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THE winners of the first two legs of the English Masters Tour Midlands finally crossed cues in the third event in Mansfield.
Darryn Walker, who didn’t enter the second tournament, met Jamie Bodle, who didn’t enter the first, twice at Towers Snooker Club.
Although Bodle (Derby) prevailed 2-1 in the round-robin group stages, Walker (Wolverhampton) won the final 3-2 to take top spot in the rankings.
The long day appeared to be having an effect on Walker as he struggled early on with his potting form. Bodle capitalised by taking the first two frames. A red up the rail into the top pocket sparked Walker back into life in the third and a well-constructed 76 squared the match.
Walker won an edgy decider, helped by a couple of fortunate rubs of the green.
He had made his intentions clear from the off with breaks of 76 and 41 in his first game against Paul Lloyd.
He added runs of 92, 74, 73, 71 and 51 in his other four round-robin matches and 56 and 45 in his semi-final victory over David Brown.
Bodle had chalked up runs of 84, 84, 67, 62, 57 and 52 in his previous six matches.
The fourth leg of six is at Cueball Derby on Sunday, November 29.
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.
Darryn Walker, who didn’t enter the second tournament, met Jamie Bodle, who didn’t enter the first, twice at Towers Snooker Club.
Although Bodle (Derby) prevailed 2-1 in the round-robin group stages, Walker (Wolverhampton) won the final 3-2 to take top spot in the rankings.
The long day appeared to be having an effect on Walker as he struggled early on with his potting form. Bodle capitalised by taking the first two frames. A red up the rail into the top pocket sparked Walker back into life in the third and a well-constructed 76 squared the match.
Walker won an edgy decider, helped by a couple of fortunate rubs of the green.
He had made his intentions clear from the off with breaks of 76 and 41 in his first game against Paul Lloyd.
He added runs of 92, 74, 73, 71 and 51 in his other four round-robin matches and 56 and 45 in his semi-final victory over David Brown.
Bodle had chalked up runs of 84, 84, 67, 62, 57 and 52 in his previous six matches.
The fourth leg of six is at Cueball Derby on Sunday, November 29.
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.