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NATIONAL under-18 snooker champion Mark Lloyd made it two wins out of two on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold Tour.
The 16-year-old from Gosport edged first-time finalist Steven Hughes 2-0 to collect £100 prize money in the Attic Life-sponsored event at Salisbury Snooker Club.
Wearing a fetching purple glove on his bridge hand to combat the sticky conditions, Lloyd took the first frame on the brown and the second on the pink.
Earlier, he qualified in second place from his round-robin group - after losing to 13-year-old Mickey Joyce (Basingstoke) - and beat Ronnie Blake (London) 2-1 and Anthony Rice (Fordingbridge) 2-0 in the knockout.
“I started off OK and then it went bad and then it picked up,” said Lloyd, who is based at Stoke Snooker Club in his home town and is studying business at Fareham College. “But I’ve been there many times before.
“I’ve been going through a little bit of a bad patch but you’ve just got to battle your way through.”
Hughes, now second in the rankings, notched up his first half-century break in his opening group-stage match against Mike Trigg (East Wellow).
The 15-year-old from Chandler’s Ford compiled a 62 and then capped a memorable day by pocketing £42.50 for reaching his first Gold Tour final in his debut season since gaining promotion from Silver.
Sponsored by Vankru Cycling, the teenager topped his group, saw off Bradley Cowdroy (Bournemouth) 2-1 on the final black and overcame Londoner Adam Stacey 2-0 in the semi-finals.
Rice recorded the day’s highest break of 66 in the group stages.
The third leg of ten, sponsored by Tamar Independent Financial Advisers, is at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, on Sunday, October 30.
BREAKS
Anthony Rice: 66, 40, 40, 40.
Steven Hughes: 62(PB).
Ronnie Bake: 60, 54, 45, 42.
Mark Lloyd: 58, 53, 50, 47, 47, 43.
Oliver Sykes: 49.
Olly Gibbs: 43.
GOLD RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Mickey Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Connor Benzey (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Reece King (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 5th, Arron Smith (Selsey RBL).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Steven Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Anthony Rice (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Mike Trigg (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Oliver Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 5th, Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C); 1st, Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury); 2nd, Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 3rd, Luke Beebe (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 5th, Olly Gibbs (Chandler’s Ford SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Ronnie Blake (Frames, Coulsdon); 2nd, Adam Stacey (Legends, Leytonstone); 3rd, James Budd (Fareham SC); 4th, Jamie Wilson (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Stacey 2 Joyce 0, Hughes 2 Cowdroy 1, Rice 2 Browne 1, Lloyd 2 Blake 1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Hughes 2 Stacey 0, Lloyd 2 Rice 0.
FINAL (£100/£42.50, 25/18 points): Lloyd 2 Hughes 0.
Ryan in seventh heaven
HE’S just a winning machine.
A Chandler’s Ford teenager has made it a staggering seven snooker tournament wins in ten outings on a regional circuit.
Ryan Hughes followed up his success in the opening leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour in Woking last month with victory in the second at Salisbury Snooker Club.
The 14-year-old defeated Evan Plummer 2-0 in the final of the Attic Life-sponsored event.
“Evan didn’t play his best but I think I just played really well throughout the game,” he said.
It was Hughes’ fifth straight Cuestars tournament victory. He wrapped up last season’s Bronze title by winning the final two legs and followed that by clinching the double in the championship play-off on finals day in Swindon.
But he struggled to explain where this phenomenal run of form has come from.
“I don’t really know,” he said. “I always seem to play better in competitions. I don’t know what it is.”
First-time finalist Plummer recorded a personal best competitive high break of 68 in his 2-1 last-four victory over home player Keegan Reed.
The 13-year-old from Coulsdon, south London, earlier topped his round-robin group and overcame Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford) 2-0 in the first knockout round.
David O’Callaghan (Bournemouth), a semi-final casualty for the second leg running, and Pringle are joint second in the rankings, 20 points adrift of Hughes. Harry Jones (Coulsdon) is three points further back in fourth.
The third leg of ten, sponsored by Tamar Independent Financial Advisers, is at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, on Sunday, October 30.
