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DORSET snooker ace Bradley Cowdroy made up for lost time by collecting his second winner’s trophy of the season on the Cuestars Under-21 Gold Tour.
The 17-year-old former champion from Bournemouth has taken a one-point lead at the top of the rankings at the halfway point of the campaign.
Cowdroy pocketed ?100 prize money after beating home player Ryan Hughes 2-0 in the final of the fifth leg at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.
Oliver Sykes slipped to second, ahead of Jamie Wilson and Connor Benzey. All three missed the event because they were in Malta for the World Snooker Federation Junior Open.
Cowdroy couldn’t join his title rivals in the Mediterranean because he was preparing for his mock GCSEs but pointed out that he had missed the third leg in Swindon due to school work.
“I know all the other guys at the top are out in Malta,” he said. “And I wish them the best of luck.
“This was my chance to make up for lost time.
“It’s brilliant to start the year with a tournament win. It’s good for the confidence going into the last few events and the last few Premier Tour events knowing I can get some wins under my belt.”
Hughes (Chandler’s Ford) won all four of his group-stages matches and edged clubmate O’Shay Scott (Eastleigh) 2-1 in the last-four.
Scott, who turned 11 last month, had progressed from his group for the first time since earning promotion from Silver.
The Angry Wasp beat EPSB Premier Tour player Marcos Dayao (London) 2-1 and women’s world number 24 Chloe White (Havant) 2-0.
Callum Browne (Trowbridge), who needed to change his damaged tip during a 2-1 semi-final defeat by Cowdroy, had taken the runner-up spot in the second round-robin group on the head-to-head rule from Ronnie Sullivan (London).
The event was sponsored by David Stewart, to raise awareness of the charity Sightsavers, and Chandlers Ford SC.
To find out more about Sightsavers, which works to eliminate avoidable blindness and promotes the rights of people with disabilities, go to www.sightsavers.org. To find out more about Chandlers Ford SC, visit www.cfordsnooker.co.uk.
Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, hosts the sixth leg of ten on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Marcos Dayao: 62.
Ronnie Sullivan: 56.
Ryan Hughes: 50.
Bradley Cowdroy: 49, 48, 44, 41.
GOLD RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, O’Shay Scott (Chandlers Ford SC); 3rd, Marcos Dayao (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 4th, Chloe White (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Ryan Hughes (Chandlers Ford SC); 2nd, Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury); 3rd, Ronnie Sullivan (Frames, Coulsdon); 4th, Aristos Pampouris (Legends, Leytonstone); 5th, Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon).
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Cowdroy 2-1 Browne, Hughes 2-1 Scott.
FINAL (?100/?25, 25/18 points): Cowdroy 2-0 Hughes.
Whaley on course for Silver title
KINGS Cross potter Lee Whaley is turning the race for the Cuestars Under-21 Silver Tour title into a procession.
The 17-year-old made it four tournament wins out of five in the fifth leg at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.
And the 2-0 victory over his Hurricane Room clubmate John Donovan in the final was a repeat of the previous event in Coulsdon.
Whaley insisted it had been a day of “ups and down”, though. Indeed, he had lost 2-1 to Donovan in the group stages. And he only edged Will Forster (Gosport) and Samuel Laxton (Portsmouth) in third-frame deciders in the knockout.
He said: “I wasn’t playing well at the beginning (of the day) but I managed to fight back.”
Reflecting on his match against 14-year-old Laxton, who moved up to second place in the rankings, Whaley admitted: “It was a very close one. I thought he had me.”
But the bottom line is that front-runner takes a massive 46-point lead into the second half of the season.
The previous day, Whaley recorded his highest break of 94 in a practice match at his home club.
“I wasn’t expecting it,” he said. “It just happened.”
Three Hurricane Room players are in the top four. Elliott Johnson is third and Donovan is fourth.
David O’Callaghan (Bournemouth), who beat Whaley in the final of the third leg in Swindon, was knocked out 2-0 by Donovan in the last-four.
And Connor Wollen (Yate) won his group and qualified for the knockout for the first time.
