TROWBRIDGE SECTION CHALLENGE- 28 September 2003

The Trowbridge Snooker Centre played host to this new seasons first Section Team Challenge event.

There were 12 teams entered with a only 7 out of the 11 Cuestars Saturday Morning Sections represented. The Bournemouth, Eastleigh, Reading and Poole Section were unable to send teams on this occasion but hopefully they will become involved soon.

The match of Round 1 was the contest between last seasons runaway Champions Trowbridge A and Aldershot. An unchanged Trowbridge A team of Matthew Hazell, Ian Meaker, Andrew Mayell and David Carroll comfortably came through their first match of the new season 5-1.

In the quarter finals Trowbridge achieved another comprehensive 5-1 victory over Stubbington A. Swindon's Jesters A team saw off Trowbridge B 5-1. Jesters C defeated Jesters B 4-2 and Trowbridge's C Team lost 1-5 to Basingstoke.

In the semifinals Jesters A of Steven Roberts, Steve Dunn, Phillip Ratcliffe and Lee Evans lost disappointingly 0-4 to Trowbridge A. I am sure the next contest between these teams will be much closer fought. Jesters C of Dean Hollick, Ryan Harron, Chris Evans and Craig Hollick ended Basingstoke A's fine run by 4 frames to 2.

In the final Trowbridge A completed ended Jesters C's hope of a first Team Challenge title. From Trowbridge's first showing this season it would appear that they still hold a big advantage over the other teams in this competition.

The Plate competition trophies were collected by Matthew Webb, Jamie Moutrey, Steven Spillett and Rory McCallum of the Gosport's Stoke Section team. This following their fine win over Jesters B by 4frames to 2.

Our thanks to the staff of the Trowbridge Snooker Centre for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day.

Report: John Hunter

SALISBURY OPEN - 5 October 2003

Sunday 5th October 2003 saw the start of the new Cuestars season with the Salisbury Open. In total 79 players took part in the main event. All matches played including 16 prelims were played the best of 5 frames.

Although there were 16 prelim matches all eyes were on Ian Meaker from Trowbridge and our very own Paul Rose from Jesters and one of our organisers. Paul unfortunately lost by 3 frames to 0 but it is good to see Paul playing again rather than being sat behind the organisers' table. Also in the prelims Sean Harvey beat Andy Savage by 3 frames to 0 and in the first frame Sean hit a break of 101.

In the first round there were many matches of note but Drew Farminer beat Neil Clayton by 3 frames to 2, Grant Conquest beat Lee Whiteley by 3 frames to 2, Paul Robertson beat Michael Finn by 3 frames to 2, under 21 players Daniel Hildyard beat Ben Harrison by 3 frames to 2, Alex Spencer beat Richard Reynolds by 3 frames to 2 and Stephen Kerr beat Phillip Norman by 3 frames to 2.

In the second round Drew Farminer again became the player to watch as he beat Sean Harvey by 3 frames to 0 on the match table. In other matches Phillip Wildman beat Mark McLean by 3 frames to 1, Steven Roberts beat Ian Kemp by 3 frames to 2, Justin Fanning beat Nigel Mok by 3 frames to 1 and Nick Birney beat Pascal Richard by 3 frames to 1. One other match to be noted was the performance of Trowbridge youngster Bradley Brown who played against Grant Conquest. Grant who plays off of scratch had to give 60 points each frame to Brad and who eventually won by 3 frames to 2 was very complementary of Brad who kept trying despite Grant scoring in 40s or 50s every time he came to the table. Well done to Brad.

Due to the numbers of players round three became 'a money' round with £8, their entry fee, being paid to the losers of each match. Drew Farminer, Eastleigh, again won by 3 frames to 0 beating Phil Wildman from Reading. Ben Billett, Bournemouth beat Mike Harris, London, by 3 frames to 0. Daniel Hildyard from Chandlersford beat Daniel Martin, from Woking by 3 frames to 2. Steve Roberts from Jesters in Swindon beat Karl Whiteley from Greenbaize Bournemouth by 3 frames to 2. Alex Dunkley, Chandlersford, beat James Collingwood, Salisbury by 3 frames to 0. John Graham from Swindons' 147 Club beat Justin Fanning, Weymouth, by 3 frames to 1. Stephen Kerr from Woking beat Grant Conquest, Witney, by 3 frames to 0 and Nick Birney from High Wycombe beat David Carroll from Trowbridge by 3 frames to 0.

In the quarterfinals Ben Billett stopped the Drew Farminer charge by winning the match by 3 frames to 2. Steve Roberts beat Daniel Hildyard by 3 frames to 2, John Graham beat Alex Dunkley by 3 frames to 0 and Nick Birney beat Stephen Kerr by 3 frames to 0. All losing quarterfinalists won £15 each.

In the semifinals Steve Roberts beat Ben Billett in a 3 frames to 2 nail bitter match and John Graham beat Nick Birney also by 3 frames to 2. Both losing semi finalists collected £45 each.

In the all Swindon final John Graham beat Steve Roberts by 3 frames to 1. Steve Roberts as runner up collected £74, and John £166 for a days work on the snooker table. Congratulations go to both players for reaching the final after such a long day.

In the plate event, which was played over the best of 3 frames, the first semifinal was between Paul Quinnell from Woking and Andy Simons-Rowe from Plymouth. Paul won by 2 frames to 0. In the second semifinal Lee Whiteley from Bournemouth beat Jack Morgan from High Wycombe by 2 frames to 1. Both Jack and Andy collected £8.

In the plate final Lee Whiteley beat Paul Quinnell by 2 frames to 1. Paul collected £18 as the plate runner up and Lee £35 as the plate winner.

In this event Sean Harvey as already stated hit a fantastic break of 101, other high breaks were Phil Wildman 77, Shaun Mercer 55 and Andy Mayell 45.

All players who participated in this event won ranking points towards the Cuestars rankings, which at the end of the Cuestars season will be worth £500 to the winner of the Rankings Challenge. In total Cuestars will pay out £1,000 in prize money in the Rankings Challenge over the top 20 placings.

Our thanks go to Joe and his staff at Salisbury Snooker Club for their hospitality on the day and we look forward to our next event at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon on Sunday 12th October 2003. This is a Masters Event where double Ranking points are available. The prize fund of £560 with £200 to the winner is guaranteed.

Report: Dave Norman

SWINDON MASTERS- 12 October 2003

Sunday 12th October 2003 saw this Seasons first Cuestars Masters competition take place.

