SALISBURY OPEN - 6 October 2002

The event attracted a high entry of 86 players including a high number of Junior (Under 21) Players. This meant that there were 22 prelim matches, which in accordance with our rules became the best of 3 framed matches rather than the best of 5. In view of this Cuestars increased the prize fund in the plate competition to £87.

Casualties in the prelims included our own Ron Knight losing to Steve Cook from Bournemouth. Adam Wicheard from Trowbridge losing to Luke Reynolds from Newbury and Lee Evans from Swindon losing to yours truly.

In the first round junior player Mark Green from Salisbury Cuestars played well but eventually lost by 3 frames to 2 to Matthew Stadius from Chichester. Jet Thakker from Swanage lost by 3 frames to 2 to Cliff leaning from Chandlers Ford. Michael Finn from Chandlers Ford beat Gosport's Jim Hooper by 3 frames to 1. Junior Player David Deighton from Trowbridge Cuestars lost by 3 frames to 0 to professional player Lee Walker. Cuestars Tutor Bobby Cooper from Stubbington Cuestars beat Stuart Haines from Chandlers Ford in a close match by 3 frames to 2. Ian Meaker from Trowbridge Cuestars beat Neil Williams from Woking 3 frames to 2. Junior player Ryan Mears from Aldershot Cuestars beat Swindon Cuestars player Richard Cooper in another close game by 3 frames to 2. Stuart Dreyer from Salisbury beat Emma Bonney from Portsmouth by 3 frames to 1.

In the second round Steve Cook continued on his winning ways by beating Stephen Kerr from Aldershot Cuestars by 3 frames to 1. In a Chandlers Ford clash Michel Daly beat Cliff Leaning by 3 frames to 0. Stuart Dreyer then beat Lee Walker by 3 frames to 2. Mark bright from West Sussex beat Pascal Richard from Southsea by 3 frames to 1. Robert Barker from Stubbington beat Paul Quinnell from Woking by 3 frames to 0. Gavin 'Ginger' Rogers from Bournemouth did the unthinkable and beat me by 3 frames to 2, and finally in round 2 not only did he have to pay a fine for forgetting his Cuestars Membership card but John Hunter was beaten by 3 frames to 2 by Mark McLean from Chandlers Ford.

In the last 16 Steve Cook fell by 3 frames to 2 to Matthew Stadius, Michael Daly beat Wayne Townsend by 3 frames to 0 and Sean Harvey from Woking beat Aldershot Cuestars player Ryan Mears by 3 frames to 0. Stuart Dreyer beat Dave Volante from Swindon by 3 frames to 0, Bobby Cooper beat Mark Bright by 3 frames to 1 and Ian Meaker beat Ben Smith by 3 frames to 0. Robert Barker beat professional Paul Davies by 3 frames to 2 and Mark McLean beat Gavin Rogers by 3 frames to 1. All 3rd round losers received a cash prize due to the high entry.

In the quarter finals Michael Daly was only just beaten by 3 frames to 2 by Matthew Stadius, Sean Harvey beat Stuart Dreyer by 3 frames to 0, Bobby Cooper beat Trowbridge Cuestars player Ian Meaker by 3 frames to 1, and Mark McLean beat Robert Barker also by 3 frames to 1. All losing quarter finalist received a cash payment.

Both semi finals proved to be hard fought competitions with both matches finishing 3 frames to 2. Sean Harvey overcame Matthew Stadius and Bobby Cooper did the same against Mark McLean. Both losing semi finalists received £45 each.

The final saw Stubbington Cuestars Tutor Bobby Cooper against Sean Harvey from Woking. Due to the lateness of the hour both players agreed to make the final the best of 3 rather than possibly finish well into the early hours of Monday. The final result was Sean Harvey won by 2 frames to 0. Bobby Cooper as runner up received £90 and Sean as the winner received £200. Congratulations go to both players on their performance on the day.

A number of high breaks were achieved and were reported to our organiser Paul Rose. Lee Walker 113, Rory Lord 108 and Gavin Rogers 87.

In the plate competition semi finals Simon Teppit lost to Emma Bonney by 2 frames to 0, and Trowbridge Cuestars player Ben Harrison (11 yrs) lost by the same score to Kenneth Clements. The losing semi finalist received a cash payment.

In the final of the plate Emma Bonney won by 2 frames to 1 over Ken Clements. Ken received £24 and Emma £45.

Our thanks go to Joe and his team behind the bar at Salisbury Snooker Club and to our organiser Paul Rose who kept the competition going throughout a long day.

