CHANDLERS FORD SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE
18th September 2005

The first round in the southern section of the U21 Team Challenge was held at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.

11 teams representing 7 Junior Sections attended the event – Gosport Mayfair, Gosport Stoke, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Boscombe, Poole and Aldershot.

There were 3 “last 16” matches in which Aldershot beat Eastleigh A 4-2 and in the other two matches, which both required play-offs, Chandlers Ford beat Chandlers Ford B 4-3 and Gosport Mayfair beat Eastleigh B 4-3.

Quarter-Finals

Chandlers Ford A 4-2 Aldershot
Gosport Mayfair 3-4 Poole C
Boscombe 2-4 Poole A
Poole B 4-2 Gosport Stoke

Semi-Finals

Chandlers Ford A 4-1 Poole C
Poole A 2-4 Poole B

Final

Chandlers Ford A (Michael Finn, Peter Maraziotis, Nick Jennings and Daniel Hildyard) beat Poole B (Matthew McCallum, Luke Sharman, Ben Sharman and Jonathan Spark) 5-1. Members of both teams received trophies.

The Plate was won by Chandlers Ford B (Jason Hildyard, Lee Rolling, Ollie Tydeman and Joe Finch) who beat Eastleigh A (John Smith, Phil Arnold, Daniel Tickner and Daniel Bentley) 4-1 in the final. Members of both teams received trophies.

Highest Reported Breaks of the Day
Ryan Mears 61, Michael Finn 60 & 50 and Daniel Hildyard 54.

Thanks to competition organizer Steve Hildyard and to Chandlers Ford Snooker Club for hosting the event.

Report by Alan Green.

TROWBRIDGE SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE
18th September 2005

The first round in the northern section of the U21 Team Challenge was held at Trowbridge Snooker Centre.

11 teams representing 6 Junior Sections attended the event – Trowbridge, Salisbury, Jesters, Cardiff, Basingstoke and Bracknell.

There were 3 “last 16” matches in which Basingstoke A beat Jesters B 4-2 and in the other two matches, which both required play-offs, Trowbridge A beat last season’s champions Jesters A 4-3 and Trowbridge B beat Bracknell A 4-3.

Quarter-Finals

Basingstoke A 1-5 Trowbridge A
Trowbridge B 4-0 Basingstoke B
Cardiff A 3-4 Salisbury B
Cardiff B 1-5 Salisbury A

Semi-Finals

Trowbridge A 5-1 Trowbridge B
Salisbury B 1-5 Salisbury A

Final

Trowbridge A (Steve Smart, David Carroll, Brad Brown and Ben Harrison) beat Salisbury A (Mark Green, Martin Cannings, Adam Guyatt and Layton Brooks) 4-2. Members of both teams received trophies.

The Plate was won by Jesters A (Dave Sheran, Craig Hollick, Lee Evans and Liam O’Shea) who beat Cardiff A (Kishan Hirani, Munzir Sadiq, Luke Davies and Joseph Abdullah) 4-3 in the final. Members of both teams received trophies.

No highest breaks were reported by players during this competition.

Thanks to competition organizers Mike Greig and Steve White  and to Trowbridge Snooker Centre for hosting the event.

Report by Alan Green.

GOSPORT SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE
25th September 2005

The second round in the southern section of the U21 Team Challenge was held at Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport.

13 teams representing 7 Junior Sections attended the event – Gosport Mayfair, Gosport Stoke, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, Boscombe, Poole and Aldershot.

Boscombe A, Boscombe B and Eastleigh A received byes into the last eight.

Last 16

Chandlers Ford B 4-2 Eastleigh B
Gosport Mayfair B 0-6 Chandlers Ford A
Gosport Mayfair A 1-5 Poole B
Gosport Stoke A 4-2 Gosport Stoke B
Aldershot 1-5 Poole A

Quarter-Finals

Boscombe A 0-6 Chandlers Ford B
Chandlers Ford A 4-2 Poole B
Gosport Stoke A 6-0 Boscombe B
Poole A 4-2 Eastleigh A

Semi-Finals

Chandlers Ford B 0-4 Chandlers Ford A
Gosport Stoke A 2-4 Poole A

Final

Chandlers Ford were playing in their second final of the season having won the previous southern Team Challenge at Chandlers Ford. Poole A were playing in their first final of the season.

Chandlers Ford A (Nick Jennings, Peter Maraziotis, Daniel Hildyard and William Baird) beat Poole A ( Keith Traves, Ian Bell, Alex Tait and Jake Baker) 4-2. Members of both teams received trophies.

The Plate was won by Gosport Mayfair A (James Fox, Joshua Ryman, Sean Caesar and Joe French) who beat Eastleigh A (John Smith, Phil Arnold, Daniel Tickner and Daniel Bentley) 4-2 in the final. Members of both teams received trophies.

Highest Reported Breaks of the Day
Daniel Hildyard 60.

Thanks to competition organizers Steve Booth and Ron Knight and to Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport for hosting the event.

Report by Alan Green.

CARDIFF SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE
25th September 2005

The second round in the northern section of the U21 Team Challenge was held at Riley’s Cardiff Snooker and Pool Centre.