The event was sponsored by David Stewart, to raise awareness of the charity Sightsavers, and Chandlers Ford SC.
To find out more about Sightsavers, which works to eliminate avoidable blindness and promotes the rights of people with disabilities, go to www.sightsavers.org. To find out more about Chandlers Ford SC, visit www.cfordsnooker.co.uk.
Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, hosts the sixth leg of ten on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Will Forster: 49.
Riley Ellis: 41, 40, 33.
Lee Whaley: 33.
Connor Wollen: 30.
SILVER RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Lee Whaley (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 2nd, Riley Ellis (Chandlers Ford SC); 3rd, John Donovan (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 4th, Simon Bubb (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 5th, Thomas Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Connor Wollen (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 3rd, Owen Jenkins (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 4th, Elliott Johnson (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 5th, Mason Wilson (Academy, Basingstoke).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Samuel Laxton (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 3rd, Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport); 4th, Oliver Cooper (Frames, Coulsdon); 5th, Callum White (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Whaley 2-1 Forster, Laxton 2-0 Kidner, Donovan 2-1 Wollen, O’Callaghan 2-0 Ellis.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Whaley 2-1 Laxton, Donovan 2-0 O’Callaghan.
FINAL (25/18 points): Whaley 2-0 Donovan.
Caden Read enjoys best weekend ever
CADEN Read ended his “best weekend” with a first winner’s trophy on the Cuestars Under-21 Bronze Tour.
The nine-year-old defeated rankings leader Harry Wyatt 2-0 in the final of the fifth leg on home tables at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.
It was a reversal of last month’s final in south London.
Read - who was watched in the early stages of the tournament by Dave and Jan Randall from his sponsor, Southampton-based Installation Contract Engineers - admitted he had to battle hard to overcome his clubmate
“It was pretty tough against Harry,” he said. “I had to do my best.”
Read climbed to fifth in the rankings at the halfway point of the season.
The previous day, he recorded his highest break of 25 and was unbeaten in the opening week of the new Eastleigh & District Under-13 and Under-19 Leagues.
He then equalled that break with a 25 clearance to beat Wyatt on the black in the round-robin stage of the Cuestars tournament.
After winning his group with four victories out of five, he defeated Daniel Walter (Portsmouth) 2-0 and Eddie Mason (Salisbury) 2-1 in the knockout.
Reflecting on his green-baize success over the two days, Read said: “It’s been my best weekend.”
Ten-year-old Wyatt (Ferndown) extended his lead to 38 points over second-placed George Laxton (Portsmouth), who went down 2-0 to Thomas McEvoy (Warminster) in the quarter-finals.
Walter (Portsmouth) and Jaydon Elliott (Swindon) remained in third and fourth respectively after last-eight exits.
Another large entry of 22 meant just qualifying for the knockout was a feat in itself.
The event was sponsored by David Stewart, to raise awareness of the charity Sightsavers, and Chandlers Ford SC.
To find out more about Sightsavers, which works to eliminate avoidable blindness and promotes the rights of people with disabilities, go to www.sightsavers.org. To find out more about Chandlers Ford SC, visit www.cfordsnooker.co.uk.
Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, hosts the sixth leg of ten on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Harry Wyatt: 39, 22, 22.
Caden Read: 25.
Daniel Walter: 20.
BRONZE RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Caden Read (Chandlers Ford SC); 2nd, Harry Wyatt (Chandlers Ford SC); 3rd, Jake Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 4th, Lennon Savage (Chandlers Ford SC); 5th, Freddie Turner (Salisbury SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, George Laxton (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 2nd, Eddie Mason (Salisbury SC); joint 3rd, Ryan Wilson (Waterlooville Sports Bar) & Tyler Mack (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 5th, Sam Walter (Mayfair, Gosport).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Will Kempson (Salisbury SC); 2nd, Daniel Walter (Mayfair, Gosport); 3rd, William Thomson (Chandlers Ford SC); 4th, Ryan Kneller (Waterlooville Sports Bar; 5th, Katie Griffin (Jesters, Swindon; 6th, Finn Kirby (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Jaydon Elliott (147, Swindon); 2nd, Thomas McEvoy (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Thomas Devine (Chandlers Ford SC); 4th, Aaron Wilson (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 5th, Chris Bennett (Chandlers Ford SC); 6th, Mason Coveney (Crucible, Newbury).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Wyatt 2-0 Kempson, Read 2-0 D Walter, Mason 2-1 Elliott, McEvoy 2-0 Laxton.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Read 2-1 Mason, Wyatt 2-0 McEvoy.