BASINGSTOKE SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 13 October 2002

The Altis Groups, Basingstoke Snooker Centre played host to Cuestars first Section Team Challenge event.

8 out of the 10 Cuestars Saturday Morning Sections were represented with 15 Four Player Teams taking part. The Cuestars Section at Swindon's Jesters Snooker Club had the most teams in the draw with 4 team entered.

The match of Round 1 was the contest between arch rivals Gosport's Stoke A against Swindon's Jesters A. On this occasion it was Jesters who came through winners to progress to the next round. Stubbington A's first taste of team competition turned sour against the fancied and experienced Trowbridge team of Matthew Hazell, Ian Meaker, Andrew Mayell and David Carroll. The young Aldershot team had a good victory over the Reading B team.

In the quarter finals Jesters B of Steve Dunn, Ryan Harron, Michael Richards and Liam Packer followed the example set by their A Team to record a fine win over Trowbridge. Basingstoke A found the Jesters A team to strong. In the bottom half of the draw Jesters C made it three Swindon teams in the semis by beating Basingstoke B. Aldershot took the last semifinal place after a fine win over Reading's A team.

In the semifinals Jesters A of Philip Ratcliffe, Chris Evans, Lee Evans and Alex Lipski put out their fellow Jesters B team and Aldershot continued their brilliant form beating the Jesters C team.

In the final Aldershot A of Ryan Mears, Dominic Birch, David Joce and Dale Mears (younger brother of Ryan) run out of steam losing to dominated Jesters A. Tophies were presented to all the players of these two fine teams.

The Plate competition trophies were collected by George Marter, Mark Green, Jonathan Spark and Alex Millard of the Salisbury Section team. This following their fine win over Jesters D.

Our thanks to the staff of the Basingstoke Snooker Centre for providing warm and friendly hospitality and to Deb of Deb diner who provided good food for all the teams and their families.

SWINDON MASTERS- 20 October 2002

STUBBINGTON SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 27 October 2002

The Stubbington Snooker Club played hosts to the Seasons 2nd Section Team Challenge event.

Unfortunately this event was over shadowed by gale force winds outside, which resulted in the Jesters teams understandably withdrawing from the competition on the Saturday following a weather warning for their region. The Basingstoke Teams were then unable to enter after deciding not to make the journey to Stubbington on the Sunday morning.

In the end 9 teams did take part in the competition with the Eastleigh represented in the Section Team Challenge for the first.

With 9 teams entered a prelim was required to set up the quarter-final matches. The prelim was contested between the Aldershot team, who were runners-up in the first Section Team Challenge event against the Stubbington A young team of Ian Hooper, Ross Barker, Joshua Ryman and Alex Caswell. Once again the draw had not favoured the inexperienced Stubbington side with Aldershot running out 4-2 winners.

In the quarter finals Reading A including a 'green gilled' Shane Davies edged past Stubbington B 4-3, Eastleigh made a great start beating Gosport's Stoke A 5-1, Trowbridge saw off Stoke B 4-2 (Trowbridge Andrew Mayell 60 break) and finally Aldershot beat Salisbury 4-2.

In the semifinals Reading A could not live with the impressive Eastleigh team of Stewart Crosswell, Simon Chung, Tom Layton and Simon Jiggins, Eastleigh won 5-1. The other semi saw Trowbridge beat Aldershot 4-3 with 'Cuestar player of the day' Andrew Mayell, defeat Aldershot's Ryan Mears in an exciting deciding frame.

In the final Trowbridge (Matthew Hazell, Andrew Mayell, Ian Meaker and David Carroll) ended Eastleigh's fine run 6-0. Trophies were presented to all the players of these two fine teams.

The Plate competition trophies were collected by Jason Thompson, Joe French, Joe Kemp and Matthew Webb of the Gosport's Stoke B team. This following their fine win over Stubbington B.

Our thanks to the staff of the Stubbington Club who provided all the teams and their families with a warm and friendly hospitality.

POOLE OPEN - 03 November 2002

WSA Challenge Tour player, Neil Craycoft won the Poole Open on Sunday 3rd November at Poole's Ambassador Snooker Club. Neil beat Bobby Cooper (Stubbington) in the final by 3 frames to 2. To come through the semi-finals Neil defeated local player Jason Eldridge 3-2 and Bobby overcame ever improving Lee Whiteley (bournemouth) 3-1.

As usual there were many high breaks worthy of note. Local player Andy Baxter made the days top break with a fine run of 104. Jason Eldridge came close to a century making 96. In the final breaks of 93 by Neil Craycroft and 92 by Bobby Cooper were made. In winning the Plate competition Mike Finn made breaks of 88, 66 and 51.