BREAKS
Evan Plummer: 68(PB), 37.
Ryan Hughes: 41, 38, 31.
David O’Callaghan: 36, 33.
Charlie Pringle: 31.
Drew Hampshire: 30.
Keegan Reed: 30.
SILVER RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Nat Kidner (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 3rd, Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC); 4th, Drew Hampshire (147 SC, Swindon).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Ryan Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford SC); 3rd, Harry Jones (Frames, Coulsdon); 4th, Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Evan Plummer (Frames, Coulsdon); 2nd, Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Ben Tillison (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): O’Callaghan 2 Jones 0, Hughes 2 Pollard 0, Plummer 2 Pringle 0, Reed 2 Kidner 1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Hughes 2 O’Callaghan 0, Plummer 2 Reed 1.
FINAL (25/18 points): Hughes 2 Plummer 0.
White: “I wanted it so bad.”
HAVANT teenager Callum White held his nerve under enormous pressure to sink a re-spotted black and claim a first tournament win on a junior snooker circuit.
The 16-year-old edged leg-one winner Shane Kearns 2-1 in the final of the second event on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Bronze Tour.
“I wanted it so bad,” declared White, a runner-up twice before.
After taking the first frame on the black in the Attic Life-sponsored event at Salisbury Snooker Club, he was out-gunned in the next by his opponent from Swindon.
White then overhauled Kearns’ lead in the decider but the rankings leader potted the black to tie the frame and force a re-spot.
Following a tense safety exchange, the left-hander made no mistake when left with a virtually straight two-foot pot into the green pocket.
“It did go right in the middle,” said White. “It was nice to win and hopefully I can get another one.
“The final could have gone either way. In the second frame, he destroyed me.”
White - who is based at Copnor SC, Portsmouth, and has started a painting and decorating course at Highbury College - topped his round-robin group and defeated Riley Ellis (Wootton Bassett) 2-0 in the last-four.
Kearns had beaten Essex lad Thomas Saunders 2-1 in the second semi. Saunders, in his debut season, is fourth in the rankings. White climbed to second and Ellis dropped one place to third.
The third leg of ten, sponsored by Tamar Independent Financial Advisers, is at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, on Sunday, October 30.
BREAKS
Riley Ellis: 27, 21.
Shane Kearns: 25.
Will Forster: 22, 20.
Chloe White: 22.
BRONZE RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Riley Ellis (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport); 4th, Arnie Petty (Salisbury SC); 5th, Harry Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC); 6th, Eddie Mason (Salisbury SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Callum White (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 2nd, Thomas Saunders (Stepfield SC, Witham, Essex); 3rd, Chloe White (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 4th, Oscar Livesey (Nailsea Social Club); 5th, James Woodley (Nailsea Social Club).
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Kearns 2 Saunders 1, Callum White 2 Ellis 0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Callum White 2 Kearns 1.
First trophy for Waterlooville Sports Bar
ENGLISH Under-14 Championship runner-up Jamie Wilson won the Plate competition during the second legs of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold, Silver and Bronze Tours at Salisbury Snooker Club.
The 12-year-old Gold player, who is based at the newly opened Waterlooville Sports Bar, defeated Arnie Petty, from Fordingbridge, in the final of the Attic Life-sponsored event.
The third leg of ten, sponsored by Tamar Independent Financial Advisers, is at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, on Sunday, October 30.
PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)
PRELIMS: Jamie Wilson (Waterlooville Sports Bar) beat James Woodley (Nailsea Social Club), Chloe White (Copnor SC, Portsmouth) beat Eddie Mason (Salisbury SC), Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport) beat Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport), Oliver Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Harry Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC), Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Olly Gibbs (Chandler’s Ford SC).
QUARTER-FINALS: Wilson beat White, Sykes beat Forster, Zhu beat Oscar Livesey (Nailsea Social Club), Arnie Petty (Salisbury SC) beat Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC).
SEMI-FINALS: Wilson beat Sykes, Arnie Petty beat Zhu.
FINAL: Wilson beat Arnie Petty.