FINAL (25/18 points): Read 2-0 Wyatt.
White secures Plate trophy with long black
WOMEN’S world number 24 Chloe White stroked in a long black against fellow Gold player Aristos Pampouris to clinch the Plate final during the fifth legs of the Cuestars Under-21 Tours at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.
The 18-year-old, based at Waterlooville Sports Bar, and her opponent from London had played out a titanic safety battle on the last few colours.
The event was sponsored by David Stewart, to raise awareness of the charity Sightsavers, and Chandlers Ford SC.
To find out more about Sightsavers, which works to eliminate avoidable blindness and promotes the rights of people with disabilities, go to www.sightsavers.org. To find out more about Chandlers Ford SC, visit www.cfordsnooker.co.uk.
Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, hosts the sixth legs of ten on Sunday, February 2.
PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)
LAST-16: Chloe White (Waterlooville Sports Bar) beat Chris Bennett (Chandlers Ford SC), Elliott Johnson (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross) beat Sam Walter (Mayfair, Gosport), William Thomson (Chandlers Ford SC) beat Lennon Savage (Chandlers Ford SC), Aristos Pampouris (Legends, Leytonstone) beat Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon), Simon Bubb (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross) beat Marcos Dayao (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross). Byes: Owen Jenkins (Waterlooville Sports Bar) Thomas Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar), Jake Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
QUARTER-FINALS: White beat Jenkins, T Sharp beat J Sharp, Johnson beat Thomson, Pampouris beat Bubb.
SEMI-FINALS: White beat T Sharp, Pampouris beat Johnson.
FINAL: White beat Pampouris.
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)
Website: cuestars.co.uk
The 17-year-old former champion from Bournemouth has taken a one-point lead at the top of the rankings at the halfway point of the campaign.
Cowdroy pocketed ?100 prize money after beating home player Ryan Hughes 2-0 in the final of the fifth leg at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.
Oliver Sykes slipped to second, ahead of Jamie Wilson and Connor Benzey. All three missed the event because they were in Malta for the World Snooker Federation Junior Open.
Cowdroy couldn’t join his title rivals in the Mediterranean because he was preparing for his mock GCSEs but pointed out that he had missed the third leg in Swindon due to school work.
“I know all the other guys at the top are out in Malta,” he said. “And I wish them the best of luck.
“This was my chance to make up for lost time.
“It’s brilliant to start the year with a tournament win. It’s good for the confidence going into the last few events and the last few Premier Tour events knowing I can get some wins under my belt.”
Hughes (Chandler’s Ford) won all four of his group-stages matches and edged clubmate O’Shay Scott (Eastleigh) 2-1 in the last-four.
Scott, who turned 11 last month, had progressed from his group for the first time since earning promotion from Silver.
The Angry Wasp beat EPSB Premier Tour player Marcos Dayao (London) 2-1 and women’s world number 24 Chloe White (Havant) 2-0.
Callum Browne (Trowbridge), who needed to change his damaged tip during a 2-1 semi-final defeat by Cowdroy, had taken the runner-up spot in the second round-robin group on the head-to-head rule from Ronnie Sullivan (London).
The event was sponsored by David Stewart, to raise awareness of the charity Sightsavers, and Chandlers Ford SC.
To find out more about Sightsavers, which works to eliminate avoidable blindness and promotes the rights of people with disabilities, go to www.sightsavers.org. To find out more about Chandlers Ford SC, visit www.cfordsnooker.co.uk.
Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, hosts the sixth leg of ten on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Marcos Dayao: 62.
Ronnie Sullivan: 56.
Ryan Hughes: 50.
Bradley Cowdroy: 49, 48, 44, 41.