10 teams representing 6 Junior Sections attended the event – Trowbridge, Cardiff, Jesters, Basingstoke Bracknell and, for the first time, Gloucester.

There were 2 “last 16” matches which both required play-offs. Basingstoke A beat Bracknell 4-3 and Gloucester beat Cardiff B 4-3.

Quarter-Finals

Basingstoke A 4-2 Gloucester
Cardiff A 4-2 Trowbridge A
Jesters A 5-1 Trowbridge B
Jesters B 6-0 Cardiff C

Semi-Finals

Basingstoke A 2-4 Cardiff A
Jesters A 6-0 Jesters B

Final

Jesters A (Craig Hollick, Dave Sheron, Liam O’Shea and Lee Evans) beat Cardiff A (Luke Davies, Kishan Hirani, Joseph Abdullah and Munzir Sadiq) 4-2. Members of both teams received trophies.

The Plate was won by Trowbridge A (Steve Smart, David Carroll, Tom Hidderley and Ben Harrison) who beat Trowbridge B (Mark Doughty, Robert Jotcham, Chris Mullins and Jake White) 4-2 in the final. Members of both teams received trophies.

No highest beaks were reported by players during this competition.

Thanks to competition organizer Paul Davies and to Riley’s Cardiff Snooker and Pool Centre for hosting the event.

Report by Alan Green.

Swindon Open 2 October 2005

Mark Bright (£150) won the opening tournament of the season, defeating David Carroll (£72) of Trowbridge 3-2 in the final, taking the top spot in the rankings from an entry of 57 players.

Mark’s path to the final started with a 3-1 win over Swindon’s Craig Hollick, followed by another Jesters player, Kieran Golding, by the same score line. Mike Finn of Chandlers Ford was next to fall in a deciding frame, before defeating Joseph Finch in the quarters. Nick Birney of High Wycombe was beaten 3-1 in the semis before the win over Carroll in the final.

Carroll had earlier beaten English Amateur finalist Andy Symonds-Rowe in the semi final by 3 frames to 1 in an impressive performance.

The highest break of the day went to Neil Craycraft with an excellent break of 123. Symonds-Rowe also ran in a 76 break en route to the semis.

In the plate competition, with 27 entries, Craig Hollick (£30) triumphed over James Fretwell (£15) 2-1 in the final.

Open Last 16

A. Seymour 3-1 A. Guyatt, D. Mears 2-3 N. Birney, M. Finn 2-3 M. Bright, A. Golding 0-3 J. Finch, A. Symonds-Rowe 3-0 I. Meaker, D. Sheeran 1-3 M. Wilson, A. Dunkley 3-2 J. Pole, R. Ellis 1-3 D. Carroll

Quarter-finals

A. Seymour 0-3 N. Birney, M. Bright 3-1 J. Finch, A. Symonds-Rowe 3-1 M. Wilson, A. Dunkley 1-3 D. Carroll

Losers £20

Semi-finals

N. Birney 1-3 M. Bright, A. Symonds-Rowe 1-3 D. Carroll

Losers £40

Final

M. Bright (£150) 3-2 D. Carroll (£72)

Plate Semi-finals

C. Evans 1-2 C. Hollick, S. Rhodes 0-2 J. Fretwell

Report by Matthew Wilson

SALISBURY SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE

9^th October  2005

The third round of the U21 Team Challenge was held at Salisbury Snooker Club. This was the first time this season that all the teams had come together in one competition

20 teams representing 12 Junior Sections attended the event – Trowbridge, Chandlers Ford, Salisbury, Eastleigh, Basingstoke, Gosport Stoke, Boscombe Poole, Bracknell, Gosport Mayfair, Gloucester and Jesters.

So far this season, in the southern section, Chandlers Ford had won the previous two competitions. In the northern section there had been victories for Trowbridge A at Trowbridge and Jesters A at Cardiff.

There were 4 “last 32” matches in which Salisbury A beat Boscombe B, Chandlers Ford B beat Eastleigh A, Poole A beat Bracknell and Poole C beat Basingstoke B.

Last 16

Salisbury A 5-1 Chandlers ford B

Poole A 5-1 Poole C

Eastleigh B 4-2 Salisbury B

Gosport Stoke A 4-2 Gosport Mayfair A

Poole B 4-2 Boscombe A

Gosport Stoke B 4-3 Gloucester

Chandlers Ford A 5-1 Trowbridge A

Trowbridge B 0-6 Jesters A

Quarter-Finals

Salisbury A 4-3 Poole A

Eastleigh B 4-2 Gosport Stoke A

Poole B 4-2 Gosport Stoke B

Chandlers Ford A 2-4 Jesters A

Semi-Finals

Salisbury A 4-2 Eastleigh B

Poole B 1-5 Jesters A

Final

Both Salisbury and Jesters A were playing in their second final of the season.

Salisbury A were runners-up at Trowbridge whilst Jesters A won the Cardiff

Section Team Challenge.

Jesters A (Dave Sheeran, Craig Hollick, Liam O’Shea and Lee Evans) beat Salisbury A (Martin Cannings, Mark Green, Adam Guyatt and Layton Brooks) 4-2.

Members of both teams received trophies.

