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Lloyd repays sponsor’s faith
GOSPORT teenager Mark Lloyd repaid his new sponsor’s faith with a first winner’s trophy on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold Tour.
Lloyd battled through two humdinger knockout matches against home players at the Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, after finished runner-up in his three-man round-robin group.
The 14-year-old edged out Rikki Moore 3-2 from 2-0 down in the last-four and Bradley Chappell, who had beaten Lloyd 3-1 in the group stages, 3-2 in the final.
“Brad played well in the first frame,” admitted Lloyd, who then took the next two. “I was just about to win the second-to-last frame but he knocked in a fabulous clearance. The momentum was with him.”
But there was to be no winning return to the Cuestars circuit for Chappell as the new rankings leader won the decider.
Dave and Rose Norman, the husband and wife owners of Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport, have offered Lloyd free table time, one-to-one tuition from Dave and tournament expenses. They popped into Greenbaize to check on their protégé’s progress.
“It was nice having them here,” said Lloyd. “I went 2-0 down to Rikki in the semis and managed to clinch it. Dave was watching.”
The talented young potter, who also competes on the EASB Regional Junior Tour, reached the semi-final on his Gold Tour debut in Salisbury but failed to progress from the group stages in Woking and Swindon where he had the consolation of claiming both Plate trophies.
Meanwhile, another Stoke Snooker Club member, James Budd, was denied a happy 18th birthday after letting slip a 2-0 lead against Chappell in the semi-finals.
The fifth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Rikki Moore: 53.
Bradley Chappell: 47.
James Budd: 40, 31.
GOLD RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Rikki Moore (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Daniel Knox (Woking SC); 4th, Sam Storey (Crucible, Newbury).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Bradley Chappell (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe).
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Lloyd beat Moore 3-2, Chappell beat Budd 3-2.
FINAL (£25/£10, 25/18 points): Lloyd beat Chappell 3-2.
Ten-year-old leads Silver rankings
A REMARKABLE ten-year-old from Basingstoke has taken over top spot in the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour snooker rankings.
Demon potter Mickey Joyce leads the field after clinching the fourth leg at the Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth.
Joyce, who is based at Chandler’s Ford SC, near Southampton, explained his strategy was to “keep on potting balls” when trailing by 30 points in the first frame of the final.
Spurred on by watching his clubmate Luke Beebe claim the Bronze final, Joyce overcame Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport) 2-0 on the match table that has TV lighting.
“I like it because it was really quick,” he said.
Last season’s Bronze Tour champion admitted it was a “hard” match but he said his toughest battle was a 2-0 quarter-final victory over leg-two winner Jasmine Bolsover, 14, from Woking Snooker Centre.
He has a two-point lead over Nathan Farmer, who lost 2-1 to Stoke clubmate Gillon in the last-eight
Elsewhere, Joe Kitchen, also from Stoke SC, posted a personal best 32 break in a 2-1 group-stage defeat by Farmer.
Home player Bradley Cowdroy ended a run of three successive quarter-final exits this season by reaching the last-four thanks to a 22 clearance against another Stoke player, Bradley Leishman, that secured the third-frame decider on the final black. He went out 2-1 to Gillon.
And Anthony Church, also based at Greenbaize, marked his 12th appearance on the circuit with a first semi-final after edging Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC) 2-1 on the final black. He went out 2-0 to the eventual champion.
Joyce, who attends Winklebury Junior School in Basingstoke, is sponsored by Surrey-based Falcon Pools. He also competes on the EASB Regional Junior Tour and last month compiled his first competitive half-century break, a 54 in the Eastleigh & District Under-18 League.
His win in Bournemouth follows semi-final exits in the previous two legs.
The fifth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Bradley Cowdroy: 37, 36.
Joe Kitchen: 32.
Bradley Leishman: 31.
Mickey Joyce: 30.
SILVER RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Nathan Farmer (Stoke SC, Gosport); 2nd, Jasmine Bolsover (Woking SC); 3rd, Joe Kitchen (Stoke SC, Gosport); 4th, Jamie Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 2nd, Anthony Church (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 3rd, Canberk Benning (Jesters, Swindon); 4th, Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Bradley Leishman (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Mike Trigg (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Daniel Compton (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Mickey Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Cameron Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): M Gillon beat Farmer 2-1, Cowdroy beat Leishman 2-1, Church beat Sykes 2-1, Joyce beat Bolsover 2-0.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): M Gillon beat Cowdroy 2-1, Joyce beat Church 2-0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Joyce beat M Gillon 2-0.