In total 81 players entered this event. There was a prelim round which was played over the best of 3 frames and the rest of the main event was played over the best of 5 frames. There was also a plate event for all first match losers. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Lee Whiteley 3-2 Paul Quinnell. Neil Clayton 3-2 James Mather. Bradley Parker 2-3 Nicholas O'Byrne. Bobby Cooper 3-0 Tony Beck. Andrew Barber 0-3 Neil Craycroft. Stuart Dreyer 3-2 Paul Allen. John Hunter 2-3 Ryan Mears. Richard Reynolds 2-3 Jason Eldridge.
All losing Last 16 players received £8.00

Quarter Finals
Lee Whiteley 3-1 Neil Clayton. Nicholas O'Byrne 0-3 Bobby Cooper. Neil Claycroft 3-0 Stuart Dreyer. Ryan Mears 2-3 Jason Eldridge.

Semi Finals
Lee Whiteley 1-3 Bobby Cooper. Neil Craycroft 3-2 Jason Eldridge.

Final
Bobby Cooper 2-3 Neil Craycroft.

In the plate results from the semis onwards were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
Andy Baxter 0-2 Phillip Cartlidge. Mike Finn 2-0 Michael Daly.

Plate Final
Phillip Cartlidge 0-2 Mike Finn.

Our thanks go to all the staff of the Ambassador Snooker Club and to Paul Rose and Andy Hamon who organized this event on our behalf.

SWINDON OPEN - 17 November 2002

Cuestars Tutor Bobby Cooper, from Stubbington, won the Swindon Open on Sunday 17th November. Bobby beat the current leader in the Cuestars Senior Handicap Rankings Mark Joyce from Walsall's Masters Snooker Club by 3 frames to 0. To reach the finals Mark beat Karl Whiteley, from James Brooks Snooker Centre Bournemouth, and Bobby beat Jason Eldridge, from Poole's Ambassador Club, by 3 frames to 0.

During this event both Bobby and Mark achieved high breaks worthy of note. Mark had breaks of 128, 110 and 82. Bobby had breaks of 91, 82, 81 and 70. Also Cuestars Sponsored player Philip Wildman from Reading achieved a break of 69 during this event.

In total 78 players entered this event. There was a prelim round which was played over the best of 3 frames and the rest of the main event was played over the best of 5 frames. There was also a plate event for all first match losers. The results are as follows.

Prelim
Gavin Rogers 1 - 2 Philip Wildman. Mark Joyce 2 - 0 Antony Foxcroft. Matthew Jupe 2 - 1 Stephen Kerr. Wayne Beet 1 - 2 Andy Hamon. Karl Coleman 2 - 1 Nick Burney. Stuart Ross 1 - 2 Karl Whiteley. Matthew Wilson 2 - 1 Craig Stuart. Ben Harrison 0 - 2 Ben Smith. Alex Richardson 1 - 2 John Hunter. Kieran Golding 2 - 0 Grant Mason. Jack Morgan 0 - 2 Lee Whiteley. Dave Price 0 - 2 Craig Crawshaw. Janek Czastka 2 - 0 Paul Allen.

Round One
Marcel Price 0 - 3 Stuart Dreyer. Kieran Golding 3 - 1 Kayla Mason. Mark Joyce 3 - 0 Steve Dunn. Ben Smith 2 - 3 Paul Bailey. Matt Wilson 3 - 1 Jason Whiteley. Craig Crawshaw 3 - 1 Ben Billett. Lee Whiteley 2 - 3 Drew Farminer. Janek Czastka beat Alex Lipski. Philip Wildman beat Steve Cook. Karl Coleman 3 - 1 Shane Davies. John Hunter lost to Philip Ratcliffe. Matt Jupe lost to Pascal Richard. Andy Hamon 3 - 0 Edward Mellowes. Karl Whiteley 3 - 2 Mark McLean. Ian Bell 3 - 2 David Deighton. Danny Bumstead 3 - 2 Paul Birt. Bobby Cooper beat Matthew Hazell. Ian Kemp 2 - 3 Lee Evans. Ian Meaker 3 - 1 Trevor Cross. David Carroll 3 - 0 Peter Hodgins. Alex Dunkley 3 - 2 Richard Reynolds. Layton Brooks 0 - 3 Mark Prescott. Ronnie Mears 0 - 3 Gavin Pantall. Andrew Goddard 0 - 3 Graham Cooper. Mitch Wade 2 - 3 Dion Baker. Aaron Budden 1 - 3 Paul Quinnell. Stuart Haynes 0 - 3 Ryan Mears. James Pole 1 - 3 Pete Oughton. Jason Eldridge 3 - 0 Ronald Ellis. Jason Caplen 3 - 1 Graham Norton. Neil Clayton 3 - 1 Steve Baldwin. Luke Keet 0 - 3 Mike Gregg.