The Plate was won by Trowbridge A (Tom Hidderley, Steve Smart, Brad Brown and David Carroll) who beat Trowbridge B (Mark Doughty, Robert Jotcham, Chris Mullins and Jake White) 5-1 in the final. Members of both teams received trophies.

Highest Reported Breaks of the Day

Nick Jennings 70 and Mark Green 53.

Thanks to competition organizer Mike Cannings and to Salisbury Snooker Club for hosting the event.

Report by Alan Green.

High Wycombe Open 16 October 2005

Lee Evans (£106) of Swindon won the High Wycombe Open beating Nick Birney (£57) on his own patch 3-0 in the final. There were a total of 36 entries and several high breaks were made during the day.

Evans started with wins over Jim Pole and Neil Clayton, dropping only one frame. Following a deciding frame win over Anthony Ferriggi in the quarters, he whitewashed David Sheeran and then Birney to take the title.

Birney’s route to the final involved wins over Edward Gavin and then Liam O’Shea with breaks of 75, 70 and 64. Victories over Ziggy Hughes and Craig Hollick completed his path to the final where he fell to Evans.

In the plate, Jim Pole (£25) came out victorious beating Brad Greenwood (£11) in the final. Pole’s earlier wins came over Andrew Vernon, Stan Bunker and Richard Oetiker.

The highest break of the day went to Matt Wilson for a 76 clearance. Other break builders were Anthony Ferriggi 74, 57 & 56, Lee Evans 71 & 50, Raj Puri 68, Andy Danyluk 59, Ryan Mears 54 and Ziggy Hughes 50.

Open Last 16

Z. Hughes 3-0 S. Dunn, L. O’Shea 0-3 N. Birney, C. Hollick 3-2 C. Butcher, J. Perez 3-1 M. Wilson, R. Mears 0-3 A. Ferriggi, L. Evans 3-1 N. Clayton, A. Grainger 1-3 D. Sheeran, A. Danyluk 3-0 M. O’Shea

Quarter-finals

Z. Hughes 1-3 N. Birney, C. Hollick 3-2 J. Perez, A. Ferriggi 2-3 L. Evans, D. Sheeran 3-0 A. Danyluk

Losers £10

Semi-finals

N. Birney 3-1 C. Hollick, L. Evans 3-0 D. Sheeran

Losers £25

Final

L. Evans (£106) 3-0 N. Birney (57)

Plate Semi-finals

D. Volante 0-2 B. Greenwood, A. Vernon 1-2 J. Pole

Plate Final

J. Pole (£25) 2-1 B. Greenwood (£11)

Report by Matt Wilson

Poole Open 16 October 2005

Nick Jennings (£120) of Chandlers Ford captured the Poole Open title from a field of 42 players, beating Ben Tang (£56) of Poole 3-1 in the final.

Jennings kicked off with deciding frame wins over Keith Traves and then last year’s Senior Rankings winner Daniel Hildyard. Victories over Billy Castle and Ben Harrison followed, with Jennings making a high break of 51. Cuestars own John Hunter was next to fall in the semi final by 3 frames to nil.

Tang had earlier accounted for some notable scalps, including Gavin Rogers, Matthew Hazell and Mike Finn, dropping only three frames en route to the final.

In the plate competition, Layton Brooks (£27) from Salisbury took first prize with a win over Alex Dunkley (£15) in the final, having beaten Mark Prescott and Mark McLean in earlier rounds.

Highest breaks of the day went to Mike Finn with runs 77, 73 and 64.

Open Last 16

A. Guyatt 1-3 J. Hunter, D. Carroll 2-3 I. Meaker, N. Jennings 3-1 B. Castle, M. McCallum 2-3 B. Harrison, B. Smith 3-1 W. Baird, B. Tang 3-1 M. Hazell, L. Whiteley 3-1 P. Mazariotis, M. Finn 3-1 L. Roling

Quarter-finals

J. Hunter 3-0 I. Meaker, N. Jennings 3-2 B. Harrison, B. Smith 0-3 B. Tang, L. Whiteley 2-3 M. Finn

Losers £15

Semi-finals

J. Hunter 0-3 N. Jennings, B. Tang 3-2 M. Finn

Losers £30

Final

N. Jennings (£120) 3-1 B. Tang (£56)

Plate Semi-finals

M. Prescott 0-2 L. Brooks, J. Hildyard 0-2 A. Dunkley

Plate Final

L. Brooks (£27) 2-0 A. Dunkley (£15)

Report by Matt Wilson

BRACKNELL SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE

23^rd October 2005

The fourth round in the northern section of the U21 Team Challenge was held at Riley’s Bracknell Snooker and Pool Club.

A disappointing entry of 7 teams representing 5 Junior Sections attended the event – Trowbridge, Salisbury, Swindon-Jesters, Basingstoke Bracknell and, for the first time this season, Reading.

Bracknell received a bye directly to the semi-finals.

In the quarter-final matches Trowbridge A beat Salisbury A 4-2, Jesters A beat Reading A 6-0 and Basingstoke A beat Trowbridge B 4-3 after a play-off.

Semi-Finals

Bracknell A 5-0 Trowbridge A

Jesters 5-1 Basingstoke A

Final

Jesters were playing in their third final of the season having already won at Cardiff and Salisbury. Bracknell were playing in their first final of the season.

