Pat Holtz, News Archive

Date	Topic	News
12 November 2006	SAPPA 9 Ball Tour Stop No6, Edinburgh	Pat lost out in the final of this event to in form player Davy Jack (Arbroath). On route to the final he had fine wins over Mark Owens 6-1, Ross Simpson 6-5 and . In the last 16 KO stage he defeated Ross McInnes 7-5 (from 5-3 down), Steve Capaldi 7-5 (from 5-0 down) and Johnny Holden 7-3 to reach the final. Davy played very well in the final limiting Pat to very little chances, albeit the luck factor was definitely on Davy's side throughout the match. Pat led 2-1 and was never at the races after that as Davy took clearance after clearance to seal the win. I'm sure the 26hrs of travel from Manila didn't help Pat's cause much as he looked drained in the latter stages of this event.
4 - 11 November 2006	World 9 Ball Pool Championship, Manila	Pat lost out in the last 16 of this event to defending champion Wu Chia Ching from Chinese Taipei. A 500/1 outsider for the championship and 20/1 to win his group, the odds were heavily stacked against Holtz to win any matches in the tournament but that has never fazed him in all his years of playing. In the group stages he had fine wins over Jose Parica (Philippines) 8-3, Ricky Yang (Indonesia) 8-6 and Santos Sambajon (Philippines) 8-2 to top the group with 3 wins from 3 and finish the group stages as No9 seed overall. He was 2-0 and 3-2 down against Jose Parica on the TV table before going on to win 8-3. He followed this fine performance up in the next match against Yang by pulling back from 4-1 down to win 8-6 and then disposed of Santos by a convincing 8-2 scoreline leading from the off. In the last 64 KO stage he beat Tomoo Takano (Japan) 10-6, leading 9-2 at one point before Takano rallied to win 4 on the bounce. In the last 32 he defeated Kevin Uzzell (England) 10-6, again trailing this match 5-3 he dug deep and won 6 racks on the trot to reach the hill 9-5 before Kevin pulled one back. In the last 16 he came unstuck and lost out by 11-6 although the scoreline doesn't quite reflect how the match went. Pat missed a few chances and his safety game was not at it's best and these two points are what caused his downfall as he truly believed the title of World Champion was there for the taking. This was a new record for Scottish players at these Championships and Pat has secured a spot in next years event and he hopes to go much further and hopefully bring the title back home to Scotland.
28 October 2006	Euro Tour 9 Ball Qualifier, Falkirk	Pat lost in the final of this double elimination qualifier to Michael Valentine. On route to this stage he defeated Roddy McConnell 9-3, Jayson Shaw 9-4 and Darren Murray 9-1 to reach the winners final to which he lost out narrowly 9-8 to Michael. He then went on to win 9-1 against Jayson Shaw in losers final to face Michael again. He beat Michael 9-8 to set up a mouth watering deciding match to see who would win the all expenses paid trip to Spain in December but it was Michael who prevailed in the end with a comfortable 9-1 success.
21 - 22 October 2006	Scottish 9 Ball Championship, Kirkcaldy	Pat won this event defeating Scott Gillespie 10-9 in a thrilling final. Trailing most of the match, Pat came back from 7-4 and 9-7 to scrape over the line with a "golden break" in the hill-hill decider. Having had some bad rolls and 3 scratches with the white on the break, it was shaping up not to be Pat's day but with the usual 'will to win' attitude and not giving in, Pat managed to claw back the deficit and beat his good friend to the title. En-route to the final Pat beat Paul Tierney 7-2 and Peter McLanachan 7-2 to reach the last 16 straight KO stage. He then went on to win against George Fagan 8-2, Richard Berrie 8-3 and Jayson Shaw 9-3 in the semi-finals.
14 - 15 October 2006	EPT 8 Ball Tour Stop No3, Solihull	Pat lost out in the last 32 of this event 10-8 to Karl Boyes who went on to reach the semi-finals. Pat defeated Ali Ramzi in the previous round 10-5.
7 - 8 October 2006	BPPPA 9 Ball Tour Stop 11, Manchester	Pat lost out in the last 16 of this event 9-5 to Andy Croasdale, the eventual runner up. On route to this stage Pat beat Jayson Shaw 7-5, Steve Evans 9-4, Neil Jenkins 9-6 and Dave Mackay 9-5.
