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LESS than a week after dislocating his right shoulder, Ollie Tydeman collected his first winners’ trophy on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold Tour.
Tydeman had compiled a 109 break in a Super League match, in Southampton, hours after suffering the injury.
And just six days later he defeated rankings leader Jordan Winbourne 2-1 in the Cuestars final at The Academy, Eastleigh.
The 20-year-old from Woolston Conservative Club said: “I’m cueing really well. I’ve found a lot of confidence from somewhere and the balls are going in.
“I’ve changed a few things with my cue-action, but the thing I make sure of is that absolutely nothing moves at all. It’s paying dividends.”
He added to group-stage breaks of 72, 67 and 50 with a 64 in a 2-0 semi-final win over Group B runner-up Lee Roling (Eastleigh).
In his only previous outing on the Gold Tour, Tydeman lost 3-1 to Winbourne in the last-four in Swindon in December.
Title-favourite Winbourne chalked up runs of 72, 54, 50, 48, 42 and 41.
The 13-year-old England international overcame Daniel Woods (Chandler’s Ford) 2-1 from 1-0 down in the semi-finals.
Hours after dislocating his shoulder the previous week, and dosed up with ultra-strong painkillers, Tydeman chalked up a 109 against John Barton in a Super League match at Eastleigh Railway Institute.
His right shoulder popped out during an accident at his home in the afternoon.
While his family was calling an ambulance, Tydeman put it back in himself.
“This was the third time it’s happened,” he said. “Once you’ve done it once, it weakens the tendons and makes it easier to come out again.”
Tydeman had previously dislocated his shoulder while sleeping and again while kayaking at Fairthorne Manor, Botley.
“It’s quite painful,” he added. “But you know it’s going to really hurt if you try and move it. It’s not nice. My mum found the strongest pain killers I’ve ever had. It was still really painful.
“It wasn’t my cue arm luckily!”
The sixth tournament in the series is at Jesters SC, Swindon, on Sunday, April 11.
BREAKS:
Ollie Tydeman: 72, 67, 64, 50, 48.
Jordan Winbourne: 72, 54, 50, 48, 42, 41.
James Bolton: 70, 42.
Adam Swift: 66.
Ben Tanner: 53.
GOLD RESULTS:
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Ollie Tydeman (Woolston Cons); 2nd, Jordan Winbourne (Chandler’s Ford); 3rd, Ben Tanner (The Academy, Eastleigh); 4th, James Bolton (Salisbury SC); 5th, Chris Richards (Roath Labour Club, near Cardiff); 6th, Daniel Tallentire (Westbury).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Daniel Woods (Chandler’s Ford); 2nd, Lee Roling (The Academy, Eastleigh). 3rd, John Smith (The Academy, Eastleigh); 4th, Ollie Kendrick (Whitmore Reans Cons, Wolverhampton); 5th Adam Swift (The Academy, Eastleigh); 6th, Kevin Impett (Chandler’s Ford);
SEMI-FINALS (12 points): Tydeman beat Roling 2-0, Winbourne beat Woods 2-1.
FINAL (25/18 points): Tydeman beat Winbourne 2-1.
Ding-dong Bell wins Silver at Chandler’s Ford
LEE Bell won a ding-dong battle over Eastleigh club-mate Liam Burnet to claim top spot in the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour.
The Academy-based 16-year-old beat Burnet 3-0 in a close final at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club.
After fluking the yellow, Bell won the first frame on the black. He took the third on a re-spot.
Bell now leads the Silver rankings after securing a second tournament win of the season. He won the first event in Salisbury in October.
His 3-2 last-four victory over Lee Warner disposed the Gosport potter from top spot.
Burnet, 15, runner-up in round-robin Group A, defeated Group B winner and club-mate Matt Geer 3-1 in the second semi.
The sixth tournament in the series is at Jesters SC, Swindon, on Sunday, April 11.
SILVER RESULTS:
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Lee Warner (Stoke SC, Gosport); 2nd, Liam Burnet (The Academy, Eastleigh); 3rd, Bradley Chappell (Green Baize, Bournemouth); 4th, Sam Jefferson (Jesters, Swindon).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Matt Geer (The Academy, Eastleigh); 2nd, Lee Bell (The Academy, Eastleigh); 3rd, Daniel Winfield (Players, Westbury); 4th, Carl Sidey (The Academy, Basingstoke).
SEMI-FINALS (12 points): Bell beat Warner 3-2, Burnet beat Geer 3-1.
FINAL (25/18 points): Bell beat Burnet 3-0.
First winners’ trophy for Hatch
BRADLEY Hatch, from The Academy, Eastleigh, has collected his first winners’ trophy at a Cuestars tournament.
Hatch climbed to third place on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour after potting the opposition off the tables at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club.
He beat the Cuestars 2008/09 under-12 champion Mark Lloyd (Gosport) 2-0 in the final after seeing off Swindon’s Joe Moon 2-1 in the last-four.
After finishing second in his group to Swindon’s Oliver Parsons, Hatch beat Jodie Symes, ranked 16th on the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association circuit, 2-0 in the quarter-finals.
Lloyd, who compiled six breaks of more than 20 during the day’s play, accounted for Parsons 2-0 in the second semi.
In the previous round, Moon chalked up the result of the day by beating runaway rankings leader Ryan Gavin, from High Wycombe, 2-1. It was only Gavin’s third defeat in 31 matches this season.
Hatch is one point behind second-placed Symes, 15.
Charlie Gray (Chandler’s Ford) qualified for the knockout for the first time. He lost 2-1 to Parsons in the quarter-finals.
The sixth tournament in the series is at Jesters SC, Swindon, on Sunday, April 11.
BREAKS:
Joshua Lee: 31
Mark Lloyd: 27, 25, 24, 23, 22, 22
Joe Moon: 25
BRONZE RESULTS:
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Ryan Gavin (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 2nd, Joshua Lee (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Rob Henley (The Academy, Eastleigh); 4th, Joshua Hughes (Suzy Q’s, Worcester); 5th, Kane Bellows (Chandler’s Ford).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Jodie Symes (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Charlie Gray (Chandler’s Ford); 3rd, Oliver Clark (Stoke SC, Gosport); 4th, Spike Hull (Chandler’s Ford).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Oliver Parsons (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Bradley Hatch (The Academy, Eastleigh); 3rd, David Edwards (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 4th, James Thomas (The Academy, Eastleigh).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 2nd, Joe Moon (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Corrie Tallentire (Player’s, Westbury); 4th, Scott Danson (Chandler’s Ford).
QUARTER-FINALS (eight points): Moon beat Gavin 2-1, Hatch beat Symes 2-0, Parsons beat Gray 2-1, Lloyd beat Lee 2-0.
SEMI-FINALS (12 points): Hatch beat Moon 2-1, Lloyd beat Parsons 2-0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Hatch beat Lloyd 2-0.
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker Association coach)
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