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IT WAS by no means plain sailing as Ashley Carty extended his lead on the EASB Premier Junior Tour.
The Rotherham teenager, who won the first leg and was a finalist in the second, had what can only be described as a roller-coaster weekend en route to winning the third event at Woking Snooker Centre.
Carty said: “On Saturday, I wasn’t playing well. I just had to grind out some results.
“On Sunday, I didn’t change anything. As the tournament went on and as I played on the better tables, my performance improved.”
The 19-year-old scraped through to the knockout, finishing third in his five-man group. But he recorded a sublime 135 total clearance, three points shy of his highest break, against Will Lemons (Sheffield).
“I don’t know where it came from,” he admitted to tournament director Stuart Barker.
In the last-16, he pulled a 3-2 victory out of the bag after Louis Heathcote (Leicester) missed a black of the spot to win 3-1.
And he recorded another century, 120, against Lemons (again) in the last-eight before defeating leg-two winner Brandon Sargeant (Stoke) to reach his third final of the season.
Carty brought his A game to the club’s tight match table for his clash with Haydon Pinhey (Plymouth).
Breaks of 54 and 65 in the first frame helped stamp his mark on the match. A 54 in the third left Pinhey wondering what he could do to stop his opponent. And there was no respite in the next as Carty fired in a 91 to wrap up a 4-0 victory.
Carty, who finished eighth last season, pocketed £250 plus the £25 high-break prize.
The weekend returned 68 recorded breaks of forty or more, which included five centuries.
Meanwhile, Harvey Chandler (Northants) had a lucky escape - or at least his cue did.
He drove away from the club on Saturday evening with his cue in its case on the roof of his car. Five minutes later, he realised. Retracing his route, he found his case and cue intact lying in the middle of the road.
The fourth leg of six is at Barratts, Northampton, on the weekend of April 18-19.
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 Rotherham teenager, who won the first leg and was a finalist in the second, had what can only be described as a roller-coaster weekend en route to winning the third event at Woking Snooker Centre.
Carty said: “On Saturday, I wasn’t playing well. I just had to grind out some results.
“On Sunday, I didn’t change anything. As the tournament went on and as I played on the better tables, my performance improved.”
The 19-year-old scraped through to the knockout, finishing third in his five-man group. But he recorded a sublime 135 total clearance, three points shy of his highest break, against Will Lemons (Sheffield).
“I don’t know where it came from,” he admitted to tournament director Stuart Barker.
In the last-16, he pulled a 3-2 victory out of the bag after Louis Heathcote (Leicester) missed a black of the spot to win 3-1.
And he recorded another century, 120, against Lemons (again) in the last-eight before defeating leg-two winner Brandon Sargeant (Stoke) to reach his third final of the season.
Carty brought his A game to the club’s tight match table for his clash with Haydon Pinhey (Plymouth).
Breaks of 54 and 65 in the first frame helped stamp his mark on the match. A 54 in the third left Pinhey wondering what he could do to stop his opponent. And there was no respite in the next as Carty fired in a 91 to wrap up a 4-0 victory.
Carty, who finished eighth last season, pocketed £250 plus the £25 high-break prize.
The weekend returned 68 recorded breaks of forty or more, which included five centuries.
Meanwhile, Harvey Chandler (Northants) had a lucky escape - or at least his cue did.
He drove away from the club on Saturday evening with his cue in its case on the roof of his car. Five minutes later, he realised. Retracing his route, he found his case and cue intact lying in the middle of the road.
The fourth leg of six is at Barratts, Northampton, on the weekend of April 18-19.
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.