Round Two
Stuart Dreyer 2 - 3 Kieran Golding. Mark Joyce 3 - 0 Paul Bailey. Craig Crawshaw beat Matt Wilson. Drew Farminer 3 - 1 Janek Czastka. Phil Wildman 3 - 0 Karl Coleman. Pascal Richard beat Phil Ratcliffe. Karl Whiteley beat Andy Hamon. Ian Bell 3 - 1 Danny Bumstead. Bobby Cooper beat Ian Kemp. David Carroll 3 - 1 Ian Meaker. Mark Prescott 3 - 1 Alex Dunkley. Gavin Pantall 3 - 0 Graham Cooper. Dion Baker 0 - 3 Paul Quinnell. Ryan Mears beat Pete Oughton. Jason Eldridge 3 - 1 Jason Caplen. Neil Clayton 3 - 0 Mike Gregg.

Round Three
Mark Joyce 3 - 0 Kieran Golding. Drew Farminer 3 - 1 Craig Crawshaw. Phil Wildman 3 - 2 Pascal Richard. Karl Whiteley 3 - 1 Ian Bell. Bobby Cooper 3 - 0 David Carroll. Mark Prescott 3 - 2 Gavin Pantall. Paul Quinnell beat Ryan Mears. Jason Eldridge 3 - 1 Neil Clayton.
All losing last 16 players received their entry fee back

Quarter Finals
Mark Joyce 3 - 2 Drew Farminer. Phil Wildman 0 - 3 Karl Whiteley. Bobby Cooper 3 - 0 Mark Prescott. Paul Quinnell 0 - 3 Jason Eldridge.
All losing Quarter finalist received £15 each

Semi Finals
Mark Joyce 3 - 1 Karl Whiteley. Bobby Cooper 3 - 0 Jason Eldridge.
Karl and Jason received £37 each

Final
Bobby Cooper 3 - 0 Mark Joyce.
Bobby Cooper received £180 and Mark Joyce £90

In the plate event for all first match losers the final placing were sorted as follows

Plate Quarter Finals
Nick Birney 1 - 2 Gavin Rogers. Paul Birt 0 - 2 Richard Reynolds. Steve Dunn 0 - 2 Matthew Hazell. Matthew Jupe 0 - 2 Alex Lipski

Plate Semi Finals
Gavin Rogers 0 - 2 Richard Reynolds. Matthew Hazell 2 - 0 Alex Lipski.
Gavin and Alex received £7.50 each

Plate Final
Richard Reynolds 2 - 0 Matthew Hazell.
Richard received £40 and Matthew £20

Our thanks go to Brad and Steve Baker from Jesters with all of their staff and to Paul Rose who organized this event on our behalf.

The next Cuestars event is the third round of the Under 21 Section Team Challenge at Jesters Snooker Club Swindon on Sunday 24th November 2002.

Our next Senior Cuestars Event is the Woking Masters on Sunday 1st December at Woking Snooker Centre, Woking. The prize fund for this event is guaranteed at £560. Please remember that to compete in this event you have to be at the venue by 10.25 am as the draw will be completed at 10.30 am.

SWINDON SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 24 November 2002

Sunday 24th November saw the third round of the Team Challenge at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon. Here 14 teams including 5 from Jesters Cuestars battled for ranking points to catch Trowbridge Cuestars who were in first place going into this event.

In the first round there were shock defeats for Stoke Cuestars 'A' losing to Salisbury Cuestars 'B', and Salisbury Cuestars 'A' who were beaten by Aldershot Cuestars. Salisbury 'B' is made up of A. Foxcroft, D. Johnson, M. Cannings and A. Budden. The Aldershot team is made up of R. Mears, D. Joyce, D. Birch and J. Gibson.

In the Quarterfinals Aldershot continued on their winning ways beating Altis Basingstoke Cuestars by 4 frames to 3 after a one-frame playoff. Trowbridge Cuestars, who beat Reading Cuestars in the first round, beat Jesters 'A' by 4 frames to 2. Salisbury Cuestars 'B' beat Jesters 'E' by 6 frames to 0, and Stoke Cuestars 'B' beat Jesters Cuestars 'B' by 4 frames to 3 after a one-frame playoff.