23 - 24 September 2006	BPPPA 9 Ball Tour Stop 10, Stirling	Pat lost out in the final of the BPPPA ranking event in Stirling at the weekend to Paddy McLoughlin from Ireland 11-7. On route to the final Pat defeated Cameron Bowes 7-1, Liam McVeigh 9-7, Graham Tough 9-4, Ben Moore 9-5, Adam Smith 9-5 and Michael Valentine 9-8. Pat missed a few chances that he would normally take with ease, which was uncharacteristic for him. Paddy played well and had a good few pieces of luck when he missed pots or came out of snookers but that's 9 ball for you!
17 September 2006	World 9 Ball Qualifier, Belshill	Pat put his recent good form to use and won the Scottish qualifying heat for the 2006 World 9 Ball Championship. Pat started off his results with a fine 10-2 win over Roddy McConnell. He followed this up with wins over Davy Jack 10-5, Darren Murray 10-4 and Jayson Shaw 10-8 to reach the final. In the final he played against his World Cup team mate Michael Valentine and defeated him 10-8. Michael got off to a great start with a 3-0 lead but Pat bounced back and fine play saw him take an 8-4 lead only for Michael to come back into the match 8-7. Pat dug his heels in to go on the hill at 9-7 only for Michael to pull another frame back to 9-8 but Pat held his nerve to close out the match 10-8 and will now represent Scotland at this years Championship's in Manila, Philippines (November 4-11).
2 - 10 September 2006	IPT World 8 Ball Open, Reno	Pat had another tough group in the opening stages but played much better than the 1st event and won 3 matches from 4. His first game was against Shannon Daulton (USA) which he won 8-4 and then up against another strong American player in Shawn Putnam which he scored an impressive 8-5 win. Up next was a tour qualifier by the name of Dave Broxson (USA) who many fancied to do really well in this group but Pat played up to his strengths and won 8-1 comfortably. So with 3 wins from 3 Pat had eased his way to round 2 and took his guard down in the last match against his close friend Brain Saleh which he lost 8-3. Pat got off to a great start in round 2 winning 2 of his 1st 3 matches. He defeated Joern Kaplan (Germany) 8-3 and Hiroshi Takenaka (Japan) 8-6 before losing out to Kelly Fisher (UK) 8-5, Rob McKenna (UK) 8-3 and finally Ralf Souquet 8-2. Again Pat was let down with his breaks only recording 7 break and run outs in 9 matches! If Pat can get his breaking game up to speed then all players beware as he doesn't miss much when in amongst the balls.
22 - 27 August 2006	World Cup of Pool, Newport	Pat teamed up with Michael Valentine to represent Scotland and compete in the inaugural World Cup of Pool organised by Matchroom Sport. They lost out in their opening match 9-5 to 2nd seeds Holland (Nick Van Den Berg & Neils Feijn - the No2 & No3 ranked players in Europe). The format of 'Scotch doubles' was unknown territory to both Scottish players as they have never played under these conditions before. Pat and Michael acquitted themselves well and only 2 missed pots from either player was to be their downfall as Holland played perfect pool to run out winners.
20 August 2006	SAPPA Scottish 8 Ball Championship, Falkirk	Pat lost out in the quarter-final stage 6-5 to Ross McInnes at the inaugural American 8 Ball Championship. Pat started well against Ross running the 1st two racks from the break but a bounce out from the middle bag in the 3rd game was the turning point as Ross clawed his way back into the match. Pat missed a good chance to go 5-4 up and will rue the chance as Ross cleared from Pat's dry break in the decider to take the win. On route Pat had good wins against Michael Valentine 5-4, Andy Morris 5-1 and Jayson Shaw 6-5 in the last 16.
19 August 2006	SAPPA Scottish 9 Ball Masters, Falkirk	Pat lost out in the semi-final stage 9-7 to Clark Smith after being 7-2 in front. Clark played extremely well to come back and win this game running 4 racks from the break. Pat had a good chance to go 8-5 up but missed the opportunity. On route to the semi-final Pat defeated Andy Morris 7-2 in the quarter-final and had fine wins of 5-1 against Ross McInnes and 5-0 against Jim O'Hare in the group stages.
