Snooker Shoot-Out 2012 Day 3 - Barry Hawkins Crowned in Blackpool

Shoot-Out Day 3: Barry Hawkins crowned in Blackpool after beating Graeme Dott in the final 61-23.

Barry Hawkins won Shoot-Out 2012

The 32-year-old from Dartfold defeated Ding Junhui, Fergal O'Brien, Stephen Maguire, Mark Davis and Dave Harold en route to meet Graeme Dott in the final. In the final, Hawkins was first in with 46 before missing a red to let Dott in. However, the 2006 World Champion just made 8 with the chance which allowed Hawkins to score again. Hawkins beaten Dott by 61-23 to win his first title in his 16-year professional career.

Hawkins and Dott in the final

"It's a brilliant feeling, definitely the best moment of my career so far, I've played in big matches at the Crucible, but to win a tournament live on television is amazing. It's a shame there were no ranking points but I'm still delighted." Hawkins will collect 32000 pounds for the top prize, "The money is amazing, especially as I'm getting married in June (to Tara) in Dartford. This will pay for the whole thing and we'll be able to have a great day."

Total clearance of 135 in the last 16 helped Martin Gould to win the highest break prize of 2000 pounds, replacing 122 made by Stephen Lee yesterday. 

Barry Pinches

Barry Pinches made an incredible comeback in the last 16 against Liang Wenbo - He was 1-41 down with about three minutes left and he trailed 37-41 when about 30 seconds left. Liang perhaps should play a safety but he went for the double, leaving a loose red over the top right pocket. Hawkins potted the red and then the blue in the last second to beat Liang 43-41. Unfortunately, his amazing run was stopped by Tom Ford in the quarter-finals who made a break of 82.

Snooker Shoot-Out Day 3 Results

Last 16
Dave Harold bt Ryan Day
Graeme Dott bt Rob Milkins
Barry Hawkins bt Stephen Maguire
Dominic Dale bt Stephen Lee
Martin Gould bt Jamie Jones
Tom Ford bt Gerard Greene
Barry Pinches bt Liang Wenbo
Mark Davis bt Mark Allen

Quarter-finals
Graeme Dott bt Dominic Dale
Barry Hawkins bt Mark Davis
Dave Harold bt Martin Gould
Tom Ford bt Barry Pinches

Semi-finals
Barry Hawkins bt Dave Harold
Graeme Dott bt Tom Ford

Final
Barry Hawkins bt Graeme Dott 

Snooker Shoot-Out 2012 Day 2 - Stephen Lee made First century of the tournament

Shoot-Out Day 2: Stephen Lee moved on to the last 16 with a ton 121 in his round 2 match against Ricky Walden. 

Stephen Lee

It is never easy to make a century with shot clock in a frame just lasts 10 minutes but Stephen Lee did it today. It would be a total clearance but but went in-off the last pink. This 121 was also the first century of the event this year and replacing his opponent Walden's 92 made in the first round to become the highest break of the event so far. 

The only Chinese that survived in the last 16 is Liang Wenbo, who defeated Matthew Stevens with a break of 53 and Andrew Higginson in the first round. Alfie Burden came through from 0-45 down to beat Ben Woollaston by 52-45 before Stephen Maguire sent him home in the last 32. 

Stephen Hendry

Mark Williams should be happy about Stephen Hendry's defeat today. After Williams's defeat to Barry Hawkins in last 32 he has pledged to get 'I love Hendry' tattooed on his backside if Hendry wins the tournament. Unfortunately Hendry was out that night beaten by Jack Lisowski 79-29.

Here is the Last 16 Draw of Shoot-Out:

Snooker Shoot-Out 2012 Day 1 - Defending Champion Bond Is Sent Home

Snooker Shoot-Out Day 1: The Defending Champion Nigel Bond lost in a repeat of final against Robert Milkins in the first round. (LIVE STREAMING/LIVE SCORES)

Robert Milkins

Bond beaten Milkins in the final by scoreline of 58-24 but lost today by 15-30 within ten minutes. Milkins was the first man into the last 32 followed by World Number 2 Mark Williams, whose opponent was Steve Davis that has not scored a point as Williams made a break of 66, eventually winning 72-0. The next two matches to be played were among Scottish, both Stephen Maguire and Graeme Dott came from behind to beat Anthony McGill and Alan McManus respectively. Bingham also came through to beat China's Liu Song with a break of 66.

Higgins beaten Trump to advance to the next round

Up next was the match of first round, John Higgins versus Judd Trump a repeat of World Final last year. Trump was favoured to win the match, leading 16-0 before missing the black off its spot to hand over a chance to Higgins. Runs of 33, 14 and 15 put Higgins to win 62-16.Gerard Greene was nearly edged out of the competition by Jamie Burnett but won by 9 points, 36-27. Ken Doherty defeated Michael Holt by 58-6 while Matthew Stevens sent Ali Carter home by 60-22.

Mark Selby

Tom Ford won a close match against Jimmy Robertson, 50-44. World Number 1 Mark Selby eased off Joe Perry by 104-1 while Rory McLeod, the winner of Magic Moment of the Year fluking the black to beat Tony Drago here would not have a chance to demonstrate it again. He was beaten by Mark Allen by 46-19. Martin Gould won against Peter Ebdon by 62-46 though Ebdon dominated with 44-8 in the first 5 minutes. Anthony Hamilton sent crowd's favourite Jimmy White with 66 and he nearly missed out the match, as he got stopped by the police while driving up the M1 and his car is now in a compound.


Mark Davis had a comfortable win against Mark Joyce by 78-16. Stephen Lee was the last man today to through to the last 32 after beating Peter Lines by 60-37.

Snooker Shoot-Out Day 2 Schedule, 28 January 2012:

12pm Tony Drago vs. Andy Hicks

12.15pm Ding Junhui vs. Barry Hawkins
12.30pm Ben Woollaston vs. Alfie Burden
12.45pm Neil Robertson vs. Jamie Cope Neil Robertson has pulled out due to illness, Ian McCulloch for replacement 1pm Ricky Walden vs. Liu Chuang
1.15pm Andrew Higginson vs. Liang Wenbo
1.30pm Shaun Murphy vs. Fergal O'Brien
1.45pm Marcus Campbell vs. Xiao Guodong
            Ian McCulloch v Jamie Cope
2pm Mark King vs. Dominic Dale
2.15pm Marco Fu vs. Barry Pinches
2.30pm Dave Harold vs. James Wattana
2.45pm Matthew Selt vs. Rod Lawler
3pm Mike Dunn vs. Michael White
3.15pm Stephen Hendry vs. Jack Lisowski
3.30pm Jamie Jones vs. Adrian Gunnell
3.45pm Ryan Day vs. Joe Swail

Last 32: Random Draw starting from 6pm