Jesters A (Craig Hollick, Dave Sheran, Liam O’Shea and Lee Evans) beat Bracknell A(Joseph Hughes, Robert Hughes, Ziggy Hughes and Bob Glew) 5-1. Members of both teams received trophies.

In the Plate. Trowbridge B received a bye directly to the final where they played Salisbury A who had beaten Reading A 5-1 in the semi-final.

Salisbury A (Martin Cannings, Mark Green, Adam Guyatt and Antony Foxcroft) beat Trowbridge B (Mark Doughty, Robert Jotcham, Tom Hidderly and Jake White) 4-3 after a play-off between Adam Guyatt and Robert Jotcham.

No highest beaks were reported by players during this competition.

Thanks to competition organizers Peter Hughes and Steve White and to Riley’s Bracknell Snooker and Pool Club for hosting the event.

Finally, on a personal note, thanks to Chris Bone who lent his cue to Mark Green for the day after Mark’s own cue broke during the match with Trowbridge A. (I think Mark played better with this cue than with his own. I just hope you’ve still got a tip Chris!).

Report by Alan Green.

BOSCOMBE SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE

23^rd October 2005

The fourth round in the southern section of the U21 Team Challenge was held at The Academy, Boscombe.

10 teams representing 6 Junior Sections attended the event – Boscombe, Chandlers Ford, Poole, Gosport-Stoke, Aldershot and Eastleigh. Eastleigh, however, arrived too late to enter the main competition and so went straight into the Plate.

There was one “last 16” match in which Poole B beat Boscombe C 4-2.

Quarter-Finals

Chandlers Ford A beat Poole B (no score recorded)

Boscombe B 2-4 Chandlers Ford B

Aldershot 4-3 Poole A

Gosport Stoke 0-6 Boscombe A

Semi-Finals

Chandlers Ford A 4-2 Chandlers Ford B

Aldershot 0-6 Boscombe A

Final

Chandlers Ford were playing in their third final of the season having won both of the previous southern finals at Chandlers Ford and Gosport. Boscombe A were playing in their first final of the season

Chandlers Ford A (Peter Maraziotis, Nick Jennings, Daniel Hildyard and Alex Dunkley) beat Boscombe A (James Sumner, Damien Hadaway, Joshua Brown and Lee Bernard) 4-2. Members of both teams received trophies.

The Plate was won by Poole A (Matthew McCallum, Keith Traves, Alex Tait and Ben Smith) who beat Eastleigh A (John Smith, Phillip Arnold, Dan Tickner and Adam Swift) 4-3 after a play-off.

Highest Reported Breaks of the Day

Nick Jennings 70, 49 & 46, James Sumner 66 and Ryan Mears 53

Thanks to competition organizers Sarah Anderson and John Hunter and to The Academy, Boscombe for hosting this event.

Report by Alan Green.

Swindon Masters 30 October 2005

Lee Evans (£250) of Swindon won his second event in a fortnight, seeing off Welsh professional Lee Walker (£125) by 3 frames to 2 in a tightly contested final. He moves to the head of the ranking list after four tournaments after winning from a field of 59 players.

Evans dropped only three frames en route to the final, and was pushed to a decider only by John Hunter in the 2^nd round and Walker in the final. Liam O’Shea and Pascal Richard were his earlier victims, and Daniel Hildyard fell in the quarter-final 3-0. This was soon followed by another whitewash, this time over his Jesters team-mate Steve Dunn.

Walker was in impressive form all day. Playing with a handicap of -14 as a Main Tour professional, he had close wins over Brad Greenwood and Steve Ashton, before seeing off Jim Pole and Mike Finn without dropping a frame. Poole Open winner Nick Jennings was his opponent in the semi-final but he suffered a similar fate, going down by 3 frames to nil.

In the plate competition, Simon Woods (£45) prevailed over Alex Golding (£20) 2-1 in the final. Woods also beat Dale Mears, Brad Greenwood and Ian Meaker during the competition.

Lee Walker also made the highest break of the day, taking home £25 for his effort of 119. He also made 115 and 88. Elsewhere John Hunter ran in an 86, Pascal Richard 74, Matt Wilson 69, Neil Clayton 69, Nick Jennings 68 and Lee Evans 56.

Masters Last 16

S. Dunn 3-2 D. Carroll, J. Finch 3-2 C. Hollick, A. Guyatt 0-3 D. Hildyard, P. Richard 0-3 L. Evans, M. Finn 3-1 M. Wilson, J. Pole 0-3 L. Walker, N. Jennings 3-2 A. Vernon, M. Smith 0-3 W. Muddiman

Quarter-finals

S. Dunn 3-1 J. Finch, D. Hildyard 0-3 L. Evans, M. Finn 0-3 L. Walker, N. Jennings 3-2 W. Muddiman

Losers £30

Semi-finals

S. Dunn 0-3 L. Evans, L. Walker 3-0 N. Jennings

Losers £60

Final

L. Evans (£250) 3-2 L. Walker (£125)

Plate Semi-finals

A. Golding 2-0 L. O’Shea, I. Meaker 1-2 S. Woods

Final

S. Woods (£45) 2-1 A. Golding (£20)

Report by Matt Wilson

POOLE SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE

6^th November  2005

17 teams from 10 sections attended the 5^th Section Team Challenge of the season held at Ambassador Snooker Club, Poole – Eastleigh, Boscombe, Swindon-Jesters, Trowbridge, Gosport-Mayfair, Bournemouth-GreenBaize, Chandlers Ford, Poole-Ambassador, Salisbury and Basingstoke.