12 - 13 August 2006	EPT 8 Ball Tour Stop No2, Harrow	Pat lost out in the semi-final stage 10-7 to eventual winner Daryl Peach. Both players were trading racks with one frame visits to the table until the scores were tied at 7-7, Pat had 'dry break' for Daryl to finish then Daryl broke and finished to go on the hill at 9. Pat had chance in the last frame but snookered himself on his last ball and Daryl cleaned up to reach the final. On route to the semi-final Pat defeated Mark Berry 10-7, Neil Cummins 10-8, Bob Harris 10-6 and Gareth Esprit 10-5. A star packed EPT event that including 15 IPT players Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mika Immonen, Marcus Chamat, Imran Majid, Raj Hundal, Karl Boyes, Darren Appleton, Carl Morris, Phil Harrison, Neil Raybone, Rob McKenna, Vincent Facquet, Laurent Travers, Daryl Peach and Pat Holtz plus many other players from England, Ireland, Wales, Norway, Belgium, Spain and Scotland.
6 August 2006	US Open 9 Ball Qualifier, Glasgow	Pat narrowly lost out 9-8 to Michael Valentine in the semi-finals of this qualifier to represent Scotland at this year's US Open Championship. On route in the group stages he recorded fine wins of 5-1 and 5-2 over Alan Mochan (Ayr) and Chris Pringle (Edinburgh) and a 5-3 defeat to newcomer Fraser Patrick (Glasgow) to finish 2nd and qualify for the last 16 KO. In the last 16 he defeated Pete King 7-3, and a fine qtr-final win of 8-3 over Clark Smith saw him into the semis only to come unstuck against Michael. A dry break at 8-7 up was Pat's final shot as Michael cleared up and broke and dished in the final frame to seal victory.
22 - 30 July 2006	IPT North American 8 Ball Open, Las Vegas	Pat had a very disappointing start to his IPT career, recording 1 win from 4 matches in a tough group. Pat lost his 1st game to Mike Davis (USA) by 8-2 scoreline with some uncharacteristic positional play to gift Mike a good few frames. In his 2nd match with Darren Appleton (UK), both players struggled to find form and a scrappy game ensued with Darren winning 8-6. Pat had to win his last 2 matches to qualify into round 2. Pat defeated Allen Hopkins (USA) by 8-6, coming from 6-4 down and showing dogged determination to claim victory. Alas it was not to be as Pat lost his final game 8-5 to Takeshi Okumura (Japan). Pat's weakest part of his game was his breaking with only 2 break and run outs in 4 matches!
24 - 25 June 2006	French Grand National, Rennes	Pat lost on the final of this event 4-1 to Romain Sieberski from a field of over 240 players. Having played good pool all throughout the event and only dropping a few frames en-route of the 7 matches won. He came unstuck in the final with a few uncharacteristic errors to play below his usual standard and lost to an in form Romain who had previously defeated the French No1 player Christophe Lambert 4-1 in the semi-final. The Scottish 5 man team who were over defending their title lost in the quarter-finals 11-8 to Les Scorpions (the team they defeated in the final of 2005).
17 - 18 June 2006	EPT 8 Ball Tour Stop No1, Manchester	Pat lost in the last 16 of the inaugural American 8 ball tour event to Rico Diks (Holland) 10-4. Pat had fine wins over Ireland's Gary Millen 10-5 in the 1st round and then an impressive 10-3 win over the top UK9 ball player Kevin Uzzell to reach the last 16 stage, where his breaks deserted him. Of the 7 breaks he had, 2 came up dry and 3 scratches became too costly against a very tough competitor in Rico who never let Pat into the match at all. Pat snookered himself on 1 black and missed a black due to a 'kick' from the white ball. A combination of the above led to a one sided match that the scoreline reflects.
