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NATIONAL duty may scupper Mark Lloyd’s chance of clinching the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold Tour rankings title.
The 15-year-old, based at Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport, regained the lead after accounting for his number-one rival Brad Chappell 2-0 in the final of the fifth leg at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
But Lloyd misses the next event because he will be in Leeds for the last-16 of the English Under-16 Championship.
“Best of luck to everyone,” he said. “(But) I need to concentrate on the EASB events.”
Lloyd, who has a seven-point lead over Chappell (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), admitted he “struggled through the day”.
Chappell doubled the match-ball black in the deciding frame of his semi-final to deny Jonny Mutch (Cambridge SC) a first appearance in a final.
Eleven-year-old Mickey Joyce, one of only two (the other was Cameron Holt) to take a frame off Lloyd throughout the entire day, missed out on qualifying for the knockout as one of the two best third-placed players by one frame.
The sixth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, March 1.
BREAKS
Mark Lloyd: 66, 42.
Brad Chappell: 57, 54, 54, 47.
Oliver Parsons: 56, 49.
Josh Lee: 47.
Bradley Cowdroy: 44.
Stewart Ball: 43.
GOLD RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Bradley Chappell (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Stewart Ball (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 3rd, Austen Petty (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Ollie Parsons (Jesters, Swindon); 5th, James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Josh Lee (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Anthony Rice (Salisbury SC); 4th, Jamie Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 5th, Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 2nd, Jonny Mutch (Cambridge SC); 3rd, Mickey Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Nathan Farmer (Stoke SC, Gosport); 5th, Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Chappell 2 Petty 0, Mutch 2 Cowdroy 1, Lloyd 2 Lee 0, Ball 2 Rice 1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Lloyd 2 Ball 0, Chappell 2 Mutch 1.
FINAL (£50/£25 25/18 points): Lloyd 2 Chappell 0.
Gillon boosted by high break
MATT Gillon said a massive confidence boost the day before helped him claim a first tournament win on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour.
The Gosport teenager made a personal best 54 break on the eve of the trip to Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
After beating Reece King (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth) 2-1 in the final, Gillon paid tribute to his opponent.
“My hardest game of the day had to be in the final against Reece,” said the 17-year-old. “He’s coming along as a class player.”
And he added: “I went into the tournament feeling confident as I knew I had played a lot of great snooker during the week.”
Gillon (Stoke SC), whose last Cuestars tournament win was at his final Bronze Tour event in Salisbury in May, 2013, climbed to second, three points behind rankings leader Callum McDonald (Salisbury SC). His clubmate Joe Kitchen is third.
In the semi-finals, King had accounted for McDonald 2-0 and Gillon beat Kitchen by the same score.
The sixth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, March 1.
SILVER RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport); 2nd, Reece King (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 3rd, Drew Hampshire (147 SC, Swindon); 4th, Nat Kidner (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 5th, Edward James (Woking SC); 6th, Abhay Chopra (Chandler’s Ford SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Callum McDonald (Salisbury SC); 2nd, Joe Kitchen (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Olly Gibbs (Stoke SC, Gosport); 4th, Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC); 5th, Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC).
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Gillon 2 Kitchen 0, King 2 McDonald 0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Gillon 2 King 1.
Hubba Bubba Kid III
A TEN-year-old snooker player from Bristol has claimed his third tournament win of the season on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Bronze Tour.
Aidan Murphy regained the rankings lead after beating Steven Hughes 2-1 from 1-0 down in the final of the fifth leg at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
Murphy, known as the Hubba Bubba Kid because of his penchant for chewing bubblegum during matches, was again sporting his lucky tartan waistcoat and celebrated his victory with a McDonald’s and a strawberry milkshake.
Dad Derek said: “Aidan was thrilled to win his third Cuestars event.
“He managed to win the event only dropping one frame all day so he was really pleased with that.
“His mum (Gail) went to support him this time and she was over the moon to witness the win.”
Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC) has appeared in all five finals this season. The 13-year-old won the fourth leg in Woking but has lost the other four – three times to Murphy.
Home player Stefan Djakovic (Jesters, Swindon) made the quarter-finals for the first time and Harry Jones (Frames Sports Bar, Coulsdon) went one better by making the semis for the first time. Both were knocked out by Hughes.
Murphy leads Hughes by five points with three events left. David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) is 24 points further back in third.
The sixth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, March 1.
BREAKS
Steven Hughes: 31.
Aidan Murphy: 23, 23, 22, 21, 21, 20.
Bowen Zhu: 23.
Harry Jones: 22, 21.
David Rice: 22.
Ryan Hughes: 20.