For the 2003/2004 Cuestar Season the Masters competitions will be held on the 2nd Sunday of the month from October to May. The 2nd Sunday of the month was chosen so that Cuestars junior players were able to compete in the Golden Waistcoat tours and still enter our Masters competitions. Regrettable it would appear that the Golden Waistcoat Tour has now been moved to the 2nd Sunday of the month due to the introduction of the EASB U19 Tour.

Once again Cuestars efforts to compliment the scratch events provided by other snooker organizations have been messed up by their last minute actions and for this reason our best junior players could not attend this Swindon Masters event!

With about a dozen regular players missing the event still attracted an entry of 60 players.

In the first round, the matches of note were Swindon's Neil Craycraft's nail biting win over Gosport's Pascal Richard by 3 frames to 2. Current Cuestars Champion Sean Harvey saw his season get into gear with a very fine 3-1 win over Ryan Mears (Aldershot). Junior Sponsored player Stewart Crosswell (Eastleigh) achieved a fine 3-0 win over Matthew Stadius.

In the second round brothers Lee and Jason Whiteley met with Jason enjoying a 3-1 win. Young Jake Baker (Bournemouth's sponsored player) although defeated by scratch player Neil Craycraft did very well to take the match to a deciding frame. Woking's Paul Quinnel achieved a fine 3-0 win over top Cuestars player Neil Clayton. The most notable win of this round however belonged to Bournemouth sponsored section player James Mather who defeated WSA Challenge player David Donovan 3-1.

The last 16 round saw young Anthony Ferriggi, who enjoyed notable success in last seasons Junior Ranking Series competitions, find top form. Anthony defeated Sean Armstrong 3-0. Ian Surtees bt Jason Whiteley 3-1, Neil Craycraft overcame Paul Quinnell 3-1. In the bottom half of the last 16 draw, Gavin Rogers bt Grant Conquest 3-0, Ben Billett ended James Mather's hopes 3-1 and Salisbury Open winner John Graham found Sean Harvey to strong and lost 3-0. Karl Whiteley edged out Swindon's Steven Roberts 3-2 and Ed Cooper showed his class to defeat Stewart Crosswell 3-0.

In the quarterfinals Anthony Ferriggi bt Ian Surtees 3-1, Gavin Rogers bt Neil Craycraft 3-2, Sean Harvey ended another good run by Ben Billett 3-0 and Karl Whiteley achieved the best win of the day by beating Ed Cooper 3-0. All losing quarterfinalists won £20 each.

In the semifinals Gavin Rogers bt Anthony Ferriggi and Sean Harvey bt Karl Whiteley. Both losing semi finalists collected £50 each.

In the final between Bournemouth's Gavin Rogers and Woking's Sean Harvey it was Sean who lasted the course running out a 3-1 winner. Gavin as runner up collected £100, and Sean collected £200 for his days work on the snooker table. Congratulations go to both players for playing such entertaining snooker on the day!

In the plate event, which was played over the best of 3 frames, the first semifinal was between Wayne Muddiman and Swindon's Andy Savage. Wayen won by 2 frames to 0. In the second semifinal Nick Birney (High Wycombe) beat Drew Farminer by 2 frames to 1.

In the plate final Wayne bt Nick by 2 frames to nil. Nick collected £20 as the plate runner up and Wayne £40 as the plate winner.

In this event the highest recorded break was a 77 made by Ed Cooper. However the highest break made combined with handicap a 105 (H.Break 75 + 30 H/cap) was made by Phillip Wildman.

All players who participated in this event won double ranking points towards the Cuestars rankings, which at the end of the Cuestars season will be worth £500 to the winner of the Rankings Challenge. In total Cuestars will pay out £1,000 in prize money in the Rankings Challenge over the top 20 placings.

Our thanks go to Steve and his staff at Swindon's Jesters Snooker Club for their hospitality on the day and we look forward to our next event at Basingstoke's Academy Snooker Centre on Sunday 26th October 2003. This is a Open Event where norman Ranking points are available. The entry fee is £8 and the prize fund is subject to the number of entries received.

BOURNEMOUTH SECTION CHALLENGE- 02 November 2003

The GreenBaize Snooker Ltd club played host to this second Section Team Challenge event.

There were 9 teams entered with the home club, Salisbury Snooker Club and Trowbridge Snooker Centre all represented by two teams. The other clubs represented were; Aldershot, Basingstoke and Poole.

Salisbury B and Aldershot were drawn to play the prelim match, with the Aldershot team of Ryan Mears, Dominic Birch, David Joce and Dale Mears running out comfortable winners by 5 frames to 1.

In the quarter finals top ranked team Trowbridge A achieved a hard earned win over Aldershot by 4 frames to 2, Salisbury A beat GreenBaize A, Poole lost 2-4 to GreenBaize B and Basingstoke came through 4-2 against Trowbridge B.

In the semifinals Trowbridge A defeated Salisbury A and GreenBaize B of Kayla Mason, Gavin Meek, Jamie Sturland and Jake Baker achieved a fine win over Basingstoke A.

In the final Trowbridge A came through a deciding frame shoot to defeat GreenBaize B and continue their winning streak.

Well played, Matthew Hazell, Ian Meaker, Andrew Mayell and David Carroll of Trowbridge A!

The Plate competition trophies were presented to the Salisbury B team of Nathan Hollywood, Alex Millard, George Marter and Jonathan Spark who defeated Poole 4-3 in the final.

Our thanks goes to Andy Hamon for running the competition and his family for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day.

Report: John Hunter

BASINGSTOKE OPEN - 26 October 2003

Sunday 26th October 2003 saw the re-introduction of Cuestars Senior Open competitions to Basingstoke's Academy Snooker Centre.

The final of the event was contested by two High Wycombe players, newly joined Cuestars player Dylan Leary verses Mathew Wilson. Matthew had made seven breaks of over 50 leading upto the final but this good form was not good enough to prevent Dylan winning 3-2 this in his very first Cuestars event. Well done Dylan!

In total 56 players entered this event. All the main competition matches were the best of 5 frames. There was also a plate event for all first match losers.

The results from the last 16 of the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
James Fretwell 2-3 Matthew Wilson. Dion Baker 3-1 Gareth Harris. Nathan Williams 2-3 Pascal Richard. Bradley Parker 3-0 James Pole. Drew Farminer 3-1 Sean O'Donoghue. John Graham 3-0 Alex Dunkley. Anthony Ferriggi 1-3 Dylan Leary. Andrew Vernon 3-1 Ian Kemp.