Beebe edges Gibbs for first winner’s trophy
TWO young potters with the world at their feet entertained spectators with an absorbing and high-quality finale to the fourth leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Bronze Tour.
But it was Luke Beebe who emerged victorious from the clash against rankings title-rival Ollie Gibbs to claim his first winner’s trophy on the junior circuit at Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth.
The 12-year-old from Eastleigh produced intelligent matchplay to see off his sharp-shooting opponent from Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport.
Speaking after the 2-1 win, Beebe, who is based at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, said it felt “really good because I had to battle hard through all the stages”.
Gibbs made a 25 break from a fluked red in the first frame but lost on the pink.
The ten-year-old added a 24 in the next which Beebe conceded with one red left.
Determined not to suffer a third successive final defeat, Beebe took a decent lead in the decider. Gibbs started clawing back the deficit but fell victim to good safety play and intelligent snookers.
Second-placed Beebe, who now trails rankings leader Gibbs by four points, made his Cuestars debut in Salisbury in October, 2012. After finishing third in his group in the first two events, he made four successive quarter-final exits. This season he reached the semi-final in the first leg and picked up runners-up trophies in the next two.
Elsewhere, Keegan Reed (Salisbury Snooker Club) reached the quarter-finals for the first time in his debut season. The 14-year-old, who took up snooker only six months ago and has already posted a 25 break, was beaten 2-1 by clubmate Callum McDonald, who had survived a three-way play-off in the group stages.
Sam Warren, from Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, topped his group and qualified for the knockout for the first time. But the 13-year-old went out 2-0 to Gibbs.
Gibbs exploded onto the Cuestars circuit this season, winning two of his first three competitions. The lad with the unorthodox technique collected the winner’s trophy in his first tournament in Salisbury and repeated the feat in the third leg in Swindon, where he beat Beebe 2-0 in the final.
He started on a small table, aged four, and progressed to a full-sized version at Butlins.
Mum Louise said she was “ecstatic” and added: “I’m very proud. When I bought him his first table at four-years-old, I never dreamed he would be so good. Long may it continue.”
The fifth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Edward James: 28, 23.
Ben Hatch: 21.
Ollie Gibbs: 25, 24, 21.
BRONZE RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Sam Warren (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Edward James (Woking SC); 3rd, Ben Tillison (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 4th, Ryan Compton (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC); 2nd, Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Liam Ashman (Player’s, Westbury); 4th, David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Luke Beebe (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Callum McDonald (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC); 4th, Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Ben Hatch (Southampton); 2nd, Ollie Gibbs (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 4th, Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Gibbs beat Warren 2-0, McDonald beat Reed 2-1, Beebe beat Petty 2-0, James beat Hatch 2-1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Gibbs beat McDonald 2-0, Beebe beat James 2-0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Beebe beat Gibbs 2-1.
Benning’s name was always on the Plate
THE snooker Gods decided early on that Canberk Benning would claim the Plate trophy at the Greenbaize Snooker Club in rain-swept Bournemouth.
Swindon’s only entry in the fourth leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Tours won two matches in his Silver group but missed out on a place in the knockout by one frame.
In the Plate competition, the 15-year-old compiled a 31 break against Cameron Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport) and edged past Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) on a re-spotted black after sinking the last three colours.
He then accounted for Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) and Cuestars newcomer David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) in the final.
BREAKS
Canberk Benning: 31.
PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)
LAST-16: Jamie Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth) beat Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC), Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) beat Ryan Compton (Copnor SC, Portsmouth), Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Canberk Benning (Jesters, Swindon) beat Cameron Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport), Ben Tillison (Copnor SC, Portsmouth) beat Daniel Compton (Copnor SC, Portsmouth), David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Liam Ashman (Player’s, Westbury).
QUARTER-FINALS: Holt beat Wilson, Benning beat Kidner, Tillison beat Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury), O’Callaghan beat Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth).
SEMI-FINALS: Benning beat Holt, O’Callaghan beat Tillison.
FINAL: Benning beat O’Callaghan.
