Bradley Chappell (left) will next season compete against the country’s best under-19 players on the English Premier Junior Tour.

 

The 17-year-old from Poole qualified by winning the southern section of the Regional Junior Tour, one of three feeder circuits run by the English Association of Snooker & Billiards.

 

Reflecting on his “amazing” second season on the tour, Chappell said: “It feels great to know out of all the people I had to play, I was the best.

 

“I made...

The Oddfellows friendly society certainly lived up to their motto by giving one of their junior members a big break.

 

Austen Petty, who last year clinched back-to-back Eastleigh & District Under-13 League titles, has been awarded a £450 sponsorship package from the Oswald Branch.

 

Branch chairman Terence Rendle said: “In line with the society’s motto of making friends and helping people, the Oswald Branch management committee agreed to sponsor Austen after hearing about his success in the Eastleigh Snooker League.”

 

Petty, who works...

The phenomenal 14-year-old from Marchwood gave an emphatic “yes” to the possibility of regaining the English Under-14 Championship crown AND claiming the English Under-16 trophy for the first time.

 

Castle dropped just three frames in six matches as the 16 qualifiers in each age group were whittled down to two at the Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds.

 

He now faces a double date at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield, during the EASB finals weekend on May 26-27, against James Pearson (Leeds) in the under-14...