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SWINDON Jesters A regained top spot in the Cuestars Junior Section Team Challenge after a hard-fought victory on home tables.
With two tournaments to play, they lead defending champions Westbury A by a slender one point.
Liam O’Shea, Derrick Volante, Sam Weekes and Jodie Symes romped past their title-rivals 5-1 in the semi-finals of event four.
But the awesome foursome were pushed to the final black by Eastleigh Hustlers in the final.
With the score locked at 3-3, O’Shea was selected to play Hustlers’ Rob Henley in a tie-break.
But needing the last two colours, Henley over screwed the pink, in a bid to gain position on the black, and went in-off. O’Shea pounced on the chance to clinch victory.
It was Henley’s second tie-break frame of the day. In the semi-finals, the 15-year-old beat Sam Jefferson, from Jesters B.
Westbury A brought in Corrie Tallentire to replace Gary Wilkins. It was their first team change this season.
Meanwhile, Lee Roling, captain of Eastleigh Untouchables, forgot to take his cue to Swindon.
However, the 19-year-old managed to compile a half-century using a club cue AND lead his side to victory in the Plate competition.
Team driver Terry Bell said: “How can you go to a snooker comp and forget your cue?
“When we went to Salisbury, he forgot his shoes. We had to whip down to Matalan.
“He did alright with the club cue, anyway.”
In the Plate semi-finals, they thumped Swindon Jesters D 6-0. Ben Tanner made a 60 break, Liam Burnet a 55, Lee Bell a 38 and Roling a 54.
Burnet won a seventh-frame decider against Jesters C in the final.
Event five of six has been switched from Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport, to Jesters, Swindon, on Sunday, March 28.
RESULTS:
QUARTER-FINALS (eight points): Swindon Jesters A beat Swindon Jesters D 5-1, Westbury A beat Eastleigh Untouchables 5-1, Eastleigh Hustlers beat Swindon Jesters C 4-2.
SEMI-FINALS (12 points): Swindon Jesters A beat Westbury A 5-1, Eastleigh Hustlers beat Swindon Jesters B 4-3.
FINAL (25/18 points): Swindon Jesters A beat Eastleigh Hustlers 4-3.
PLATE:
SEMI-FINALS (one point): Swindon Jesters C beat Swindon Jesters B 4-3, Eastleigh Untouchables beat Swindon Jesters D 6-0.
FINAL (five/three points): Eastleigh Untouchables beat Swindon Jesters C 4-3.
TEAMS:
Eastleigh Untouchables: Lee Roling, Ben Tanner, Liam Burnet, Lee Bell
Eastleigh Hustlers: Matt Geer, Rob Henley, Bradley Hatch, James Thomas.
Swindon Jesters A: Liam O’Shea, Derrick Volante, Sam Weekes, Jodie Symes
Swindon Jesters B: Dom Burtenshaw, Joshua Lee, Sam Jefferson, Joe Moon.
Swindon Jesters C: Jamie Perry, Troy Bodmin, Mathew Bellinger, Dwaine Leiblich.
Swindon Jesters D: Oliver Parsons, Daniel Hall, Kieran Gibbs, Connor Flanagan.
Westbury A: Daniel Tallentire, Daniel Winfield, Corrie Tallentire, Jake White.
About Cuestars
Founded 16 years ago by director John Hunter, Cuestars runs grass-root snooker tournaments across the South of England and South Wales.
Competitions take place on Sundays between October and June, and cater for players aged eight to 80 - and in some cases even older!
All Cuestars tournaments, apart from the Team Challenge, are played off scratch. There are no handicaps. Cuestars uses a round-robin format leading to a knockout.
The Cuestars ‘South of England’ Championship Tour, which has no age limit, consists of eight tournaments. The top-16 ranked players will be invited to the end-of-season play-off for the title of Cuestars ‘South of England’ Champion. And the top eight aged 50 and over will play off to find the Cuestars ‘South of England’ Masters Champion.
There are three under-21 tours. Gold is for players with a high break of 60 or more, Silver is for players with a high break between 40-59 and Bronze is for players with a high break of less than 40. After eight tournaments, the top-eight ranked players from each tour will be invited to the end-of-season play-offs to find the Gold, Silver and Bronze ‘South of England’ Junior Champions.