In the only “last 32 match”, Poole A beat Trowbridge B 6-0

Last 16

Poole A 6-0 Boscombe B

Gosport Mayfair 1-5 Chandlers Ford B

Eastleigh A 6-0 Poole D

GreenBaize 5-1 Poole C

Jesters A 6-0 Poole B

Boscombe A 2-4 Basingstoke A

Basingstoke B 0-5 Chandlers Ford A

Salisbury A 5-1 Eastleigh B

Quarter-Finals

Poole A 4-2 Chandlers Ford B

Eastleigh A 3-4 GreenBaize

Jesters A 6-0 Basingstoke A

Chandlers Ford A 3-4 Salisbury A

Semi-Finals

Poole A 5-1 GreenBaize

Jesters A 2-4 Salisbury A

Final

Poole A were runners-up at Gosport and plate winners at Boscombe. Salisbury were runners-up at Trowbridge and Salisbury as well as plate winners at Bracknell.

Poole A got off to a good start and soon took a 3-1 lead. Salisbury A, however, pulled back to 3-3 thus taking the match to a play-off. This was played by Ben Smith and Adam Guyatt with Adam eventually taking the frame and the match with a clearance of 45.

Salisbury A (Martin Cannings, Mark Green, Adam Guyatt and Layton Brooks) beat Poole A ( Keith Traves, Ben Sharman, Alex Tait and Ben Smith) 4-3

Members of both teams received trophies.

The Plate was won by Poole B (Ian Bell, Jonathan Spark, Matthew McCallum and Luke Sharman) who beat Boscombe A(Lee Bernard, Josh Brown, James Sumner and Damien Adaway) 4-2 in the final.

Members of both teams received trophies.

Highest Reported Breaks of the Day

Adam Guyatt 45 (80)

The next Cuestars Section Team Challenge will be held at The Academy, Basingstoke, on Sunday 20^th November. We hope to see you there.

Thanks to competition organizer Debbie Ealy and to Ambassador Snooker Club, Poole, for hosting the event.

Report by Alan Green.

Salisbury Open 13 November 2005

James Collingwood (£160) of Salisbury won his home title, beating the consistent Nick Jennings (£80) of Chandlers Ford in the final. The win moves Collingwood up to 12^th place in the Senior Rankings, and edges Jennings closer to Lee Evans at the top. The winner took the first prize from an entry of 62 players.

Collingwood’s path to the final was a young looking one, as he beat no fewer than five juniors to reach the final, and another in the final. In the first round he beat Steve Dunn of Swindon in a decider, and followed that with another final frame win over Peter Maraziotis. A 3-0 win over Chris Bone of Basingstoke saw him into the quarters where he defeated Swindon Open runner-up David Carroll by 3 frames to 1. Last season’s Under 15s Champion Adam Guyatt was beaten 3-1 in the semis, and then followed his 3-1 final win over Jennings.

Jennings won two deciders, against Liam Tinne and Mike Finn, on his way to the final. He also made short work of High Wycombe’s Nick Birney, and Swindon’s Craig Hollick and David Sheeran. This was his second final of the season already, having won the Poole Open, and he also made the semi-finals at the Swindon Masters.

In the Plate, Pascal Richard (£35) from Gosport triumphed over James Bain (£17) of Swindon 2-1 in the final. Richard beat Josh Fryer, Andrew Nagalewski, Mark Green and John Smith on his way to the final.

The highest breaks of the day came from Aldershot’s Neil Clayton, who made 83 and 75 and Mark McLean, who made a break of 55.

Open Last 16

M. Finn 3-2 D. Lau, C. Hollick 1-3 N. Jennings, D. Sheeran 3-0 D. Mears, B. Smith 3-2 J. Hunter, A. Guyatt 3-1 N. Clayton, D. Hildyard 1-3 A. Tait, C. Bone 0-3 J. Collingwood, D. Carroll 3-1 L. Roling

Quarter-finals

M. Finn 2-3 N. Jennings, D. Sheeran 3-2 B. Smith, A. Guyatt 3-0 A. Tait, J. Collingwood 3-1 D. Carroll

Losers £25

Semi-finals

N. Jennings 3-1 D Sheeran, A. Guyatt 1-3 J. Collingwood

Losers £40

Final

J. Collingwood (£160) 3-1 N. Jennings (£80)

Plate Semi-finals

J. Bain 2-1 Z. Hughes, J. Smith 0-2 P. Richard

Final

P. Richard (£35) 2-1 J. Bain (£17)

Report by Matt Wilson

BASINGSTOKE SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE

20^th November  2005

19 teams from 13 sections attended the 6^th Section Team Challenge of the season held at The Academy, Basingstoke – Eastleigh, Poole, Boscombe, Chandlers Ford Gosport Stoke, Reading, Gosport Mayfair, Trowbridge, Basingstoke, Swindon Jesters, Bracknell, Salisbury and Aldershot.