Quarter-finals
Matthew Wilson 3-0 Dion Baker. Pascal Richard 2-3 Brad Parker. Drew Farminer 3-1 John Graham. Dylan Leary 3-2 Andrew Vernon.
All losing Quarter finalist received £10.00 each

Semi Finals
Matthew Wilson 3-1 Brad Parker. Drew Farminer 1-3 Dylan Leary.
Losing semis received £25.00 each

Final
Matthew Wilson 2-3 Dylan Leary.
Dylan received £150 and Matthew received £75.00

In the plate competition Swindon's Alex O'Donoghue defeated Aldershot Section player Ryan Mears to win the £30.00 first prize.

Our thanks go to the staff at the Basingstoke's Academy Snooker Centre for their hospitality on the day. Congratulations goes to Chris Bone who successfully run his first Cuestars Event. Well done Chris!!!

SWINDON MASTERS- 09 November 2003

On Sunday 09 November 2003 the Swindon Masters took place at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon. In total 61 players took part in a full days competition, which resulted in a narrow 3-2 victory for Llaneli's Gavin Pantall over Bournemouth's Gavin Rogers in final.

The plate competition was won by Swindon's John Graham.

The results from the last 16 of the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
John Hunter 3-0 James Pole. Phillip Wildman 3-2 A Nagalewski. Andy Symons-Rowe 2-3 Gavin Rogers. Marc Harman 1-3 Karl Whiteley. Grant Conquest 3-1 Pascal Richard. Nick Birney 0-3 Neil Cratcraft. Wayne Muddiman 3-1 Philip Ratcliffe. Ryan Mears 0-3 Gavin Pantall.

Quarter Finals
John Hunter 3-2 Phillip Wildman. Gavin Rogers 3-2 Karl Whiteley. Grant Conquest 1-3 Neil Craycraft. Wayne Muddiman 0-3 Gavin Pantall.
All losing Quarter finalist received £20.00 each

Semi Finals
John Hunter 0-3 Gavin Rogers. Neil Craycraft 1-3 Gavin Pantall.
John and Neil received £50.00 each

Final
Gavin Rogers 2-3 Gavin Pantall.
Gavin Pantall received £200 and Gavin Roger received £100.00

The results from the semis of the plate competition were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
Alex O'Donoghue 2-0 Paul Quinnell. Stewart Crosswell 0-2 John Graham.

Plate Final
Alex O'Donoghue 1-2 John Graham.
John received £40.00 and Alex £20.00

In this event the highest break was a 123 made by Gavin Pantall who also made a 110.The other century break makers were Andy Symons-Rowe 111, Nick Birney 110 and Sean Harvey with a 106.

Congratulations to Andrew Mayell who during this competition increased his highest break to 66.

Our thanks go to Brad and Steve Baker and their staff at Jesters for their hospitality throughout the day.

ALDERSHOT SECTION CHALLENGE- 16 November 2003

The Aldershot's Breaks Snooker Centre hosted their first Cuestars competition this season's third Section Team Challenge event.

It was a first for Aldershot Section Organiser Ray Mears who was running his first Cuestars Sunday event.

There were 10 teams entered with Trowbridge represented by all three of their teams as was Gosport's Stoke Snooker Club. The other clubs represented were the home club Aldershot, Basingstoke, Stubbington and Salisbury.

Two prelim matches were required to make up the quarter final draw. Stoke B lost out in a play off frame to the Salisbury A team of Daniel Johnston, Martin Cannings, Mark Green and Antony Foxcroft. The other match saw Trowbridge B of Matthew Lloyd, Tom Hiddereley, Brad Brown and Ben Harrison defeat Stoke A also in a play off frame.

In the quarter finals Salisbury A continued their good form beating Stoke C 5-1, the home team, Aldershot achieved a 6-0 whitewash over Trowbridge C, Trowbridge B achieved the sameresult over Stubbington and Trowbridge A beat Basingstoke A 5-1.

In the semifinals Salisbury A lost 2-4 to Aldershot and Trowbridge A needed play off frame win to see off Trowbridge B 4-3. Great effort Trowbridge B!

In the final Trowbridge A proved to strong for the Aldershot team of Ryan Mears, Dominic Birch, David Joce and Dale Mears, winning 5-1.

Again Well played, Matthew Hazell, Ian Meaker, Andrew Mayell and David Carroll of Trowbridge A! (Your Trophy cabinets must be overflowing!!!)

The Plate competition winners trophies were won by the Stoke B team of Rory McCallum, Steven Spillett, Jemma Glasgow and P Oakes who beat Trowbridge C 2-0 in the final.

Our thanks goes to the staff of Aldershots Breaks Snooker Centre and Ray Mears successfully ran his first Cuestars Sunday competition.

The photo's show (from the top down). Trowbridge C Team, Stoke B team and the Aldershot Challenge team winners Trowbridge A.

Report: John Hunter

POOLE OPEN - 23 November 2003

Sunday 23 November 2003 saw the Season's first ranking competition held in Dorset. As usual this event was well supported by local players and a good entry of 61 players was achieved. This meant a first prize of £150.00 was up for grabs!

After a long days competition the final was contested by young players Karl Whiteley (GreenBaize Snooker Club) and Drew Farminer (Eastliegh's Altis Snooker Centre). Both players showed fatigue in the final and after 5 very hard long fought frames a large slice of luck on the blue enabled Karl to cross the finishing line and collect the £150 prize. Drew had to settle for the runners-up prize of £76.

All the main competition matches were the best of 5 frames. There was also a plate event for all first match losers.

The results from the last 16 of the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
Ian Bell 3-1 Luke Reynolds. Karl Whiteley 3-0 David Volante. Pete Hendes 3-1 Dion Baker 1. Layton Brooks 0-3 Tony Beck. James Pole 2-3 Alex O'Donaghue. Nick Birney 2-3 Tim Taylor. Alex Dunkley 1-3 Drew Farminer. Ryan Mears 1-3 Nick O'Byrne.

Quarter-finals
Ian Bell 1-3 Karl Whiteley. Pete Hendes 2-3 Tony Beck. Alex O'Donaghue 3-0 Tim Taylor. Drew Farminer 3-2 Nick O'Byrne.
All losing Quarter finalist received £15.00 each

Semi Finals
Karl Whiteley 3-1 Tony Beck. Alex O'Donaghue 0-3 Drew Farminer.
Losing semis received £30.00 each

Final
Karl Whiteley 3-2 Drew Farminer.
Karl received £150 and Drew received £76.00

The plate competition the first prize of £35 was won by Chandlers Ford Mark Mclean who beat Jason Whiteley 2-1 in the final.