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)
GOSPORT teenager Mark Lloyd repaid his new sponsor’s faith with a first winner’s trophy on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold Tour.
Lloyd battled through two humdinger knockout matches against home players at the Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, after finished runner-up in his three-man round-robin group.
The 14-year-old edged out Rikki Moore 3-2 from 2-0 down in the last-four and Bradley Chappell, who had beaten Lloyd 3-1 in the group stages, 3-2 in the final.
“Brad played well in the first frame,” admitted Lloyd, who then took the next two. “I was just about to win the second-to-last frame but he knocked in a fabulous clearance. The momentum was with him.”
But there was to be no winning return to the Cuestars circuit for Chappell as the new rankings leader won the decider.
Dave and Rose Norman, the husband and wife owners of Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport, have offered Lloyd free table time, one-to-one tuition from Dave and tournament expenses. They popped into Greenbaize to check on their protégé’s progress.
“It was nice having them here,” said Lloyd. “I went 2-0 down to Rikki in the semis and managed to clinch it. Dave was watching.”
The talented young potter, who also competes on the EASB Regional Junior Tour, reached the semi-final on his Gold Tour debut in Salisbury but failed to progress from the group stages in Woking and Swindon where he had the consolation of claiming both Plate trophies.
Meanwhile, another Stoke Snooker Club member, James Budd, was denied a happy 18th birthday after letting slip a 2-0 lead against Chappell in the semi-finals.
The fifth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Rikki Moore: 53.
Bradley Chappell: 47.
James Budd: 40, 31.
GOLD RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Rikki Moore (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Daniel Knox (Woking SC); 4th, Sam Storey (Crucible, Newbury).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Bradley Chappell (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe).
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Lloyd beat Moore 3-2, Chappell beat Budd 3-2.
FINAL (£25/£10, 25/18 points): Lloyd beat Chappell 3-2.
Ten-year-old leads Silver rankings
A REMARKABLE ten-year-old from Basingstoke has taken over top spot in the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour snooker rankings.
Demon potter Mickey Joyce leads the field after clinching the fourth leg at the Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth.
Joyce, who is based at Chandler’s Ford SC, near Southampton, explained his strategy was to “keep on potting balls” when trailing by 30 points in the first frame of the final.
Spurred on by watching his clubmate Luke Beebe claim the Bronze final, Joyce overcame Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport) 2-0 on the match table that has TV lighting.
“I like it because it was really quick,” he said.
Last season’s Bronze Tour champion admitted it was a “hard” match but he said his toughest battle was a 2-0 quarter-final victory over leg-two winner Jasmine Bolsover, 14, from Woking Snooker Centre.
He has a two-point lead over Nathan Farmer, who lost 2-1 to Stoke clubmate Gillon in the last-eight
Elsewhere, Joe Kitchen, also from Stoke SC, posted a personal best 32 break in a 2-1 group-stage defeat by Farmer.
Home player Bradley Cowdroy ended a run of three successive quarter-final exits this season by reaching the last-four thanks to a 22 clearance against another Stoke player, Bradley Leishman, that secured the third-frame decider on the final black. He went out 2-1 to Gillon.
And Anthony Church, also based at Greenbaize, marked his 12th appearance on the circuit with a first semi-final after edging Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC) 2-1 on the final black. He went out 2-0 to the eventual champion.
Joyce, who attends Winklebury Junior School in Basingstoke, is sponsored by Surrey-based Falcon Pools. He also competes on the EASB Regional Junior Tour and last month compiled his first competitive half-century break, a 54 in the Eastleigh & District Under-18 League.
His win in Bournemouth follows semi-final exits in the previous two legs.
The fifth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Bradley Cowdroy: 37, 36.
Joe Kitchen: 32.
Bradley Leishman: 31.
Mickey Joyce: 30.
SILVER RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Nathan Farmer (Stoke SC, Gosport); 2nd, Jasmine Bolsover (Woking SC); 3rd, Joe Kitchen (Stoke SC, Gosport); 4th, Jamie Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 2nd, Anthony Church (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 3rd, Canberk Benning (Jesters, Swindon); 4th, Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Bradley Leishman (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Mike Trigg (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Daniel Compton (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Mickey Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Cameron Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): M Gillon beat Farmer 2-1, Cowdroy beat Leishman 2-1, Church beat Sykes 2-1, Joyce beat Bolsover 2-0.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): M Gillon beat Cowdroy 2-1, Joyce beat Church 2-0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Joyce beat M Gillon 2-0.