In the last 32 matches, Bracknell beat Basingstoke 6-0, Poole C beat Boscombe B 6-0 and Aldershot beat Boscombe A 4-3.

Last 16

Bracknell 3-4 Poole C

Aldershot 1-5 Salisbury A

Poole A 5-1 Reading

Chandlers Ford B 4-2 Eastleigh B

Jesters A 4-2 Trowbridge B

Basingstoke B 5-1 Gosport Mayfair

Chandlers Ford A 5-1 Basingstoke A

Poole B 4-2 Gosport Stoke

Quarter-Finals

Poole C 3-4 Salisbury A

Poole A 5-1 Chandlers Ford B

Jesters 5-1 Basingstoke B

Chandlers Ford A 5-1 Poole B

Semi-Finals

Salisbury A 3-4 Poole A

Jesters 2-4 Chandlers Ford A

Final

Poole A were runners-up at Gosport and Poole. Chandlers Ford A were playing in their fourth final of the season having previously won at Chandlers Ford, Gosport and Boscombe.

Chandlers Ford A (Nick Jennings, Peter Maraziotis, Daniel Hildyard and Alex Dunkley) beat Poole A ( Keith Traves, Luke Sharman, Alex Tait and Ben Smith) 4-2.

Members of both teams received trophies.

The Plate was won by Trowbridge B (Mark Doughty, Robert Jotcham, Chris Mullins and Jake White) who beat Eastleigh B (Dan Woods, Ben Tanner Adam Goodchild and Matthew Geer) 4-2 in the final.

Members of both teams received trophies.

Highest Reported Breaks of the Day

Mark Green 56(91), Peter Marazioitis 45(80), Adam Guyatt 32(67) Nick Jennings 49(71) and Daniel Hildyard 42(63)

Thanks to competition organizer Chris Bone and to The Academy, Basingstoke for hosting the event.

Report by Alan Green.

Swindon Masters 27 November 2005

Mark Sutton (£250) of Birmingham won the November Swindon Masters title, beating Duncan Lau (£125) of Aldershot 3-1 in the final. Mark played consistent snooker throughout the day and beat several Cuestars Juniors on his way to the final. He took home the first prize from a field of 47 players.

Mark enjoyed early wins over Peter Hodgins and Philip Wildman, before a 3-1 win over Alex Dunkley put him in the quarter-finals. There he was taken to a deciding frame by last year’s Cuestars Under 15 Champion Adam Guyatt. The semi-final was a more straight forward affair, where Trowbridge’s David Carroll was beaten 3-1. His highest break of the day was a run of 76. The win moves Mark into sixth place in the Senior Rankings.

In the Plate competition, Mike Finn cemented his place in the top five of the Rankings with a 2-1 final win over Cuestars’ own John Hunter. Finn had breaks of 60 and 71 and John a run of 78 in what was an excellent final.

Highest break of the day went to Adam Guyatt for his 66 (101 when added to his +35 handicap). Other reported breaks went to Mike Finn 81, Mark Sutton 76, Alex Dunkley 65 and David Carroll 48.

Masters Last 16

A. Dunkley 1-3 M. Sutton, A. Guyatt 3-1 S. Dunn, N. Craycraft 0-3 C. Hollick, D. Carroll 3-0 D. Hildyard, D. Sheeran 3-0 J. Bain, V. Li 3-1 M. Smith, D. Lau 3-2 R. Ellis, J. Pole 1-3 P. Hackett

Quarter-finals

M. Sutton 3-2 A. Guyatt, C. Hollick 0-3 D. Carroll, D. Sheeran 1-3 V. Li, D. Lau 3-0 P. Hackett

Losers £30

Semi-finals

M. Sutton 3-1 D. Carroll, V. Li 2-3 D. Lau

Losers £60

Final

M. Sutton (£250) 3-1 D. Lau (£125)

Plate Semi-finals

D, Goodall 0-2 M. Finn, P. Hodgins 0-2 J. Hunter

Final

M. Finn (£45) 2-1 J. Hunter (£20)

Report by Matt Wilson

EASTLEIGH SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE

4^th December  2005

16 teams from 12 Cuestars junior sections attended the 7^th and penultimate Section Team Challenge of the season held at The Academy, Eastleigh – Eastleigh, Gosport Stoke, Basingstoke, High Wycombe, Trowbridge, Salisbury, Bracknell, Boscombe, Poole, Chandlers Ford, Aldershot and Swindon Jesters.

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Last 16

Jesters A 5-1 Aldershot

Boscombe B 1-5 Poole A

Bracknell 3-4 Gosport A

Boscombe A 2-4 Eastleigh A

Salisbury A 4-2 Chandlers Ford A

Eastleigh B beat High Wycombe (no score recorded)

Trowbridge B 4-2 Basingstoke B

Eastleigh C 1-5 Basingstoke A

Quarter-Finals

Jesters A 5-1 Poole A

Gosport A 2-4 Eastleigh A

Salisbury A 5-1 Eastleigh B

Basingstoke A beat Trowbridge B (no score recorded)

Semi-Finals

Jesters A 5-1 Eastleigh A

Salisbury A 3-4 Basingstoke A

Final

Jesters A were playing in their fourth final of the season having won the previous three at Cardiff, Salisbury and Bracknell. Basingstoke A were playing in their first final of the season.