GOLD RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, O’Shay Scott (Chandlers Ford SC); 3rd, Marcos Dayao (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 4th, Chloe White (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Ryan Hughes (Chandlers Ford SC); 2nd, Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury); 3rd, Ronnie Sullivan (Frames, Coulsdon); 4th, Aristos Pampouris (Legends, Leytonstone); 5th, Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon).
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Cowdroy 2-1 Browne, Hughes 2-1 Scott.
FINAL (?100/?25, 25/18 points): Cowdroy 2-0 Hughes.
Whaley on course for Silver title
KINGS Cross potter Lee Whaley is turning the race for the Cuestars Under-21 Silver Tour title into a procession.
The 17-year-old made it four tournament wins out of five in the fifth leg at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.
And the 2-0 victory over his Hurricane Room clubmate John Donovan in the final was a repeat of the previous event in Coulsdon.
Whaley insisted it had been a day of “ups and down”, though. Indeed, he had lost 2-1 to Donovan in the group stages. And he only edged Will Forster (Gosport) and Samuel Laxton (Portsmouth) in third-frame deciders in the knockout.
He said: “I wasn’t playing well at the beginning (of the day) but I managed to fight back.”
Reflecting on his match against 14-year-old Laxton, who moved up to second place in the rankings, Whaley admitted: “It was a very close one. I thought he had me.”
But the bottom line is that front-runner takes a massive 46-point lead into the second half of the season.
The previous day, Whaley recorded his highest break of 94 in a practice match at his home club.
“I wasn’t expecting it,” he said. “It just happened.”
Three Hurricane Room players are in the top four. Elliott Johnson is third and Donovan is fourth.
David O’Callaghan (Bournemouth), who beat Whaley in the final of the third leg in Swindon, was knocked out 2-0 by Donovan in the last-four.
And Connor Wollen (Yate) won his group and qualified for the knockout for the first time.
The event was sponsored by David Stewart, to raise awareness of the charity Sightsavers, and Chandlers Ford SC.
To find out more about Sightsavers, which works to eliminate avoidable blindness and promotes the rights of people with disabilities, go to www.sightsavers.org. To find out more about Chandlers Ford SC, visit www.cfordsnooker.co.uk.
Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, hosts the sixth leg of ten on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Will Forster: 49.
Riley Ellis: 41, 40, 33.
Lee Whaley: 33.
Connor Wollen: 30.
SILVER RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Lee Whaley (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 2nd, Riley Ellis (Chandlers Ford SC); 3rd, John Donovan (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 4th, Simon Bubb (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 5th, Thomas Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Connor Wollen (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 3rd, Owen Jenkins (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 4th, Elliott Johnson (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 5th, Mason Wilson (Academy, Basingstoke).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth); 2nd, Samuel Laxton (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 3rd, Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport); 4th, Oliver Cooper (Frames, Coulsdon); 5th, Callum White (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Whaley 2-1 Forster, Laxton 2-0 Kidner, Donovan 2-1 Wollen, O’Callaghan 2-0 Ellis.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Whaley 2-1 Laxton, Donovan 2-0 O’Callaghan.
FINAL (25/18 points): Whaley 2-0 Donovan.
Caden Read enjoys best weekend ever
CADEN Read ended his “best weekend” with a first winner’s trophy on the Cuestars Under-21 Bronze Tour.
The nine-year-old defeated rankings leader Harry Wyatt 2-0 in the final of the fifth leg on home tables at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.
It was a reversal of last month’s final in south London.
Read - who was watched in the early stages of the tournament by Dave and Jan Randall from his sponsor, Southampton-based Installation Contract Engineers - admitted he had to battle hard to overcome his clubmate
“It was pretty tough against Harry,” he said. “I had to do my best.”
Read climbed to fifth in the rankings at the halfway point of the season.
The previous day, he recorded his highest break of 25 and was unbeaten in the opening week of the new Eastleigh & District Under-13 and Under-19 Leagues.
He then equalled that break with a 25 clearance to beat Wyatt on the black in the round-robin stage of the Cuestars tournament.