In the semifinals Stoke Cuestars 'B' who are M. Webb, J. Kemp, J. French and J. Thompson put an end to Salisbury Cuestars 'B' winning run and Trowbridge Cuestars, who are M. Hazell, A. Mayall, D. Carroll and I. Meaker, beat Aldershot Cuestars by 4 frames to 3 after a one-frame playoff.

The final also went to a playoff after Stoke Cuestars 'B' and Trowbridge Cuestars drew 3 frames each. Infront of almost 20 people David Carroll represented Trowbridge Cuestars and Joe Kemp represented Stoke Cuestars 'B'. The frame was tense for both players, which was finally decided on the pink in Trowbridges favour. The final result was 4 frames to 3 to Trowbridge Cuestars.

Trowbridge Cuestars went home with the winner's trophies and a further 25 ranking points to stretch their lead further.

There is a plate event for all first match losers in all Cuestars events and in the Quarterfinals of this event Jesters Cuestars 'D' beat Salisbury Cuestars 'A'. Jesters 'D' are J. Bridgman, D. Moorman, C. Hollick and D. Burkenshaw. Jesters Cuestars 'E' beat Stoke Cuestars 'A'. Jesters Cuestars 'E' is L. O'Shea, C. Ward, L. Hayward and L. Keville. Reading Cuestars beat Basingstoke Cuestars 'B'. Reading Cuestars are P. Wildman, W. Gilbert, M. Jarvis and S. Davies. In the last match Jesters Cuestars 'A' beat Jesters Cuestars 'C'. Jesters Cuestars 'A' are P. Ratcliffe, L. Evans, C. Evans and R. Horbunowicz.

In the plate semifinal Jesters 'D' beat Jesters 'E' on the black ball and Reading beat Jesters 'A'. In the plate final Reading Cuestars beat Jesters Cuestars 'D' by 2 frames to 0.

The next round of this event is at Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport on Sunday 8th December 2002.

Finally I would like to congratulate Matthew Hazell from Trowbridge Cuestars, not only was he part of the winning team, but in a match with Andrew Mayall just before the event started, Matthew potted 15 reds with 15 colours and then all of the colours for a total clearance and a points total of 130 points.
Dave Norman

WOKING MASTERS- 01 December 2002

Woking's Neil Williams won the Woking Masters on Sunday 1st December at the Woking Snooker Centre. Neil beat 14 year old Ryan Mears (Aldershot) in the final by 3 frames to 0. To come through the semi-finals Neil defeated an very in form Lee Whiteley (Bournemouth) 3-0 and Ryan a great win against Matthew Wilson (High Wycombe) 3-1.

The best break prize went to Lee Whiteley with a brilliant break of 111, this break could have been 138 but for a missed yellow when clearing the colours. In fact with his handicap of 20 added, Lee's winning total was 131. Scratch handicapper Mark Leonard can count himself unlucky not to win the break prize with a tremendous break of 120.

In total 60 players entered this event. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Jason Caplen 2-3 Ryan Mears. Wayne Beet 2-3 Mark Leonard. Pascal Richard 0-3 Mark Prescott. Paul Quinnell 0-3 Matthew Wilson. Drew Farminer 3-0 Wayne Townsend. Bradley Parker 2-3 Neil Williams. Michael Finn 3-1 Shane Davies. Neil Clayton 1-3 Lee Whiteley.

Quarter Finals
Ryan Mears 3-2 Mark Leonard. Mark Prescott 1-3 Matthew Wilson. Drew Farminer 0-3 Neil Williams. Michael Finn 0-3 Lee Whiteley.

Semi Finals
Ryan Mears 3-1 Matthew Wilson. Neil Williams 3-0 Lee Whiteley.

Final
Ryan Mears 0-3 Neil Williams.

In the plate results from the semis onwards were as follows: -

Plate Semi Finals
James Fretwell 2-1 Joe Chambers. Mark Joyce 2-0 Trevor Cross.

Plate Final
James Fretwell 2-0 Mark Joyce.

Our thanks go to all the staff of the Woking Snooker Centre.

GOSPORT SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 08 December 2002

Sunday 8th December saw the key fourth round of the Team Challenge at Ron Knight's Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport. A good entry of 14 teams was achieved.

In the first round Trowbridge enjoyed a bye into the quarter finals (as if they needed it!). There were no shock defeats as there had been in earlier competitions, the 1st round results were as follows: -

Round 1
Jesters D 5-1 Stubbington B. Stoke A 4-3 Jesters B. Jesters A 4-2 Aldershot. Trowbridge Bye. Basingstoke Altis B 3-4 Eastleigh Altis. Jesters C 2-4 Basingstoke Altis A. Salisbury A 4-1 Stoke B. Stoke C 3-4 Stubbington A.