10 - 11 June 2006	WEPF World 8 Ball Masters, Blackpool	With a field of over 350 players, straight KO event, whoever wins this title duly deserves to be crowned Master of the small table 8 ball game. In the prelims, Pat had fine wins over Neil McKelvey 7-5 & Andy Pickering 7-1 to reach the last 128 stage. Another good 7-4 win for Pat over Sunny Singh (who reached the last 16 of the World singles) led him to a last 64 showdown with Phil Harrison (IPT player). Pat played well to win this tough match 7-6. In the last 32 Pat defeated Willy Reilly from Ireland 7-3. A last 16 match against another IPT player Darren Appleton where Pat came from 6-3 down to win 8-6. In the quarter finals he beat Shane Appleton (Darren's brother) by the same scoreline 8-6 to reach the semi-finals. Pat lost in the semi to Mick Hill 9-7. Coming back from 3-0 to draw level at 3-3 and then 6-6, Pat had a good chance to take the lead for the 1st time but missed a long pot and Mick capatilised on this error to go 7-6 up. A break and dish for Mick saw him on the hill at 8-6 only for Pat to pull out a great finish from nowhere to keep the pressure on his opponent at 8-7. Mick finished the match off with another break and dish to reach the final.
9 June 2006	WEPF World 8 Ball Singles Championship, Blackpool	Pat seeded No7 for this event got off to a great start with a fine 8-4 win over Irelands Shane O'Hara. With the match balanced at 4-4, Pat's tip came off his cue. A 5 minute break to re-tip his cue and Pat was on his way to the last 16. In the last 16 he came unstuck to the No1 Aussie Ben Nunan, who played flawless pool to win 8-3.
8 June 2006	Glasgow 8 Ball Singles League	Pat won this inaugural 8 ball singles league with the finest cueists from Central Scotland taking part. Pat won 14 out of 15 matches with an average match score of 7-3, only losing his 1^st ever match 6-4 to Colin Downie last October. He capped off this fine success by defeating Scotland’s form player Antz Morrison by a thumping 9-1 scoreline to take the title with Antz finishing 2^nd
4 June 2006	SAPPA 9 Ball Tour Stop No3, Glasgow	Pat won his 4th straight SAPPA ranking event on the trot, setting a new record on the tour in doing so. En route to the final he defeated Ross Simpson 6-2, Steve Westwater 6-3 and Tam Talent 6-1 to reach the last 16 straight KO. He then had a very tough match with Gary Houston 7-6 (from 6-4 down), then Clark Smith 7-3 in the quarter finals, Steve Westwater 8-5 in the semi-final and Steve Capaldi 9-5 in the final.
27 May 2006	Irish 9 Ball Masters	Pat won this inaugural event on the Irish tour adding to his current Irish 9 ball Champion title. On route in the group stages he had fine wins of 3-0, 3-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-1 to reach the last 16 straight KO. He defeated Ronnie Boyle 7-2, No2 ranked Paul Bonner 7-4, Declan Hughes 7-2 and Declan McMahon 9-4 in the final.
21 May 2006	SAPPA 5 Man team	Styx team won this event beating Pennies 13-12 in a nail biting final with Pat winning the deciding frame. Team Styx was made up of John Owen, Scott Gillespie, Stuart Ellis, Michael Valentine and Pat Holtz. Pat also won the 8 ball flyer event on the Saturday night.
14 May 2006	Glasgow 9 Ball Open	Pat won this event defeating Steve Capaldi 11-5 in the final. En-route he had fine wins over Peter McLanachan 9-2, Stuart Ellis 9-8, Kevin Irving 9-2 and Billy Edmond 10-6.
6 - 7 May 2006	SPA IM 8 Ball Tour No2, Airdrie	Pat lost in the 2nd round to John MacFarlane 6-3. In the previous round he defeated Iain Marr 5-1. John went on to place 2nd in the competition.
8 - 9 April 2006	BPPPA 9 Ball Tour Stop 5, Northampton	Pat came in 17th at this tour stop from 105 players. On route he defeated Nigel Francis 7-1 and David Walsh 8-6 (from 6-1 down) before losing narrowly to Damian Overton 9-7. He then went into the loser's section and beat Gareth Esprit 7-4 to reach the last 32 on the Sunday. He came unstuck in this round to Karl Boyes 9-7 and then went on to win his play-off spot for 17th.