After winning his group with four victories out of five, he defeated Daniel Walter (Portsmouth) 2-0 and Eddie Mason (Salisbury) 2-1 in the knockout.
Reflecting on his green-baize success over the two days, Read said: “It’s been my best weekend.”
Ten-year-old Wyatt (Ferndown) extended his lead to 38 points over second-placed George Laxton (Portsmouth), who went down 2-0 to Thomas McEvoy (Warminster) in the quarter-finals.
Walter (Portsmouth) and Jaydon Elliott (Swindon) remained in third and fourth respectively after last-eight exits.
Another large entry of 22 meant just qualifying for the knockout was a feat in itself.
The event was sponsored by David Stewart, to raise awareness of the charity Sightsavers, and Chandlers Ford SC.
To find out more about Sightsavers, which works to eliminate avoidable blindness and promotes the rights of people with disabilities, go to www.sightsavers.org. To find out more about Chandlers Ford SC, visit www.cfordsnooker.co.uk.
Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, hosts the sixth leg of ten on Sunday, February 2.
BREAKS
Harry Wyatt: 39, 22, 22.
Caden Read: 25.
Daniel Walter: 20.
BRONZE RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Caden Read (Chandlers Ford SC); 2nd, Harry Wyatt (Chandlers Ford SC); 3rd, Jake Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 4th, Lennon Savage (Chandlers Ford SC); 5th, Freddie Turner (Salisbury SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, George Laxton (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 2nd, Eddie Mason (Salisbury SC); joint 3rd, Ryan Wilson (Waterlooville Sports Bar) & Tyler Mack (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 5th, Sam Walter (Mayfair, Gosport).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Will Kempson (Salisbury SC); 2nd, Daniel Walter (Mayfair, Gosport); 3rd, William Thomson (Chandlers Ford SC); 4th, Ryan Kneller (Waterlooville Sports Bar; 5th, Katie Griffin (Jesters, Swindon; 6th, Finn Kirby (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Jaydon Elliott (147, Swindon); 2nd, Thomas McEvoy (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Thomas Devine (Chandlers Ford SC); 4th, Aaron Wilson (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 5th, Chris Bennett (Chandlers Ford SC); 6th, Mason Coveney (Crucible, Newbury).
QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Wyatt 2-0 Kempson, Read 2-0 D Walter, Mason 2-1 Elliott, McEvoy 2-0 Laxton.
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Read 2-1 Mason, Wyatt 2-0 McEvoy.
FINAL (25/18 points): Read 2-0 Wyatt.
White secures Plate trophy with long black
WOMEN’S world number 24 Chloe White stroked in a long black against fellow Gold player Aristos Pampouris to clinch the Plate final during the fifth legs of the Cuestars Under-21 Tours at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.
The 18-year-old, based at Waterlooville Sports Bar, and her opponent from London had played out a titanic safety battle on the last few colours.
The event was sponsored by David Stewart, to raise awareness of the charity Sightsavers, and Chandlers Ford SC.
To find out more about Sightsavers, which works to eliminate avoidable blindness and promotes the rights of people with disabilities, go to www.sightsavers.org. To find out more about Chandlers Ford SC, visit www.cfordsnooker.co.uk.
Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, hosts the sixth legs of ten on Sunday, February 2.
PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)
LAST-16: Chloe White (Waterlooville Sports Bar) beat Chris Bennett (Chandlers Ford SC), Elliott Johnson (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross) beat Sam Walter (Mayfair, Gosport), William Thomson (Chandlers Ford SC) beat Lennon Savage (Chandlers Ford SC), Aristos Pampouris (Legends, Leytonstone) beat Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon), Simon Bubb (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross) beat Marcos Dayao (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross). Byes: Owen Jenkins (Waterlooville Sports Bar) Thomas Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar), Jake Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
QUARTER-FINALS: White beat Jenkins, T Sharp beat J Sharp, Johnson beat Thomson, Pampouris beat Bubb.
SEMI-FINALS: White beat T Sharp, Pampouris beat Johnson.
FINAL: White beat Pampouris.
Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)
Website: cuestars.co.uk