The best performance in this round was the tremendous battle Jesters D of Craig Hollick, Dominic Burtenshaw, Jenna Blake and Jack Bridgman put up against Stoke A. It took a play off to decide the contest in Stoke A's favour.

Quarters
Jesters D 3-4 Stoke A. Jesters A 2-4 Trowbridge. Eastleigh Altis 2-4 Basingstoke Altis A. Salisbury A 4-1 Stubbington A.

Trowbridge's team of Andrew Mayell, David Carroll, Ian Meaker and Matthew Hazell cemented their top of the Rankings spot by putting out the home club's top team Stoke A.

Semis
Stoke A 1-4 Trowbridge. Basingstoke Altis A 4-2 Salisbury.

In the final Basingstoke Altis A pulled a tremendous deciding frame win against Trowbridge to keep themselves in the running for the Section Team Challenge title.

Final
Trowbridge 3-4. Basingstoke Altis A.

Congratulations to the Basingstoke Altis A team of Wayne Lee, Craig Stubbington, Raymond Yau and Ben Jones!

Plate Final
Aldershot 2-1 Stubbington B.

Our thanks go to all the staff of Gosport's Stoke Snooker Club.

CUESTARS 3 PLAYER TEAM CHAMPS- 15 December 2002

Sunday 15th December saw the re-introduction of the Cuestars 3 Player Team Championship at the Salisbury Snooker Club. An entry of 15 teams took part with a first prize of £90.00 and the Championship trophies up for grabs. There were also valuable ranking points on offer to the players featuring in the Senior Rankings table.

In the main competition final it was Neil Williams team of himself, Stephen Kerr and Sean Harvey who came through winners by 4 frames to nil against Mitch Wade's team of himself, Ashley Phillips and Adam Nash.

The plate competition was won by Michael Finn's team of himself, Stuart Haines and Mark Mclean.

Our thanks goes to the staff of the Salisbury Snooker Club

SWINDON OPEN - 05 January 2003

Woking Snooker Centre's Sean Harvey , won the Swindon Open on Sunday 5th January 2003. Sean beat Cuestars Sponsored player Phillip Wildman (Reading) by 3 frames to 1 in the final. To reach the finals Sean defeated another Cuestars Sponsored Player, Nathan Williams (Salisbury) 3-2, and Phillip beat Mark McLean, by 3 frames to 1.

During this event Neil Williams and Jason Eldridge achieved the high breaks worthy of note. Neil had runs of 71, 88 and 64 with Jason making breaks of 76 and 69.

In total 48 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
Andrew Mayell 0-3 Phillip Wildman. Neil Clayton 1-3 Jason Eldridge. David Carroll 3-0 Alex Dunkley. Mark McLean 3-0 Luke Reynolds. Sean Harvey 3-0 Nick Birney. Paul Bailey 0-3 Wayen Townsend. David Volante 1-3 Nathan Williams. Richard Reynolds 3-2 Drew Farminer.

Quarter Finals
Phillip Wildman 3-0 Jason Eldridge. David Carroll 2-3 Mark McLean. Sean Harvey 3-0 Wayne Townsend. Nathan Williams 3-1 Richard Reynolds.
All losing Quarter finalist received £14.50 each

Semi Finals
Phillip Wildman 3-1 Mark McLean. Sean Harvey 3-2 Nathan Williams.
Mark and Nathan received £30 each

Final
Phillip Wildman 1-3 Sean Harvey
Sean Harvey received £100 and Phillip Wildman £50.00

In the plate competition young Daniel Martin from Woking hit top form to defeat Andrew Vernon in the final.

Plate Semi Finals
John Brook 1-2 Daniel Martin. Andrew Vernon 2-1 Pascal Richard.

Plate Final
Daniel Martin 2-1 Andrew Vernon.
Daniel received £26.00 and Andrew £12.00

Our thanks go to Brad and Steve Baker from Jesters with all of their staff and to Paul Rose who organized this event on our behalf.

Our next Senior Cuestars Event is the Salisbury Masters on Sunday 19 January 2003 at Salisbury Snooker Club. The prize fund for this event is guaranteed at £560. Please remember that to compete in this event you have to be at the venue by 10.25 am as the draw will be completed at 10.30 am.

POOLE SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 12 January 2003

Sunday 12th January 2003 saw the penultimate round of the Team Challenge at Poole's Ambassador Snooker Club. An entry of 10 teams took part with Trowbridge having an opportunity to rap up the Challenge title with the final event still remaining.