26 March 2006	Pennies 8 Ball Tour Grand Final, Falkirk	Pat lost in last 16 to Mark Gilluley 5-1. Pat previously had good wins over Steven Bennie 5-1 and then Steve Robertson 5-2 before losing to Mark.
19 March 2006	Belhaven Masters Event 2 8 Ball Open, Airdrie	Pat lost in 2nd round to Billy Gilchrist 4-1, playing well below par. He then got to the quarter finals of the 1 frame plate event where he lost out to Jim Fisher.
12 March 2006	Reardons 9 Ball Open, Glasgow	Pat won this event defeating Steve Capaldi 7-6 in final. Along the way Pat beat Tam Talent, Scott Gillespie, Michael Valentine and Graham Tough to reach the final undefeated.
5 March 2006	Cue Here 8 Ball Open, Airdrie	Pat lost in the final of this event 5-4 to Antz Morrison. In earlier rounds he defeated Scott Gillespie 4-2, Alec McDowell 4-2, Steven Campbell Jnr 4-2, Scott Ross 4-3.
19 February 2006	Irish 9 Ball Tour Stop No2, Newry	Pat won the Irish tour defeating the No2 ranked player Paul Bonner 9-5 in the final. Pat won 3 matches out of 4 in the group stage to go through to the last 16 straight KO. He then beat Paul Tierney 7-2, Ronnie Boyle 7-4, Manny Byrne 7-4 on route to the final. Pat also won the Friday flyer defeating the No1 Irish player Paddy McLoughlin in the final. To top the weekend off, Pat helped the Scotland team win the Irish/Scots Challenge Cup by 10-6.
12 February 2006	SAPPA 9 Ball Tour Stop No2, Stirling	Pat won SAPPA Event 2 defeating Edinburgh's finest cueman Stevie Westwater 9-3 in the final. Pat's run to the final was not all plain sailing when he was sent to the losers section by Andy Morris 6-5 in the last 32 stage, having won his earlier two rounds 6-3, 6-1. Pat then woke up to beat J Ward 5-0, P King 7-0, J O'Hare 7-1, S Gillespie 8-4 to reach the final. Pat has now won the last 3 consecutive ranking events on the SAPPA tour.
4 - 5 February 2006	BPPPA 9 Ball Tour Stop 3, Nottingham	Defeating Carl Morris 7-4, Richard Underwood 9-5 and David Walsh (No6 seed) 9-8 on the Saturday, Pat then moved to the last 32 stage. Next Pat drew Carl Morris who came through the losers section and lost 9-7. Finally won a play-off 9-1 for 17th place against Brett Armer.
29 January 2006	Pennies 8 Ball Tour Event 4, Falkirk	Pat lost in the final of this event 5-3 to Paddy McMullen. In earlier rounds Pat defeated Gary Scott 4-1, Martin Shades 4-1, Mark Gilluley 4-2, Jayson Shaw 4-2 and Paddy Moir 4-3.
22 January 2006	SAPPA 9 Ball Tour Event 1, Kirkintilloch	Pat today won SAPPA Event 1 defeating European Professional Champion Scott Ross 9-3 in the final. Fine wins against M McInnes 6-5, N Selkirk 6-3, D Jack 6-4, J O'Hare 7-2, D Murray 7-2 and R McInnes 8-5 saw Pat reaching the final undefeated.
18 - 21 January 2006	European 9 Ball Tour Stop 1, Prague	Winning the first two matches 9-1, 9-1 and then losing the next 9-2, sent Pat into the loser's bracket. He then lost the first match in that section 9-7 which sent him crashing out the event at the last 64 stage.
13 - 16 January 2006	French 9 ball Open, Paris	Pat finished a disappointing 25th in this event, playing below his usual standard it showed in the result. It was a double eliminator. Pat lost in the 1st round of the winner's side 9-6 and then went on to the loser's side where he won 7-2, 7-0, 7-4 before losing 7-6 after being 6-5 up.
11 December 2005	SAPPA 9 Ball Tour Event 6, Stirling	Coming out on top of 48 players to win the sixth and final American Billiard Company SAPPA Ranking Event of 2006. Pat defeated Clark Smith 9-8 in final after being 8-3 down.

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