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EDEN Sharav may have increased his winnings on the English Ranking Series this season to £1,000 but the money will not be gathering dust in his bank.
The Gloucester-based Scot pocketed £500 after beating Sanderson Lam 5-4 in the final of the fourth leg at the Midlands Snooker Academy, Walsall.
But over the next few weeks, Sharav, who also won the first leg in September, will be faced with the expenses of the China Open, Welsh Open, Indian Open and a PTC event in Poland.
“The prize money that I’ve won will be going towards expenses for other events and practice, etc,” said the 22-year-old, originally from Alloa.
“I’m going to be putting a lot of hard work and preparation in now as I’ve got a busy month in February.”
The new rankings leader led Lam, known as Panda, 4-2 but was pegged back by his Leeds-based opponent. The decider hinged on a fluked snooker on the last red.
“I went for a mid-range red missed it and fluked a snooker,” explained Sharav. “Sanderson missed the red from the snooker, left me on and I managed to clear up to clinch the win.
“Fair play to Sanderson, he’s defiantly improved recently and I know he puts in a lot of hard work. He’s proving that by getting to the last two finals.”
Sharav paid tribute to the hosts and to Nick Harry for his “top refereeing”.
“These competitions are great and really good match practice for me,” he said.
“It feels great to be top of rankings.”
Lam collected £250 plus the £50 high-break prize for a 104 against Saqib Nasir in the second round.
The fifth leg of six is at The Crucible Sports & Social Club, Newbury, on March 14-15.
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.
The Gloucester-based Scot pocketed £500 after beating Sanderson Lam 5-4 in the final of the fourth leg at the Midlands Snooker Academy, Walsall.
But over the next few weeks, Sharav, who also won the first leg in September, will be faced with the expenses of the China Open, Welsh Open, Indian Open and a PTC event in Poland.
“The prize money that I’ve won will be going towards expenses for other events and practice, etc,” said the 22-year-old, originally from Alloa.
“I’m going to be putting a lot of hard work and preparation in now as I’ve got a busy month in February.”
The new rankings leader led Lam, known as Panda, 4-2 but was pegged back by his Leeds-based opponent. The decider hinged on a fluked snooker on the last red.
“I went for a mid-range red missed it and fluked a snooker,” explained Sharav. “Sanderson missed the red from the snooker, left me on and I managed to clear up to clinch the win.
“Fair play to Sanderson, he’s defiantly improved recently and I know he puts in a lot of hard work. He’s proving that by getting to the last two finals.”
Sharav paid tribute to the hosts and to Nick Harry for his “top refereeing”.
“These competitions are great and really good match practice for me,” he said.
“It feels great to be top of rankings.”
Lam collected £250 plus the £50 high-break prize for a 104 against Saqib Nasir in the second round.
The fifth leg of six is at The Crucible Sports & Social Club, Newbury, on March 14-15.
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.