Preliminary Round
Stoke C 4-3 Basingstoke Altis C. Trowbridge 6-0 GreenBaize C.

The Quarter final round saw Trowbridge's hopes of sealing the Challenge title go up in smoke against first timers Poole's Ambassador team of Ian Bell, Pete Hendes, Ben Smith and Ed Mellowes.

Quarters
Stoke C 4-3 Basingstoke Altis. GreenBaize B 4-2 Aldershot. Salisbury A 2-4 Basingstoke Altis A. Ambassador A 4-3 Trowbridge.

In the semi finals both matches went to deciding frames with Basingstoke Altis A hopes of narrowing their ranking gap with Trowbridge ended at the hands of the Ambassador team.

Semis
Stoke C 3-4 GreenBaize B. Basingstoke Altis A 3-4 Ambassador

In the final Bournemouth's GreenBaize B team came through winners of another deciding frame shoot out thanks to their youngest player Grant Mason.

Final
GreenBaize B 4-3 Ambassador.

Congratulations to the GreenBaize B team of Ryan Traves, Layton Brooks, Luke Dart and Grant Mason! Seen here on the right.

Plate Final
Salisbury A 2-1 Aldershot.

Our thanks go to all the staff of Poole's Ambassador Snooker Club.

The final Junior Section Team Challenge event will take place on the 16 February 2003 at the Salisbury Snooker Club.

SALISBURY MASTERS- 19 January 2003

A return to form saw Pascal Richard win his first Cuestars event for sometime. After he edged out Walsal's Nick Griffiths 3-2 in the first round, Pascal did not loose another frame in the competition beating Paul Quinnell in the final to claim the Salisbury Masters title and trophy!

During the day Matthew Wilson from High Wycombe's Leisure Snooker Club scored a 93 break to achieve the highest break of the competition both with and without his handicap added.

In total 50 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
Nathan Sharp 3-2 Neil Williams. Martin Hill 1-3 Neil Craycraft. Marc Harman 3-2 Kane Grigg. Pascal Richard 3-0 George Marter. Martin Cannings 0-3 Ryan Mears. Wayne Townsend 0-3 Paul Quinnell. Bradley Parker 3-2 Karl Coleman. Matthew Wilson 3-1 Ben Cross.

Quarter Finals
Nathan Sharp 3-1 Neil Craycraft. Marc Harman 0-3 Pascal Richard. Ryan Mears 2-3 Paul Quinnell. Bradley Parker 1-3 Matthew Wilson.
All losing Quarter finalist received £20.00 each

Semi Finals
Nathan Sharp 0-3 Pascal Richard. Paul Quinnell 3-1 Matthew Wilson.
Nathan and Matthew received £50.00 each

Final
Pascal Richard 3-0 Paul Quinnell.
Pascal received £200 and Paul received £100.00

In the plate competition Cuestars Sponsored player Phillip Wildman from Reading found good form to defeat High Wycombe's James Pole in the final.

Plate Semi Finals
Stuart Haines 0-2 Phillip Wildman. James Collingwood 1-2 James Pole.

Plate Final
Phillip Wildman 2-0 James Pole.
Phillip received £40.00 and James £20.00

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

Our next Senior Cuestars Event is the Woking Open on Sunday 2nd February 2003 at Woking Snooker Centre. Please remember that to compete in this event you have to be at the venue by 10.25 am as the draw will be completed at 10.30 am.

WOKING OPEN - 02 February 2003

The Woking Snooker Centre who hosted this event enjoyed two of their home grown players Mark Leonard and Sean Harvey in the final. Mark Leonard put out an improving Bradley Parker 3-1 in the semis and Sean Harvey who ended Eastleigh's Stewart Crosswell's fine run in the other semi also by 3 frames to 1.

In the final Mark held his nerve to win a deciding frame to see off Sean and win the £135.00 first prize.

During the day Mark Leonard made the highest break a 98 with Ronnie Mears making breaks of 82, 72, 68, 60 and 52 during his time in the competition.

In total 61 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
Bradley Parker 3-0 Karl Coleman. Neil Williams 3-0 Mark McLean. Stuart Ross 3-2 Pascal Richard. Mark Leonard 3-0 Kane Grigg. Shane Davies 3-2 Jason Eldridge. Phillip Wildman 1-3 Sean Harvey. Paul Fuller 1-3 Nick Birney. Mike Finn 1-3 Stewart Crosswell.

