L-R: Simon Gibson, Marketing manager for Carlsberg UK, Stuart Blomeley the JW Lees Poker Champion and Mark Welch Pub Operations Director for JW Lees at the final on Sunday.
The final of the inaugural Carlsberg JW Lees Poker tournament took place at the Ratcliffe Bars on Sunday 1st June with the top players from 59 competing pubs and clubs battling it out for the £100 first prize and the trophy. Players had been competing over six weeks throughout the JW Lees estate throughout the north west of England and north Wales.
The top forty places in the final were as follows:
1st | Stuart Blomeley | Colliers Return |
2nd | Declan Scott | Wythenshawe Club |
3rd | Wayne Ashworth | Ratcliffe Bar |
4th | Daniel Melia | Park |
5th | Nicholas McCreight | Pendleton Bowling Club |
6th | Geoff "Bubbles" | Ratcliffe Bar |
7th | Alan Calow | Milnrow Workers |
8th | Mike Trowsdale | Swan (Oldham) |
9th | Eric Cornell | Ratcliffe Bar |
10th | William Bell | Pendleton Bowling Club |
11th | Shaun Appleyard | Kirkholt Working Mens Club |
12th | Les Tabener | Jolly Butcher |
13th | Gary Michaels | Boat & Horses |
14th | Richard Headen | Colliers Return |
15th | Danny Taylor | Boat & Horses |
16th | Paul Kyte | Charlestown |
17th | Andrew Guy | Belmore Hotel |
18th | Paul Wainwright | Milnrow Workers |
19th | Ryan McLeod | Charlestown |
20th | Shamus Salim | Kirkholt Working Mens Club |
21st | Warren Campbell | Park |
22nd | Roger Greig | Jolly Butcher |
23rd | Chris Wrigley | Swan (Oldham) |
24th | Darren Higgins | Boat & Horses |
25th | Anthony Dean | Wythenshawe Club |
26th | Carwyn Pritchard | Holland Arms |
27th | Maria Ormondroyd | Mill Beck Social Club |
28th | Graham Smithies | Carters Arms |
29th | Bill Ormondroyd | Mill Beck Social Club |
30th | Andy D | Ratcliffe Bar |
31st | Damian O’Connor | Kirkholt Working Mens Club |
32nd | Stephen Dixon | Carters Arms |
33rd | Luke Sampson | Spring Inn |
34th | Steve Bamping | Pendleton Bowling Club |
35th | George McCarthy | Jolly Butcher |
36th | Kurtis Vincent | Asshetton Arms |
37th | Stephen Hubbert | Rifle Range |
38th | John Lomas | Asshetton Arms |
39th | Lance Conway | Hunt Lane Tavern |
40th | Sean Carney | Spring Inn |