Kevin Tunstall won the first West Sussex Open when it was played at the Emsworth Club on Sunday 12th February.
KT beat Nigel Senior in the Final. Despite being among the best players of all time this was only their second meeting in an Open Final, and Nigel started strongly with a 19,100 table play-out. Kevin wasn’t to be denied another Open win and passed the score with the bar due to seal the win.
In a day that produced some shocks Rick Cunningham played superbly to reach the semi-finals and James Whittle and Trevor Fitzwilliam also made the quarter-finals for Sussex.
KT also won the highest break with 20,980 in his first-round win.
Phil Osborne beat Daniel Wheal in the Plate Final.