Seniors shine in Albena

A week ago Darren Morgan won the European (EBSA) Seniors title in Albena, Bulgaria.

The European Championships (EBSA) continued and the senior players once again showed their class.

In the 6-reds competition, open to all without age restrictions, it’s the 53 years old Wayne Brown, from England who prevailed. Wayne beat several former professionals en route to the title: Eden Sharav (31) from Israel (4-0) in the last 16, Alex Borg (54) from Malta (4-3) in the QFs and finally Harvey Chandler (28) from England by 5-3 in the final. In the semi-finals Wayne faced a young promising player from France, Nicolas Mortreux, only 20; he beat him by 4-1.

In the Seniors Team Event, Darren Morgan and Philip Williams, representing Wales, defeated Wayne Brown and Gary Milne by 5-1, representing England, in the final, to take the title.Both are successful regulars on the World Seniors tour.

The 6-reds results can be found here

The Seniors Team Event results can be found here

Congratulations Guys!

Age is just a number.

Darren Morgan wins in Albena and earns a Crucible spot

June 10, 2023 seniorsnooker Event info, Player info Event, Player

Im the previous post I mentioned the EBSA competitions in Bulgaria, and the fact that the winner of the Seniors event would earn a sport at the 2024 Seniors Snooker World Championship.

Once again Darren Morgan proved what a force he remains in snooker.

Here is the report shared by WST:

Morgan Continues European Seniors Dominance

Darren Morgan claimed his 13th EBSA European Seniors Snooker Championship with a 5-3 victory against Gary Milne in the final of the 2023 edition held at the Perunika Hall in Albena, Bulgaria.

Victory for the prolific Welshman also sees him qualify for the 2024 World Seniors Snooker Championship, an event he won in 2011.

Players representing 20 different nations entered this year’s event which was being held alongside several other continental championships in South-East Europe.

Former professional world number eight Morgan won all three of his matches without dropping a frame as he topped his group and progressed to the knockout rounds.

The 57-year-old then eliminated Ville Pirilä (Finland) 3-0, John Farrell (Ireland) 4-0 and Peter Bullen (Belgium) 4-0 to reach the semi-finals where he faced Wayne Brown (England) in a rerun of last year’s final. Brown won the opening frame with the help of an 80 break, but Morgan registered runs of 82, 62 and 51 as he strung together four frames in-a-row to make the final yet again.

Playing in the event for the first time, Englishman Milne qualified second from his group and then saw off players from Northern Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland before ousting Wales’ Philip Williams 4-3 in the last four.

However, Morgan was in no mood to relinquish the trophy as he won three consecutive frames from 3-2 down to retain the Championship.

The result means that Morgan maintains his perfect record in EBSA Seniors Championship finals. He first won this title in 2007, and he has triumphed at every staging since 2015; it’s now eight successive titles (no event held in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic).

Last year’s World Seniors champion Lee Walker crafted the highest break of the tournament – a 117 during the groups phase. Walker bowed out to Williams in the quarter-finals.