Beebe edges Gibbs for first winner’s trophy
TWO young potters with the world at their feet entertained spectators with an absorbing and high-quality finale to the fourth leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Bronze Tour.
But it was Luke Beebe who emerged victorious from the clash against rankings title-rival Ollie Gibbs to claim his first winner’s trophy on the junior circuit at Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth.
The 12-year-old from Eastleigh produced intelligent matchplay to see off his sharp-shooting opponent from Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport.
Speaking after the 2-1 win, Beebe, who is based at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, said it felt “really good because I had to battle hard through all the stages”.
Gibbs made a 25 break from a fluked red in the first frame but lost on the pink.
The ten-year-old added a 24 in the next which Beebe conceded with one red left.
Determined not to suffer a third successive final defeat, Beebe took a decent lead in the decider. Gibbs started clawing back the deficit but fell victim to good safety play and intelligent snookers.
Second-placed Beebe, who now trails rankings leader Gibbs by four points, made his Cuestars debut in Salisbury in October, 2012. After finishing third in his group in the first two events, he made four successive quarter-final exits. This season he reached the semi-final in the first leg and picked up runners-up trophies in the next two.
Elsewhere, Keegan Reed (Salisbury Snooker Club) reached the quarter-finals for the first time in his debut season. The 14-year-old, who took up snooker only six months ago and has already posted a 25 break, was beaten 2-1 by clubmate Callum McDonald, who had survived a three-way play-off in the group stages.
Sam Warren, from Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, topped his group and qualified for the knockout for the first time. But the 13-year-old went out 2-0 to Gibbs.
Gibbs exploded onto the Cuestars circuit this season, winning two of his first three competitions. The lad with the unorthodox technique collected the winner’s trophy in his first tournament in Salisbury and repeated the feat in the third leg in Swindon, where he beat Beebe 2-0 in the final.
He started on a small table, aged four, and progressed to a full-sized version at Butlins.
Mum Louise said she was “ecstatic” and added: “I’m very proud. When I bought him his first table at four-years-old, I never dreamed he would be so good. Long may it continue.”
The fifth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Edward James: 28, 23.
Ben Hatch: 21.
Ollie Gibbs: 25, 24, 21.
BRONZE RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Sam Warren (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Edward James (Woking SC); 3rd, Ben Tillison (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 4th, Ryan Compton (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC); 2nd, Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Liam Ashman (Player’s, Westbury); 4th, David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Luke Beebe (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Callum McDonald (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC); 4th, Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Ben Hatch (Southampton); 2nd, Ollie Gibbs (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 4th, Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Gibbs beat Warren 2-0, McDonald beat Reed 2-1, Beebe beat Petty 2-0, James beat Hatch 2-1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Gibbs beat McDonald 2-0, Beebe beat James 2-0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Beebe beat Gibbs 2-1.
Benning’s name was always on the Plate
THE snooker Gods decided early on that Canberk Benning would claim the Plate trophy at the Greenbaize Snooker Club in rain-swept Bournemouth.
Swindon’s only entry in the fourth leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Tours won two matches in his Silver group but missed out on a place in the knockout by one frame.
In the Plate competition, the 15-year-old compiled a 31 break against Cameron Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport) and edged past Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) on a re-spotted black after sinking the last three colours.
He then accounted for Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) and Cuestars newcomer David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) in the final.
BREAKS
Canberk Benning: 31.
PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)
LAST-16: Jamie Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth) beat Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC), Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) beat Ryan Compton (Copnor SC, Portsmouth), Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Canberk Benning (Jesters, Swindon) beat Cameron Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport), Ben Tillison (Copnor SC, Portsmouth) beat Daniel Compton (Copnor SC, Portsmouth), David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Liam Ashman (Player’s, Westbury).
QUARTER-FINALS: Holt beat Wilson, Benning beat Kidner, Tillison beat Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury), O’Callaghan beat Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth).
SEMI-FINALS: Benning beat Holt, O’Callaghan beat Tillison.
FINAL: Benning beat O’Callaghan.
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)