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)
The 16-year-old from Gosport edged first-time finalist Steven Hughes 2-0 to collect £100 prize money in the Attic Life-sponsored event at Salisbury Snooker Club.
Wearing a fetching purple glove on his bridge hand to combat the sticky conditions, Lloyd took the first frame on the brown and the second on the pink.
Earlier, he qualified in second place from his round-robin group - after losing to 13-year-old Mickey Joyce (Basingstoke) - and beat Ronnie Blake (London) 2-1 and Anthony Rice (Fordingbridge) 2-0 in the knockout.
“I started off OK and then it went bad and then it picked up,” said Lloyd, who is based at Stoke Snooker Club in his home town and is studying business at Fareham College. “But I’ve been there many times before.
“I’ve been going through a little bit of a bad patch but you’ve just got to battle your way through.”
Hughes, now second in the rankings, notched up his first half-century break in his opening group-stage match against Mike Trigg (East Wellow).
The 15-year-old from Chandler’s Ford compiled a 62 and then capped a memorable day by pocketing £42.50 for reaching his first Gold Tour final in his debut season since gaining promotion from Silver.
Sponsored by Vankru Cycling, the teenager topped his group, saw off Bradley Cowdroy (Bournemouth) 2-1 on the final black and overcame Londoner Adam Stacey 2-0 in the semi-finals.
Rice recorded the day’s highest break of 66 in the group stages.
The third leg of ten, sponsored by Tamar Independent Financial Advisers, is at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, on Sunday, October 30.
BREAKS
Anthony Rice: 66, 40, 40, 40.
Steven Hughes: 62(PB).
Ronnie Bake: 60, 54, 45, 42.
Mark Lloyd: 58, 53, 50, 47, 47, 43.
Oliver Sykes: 49.
Olly Gibbs: 43.
GOLD RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Mickey Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 3rd, Connor Benzey (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Reece King (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 5th, Arron Smith (Selsey RBL).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Steven Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Anthony Rice (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Mike Trigg (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Oliver Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 5th, Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C); 1st, Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury); 2nd, Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 3rd, Luke Beebe (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 5th, Olly Gibbs (Chandler’s Ford SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Ronnie Blake (Frames, Coulsdon); 2nd, Adam Stacey (Legends, Leytonstone); 3rd, James Budd (Fareham SC); 4th, Jamie Wilson (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Stacey 2 Joyce 0, Hughes 2 Cowdroy 1, Rice 2 Browne 1, Lloyd 2 Blake 1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Hughes 2 Stacey 0, Lloyd 2 Rice 0.
FINAL (£100/£42.50, 25/18 points): Lloyd 2 Hughes 0.
Ryan in seventh heaven
HE’S just a winning machine.
A Chandler’s Ford teenager has made it a staggering seven snooker tournament wins in ten outings on a regional circuit.
Ryan Hughes followed up his success in the opening leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour in Woking last month with victory in the second at Salisbury Snooker Club.
The 14-year-old defeated Evan Plummer 2-0 in the final of the Attic Life-sponsored event.
“Evan didn’t play his best but I think I just played really well throughout the game,” he said.
It was Hughes’ fifth straight Cuestars tournament victory. He wrapped up last season’s Bronze title by winning the final two legs and followed that by clinching the double in the championship play-off on finals day in Swindon.
But he struggled to explain where this phenomenal run of form has come from.
“I don’t really know,” he said. “I always seem to play better in competitions. I don’t know what it is.”
First-time finalist Plummer recorded a personal best competitive high break of 68 in his 2-1 last-four victory over home player Keegan Reed.
The 13-year-old from Coulsdon, south London, earlier topped his round-robin group and overcame Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford) 2-0 in the first knockout round.
David O’Callaghan (Bournemouth), a semi-final casualty for the second leg running, and Pringle are joint second in the rankings, 20 points adrift of Hughes. Harry Jones (Coulsdon) is three points further back in fourth.
The third leg of ten, sponsored by Tamar Independent Financial Advisers, is at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, on Sunday, October 30.