Our thanks go to the staff at Poole's Ambassador Snooker Club for their hospitality on the day.

Report John Hunter

STUBBINGTON SECTION CHALLENGE- 30 November 2003

The Stubbington Snooker Club played host to this season's fourth Section Team Challenge event.

There were 11 teams entered with both Gosport's Stoke Snooker Club and the Trowbridge Snooker Centre represented by three teams, Salisbury were able to send two teams and the other clubs represented were the home club Stubbington, Aldershot and Basingstoke.

There were the matches needed to determine the quarter-final line up. In these matches Basingstoke beat Trowbridge C 4-2, Gosport A defeated Salisbury A by 5 frames to 1, the Stubbington team of Ross Barker, James Fox, Kate Barker and Alex Caswell lost 3-4 after a deciding frame with Gosport C.

In the quarter finals Basingstoke team of James Fretwell, Gareth Harris, Matthew Sharp and Nicholas Bone achieved a comprehensive 5-1 win over Gosport B, Gosport A had a good win over Aldershot. In the bottom half of the draw the Trowbridge B team of Matt Lloyd, Tom Hidderley, Brad Brown and Ben Harrison ended Trowbridge A's amazing winning streak by 4 frames to 2 and Salisbury B beat Gosport C 4-2.

In the semifinals Basingstoke narrowly lost out 2-4 to the Gosport A and Trowbridge B achieved another fine win of 4-2 in the competition, this time over the Salisbury B team of Nathan Hollywood, George Marter, Jonathan Spark and Alex Millard.

In the final Gosport A deafeated Trowbridge B by 4 frames to 2.

Well played, Joe Kemp, Matt Homer, Simon Morris and Daniel Phillips of Gosport A who received the Stubbington Section Team Challenge Trophies!

The Plate competition trophies were won by Trowbridge A (Matt Hazell, David Carroll, Ian Meaker and Andrew Mayell) who defeated Salisbury A 4-3 after winning a deciding frame shootout..

Our thanks goes to the staff of the Stubbington Snooker Club for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day.

Report: John Hunter

SWINDON SECTION CHALLENGE- 07 December 2003

Swindon's Jesters Snooker Club played host to this season's five Section Team Challenge event.

A record 17 teams took part with the home Club entering 5 Swindon teams from their Saturday morning section. Trowbridge again entered 3 teams and Basingstoke and Poole Section were able to enter B teams for the first time.

A prelim match between Gosport B and Salisbury A was needed to establish the last 16 matches. This contest was won by Salisbury A by 4 frame to 2 with Gosport B entered into the plate.

In the last 16 the results were as follows: -

Gosport C 2-4 Trowbridge B. Swindon D 3-4 Salisbury A. Swindon F 0-6 Aldershot. Basingstoke A 1-5 Swindon A. Swindon C 2-4 Poole A. Poole B 2-4 Trowbridge A. Swindon E 2-4 Salisbury B. Trowbridge C 3-4 Basingstoke B.

In the quarter-finals the match of the round was the contest between Poole A of Ed Mellowes, Pete Hendes, Ben Smith and Ian Bell who lost in a playoff frame to the top ranked team Trowbridge A.

Trowbridge B 5-1 Salisbury A. Aldershot 0-6 Swindon A. Poole A 3-4 Trowbridge A. Salisbury B 4-2 Basingstoke B.

In the semis Swindon A of Alex Lipski, Lee Evans, Steven Dunn and Phillip Ratcliffe achieved another convincing win this time over Trowbridge B. In the other semi Salisbury B (Alex Millard, Liam Tinne, Amy Cannings and Jonathan Spark) fine run came to end at the hands of Trowbridge A.

Trowbridge B lost to Swindon A (no match score provided). Trowbridge A 5-1 Salisbury B.

The final between Swindon A and Trowbridge A provided a fitting end to a great days competition. The match required a deciding frame to be played between Swindon's Steve Dunn and Trowbridge's Ian Meaker, with Steve and his Swindon A team finishing 4-3 winners. Well done Swindon A!!!

Swindon A 4-3 Trowbridge A.

The plate competition final was between Swindon D (Liam O'Shea, Chris Ward, Jack Bridgman and R Hewitt) and Basingstoke A (Matthew Sharp, James Frettwell, Nick Bone and Gareth Harris). This contest also went down to a deciding frame with Basingstoke A coming out winners. Well done Basingstoke A who keep 2nd position on the Team rankings table.

Basingstoke A 4-3 Swindon D.

Our thanks goes to the staff of Swindon's Jesters Snooker Club for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day.

Report: John Hunter

SALISBURY MASTERS- 14 December 2003

On Sunday 14 December 2003 the first Masters event to be held at the Salisbury Snooker Club took place. A tremendous entry on 71 players took part with the competition organiser Trevor Cross facing a long challenging day ahead!

In response to players concerns regarding the quality of the cue balls used, with the blessing of the club, 10 new snooker balls were introduced and it would appear from the high level of snooker played throughout the day that this has gone some way to improving playing conditions.

There was drama early on with Woking's Daniel Martin making a brilliant break of 84 setting a target of 119 for the highest break prize of £20.00. Unfortunately for Daniel his joy of making this break was short lived when it was established that he had also recently made a break of 98. Daniel's failure to notify Cuestars meant he had to be withdrawn from the competition. In fairness to Daniel when he realised his mistake his disappointment was certainly genuine and Cuestars has acknowledged this by decided that the punishment of losing his entry fee and being withdrawn from the competition was sufficient. Daniel has been informed that he will be able to enter future Cuestars events off his new handicap.

"I would again like to remind all players of the neccessity to inform Cuestars of any change in highest break. Every player should be aware the Handicap System now used does ensure that players who consistantly perform to a higher standard than their handicap will have their handicap reduced. For those players who regularly enter competitions and find their handicap is insuficient to give them a chance then they can make a written request for their handicap to be reviewed! After this competition Steve Ashton made such a request and due to Steve's low rating score his handicap was increased from 25 to 40 this based on the highest break he has made in the last 12 months."

Back to the competition the last 16 results of the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
Nigel Mok 3-0 John Searle. Nathan Williams 3-0 Stuart Haines. Martin Cannings 3-0 Alex Golding. Andrew Symons-Rowe 2-3 Anthony Cutler. Wayne Muddiman 3-2 Steven Roberts. Stewart Crosswell 3-1 Andrew Budgell. William Power 3-1 Dion Baker. Paul Robertson 1-3 Paul Fuller.

