The Underdog, Geoff Barrett came good to win the grandmaster, he digged in deep in his quarters to make a 64 break to defeat Ron Bickerdike by a small margin of 4 points in the two game. He then went on to defeat Darren Kell in the semi final 294-210. Facing number 1 seed Phil Welham in the final, Phil started well with a 76 break but at the half way stage phil was slightly behind. In the second match Geoff played some exceptionally good Billiards to win 485-259 compiling a 67,59 break to take the title. Many thanks to TD Clive Scott and his teams of ref Matin O’Reilly, Bob Slee, Tom Hughes, Steve Crosland and Chris Ellis. A great Weekend of Billiards.
| Quarters | ||||||||
| Richard Whittle | 173 | Mick Cooper | 125 | |||||
| Richard Whittle | 187 | Mick Cooper | 139 | Points 360-264 | ||||
| Phil Welham | 89,55 | 277 | Chris Achilles | 110 | ||||
| Phil Welham | 157 | Chris Achilles | 64 | 208 | Points 434-318 | |||
| Geoff Barrett | 90 | Ron Bickerdike | 111 | |||||
| Geoff Barrett | 63 | 129 | Ron Bickerdike | 103 | Points 218-214 | |||
| Darren Kell | 277 | Chris Taylor | 146 | |||||
| Darren Kell | 109 | 220 | Chris Achilles | 101 | Points 325-247 | |||
| Semi Final | ||||||||
| Richard Whittle | 119 | Phil Welham | 84unf | 131 | ||||
| Richard Whittle | 90 | Phil Welham | 89,72,60 | 382 | Points 209-513 | |||
| Geoff Barrett | 134 | Darren Kell | 83 | |||||
| Geoff Barrett | 160 | Darren Kell | 127 | Points 294-210 | ||||
| Final | ||||||||
| Phil Welham | 76 | 146 | Geoff Barrett | 200 | ||||
| Phil Welham | 113 | Geoff Barrett | 65,57 | 285 | Points 259,485 |