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TWO Southend players dominated the second leg of the English Ranking Series at Woking Snooker Centre.
Sydney Wilson said the “highlight” was defeating his friend and practice partner Ryan Causton 5-1 in the final.
Wilson - who plays out of Stepfield Snooker Club in Witham, alongside professionals Allister Carter and Mark King - pocketed a cool £500. Causton was forced to settle for £250.
“I had a lot of very good wins against good players and I think I just found ‘my zone’ and focused throughout the whole tournament,” he said.
Indeed. The Essex cueman compiled a 107 break in the last-four and added a 104 in the final.
Meanwhile, leg-one winner Eden Sharav was knocked out 4-3 from 2-0 and 3-2 up in the last-16 by 22-year-old dad-to-be Billy Castle.
Castle, who lost 4-1 to Wilson in the next round, declared: “It’s all very exciting and it’ll be the best thing that’s happened to me.”
(Referring, no doubt, to the baby that he and wife Betsie are expecting in May rather than his win over the Scotland international.)
Londoner Wayne Townsend collected the £50 high-break prize for a 141 in his first match against Sonnie O’Sullivan (Aylesbury).
The third leg of six is at Cueball Derby on the weekend of December 6-7.
Tim Dunkley
EASB Media Officer South and World Snooker coach
The English Association of Snooker & Billiards is the national governing body for the amateur game in this country. For more information about competitions, rankings lists and results, see www.easb.co.uk.
Sydney Wilson said the “highlight” was defeating his friend and practice partner Ryan Causton 5-1 in the final.
Wilson - who plays out of Stepfield Snooker Club in Witham, alongside professionals Allister Carter and Mark King - pocketed a cool £500. Causton was forced to settle for £250.
“I had a lot of very good wins against good players and I think I just found ‘my zone’ and focused throughout the whole tournament,” he said.
Indeed. The Essex cueman compiled a 107 break in the last-four and added a 104 in the final.
Meanwhile, leg-one winner Eden Sharav was knocked out 4-3 from 2-0 and 3-2 up in the last-16 by 22-year-old dad-to-be Billy Castle.
Castle, who lost 4-1 to Wilson in the next round, declared: “It’s all very exciting and it’ll be the best thing that’s happened to me.”
(Referring, no doubt, to the baby that he and wife Betsie are expecting in May rather than his win over the Scotland international.)
Londoner Wayne Townsend collected the £50 high-break prize for a 141 in his first match against Sonnie O’Sullivan (Aylesbury).
The third leg of six is at Cueball Derby on the weekend of December 6-7.
Tim Dunkley
EASB Media Officer South and World Snooker coach
The English Association of Snooker & Billiards is the national governing body for the amateur game in this country. For more information about competitions, rankings lists and results, see www.easb.co.uk.
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