In the first round I beat one of the asian guys 5:1.

I next played a pommie guy and potted out the first four games first visit. The guy looked a little shocked as he was 4:0 down and he had only broken twice. I snookered myself on the my last ball in the 4th frame and his wife shouted good shot which pissed me off a little. My last ball was over the middle pocket but the natural angle to come of the cushion was blocked. I swerved the white into the cushion and came across the table to pot my ball. This left a really thinkg snick on the black which I smahed in. In the 5th frame I had a chance for the white wash and five finishes which I had never done from memory and i had a good chance. Unfortunately I had to play a cannon to free up a ball but it rattled and didn'd drop. I managed to win the frame anyway which put me in the last 16 and meant I had to come back on Easter Monday.

My first game on Monday was against Steve Woods, a very good player from Canberra who mainly plays two shot 8 ball on UK tables. I was playing well and pulled off some good finsihes to go 3:0 up. Again, my oponent looked a little shocked as he had only had one shot and was 3:0 down. This meant I had finsihed 7 out of the last 8 frames first visit and would have been 8 in a row if I hadn't rattled that cannon! But to Steve's credit he then started to play really well and pulled off some great shots to go 4:3 in front! I managed to level under pressure and level the match. In the final frame Steve had a half chance and missed a ball which left me a tough finish. I had one ball tied up on the cushion which I tried to move straight away. Unfortunately I was left with a ugly cut back into a very tight blind middle pocket with all the balls on for both of us. I decided to go for it anyway and it dropped in and I went on to clear the table.

In the Quater finals I had to play George the number three seed. I started off badly and George had a few chances to get out in front but he also missed a few easy balls. At 3:2 down I got my act together and made three good finishes potting some long pressure blacks to win 5:3.

In the semi final I had to play Steve Abdul, the number four seed. Again I started badly and went behind 3:2 even though I didn't miss many shots. Again I managed to start concentrating again and managed to win 5:3.

In the final I had to play Shaun Budd, the number one ranked player and probably the best player I have seen in Australia. I went 1:0 up thanks to a miss by Shaun and then missed an easy ball myself to go 2:0 up. We both continued to miss easy shots and I missed 4 easy balls in the next four frames to go 4:2 down. I pulled off a good finishe to make it 4:3 and then missed a good chance in the last to tie the match. I lost 5:3 but all in all it was a good couple of days. I relaxed a bit in the final as I usauly do, it was only when i got home that I realised I was effectively playing for $400 - doh!