Website: cuestars.uk.com. E-mail John Hunter: john@cuestars.uk.com
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)
With two tournaments to play, they lead defending champions Westbury A by a slender one point.
Liam O’Shea, Derrick Volante, Sam Weekes and Jodie Symes romped past their title-rivals 5-1 in the semi-finals of event four.
But the awesome foursome were pushed to the final black by Eastleigh Hustlers in the final.
With the score locked at 3-3, O’Shea was selected to play Hustlers’ Rob Henley in a tie-break.
But needing the last two colours, Henley over screwed the pink, in a bid to gain position on the black, and went in-off. O’Shea pounced on the chance to clinch victory.
It was Henley’s second tie-break frame of the day. In the semi-finals, the 15-year-old beat Sam Jefferson, from Jesters B.
Westbury A brought in Corrie Tallentire to replace Gary Wilkins. It was their first team change this season.
Meanwhile, Lee Roling, captain of Eastleigh Untouchables, forgot to take his cue to Swindon.
However, the 19-year-old managed to compile a half-century using a club cue AND lead his side to victory in the Plate competition.
Team driver Terry Bell said: “How can you go to a snooker comp and forget your cue?
“When we went to Salisbury, he forgot his shoes. We had to whip down to Matalan.
“He did alright with the club cue, anyway.”
In the Plate semi-finals, they thumped Swindon Jesters D 6-0. Ben Tanner made a 60 break, Liam Burnet a 55, Lee Bell a 38 and Roling a 54.
Burnet won a seventh-frame decider against Jesters C in the final.
Event five of six has been switched from Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport, to Jesters, Swindon, on Sunday, March 28.
RESULTS:
QUARTER-FINALS (eight points): Swindon Jesters A beat Swindon Jesters D 5-1, Westbury A beat Eastleigh Untouchables 5-1, Eastleigh Hustlers beat Swindon Jesters C 4-2.
SEMI-FINALS (12 points): Swindon Jesters A beat Westbury A 5-1, Eastleigh Hustlers beat Swindon Jesters B 4-3.
FINAL (25/18 points): Swindon Jesters A beat Eastleigh Hustlers 4-3.
PLATE:
SEMI-FINALS (one point): Swindon Jesters C beat Swindon Jesters B 4-3, Eastleigh Untouchables beat Swindon Jesters D 6-0.
FINAL (five/three points): Eastleigh Untouchables beat Swindon Jesters C 4-3.
TEAMS:
Eastleigh Untouchables: Lee Roling, Ben Tanner, Liam Burnet, Lee Bell
Eastleigh Hustlers: Matt Geer, Rob Henley, Bradley Hatch, James Thomas.
Swindon Jesters A: Liam O’Shea, Derrick Volante, Sam Weekes, Jodie Symes
Swindon Jesters B: Dom Burtenshaw, Joshua Lee, Sam Jefferson, Joe Moon.
Swindon Jesters C: Jamie Perry, Troy Bodmin, Mathew Bellinger, Dwaine Leiblich.
Swindon Jesters D: Oliver Parsons, Daniel Hall, Kieran Gibbs, Connor Flanagan.
Westbury A: Daniel Tallentire, Daniel Winfield, Corrie Tallentire, Jake White.
About Cuestars
Founded 16 years ago by director John Hunter, Cuestars runs grass-root snooker tournaments across the South of England and South Wales.
Competitions take place on Sundays between October and June, and cater for players aged eight to 80 - and in some cases even older!
All Cuestars tournaments, apart from the Team Challenge, are played off scratch. There are no handicaps. Cuestars uses a round-robin format leading to a knockout.
The Cuestars ‘South of England’ Championship Tour, which has no age limit, consists of eight tournaments. The top-16 ranked players will be invited to the end-of-season play-off for the title of Cuestars ‘South of England’ Champion. And the top eight aged 50 and over will play off to find the Cuestars ‘South of England’ Masters Champion.
There are three under-21 tours. Gold is for players with a high break of 60 or more, Silver is for players with a high break between 40-59 and Bronze is for players with a high break of less than 40. After eight tournaments, the top-eight ranked players from each tour will be invited to the end-of-season play-offs to find the Gold, Silver and Bronze ‘South of England’ Junior Champions.
Website: cuestars.uk.com. E-mail John Hunter: john@cuestars.uk.com
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)