Liverpool and the Midlothian qualifying team of Danny Turner, Davey Kinnear, Gary Gracey & Mick Panzica went all the way to the final and unfortunately lost 7-4 but sterling effort all the same boys well done in reaching a final of a national event with a very nice prize pot to boot!! again congratulations......