Quarter Finals
Nigel Mok 1-3 Nathan Williams. Martin Cannings 2-3 Anthony Cutler. Wayne Muddiman 2-3 Stewart Crosswell. William Power 1-3 Paul Fuller.
All losing Quarter finalist received £20.00 each

Semi Finals
Nathan Williams 2-3 Anthony Cutler. Stewart Crosswell 1-3 Paul Fuller.
Nathan and Stewart received £50.00 each

Final
Anthony Cutler 3-1 Paul Fuller.
Anthony received £200 and Paul received £100.00

Well done Anthony for a successful return to Cuestars competition and congratualtions to Paul Fuller for his best Cuestars performance!

The results from the semis of the plate competition were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
Antony Foxcroft 0-2 Sean Harvey. Daniel Hildyard 2-0 James Pole.

Plate Final
Sean Harvey 1-2 Daniel Hildyard.
Daniel received £40.00 and Sean £20.00

Well done Daniel for a great win over last season's outstanding Cuestars Champion, Sean Harvey!

In this event competition winner Anthony Cutler's break of 101 that when added to his handicap of 15 earned him the highest break prize of £20.00. The competions other century break maker was Sean Harvey with a 102.

Our thanks go to the staff and owners of the Salisbury Snooker Club for their hospitality throughout the day.

Report: John Hunter

POOLE SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 21 December 2003

Poole's Ambassador played host to this season's sixth Section Team Challenge event.

There were 11 teams entered with the Boscombe team from the Academy Snooker Club in Boscombe entering their first team competition. Although the Boscombe team of Neil Bates, Joshua Brown, Luke Dillon and Thomas Leyshon lost both their main and plate matches, their Section Organiser Andy Hamilton enjoyed the chance to see the standard his players will need to achieve to be competitive.

The results from the quarter finals of the main competition were as follows: -

Quarter finals: Salisbury B 2-4 Bournemouth B. Aldershot 4-3 Poole B. Basingstoke A 1-5 Poole A. Trowbridge A 6-0 Gosport (Stoke) 0.

Semi finals: Bournebouth B 2-4 Aldershot. Poole A 4-2 Trowbridge A.

Final: Aldershot bt Poole A

Congratulations to the Aldershot A team of Dale Mears, Dominic Birch, Ryan Mears and David Joce for their first main competition win of the season. Trophies were provided to both the Aldershot and Poole A players.

The Plate competition winner trophies were won Salisbury A (Daniel Johnston, Antony Foxcroft, Mark Green and Martin Cannings) who defeated Poole B in the final.

Our thanks goes to the staff of Poole's Ambassador Snooker Club for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day.

Report: John Hunter

READING SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 04 January 2004

Reading's Colours Snooker Club played host to their first Cuestars event.

There were 12 teams entered with three teams from the Reading Section entered under the stewardship of Section Organiser Paul Matthews.

Four matches were needed to determine the quarter final line. The pick of these matches was the contest between Reading C and Basingstoke A. Gareth Harris of the Basingstoke A managed to win a re-spotted black to defeat Reading C's Luke Hooker in a deciding frame shoot out.

In the quarter finals the Poole A team of Ben Smith, Keith Traves, Ian Bell and Alex Tait were again up against the Trowbridge A team of Matt Hazell, Ian Meaker, David Carroll and Andrew Mayell. Again these two teams were hard to seperate with Trowbridge A running out winners in a deciding frame. In the other quarter final matches Basingstoke A beat Stoke C by 5 frames to 1. Reading B lost to Aldershot 0-6 and Trowbridge B narrowly beat Trowbridge C by 4 frames to 2.

In both semi-finals deciding frames were needed with Trowbridge A edged out Basingstoke A 4-3 and Trowbridge achieving a good win of 4-3 over Aldershot.

In the final Trowbridge A defeated Trowbridge B by 4 frames to 2. Yet again well played Trowbridge A! Both teams received trophies.

The Plate competition trophies were won by the Salisbury A team of Daniel Johnston, Antony Foxcroft, Mark Green and Martin Cannings, who defeated the Reading C team of Luke Hooker, Simon Woods, Perry Chance and Nikolas Kyriakou by 6 frames to 0. Both teams received trophies.

Our thanks goes to the staff of Reading's Colours Snooker Club for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day.

Report: John Hunter

SWINDON MASTERS- 11 January 2004

On Sunday 11 January 2004 the Swindon Masters took place at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon. In total 64 players took part. The main competition was to be won by Swindon's Keiran O'Leary who defeated Paul Fuller in the final.

The results from the last 16 of the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
Keiran O'Leary 3-0 Francesco Carchedi. Paul Rose 3-2 Michael Finn. Nathan Williams 1-3 Anthony Ferriggi. Stewart Crosswell 1-3 Neil Clayton. David Carroll 0-3 Paul Fuller. Alex O'Donoghue 3-0 Paul Quinnell. Nick Birney 3-2 Karl Whitleley. Daniel Hildyard 1-3 Anthony Cutler.

Quarter Finals
Keiran O'leary 3-0 Paul Rose. Anthony Ferriggi 0-3 Neil Clayton. Paul Fuller 3-2 Alex O'Donoghue. Nick Birney 3-1 Anthony Cutler.
All losing Quarter finalist received £20.00 each

Semi Finals
Keiran O'Leary 3-0 Neil Clayton. Paul Fuller 3-1 Nick Birney
Nick and Neil received £50.00 each

Final
Keiran O'Leary bt Paul Fuller.
Keiran received £200 and Paul received £100.00

The results from the semis of the plate competition were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
Gavin Rogers 0-2 Matthew Wilson. Stephen Kerr 2-1 James Pole.

Plate Final
Matthew Wilson 0-2 Stephen Kerr.
Stephen received £40.00 and Matthew £20.00

In this event the highest break proze of £20.00 was won by Stewart Crosswell who made a break of 70 (his new highest ever break, well done Stewart!) that when added to his handicap made a break of 115. This narrowly beat the break of Michael Finn who made the competitions highest break of 99 that when added to his handicap made 114.

Our thanks go to Brad and Steve Baker and their staff at Jesters for their hospitality throughout the day.

GOSPORT SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 18 January 2004

Gosport's Stoke Snooker Club played host to this season's seventh Section Team Challenge event.

There were 13 teams entered.

The results from the main competition were as follows: -

Prelims: Basingstoke A bt Gosport C, Gosport B bt Salisbury B, Trowbridge A bt Salisbury A, Trowbridge C bt Basingtsoke B.