BRONZE RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Connor Benzey (Chandler’s Ford SC); 3rd, Ben Crump (Stoke SC, Gosport); 4th, Luke McCormick (Mayfair, Gosport); 5th, Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC); 6th, Viktor Balgariev (Jesters, Swindon).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Aidan Murphy (Bristol Conservative Club); 2nd, Stefan Djakovic (Jesters, Swindon); joint 3rd, Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford SC), Dan Parks (Woking SC) & Ben Mulvihill (Woking SC); 6th, Albert Warren (Salisbury SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Steven Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Oliver Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 3rd, Ryan Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, David Rice (Salisbury SC); 5th, Oli Line (Chandler’s Ford SC); 6th, Harry Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Harry Jones (Frames Sports Bar, Coulsdon, Surrey); 2nd, David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 3rd, Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 4th, Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC); 5th, Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 6th, Lewis Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): O’Callaghan 2 Kearns 0, Murphy 2 Sykes 0, S Hughes 2 Djakovic 1, Jones 2 Benzey 1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Murphy 2 O’Callaghan 0, S Hughes 2 Jones 0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Murphy 2 Hughes 1.
Second trophy for Rice
DAVID Rice put his frustration behind him and collected a second trophy in just three outings on the Cuestars circuit.
The 20-year-old from Fordingbridge, who reached the Bronze final at Woking, beat Gold player Cameron Holt (Reading) in the Plate final at the fifth leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Tours at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
“I was quite frustrated not to get out of my group as I was in a three-way tie and went out on head-to-head results,” said Rice.
“But I just put that behind me and focused on getting another trophy.”
A good field of 50 attended the event: 15 in Gold, 11 in Silver and 24 in Bronze.
BREAKS
Cameron Holt: 30.
Dan Sykes: 30.
Keegan Reed: 25, 25.
PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)
PRELIMS: Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC), Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC), David Rice (Salisbury SC) beat Viktor Balgariev (Jesters, Swindon).
FIRST-ROUND: Pringle beat Luke McCormick (Mayfair, Gosport), Cowdroy beat James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport), Rice beat Albert Warren (Salisbury SC), Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC) beat Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Ryan Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Ben Crump (Mayfair, Gosport), Oli Line (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC),
QUARTER-FINALS: Cowdroy beat Pringle, Rice beat Reed, Hughes beat Line, Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) beat Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC).
SEMI-FINALS: Rich beat Cowdroy, Holt beat Hughes.
FINAL: Rice beat Holt.
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)
The 15-year-old, based at Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport, regained the lead after accounting for his number-one rival Brad Chappell 2-0 in the final of the fifth leg at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
But Lloyd misses the next event because he will be in Leeds for the last-16 of the English Under-16 Championship.
“Best of luck to everyone,” he said. “(But) I need to concentrate on the EASB events.”
Lloyd, who has a seven-point lead over Chappell (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), admitted he “struggled through the day”.
Chappell doubled the match-ball black in the deciding frame of his semi-final to deny Jonny Mutch (Cambridge SC) a first appearance in a final.
Eleven-year-old Mickey Joyce, one of only two (the other was Cameron Holt) to take a frame off Lloyd throughout the entire day, missed out on qualifying for the knockout as one of the two best third-placed players by one frame.
The sixth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, March 1.
BREAKS
Mark Lloyd: 66, 42.
Brad Chappell: 57, 54, 54, 47.
Oliver Parsons: 56, 49.
Josh Lee: 47.
Bradley Cowdroy: 44.
Stewart Ball: 43.
GOLD RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Bradley Chappell (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Stewart Ball (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 3rd, Austen Petty (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Ollie Parsons (Jesters, Swindon); 5th, James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Josh Lee (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Anthony Rice (Salisbury SC); 4th, Jamie Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 5th, Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 2nd, Jonny Mutch (Cambridge SC); 3rd, Mickey Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Nathan Farmer (Stoke SC, Gosport); 5th, Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Chappell 2 Petty 0, Mutch 2 Cowdroy 1, Lloyd 2 Lee 0, Ball 2 Rice 1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Lloyd 2 Ball 0, Chappell 2 Mutch 1.
FINAL (£50/£25 25/18 points): Lloyd 2 Chappell 0.
Gillon boosted by high break
MATT Gillon said a massive confidence boost the day before helped him claim a first tournament win on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour.
The Gosport teenager made a personal best 54 break on the eve of the trip to Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
After beating Reece King (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth) 2-1 in the final, Gillon paid tribute to his opponent.
“My hardest game of the day had to be in the final against Reece,” said the 17-year-old. “He’s coming along as a class player.”
And he added: “I went into the tournament feeling confident as I knew I had played a lot of great snooker during the week.”