Jesters A (David Sheeran, Craig Hollick, Liam O’Shea and Lee Evans) beat Basingstoke A (Gary Bagshaw, James Fretwell, Chris Veall and Nicholas Bone) 6-0.

Members of both teams received trophies.

The Plate was won by Aldershot (Ryan Mears, Jack Clare, Dale Mears and David Joce) who beat Boscombe A (Damien Adaway, James Sumner, Joshua Brown and Luke Andrews) 4-2 in the final.

Members of both teams received trophies.

Highest Reported Breaks of the Day

Lee Evans 56(84) & 31(59), James Fretwell 57(92) & 33(68), Mark Green 44 (79), John Smith 30 and Dale Mears 30(79)

Thanks to competition organizers Angela and Helen and to The Academy, Eastleigh for hosting the event.

The final Cuestars Section Team Challenge of the season will be held at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon on Sunday 18^th December.

Report by Alan Green. 

Salisbury Open 11 December 2005

Adam Guyatt (£110) won his home title with a 3-1 win over Steve Smart (£50) of Trowbridge in the final from a field of 42 players. Both players were playing their first final of the season, and the win leaves Guyatt in third place in the Rankings.

Guyatt dropped only two frames all day on route to the title, one to Mike Finn in the semis and one to Smart in the final. He enjoyed 3-0 wins over Chris Bone of Basingstoke, Stephen Turley and James Fretwell, also of Basingstoke.

Smart, who hadn’t previously been beyond the Last 32 of a Cuestars main event, had an excellent run to the final. He beat Alex Thorn, Mark McLean, ex-Challenge Tour professional Nathan Williams, and last year’s Senior Rankings winner Ryan Mears.

In the Plate Competition, Mark Bright (£25) beat Ian Meaker (£12) 2-1 in the final. Bright also beat Neil Clayton, Keith Traves and Daniel Knight on his way to the final.

Highest break of the day went to Mike Finn for an excellent 121. Nathan Williams also had a break of 100. John Hunter 83, Alex Dunkley 66 and Ryan Mears 60 were the day’s other top scorers.

Open Last 16

M. Finn 3-1 D. Baker, M. Green 3-0 D. Carroll, D. Mears 1-3 J. Fretwell, S. Turley 0-3 A. Guyatt, Steve Smart 3-2 M. McLean, N. Williams 3-1 A. Dunkley, M. McCallum 1-3 R. Mears, R. Arnold 3-1 J. Hunter

Quarter-finals

M. Finn 3-1 M. Green, J. Fretwell 0-3 A. Guyatt, S. Smart 3-1 N. Williams, R. Mears 3-1 R. Arnold

Losers £15

Semi-finals

M. Finn 1-3 A. Guyatt, S. Smart 3-2 R. Mears

Losers £25

Final

A. Guyatt (£110) 3-1 S. Smart (£50)

Plate Semi-finals

I. Meaker 2-0 A. Tait, N. Clayton 1-2 M. Bright

Final

M. Bright (£25) 2-1 I. Meaker (£12)

Report by Matt Wilson

SWINDON SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE

18^th December  2005

13 teams from 11 Cuestars junior sections attended the final Section Team Challenge of the season held at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon – Jesters, High Wycombe, Salisbury, Trowbridge, Basingstoke, Chandlers Ford, Boscombe, Eastleigh, Gosport Mayfair, Bracknell and Poole.

Jesters A led the rankings on 208 points, Chandlers Ford A were second on 169 and Salisbury A, third on 165 points. With 13 teams in the competition, there were three byes (Boscombe A, Salisbury A and Jesters A) into the quarter-finals. The 16 points now guaranteed to Jesters A meant they wouldn’t be caught and would be Section Team Champions.

However there was still much to play for with the minor places up for grabs and Jesters trying to win the event at their own club for the first time.

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Last 16

Poole A beat High Wycombe (no score recorded)

Chandlers Ford A beat Eastleigh B (no score recorded)

Jesters B beat Gosport Mayfair (no score recorded)

Bracknell beat Trowbridge B (no score recorded)

Basingstoke A beat Eastleigh A (no score recorded)

Quarter-Finals

Boscombe A 1-5 Salisbury A

Poole A 4-3 Chandlers Ford

Jesters B 1-5 Jesters A

Bracknell 4-2 Basingstoke A

Semi-Finals

Salisbury A 2-4 Poole A

Jesters A 5-1 Bracknell

Final

Jesters A were playing in their fifth final of the season having won the previous four at Cardiff, Salisbury, Bracknell and Eastleigh.

Poole A were in their third final of the season having been runners-up at Gosport and Poole.

Poole A (Luke Sharman, Brad Chappell, Keith Traves and Ben Smith) beat Jesters A (David Sheeran, Craig Hollick, Liam O’Shea and Lee Evans) 4-1 in the final.

Well done to Poole A.

Members of both teams received trophies.