Quarter finals: Basingstoke A bt Stubbington, Gosport A bt Gosport B, Trowbridge A bt Trowbridge C, Aldershot bt Trowbridge B.

Semi finals: Basingstoke A bt Gosport A, Trowbridge A bt Aldershot.

Final: Trowbridge A 4-3 Basingstoke A

Congratulations to the Trowbridge A team of Matthew Hazell, Ian Meaker, David Carroll and Andrew Mayell for another fine win. Well done to the Basingstoke A team of James Fretwell, Scott Coker, Gareth Harris and Wayne Lee-Buckland for taking Trowbridge A to a deciding frame in the final! Trophies were provided to both teams.

The Plate competition winner trophies were won Salisbury A (Daniel Johnston, Antony Foxcroft, Mark Green and Martin Cannings) who defeated Poole Ain the final. Well done Antony Foxcroft on the 50 break!

Our thanks goes to Rose, Dave and the staff of the Stoke Snooker Club for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day.

Report: John Hunter

SALISBURY OPEN - 25 January 2004

The first Senior Open event of the new year attracted the lowest entry of this season so far, 46 entries. After so many big entries at Salisbury Snooker Club of late our Cuestars organiser Trevor Cross enjoyed an early finish for a change!

The final was of the Salisbury Open was contested by myself, John Hunter and newly joined Cuestars player Mark Sutton from Birmingham. The final was a very open fluent match with four breaks of over 50 made between the two players. It was Mark who came through in the deciding frame to secure the £106 winners prize. I had to settle for the runners-up prize of £50.

The results from the last 16 of the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
Lee Whiteley 0-3 Richard Reynolds. Steve Ashton 3-1 Stewart Crosswell. Mark Sutton 3-1 Neil Craycraft. Marc Harman 3-2 Luke Reynolds. Nick Birney 1-3 Ian Surtees. John Hunter 3-0 Peter Hodgins. Neil Clayton 1-3 Karl Whiteley. Liam Tinne 0-3 Gavin Rogers.

Quarter-finals
Richard Reynolds 3-2 Steve Ashton. Mark Sutton 3-0 Marc Harman. Ian Surtees 0-3 John Hunter. Karl Whiteley 3-0 Gavin Rogers.
All losing Quarter finalist received £10.00 each

Semi Finals
Richard Reynolds 0-3 Mark Sutton. John Hunter 3-2 Karl Whiteley.
Losing semis received £25.00 each

Final
Mark Sutton 3-2 John Hunter.
Mark received £106 and John received £50.00

The plate competition the first prize of £24 was won by Dion Baker who beat Daniel Hildyard 2-1 in the final.

Our thanks go to the staff at Salisbury Snooker Club for their hospitality on the day.

Report John Hunter

EASTLEIGH SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 01 February 2004

The Academy Snooker Club, Eastleigh played host to their first Cuestars event.

There were 15 teams entered with three teams from the Eastleigh Section entered under the guidance of Section Organiser John Peatroy. This competition also saw the High Wycombe team of Lee Carlton, Will Benjafield, Lee Burnard and Dominic Lowe entering their first Cuestars event.

The results from the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16: Eastleigh B 5-1 Basingstoke B. Salisbury A (bye). Gosport C 1-5 Trowbridge A. Trowbrdige C 0-6 Trowbridge B. Eastleigh C 0-6 Aldershot. Poole A 4-3 Salisbury B. Basingstoke A 4-2 Gosport B. High Wycombe 2-4 Eastleigh A.

Quarter finals: Eastleigh B 4-2 Salisbury A. Trowbridge A 4-2 Trowbridge B. Aldershot 2-4 Poole A. Basingstoke A 2-4 Eastleigh A.

Semi finals: Eastleigh B 1-5 Trowbridge A. Poole A 2-4 Eastleigh A.

Final: Trowbridge A 2-4 Eastleigh A

Congratulations to the Eastleigh A team of Stewart Crosswell, Daniel Bentley, Simon Chung and Tom Layton on their fine win over runaway ranking leaders Trowbridge A.

The Plate competition winner trophies were won by Gosport B (Rory McCallum, Antony Dearing, Jemma Glasgow and Steven Spillett) who defeated Salisbury B in the final.

Our thanks goes to the staff of The Academy Snooker Club, Eastleigh for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day.

Report: John Hunter

SALISBURY MASTERS - 08 February 2004

On Sunday 08 February 2004 Salisbury Snooker Club played host to the 5th Masters event of this season. A good entry of 54 players took part with competition organiser Trevor Cross in charge of the days events!

With the omission of Top Cuestars players; Sean Harvey, Nathan Williams and Matthew Wilson who had all qualified for the finals day of an National EASB event, (well done guys!!), I, John Hunter (Salisbury) enjoyed their absence to defeat Swindon's Alex O'Donoghue in the final and win this event. Watch out everybody I am flying up the rankings!!!

The results from the last 16 onwards of the Main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
Liam Tinne 0-3 Alex O'Donoghue. Mark McLean 1-3 Stuart Ross. Scott Haynes 3-0 Mark Green. Gavin Rogers 3-2 Ian Surtees. Ryan Mears 2-3 John Hunter. John Graham 0-3 Steven Roberts. Daniel Hildyard 3-1 Paul Fuller. Paul Quinnell 3-2 Michael Finn.

Quarter Finals
Alex O'Donoghue 3-0 Stuart Ross. Scott Haynes 1-3 Gavin Rogers. John Hunter 3-1 Steven Roberts. Daniel Hildyard 1-3 Paul Quinnell.
All losing Quarter finalist received £20.00 each

Semi Finals
Alex O'Donoghue 3-2 Gavin Rogers. John Hunter 3-1 Paul Quinnell.
Losing semis received £50.00 each

Final
John Hunter 3-0 Alex O'Donoghue.
John received £200 and Alex received £100.00

The results from the semis onwards of the plate competition were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
Steven Dunn 1-2 Andy Savage. Jake Baker 1-2 James Mather.

Plate Final
Andy Savage 0-2 James Mather.
James received £40.00 and Andy£20.00

Well done James Mather (Bournemouth, GreenBaize) for winning the plate and making your first century break, a 106+35 (141) which won the highest break prize of £20.00!

Our thanks go to the staff and owners of the Salisbury Snooker Club for their hospitality throughout the day.

Report: John Hunter

SWINDON OPEN - 15 February 2004

On Sunday 15 February 2004 the Swindon Open took place at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon.