BREAKS
Evan Plummer: 68(PB), 37.
Ryan Hughes: 41, 38, 31.
David O’Callaghan: 36, 33.
Charlie Pringle: 31.
Drew Hampshire: 30.
Keegan Reed: 30.
SILVER RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Nat Kidner (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth); 3rd, Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC); 4th, Drew Hampshire (147 SC, Swindon).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Ryan Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC); 2nd, Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford SC); 3rd, Harry Jones (Frames, Coulsdon); 4th, Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Evan Plummer (Frames, Coulsdon); 2nd, Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Ben Tillison (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): O’Callaghan 2 Jones 0, Hughes 2 Pollard 0, Plummer 2 Pringle 0, Reed 2 Kidner 1.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Hughes 2 O’Callaghan 0, Plummer 2 Reed 1.
FINAL (25/18 points): Hughes 2 Plummer 0.
White: “I wanted it so bad.”
HAVANT teenager Callum White held his nerve under enormous pressure to sink a re-spotted black and claim a first tournament win on a junior snooker circuit.
The 16-year-old edged leg-one winner Shane Kearns 2-1 in the final of the second event on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Bronze Tour.
“I wanted it so bad,” declared White, a runner-up twice before.
After taking the first frame on the black in the Attic Life-sponsored event at Salisbury Snooker Club, he was out-gunned in the next by his opponent from Swindon.
White then overhauled Kearns’ lead in the decider but the rankings leader potted the black to tie the frame and force a re-spot.
Following a tense safety exchange, the left-hander made no mistake when left with a virtually straight two-foot pot into the green pocket.
“It did go right in the middle,” said White. “It was nice to win and hopefully I can get another one.
“The final could have gone either way. In the second frame, he destroyed me.”
White - who is based at Copnor SC, Portsmouth, and has started a painting and decorating course at Highbury College - topped his round-robin group and defeated Riley Ellis (Wootton Bassett) 2-0 in the last-four.
Kearns had beaten Essex lad Thomas Saunders 2-1 in the second semi. Saunders, in his debut season, is fourth in the rankings. White climbed to second and Ellis dropped one place to third.
The third leg of ten, sponsored by Tamar Independent Financial Advisers, is at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, on Sunday, October 30.
BREAKS
Riley Ellis: 27, 21.
Shane Kearns: 25.
Will Forster: 22, 20.
Chloe White: 22.
BRONZE RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Riley Ellis (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport); 4th, Arnie Petty (Salisbury SC); 5th, Harry Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC); 6th, Eddie Mason (Salisbury SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Callum White (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 2nd, Thomas Saunders (Stepfield SC, Witham, Essex); 3rd, Chloe White (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 4th, Oscar Livesey (Nailsea Social Club); 5th, James Woodley (Nailsea Social Club).
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Kearns 2 Saunders 1, Callum White 2 Ellis 0.
FINAL (25/18 points): Callum White 2 Kearns 1.
First trophy for Waterlooville Sports Bar
ENGLISH Under-14 Championship runner-up Jamie Wilson won the Plate competition during the second legs of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold, Silver and Bronze Tours at Salisbury Snooker Club.
The 12-year-old Gold player, who is based at the newly opened Waterlooville Sports Bar, defeated Arnie Petty, from Fordingbridge, in the final of the Attic Life-sponsored event.
The third leg of ten, sponsored by Tamar Independent Financial Advisers, is at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, on Sunday, October 30.
PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)
PRELIMS: Jamie Wilson (Waterlooville Sports Bar) beat James Woodley (Nailsea Social Club), Chloe White (Copnor SC, Portsmouth) beat Eddie Mason (Salisbury SC), Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport) beat Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport), Oliver Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Harry Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC), Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Olly Gibbs (Chandler’s Ford SC).
QUARTER-FINALS: Wilson beat White, Sykes beat Forster, Zhu beat Oscar Livesey (Nailsea Social Club), Arnie Petty (Salisbury SC) beat Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC).
SEMI-FINALS: Wilson beat Sykes, Arnie Petty beat Zhu.
FINAL: Wilson beat Arnie Petty.
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)