The main honours, however, go to the Jesters A team who without doubt have been the most consistent team throughout the season. Their team line-up was the same for every competition so congratulations to Dave Sheeran, Craig Hollick, Liam O’Shea and Lee Evans and also to team manager Paul Rose.

The Plate was won by Trowbridge B (Mark Doughty, Robert Jotcham, Chris Mullins and Jake White) who beat Eastleigh B (BenTanner, Dan Woods, Adam Goodchild and Matthew Geer) in the final. No score was recorded

Members of both teams received trophies.

Highest Reported Breaks of the Day

Nick Jennings 65 (86)

Thanks to competition organizer Paul Rose and to Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon for hosting the event.

Report by Alan Green.

Poole Open 8 January 2006

Paul Davis came through a field of 37 to win the Poole Open on his first outing in a Cuestars event this season. Davis, who plays at Green Baize Snooker Club in Bournemouth, overcame several form players to win the £100 first prize, beating Ian Bell of Poole in the final.

Davis, who plays off a handicap of 14, opened with a 3-1 win over Matthew McCallum. He then ran into Nick Jennings, who had already made two finals this season and had beaten Cuestars’ own John Hunter in the Last 32. A 3-1 win over Jennings was followed by a quarter-final victory over club-mate Lee Wilkins. His semi-final with Alex Dunkley, who had earlier made a superb break of 128, went to a decider but Davis came out on top to reach the final against Bell. And true to form, it went all the way with Davis prevailing in a tense deciding frame.

Bell himself, who plays off a handicap of 35, had been in good form all day, knocking in breaks of 86 and 68. En route to the final, he beat Ray Hughes, Richard Swaffield, Ian Meaker and David Carroll.

The Plate competition was won by John Hunter, beating Keith Traves of Poole in the final. John also beat Matt McCallum, Lee Bernard and Ivor Pearce.

Highest break of the day was Alex Dunkley’s superb 128, which when added to his handicap of 14 was a 142. Ian Bell had runs of 86 and 68, and Steve Smart a 61.

Open Last 16

J. Baker 0-3 L. Wilkins, N. Jennings 1-3 P. Davis, A. Dunkley (128) 3-2 B. Smith, D. Adaway 0-3 A. Tait, M. Hills 2-3 D. Carroll, A. Cutler 3-0 L. Whiteley, I. Meaker 3-0 R. Ellis, I. Bell (86) 3-1 R. Swaffield

Quarter-Finals

L. Wilkins 0-3 P. Davis, A. Dunkley 3-1 A. Tait, D. Carroll 3-1 A. Cutler, I. Meaker 0-3 I. Bell

Losers £10

Semi-Finals

P. Davis 3-2 A. Dunkley, D. Carroll 1-3 I. Bell

Losers £30

Final

P. Davis (£100) 3-2 I.Bell (£56)

Plate Semi-Finals

K. Traves 2-1 J. Sumner, I. Pearce 0-2 J. Hunter

Plate Final

J. Hunter (£25) 2-0 K. Traves (£12)

Report by Matt Wilson

High Wycombe Open 8 January 2006

Aldershot’s Duncan Lau won the High Wycombe Open, beating Senior Rankings leader Lee Evans of Swindon in a hard fought final. The win, in his second final of the season, pushes Lau into the top 10 of the Rankings, as he overcame a field of 23 players.

Lau had deciding wins in four of his five matches during the day, beating Michael Prince of High Wycombe, Dale Mears of Aldershot, Alex Golding of Swindon and Jim Pole of High Wycombe on his way to the final.

Evans had earlier beaten Swindon Open winner Mark Bright, Swindon’s Neil Craycraft, Raj Puri of Reading and fellow Swindon junior Craig Hollick before falling to Lau in the final.

Andy Danyluk of High Wycombe won the Plate competition, beating his brother Roy Danyluk in the final. Andy also beat Martin O’Shea and Mark Bright.

Highest break of the day came from Reading’s Philip Wildman with a run of 89. Craig Hollick impressed with a break of 76 and Andy Danyluk had a 59.

Open Last 16

R. Puri 3-1 M. O’Shea, L. Evans 3-2 N. Craycraft, V. Li 3-0 L. O’Shea, C. Hollick 3-1 R. Danyluk, J. Pole 3-1 J. Hildyard, R. Gavin 1-3 D. Hildyard, D. Lau 3-2 D. Mears, A. Golding 3-0 Ray Mears

Quarter-Finals

R. Puri 2-3 L. Evans, V. Li 1-3 C. Hollick, J. Pole 3-0 D. Hildyard, D. Lau 3-2 A. Golding

Semi-Finals

L. Evans 3-0 C. Hollick, J. Pole 2-3 D. Lau

Final

D. Lau 3-2 L. Evans

Plate Semi-Finals

A. Danyluk 3-0 M. Bright, L. O’Shea 0-2 R. Danyluk

Plate Final

A. Danyluk 2-1 R. Danyluk

Report by Matt Wilson

Swindon U21, U15 & U12 Opens

15^th January 2006

The first competition of the season always attracts a large entry and this year proved to be no exception with 117 entries at Swindon’s Jesters Snooker Club.

41 players entered the U21. There were 53 in the U15 competition, whilst the U12 competition attracted 23 players. It proved to be a very long day with two of the finals still to be decided at 9.00pm.