The draw of this event initially showed 67 players entered however due to a wrong turning and probably a heavy night before, Bournemouth players Shaun Mercer, Sean Armstrong, Gavin Rogers, James Mathers and Karl Whiteley arrived after 11 O'clock and were withdrawn. The competiton organiser Paul Rose correctly applied the rules and could only offer entry into the plate competiton for these players. To the credit of these players no fuss was made and they all entered the plate competition.

WSA Challenge Tour player Gavin Pantall from Wales again made another successful trip over the bridge to enter his second and win his second Cuestars event of the season. Gavin's closest match was to new Cuestars player Mike Coudrey who took him to a deciding frame. Another new Cuestars player Anish Gokool also enjoyed his first competition by reaching the final.

The results from the last 16 of the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
Stewart Crosswell 0-3 Gavin Pantall. Neil Craycraft 1-3 Mike Coudray. Anthony Ferriggi 2-3 Nigel Mok. Paul Quinnell 3-1 Steven Dunn. Nick Birney 0-3 Paul Fuller. Ryan Mears 0-3 John Hunter. Stuart Ross 1-3 Grant Mason. Alex Golding 0-3 Anish Gokool.
All losing last 16 received £5.00 each

Quarter Finals
Gavin Pantall 3-2 Mike Coudray. Nigel Mok 1-3 Paul Quinnell. Paul Fuller 1-3 John Hunter. Grant Mason 0-3 Anish Gokool.
All losing Quarter finalist received £15.00 each

Semi Finals
Gavin Pantall 3-1 Paul Quinnell. John Hunter 2-3 Anish Gokool.
Paul and John received £30.00 each

Final
Gavin Pantall 3-1 Anish Gokool.
Gavin received £130 and Anish received £62.00

The results from the semis of the plate competition were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
James Mathers 2-1 Daniel Hildyard. Richard Reynolds 2-1 Alex O'Donoghue.

Plate Final
James Mathers 0-2 Richard Reynolds.
Richard received £30.00 and James £12.00

Our thanks go to Brad and Steve Baker and their staff at Jesters for their hospitality throughout the day.

BASINGSTOKE SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 22 February 04

The Academy Snooker Club, Basingstoke played host to this season's penultimate Cuestars Team Challenge Event.

Thatcham Cuestars Section organiser Paul Broome reintroduced this section back into a Cuestars Team Challenge event after a couple of years absence. Thatcham were once the Cuestars Junior Section Team Challenge champions and Paul is keen for this new group of players to work towards winning this event again!

Trowbridge A, who have already secured top spot in the rankings, are also keen to break through the 200 points barrier. Their quarter final defeat to the improving Salisbury A team (Martin Cannings, Antony Foxcroft, Mark Green and Adam Guyatt) meant they just have the Salisbury Team Challenge event on the 13th March 2004 to reach 200 ranking points.

There were 16 teams entered for this event with the four teams from Swindon's Jesters Snooker Club aiming to ensure a Cuestars Team Challenge event takes place at their Club next season.

The results from the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16: Aldershot 6-0 Thatcham B. Stoke B 2-4 Trowbridge C. Jesters F 1-5 Salisbury A. Trowbridge A 4-3 Jesters A. Trowbridge B 5-1 Jesters B. Poole A 6-0 Thatcham A. Basingstoke A 4-2 Basingstoke B. Stoke C 0-4 Jesters D.

Quarter finals: Aldershot 2-4 Trowbridge C. Salisbury A 4-3 Trowbridge A. Trowbridge B 4-2 Poole A. Basingstoke A 1-4 Jesters D.

Semi finals: Trowbridge C 2-4 Salisbury A. Trowbridge B 4-0 Jesters D.

Final: Salisbury A 2-4 Trowbridge B.

Congratulations to the Trowbridge B team of Matthew Lloyd, Tom Hidderley, Ben Harrison and Brad Brown on their fine win over Salisbury A. (Picture shows finalist)

The Plate competition winner trophies were won by Basingstoke B (Nicholas Bone, Daniel Forsyth, Matthew Sharp and Ian Perks) who defeated Jesters A in the final.

Our thanks goes to the staff of The Academy Snooker Club, Basingstoke for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day.

Report: John Hunter

POOLE OPEN - 29 February 2004

Sunday 29 February 2004 saw the year's first ranking competition held in Dorset. As usual this event was well supported by local players and a good entry of 56 players was achieved. This meant a first prize of £136.00 was up for grabs!

After a long days competition the final was contested by young players Grant Mason (GreenBaize Snooker Club) and Richard Reynolds (Thatcham Snooker Club). Richard after playing so well throughout the day run out of the steam in the final and Grant took full advantage to win 3-0.

All the main competition matches were the best of 5 frames. There was also a plate event for all first match losers.

The results from the last 16 of the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
Ryan Mears 3-1 Keith Traves. John Graham 0-3 Steven Dunn. Grant Mason 3-0 Ray Mears. Andy Barber 0-3 Gavin Rogers. Tim Taylor 3-1 Mark Prescott. Richard Reynolds 3-2 Paul Broome. Neil Clayton 3-2 Nick Birney. Paul Fuller 3-1 Stewart Crosswell.

Quarter-finals
Ryan Mears 3-2 Steven Dunn. Grant Mason 3-0 Gavin Rogers. Tim Taylor 0-3 Richard Reynolds. Neil Clayton 3-1 Paul Fuller.
All losing Quarter finalist received £15.00 each

Semi Finals
Ryan Mears 2-3 Grant Mason. Richard Reynolds 3-0 Neil Clayton.
Losing semis received £30.00 each

Final
Grant Mason 3-0 Richard Reynolds.
Grant received £136 and Richard received £60.00

The plate competition the first prize of £30 was won by Phillip McDonald who beat Daniel Hildyard 2-0 in the final.

Our thanks go to the staff at Poole's Ambassador Snooker Club for their hospitality on the day.

Report by John Hunter

BASINGSTOKE JUNIOR OPENS - 07 March 2003

The Basingstoke Snooker Centre played host to the Season's first Dransfield Machines Ranking Series event. The event attracted a total entry of 100 players and was sponsored by Kempshott Take Away.

U21 Competition

An entry of 31 players took part in the U21 event. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Rory McCallum 1-3 Raymond Yau (70 Break). Alex Spencer (58 Break) 3-0 Mat Richards. Stewart Crosswell 3-0 Simon Woods. Anthony Ferriggi 1-3 Stephen Kerr. Wayne Lee-Buckland 3-0 Richard Reynolds. Ian Bell 3-2 Alex Dunkley. Ian Meaker 3-0 Matthew Hazell. Ben Smith 1-3 James Fretwell.

