The 1st-4th December saw the newly BUCS accredited UPC Nine-ball Pool Championships relocate to the venues of Rileys Birmingham and Rileys Solihull, with the record breaking field of 194 competitors from 27 institutions making for one of the largest Nine-ball events in the country.
This year saw a very strong University of Exeter side take the Team Championship after all three tables finished at almost exactly the same time in their incredibly close final with second seeds York 1st.
The University of Nottingham produced their first Individual Championship winner since the 2007-08 season, as Tom Barrett was last man standing this season, overcoming last Shahidul Islam of UCL in the final.
In the Team Trophy, it was the University of Sheffield 2nd who were victorious after besting the University of Exeter 2nd who made the final for the second year running.
The full and official Tournament Review Press Release will follow in due course.
Results
Individual Championship Qualifying Rounds (PDF)
Team Championship & Trophy (PDF)
Images from the Weekend
Official Photographs
Team Championship Winners – Exeter 1st. Left to right: Fenn Sternberg, Ed Poultney, Rapolas Paulavicius
Team Championship Runners-up – York 1st. Left to right: Russ Shaw, Tristan Owen, Joe Kimbling
Team Championship Bronze – Sheffield 1st. Left to right: Bian Hu, Bradley Andrews, Joe Brown
Team Championship Bronze – Ulster 1st. Left to right: Adam McMackin, Donal Fullerton, Ben Allen, Rory Kinney.
Team Trophy Winners – Sheffield 2nd. Left to right: Kaavya Bharath Padmanabhan, Jake Etherington, Josh Mowbray.
Team Trophy Runners-up – Exeter 2nd. Left to right: Alistair Potter, Jack Pickering, Will Roche.
Team Trophy Joint Bronze – Nottingham Trent 2nd. Left to right: Harry Newman, Conor O’Shea, Ben Lancaster.
Team Trophy Joint Bronze – York 2nd. Left to right: Daniel Hardy, Will Vince, Tom Dee.
Individual Championship Winner – Tom Barrett (Nottingham)
Individual Championship Runner-up – Shahidul Islam (UCL)
Individual Championship Joint Bronze – Dan Jones (Liverpool)
Individual Championship Joint Bronze – Tom Hancher (Aston)