Gillon (Stoke SC), whose last Cuestars tournament win was at his final Bronze Tour event in Salisbury in May, 2013, climbed to second, three points behind rankings leader Callum McDonald (Salisbury SC). His clubmate Joe Kitchen is third.
In the semi-finals, King had accounted for McDonald 2-0 and Gillon beat Kitchen by the same score.
The sixth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, March 1.
SILVER RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport); 2nd, Reece King (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 3rd, Drew Hampshire (147 SC, Swindon); 4th, Nat Kidner (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 5th, Edward James (Woking SC); 6th, Abhay Chopra (Chandler’s Ford SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Callum McDonald (Salisbury SC); 2nd, Joe Kitchen (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Olly Gibbs (Stoke SC, Gosport); 4th, Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC); 5th, Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC).
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Gillon 2 Kitchen 0, King 2 McDonald 0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Gillon 2 King 1.
Hubba Bubba Kid III
A TEN-year-old snooker player from Bristol has claimed his third tournament win of the season on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Bronze Tour.
Aidan Murphy regained the rankings lead after beating Steven Hughes 2-1 from 1-0 down in the final of the fifth leg at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
Murphy, known as the Hubba Bubba Kid because of his penchant for chewing bubblegum during matches, was again sporting his lucky tartan waistcoat and celebrated his victory with a McDonald’s and a strawberry milkshake.
Dad Derek said: “Aidan was thrilled to win his third Cuestars event.
“He managed to win the event only dropping one frame all day so he was really pleased with that.
“His mum (Gail) went to support him this time and she was over the moon to witness the win.”
Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC) has appeared in all five finals this season. The 13-year-old won the fourth leg in Woking but has lost the other four – three times to Murphy.
Home player Stefan Djakovic (Jesters, Swindon) made the quarter-finals for the first time and Harry Jones (Frames Sports Bar, Coulsdon) went one better by making the semis for the first time. Both were knocked out by Hughes.
Murphy leads Hughes by five points with three events left. David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) is 24 points further back in third.
The sixth leg of eight is at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club on Sunday, March 1.
BREAKS
Steven Hughes: 31.
Aidan Murphy: 23, 23, 22, 21, 21, 20.
Bowen Zhu: 23.
Harry Jones: 22, 21.
David Rice: 22.
Ryan Hughes: 20.
BRONZE RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Connor Benzey (Chandler’s Ford SC); 3rd, Ben Crump (Stoke SC, Gosport); 4th, Luke McCormick (Mayfair, Gosport); 5th, Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC); 6th, Viktor Balgariev (Jesters, Swindon).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Aidan Murphy (Bristol Conservative Club); 2nd, Stefan Djakovic (Jesters, Swindon); joint 3rd, Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford SC), Dan Parks (Woking SC) & Ben Mulvihill (Woking SC); 6th, Albert Warren (Salisbury SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Steven Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Oliver Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 3rd, Ryan Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, David Rice (Salisbury SC); 5th, Oli Line (Chandler’s Ford SC); 6th, Harry Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Harry Jones (Frames Sports Bar, Coulsdon, Surrey); 2nd, David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 3rd, Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 4th, Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC); 5th, Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 6th, Lewis Wilson (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): O’Callaghan 2 Kearns 0, Murphy 2 Sykes 0, S Hughes 2 Djakovic 1, Jones 2 Benzey 1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Murphy 2 O’Callaghan 0, S Hughes 2 Jones 0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Murphy 2 Hughes 1.
Second trophy for Rice
DAVID Rice put his frustration behind him and collected a second trophy in just three outings on the Cuestars circuit.
The 20-year-old from Fordingbridge, who reached the Bronze final at Woking, beat Gold player Cameron Holt (Reading) in the Plate final at the fifth leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Tours at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
“I was quite frustrated not to get out of my group as I was in a three-way tie and went out on head-to-head results,” said Rice.
“But I just put that behind me and focused on getting another trophy.”
A good field of 50 attended the event: 15 in Gold, 11 in Silver and 24 in Bronze.
BREAKS
Cameron Holt: 30.
Dan Sykes: 30.
Keegan Reed: 25, 25.
PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)
PRELIMS: Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC), Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC), David Rice (Salisbury SC) beat Viktor Balgariev (Jesters, Swindon).
FIRST-ROUND: Pringle beat Luke McCormick (Mayfair, Gosport), Cowdroy beat James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport), Rice beat Albert Warren (Salisbury SC), Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC) beat Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Ryan Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Ben Crump (Mayfair, Gosport), Oli Line (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC),
QUARTER-FINALS: Cowdroy beat Pringle, Rice beat Reed, Hughes beat Line, Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) beat Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC).
SEMI-FINALS: Rich beat Cowdroy, Holt beat Hughes.
FINAL: Rice beat Holt.
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)