Quarter Finals
Raymond Yau 3-1 Alex Spencer. Stewart Crosswell 0-3 Stephen Kerr. Wayne Lee-Buckland 3-1 Ian Bell. Ian Meaker 0-3 James Fretwell.

Semi Finals
Raymond Yau 3-1 Stephen Kerr. Wayne Lee-Buckland 3-1 James Fretwell.
Losing Semis £15.00 each

Final
Raymond Yau 3-1 Wayne Lee-Buckland.
Raymond received £80.00 and Wayne received £30.00

Congratulations to Raymond Yau for winning this event and making the competitions highest break of 70. Also well done The Academy, Basingstoke for having 3 of the 4 semi-finalist!

Plate Competition

In the plate competition there were 16 U21 players entered. The results from the semis were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
Martin Hill 2-0 Simon Green. Alex Dunkley 1-2 David Joce

Plate Final
Martin Cannings (Salisbury Snooker Club) 2-1 David Joce.
Martin received £10 and David £5.00.

U15 Competition

In total 44 players took part in the U15 event. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Daniel Hildyard 1-2 Ben Harrison. Grant Mason 2-1 Daniel Sloan. Adam Guyatt 2-0 Jonathan Spark. Daniel Johnston 2-1 Jack Hyom. Steven Spillett 0-2 Dominic Birch. Joshua Ryman 0-2 Michael Ovens. Gareth Harris 1-2 Edward Mellowes. Ryan Mears 0-2 Layton Brooks.

Quarter Finals
Ben Harrison 2-0 Grant Mason. Adam Guyatt 0-2 Daniel Johnston. Dominic Birch 2-0 Michael Ovens. Edward Mellowes 0-2 Layton Brooks.

Semi Finals
Ben Harrison 2-0 Daniel Johnston. Dominic Birch 2-1 Layton Brooks.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
Ben Harrison 0-2 Dominic Birch.
Both Ben and Dominic received trophies.

Congratulations to Dominic Birch of Breaks Aldershot Snooker Centre on a fine win and well done to Grant Mason (Bournemouth's GreenBaize club) on making the competition highest break of 56!

U12 Competition

In total 26 players took part in the U12 event. The results from the Quarters were as follows: -

Quarter Finals
Adam Bobat 0-2 Jake Baker. Shaun Ricketts 0-2 Glenn Shefford. Jason Hildyard 1-2 George Marter. Robert Jotcham 0-2 Mark Green.

Semi Finals
Jake Baker 2-0 Glenn Shefford. George Marter 1-2 Mark Green.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
Jake Baker 2-0 Mark Green.
Both Jake and Mark received trophies

Congratulations to Jake Baker (Bournemouth's GreenBaize club) on a great win!

U15/U12 Plate Competition

In the plate competition for U15 and U12 first match losers were 37 players. The results from the semis were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
Alex Tait bt Daniel Tickner. Nick Jennins bt Scott Coker.

Plate Final
Alex Tait (Poole's Ambassador Snooker Club) bt Nick Jennings.
Both Alex and Nick received trophies.

Cuestars would like to take this opportunity to thank the Basingstoke Snooker Centre staff for their hospitality on the day and Kempshott Takeaway for sponsoring this event. Also Cuestars would like to thank Chris Bone for helping with the running of this event.

Report by John Hunter

SWINDON MASTERS- 14 March 2004

On Sunday 14 March 2004 the Swindon Masters took place at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon. In total 54 players took part. The main competition was to be won by Neil Craycraft (Swindon's Jesters Snooker Club) who defeated 2003 Cuestars Champion Sean Harvey in the final.

Main Competition

The results from the last 16 of the main competition were as follows: -

Last 16
John Hunter 0-3 Lee Whiteley. Sean Harvey 3-0 Gavin Pantell. Stuart Haines 3-1 Jake Baker. Keiran Golding 2-3 Oliver Douglas. Neil Craycraft 3-0 Daniel Hildyard. James Mather 3-1 Marc Harman. Nigel Mok 3-1 Jason Hildyard. Gavin Rogers 3-2 Nick Birney.

Quarter Finals
Lee Whiteley 0-3 Sean Harvey. Stuart Haines 3-1 Oliver Douglas. Neil Craycraft 3- 1 James Mather. Nigel Mok 1-3 Gavin Rogers.
All losing Quarter finalist received £20.00 each

Semi Finals
Sean Harvey 3-0 Stuart Haines. Neil Craycraft 3-1 Gavin Rogers.
Stuart and Gavin received £50.00 each

Final
Sean Harvey 2-3 Neil Craycraft.
Neil received £200 and Sean received £100.00

Plate Competition

The results from the semis of the plate competition were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
Tim Clark 0-2 Daniel Knight. Steven Dunn 2-1 Luke Dart.

Plate Final
Daniel Knight 2-1 Steven Dunn.
Daniel received £40.00 and Steven £20.00

In this event the highest break prize of £20.00 was won by John Hunter who made a break of 100.

Our thanks go to Brad and Steve Baker and their staff at Jesters for their hospitality throughout the day.

Report by John Hunter.

SALISBURY SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 14 March 2004

The Salisbury Snooker Club played host to this season's final Cuestars Team Challenge Event.

13 teams took part with Trowbridge A, already champions going into this event, were looking to break through the 200 points barrier!

The results from the main competition were as follows: -

Quarter finals: Basingstoke A 6-0 Trowbridge C. Stoke C 1-5 Salisbury A. Aldershot 5-1 Stoke B. Trowbridge A 3-4 Trowbridge B.

Semi finals: Basingstoke A 3-4 Salisbury A. Aldershot 5-1 Trowbridge B.

Final: Salisbury A 4-2 Trowbridge B.

Congratulations to the Salisbury A team of Antony Foxcroft, Martin Cannings, Mark Green and Adam Guyatt who managed to reverse the result of their previous final encounter with Trowbridge B.

The Plate competition winner trophies were won by Trowbridge A (Andrew Mayell, Matthew Hazell, Ian Meaker and David Carroll) who defeated an improving Stoke B team 4-2 in the final. The Trowbridge team dedicated this win and the achievement of breaking the 200 point barrier to Matthew Hazell who again played so brilliantly for them this in his last year as a U21 player.

Our thanks goes to the staff of The Salisbury Snooker Club for providing warm and friendly hospitality on the day. Also Cuestars would like to thank Ray Mears for successfully running this event.

Report: John Hunter