Mixed fortunes for former World Champions in Group 7 - 22/03/2010

LATEST SCORES (FIRST TO THREE)
TABLE 1 - FINAL - DING JUNHUI 1-3 JAMIE COPE

Peter Ebdon, the 2002 World Champion, is in the driving seat as the final qualifying group of Championship League Snooker completed its opening 12 matches today.

With three wins from his three matches, Ebdon looks in a good position to maintain a top four position and qualify for Tuesday night’s play-offs.

Also on three wins and heading the group is resurgent Welshman Mark Williams who continued his impressive run of form today. Ding, Michael Holt and Jamie Cope fill up the middle three spots while Steve Davis and Joe Swail will have it all to do tomorrow after each of them lost their three games today.

Peter Ebdon tops the table after day one

Played at Crondon Park Golf Club in rural Essex, Championship League Snooker is produced exclusively for live streaming on internet betting sites throughout the world. Players earn £100 per frame won and the top four players after the remainder of the group matches tomorrow then play in best of five semi-finals.

The money increases to £300 per frame won and the winner receives £3,000, the runner-up £2,000 and the beaten semi-finalists £1,000 each. The winner then goes through to the final group on March 24th & 25th where big money as well as a spot in the Sky Sports-televised Premier League Snooker is up for grabs.

The other six players through to the final group are Scotsmen Stephen Maguire and John Higgins who won through on Groups One and Two respectively. They were joined by defending champ Judd Trump and Marco Fu from Groups Three and Four. Neil Robertson won Group Five and Mark Allen came through Group Six.

Results
Peter Ebdon 3-1 Joe Swail
80-20 (Ebdon 65), 67-53 (Ebdon 48), 0-62 (Swail 33), 72-5 (Ebdon 53)

Mark Williams 3-0 Jamie Cope
67-61 (Cope 61), 98-0 (Williams 98), 70-9 (Williams 70)

Ding Junhui 3-0 Steve Davis
77-44 (Ding 46, Davis 35), 131-0 (Ding 131), 62-9 (Ding 31)

Peter Ebdon 3-1 Michael Holt
8-73 (Holt 54), 77-16 (Ebdon 40, 37), 112-0 (Ebdon 102)

Joe Swail 0-3 Mark Williams
8-119 (Williams 117), 15-95 (Williams 87), 24-67 (Williams 60)

Ding Junhui 3-0 Jamie Cope
71-59 (Ding 32, Cope 47), 65-8 (Ding 44), 137-0 (Ding 137)

Steve Davis 1-3 Michael Holt
33-82 (Holt 46), 62-9 (Davis 32), 51-78 (Davis 51, Holt 58), 1-72 (Holt 50)

Peter Ebdon 3-2 Mark Williams
15-66 (Williams 34, 32), 6-75 (Williams 38), 72-48 (Ebdon 45, Williams 35), 123-0 (Ebdon 122), 64-44 (Ebdon 53)

Joe Swail 0-3 Jamie Cope
20-90 (Cope 42), 1-67 (Cope 50), 52-67 (Swail 52, Cope 52)

Ding Junhui 1-3 Michael Holt
122-0 (Ding 109), 0-103 (Holt 73),15-66, 0-75 (Holt 49)

Mark Williams 3-0 Michael Holt
97-0 (Williams 48, 39), 74-14 (Williams 52)

Jamie Cope 3-0 Steve Davis
80-4, 113-1 (Cope 77), 133-0 (Cope 133)