Quarter Finals
Bradley Parker 3-0 Neil Williams. Stuart Ross 0-3 Mark Leonard. Shane Davies 1-3 Sean Harvey. Nick Birney 2-3 Stewart Crosswell.
All losing Quarter finalist received £20.00 each

Semi Finals
Bradley Parker 1-3 Mark Leonard. Sean Harvey 3-1 Stewart Crosswell.
Bradley and Stewart received £35.00 each

Final
Mark Leonard 3-2 Sean Harvey.
Mark received £135.00 and Sean received £65.00

In the plate competition Paul Quinnell defeated Neil Craycraft in the final to win the £35.00 first prize.

Plate Semi Finals
Ron Ellis 0-2 Paul Quinnell. Joe Lloyd 0-2 Neil Craycraft.

Plate Final
Paul Quinnell 2-1 Neil Craycraft.
Phillip received £35.00 and James £16.00

Regretably, this would appear to be the last Senior Cuestars event at the Woking Snooker Centre as the owner has informed us that to meet the needs of a growing membership, competitions at the club can no longer be held. Cuestars would like to thank all the club's staff and players for their support. Cuestars hopes the Woking players will continue to enter our other events.

CUESTARS DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP- 09 February 2003

A supprisingly low turnout of 15 pairs took part in this a Championship event with valuable ranking points up for grabs. Chandlers Ford Snooker Club played hosts with another strong showing from their own players it was Mark McLean and Carlo Cavagnetto who achieved the most success by winning the Plate Competition.

In the main competition final Woking players Neil Williams and Sean Harvey used their final win over Stuart Dreyer and Steve Cook to cement their postions at the top of the Rankings. Which one of them will win the £500.00 ranking first prize or can another player sneek in and spoil their party?

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

Semi Finals
Steve Cook & Stuart Dreyer 3-1 Andrew Mayell & David Carroll. Neil Williams & Sean Harvey 3-1 Alex Dunkley & Stewart Crosswell.
Losing semis received £15.00 each

Final
Steve Cook & Stuart Dreyer 0-3 Neil Williams & Sean Harvey.
Neil & Sean received £80.00 and Steve & Stuart received £35.00

In the plate competition new Cuestars players Carl Van Wyk & Robert Russell found Carlo Cavagnetto & Mark Mclean to strong on their own tables.

Plate Final
Carl Van Wyk & Robert Russell 0-2 Carlo Cavagnetto & Mark Mclean.
Carlo & Mark received £20.00, Carl & Robert £10.00

Our thanks go to Jim Everett and his staff at the Chandlers Ford Snooker Club for their hospitality on the day.

Our next Senior Cuestars Event is the Swindon Masters on Sunday 23rd February 2003 at Jesters Snooker Club. Please remember that to compete in this event you have to be at the venue by 10.25 am as the draw will be completed at 10.30 am.

SALISBURY SECTION TEAM CHALLENGE- 16 February 2003

Sunday 16th February 2003 saw the final round of the Team Challenge at Salisbury Snooker Club. An entry of 11 teams took part with Basingstoke and Salisbury putting in three teams each.

The draw ensured Trowbridge's Team Challenge Champions title was assured, however the team of Captain Matthew Hazell, Ian Meaker, Andrew Mayell and David Carroll seen here below were determined to win this event as well!

Preliminary Round
Basingstoke B 4-2 Gosport A. Bournemouth B 4-2 Salisbury B. Basingstoke A 6-0 Basingstoke.

The Quarter-finals saw two close scraps take place with Bournemouth B's Grant Mason winning a deciding frame to defeat Basingstoke B 4-3. In the match between Basingstoke A and Salisbury A it was left to young Salisbury player George Marter to see his team through to the semis with a fine deciding frame win against Basingstoke A captain Wayne Buckland-Lee.

In the bottom half of the draw both Trowbridge and Aldershot had comfortable 5-1 wins over Gosport C and Salisbury C respectively.

Semis
Bournemouth B 2-4 Salisbury A. Aldershot 3-4 Trowbridge.

The match of the semis was Trowbridge's deciding frame win over Aldershot with Ian Meaker playing a great frame of snooker against Aldershot's Ryan Mears.

Final
Salisbury A 2-4 Trowbridge.

Congratulations to Trowbridge who added yet another Challenge Win to their Team Challenge Champions 2002/3 Title and well done Matthew Hazell, Ian Meaker, Andrew Mayell and David Carroll for a great team effort!

Plate Final
Gosport A 2-0 Salisbury B.

Well done the Gosport A team of Simon Ralph, Jamie Moultrey, Simon Morris and Matthew Homer for a fine win!

Our thanks go to all the staff of Salisbury Snooker Club.

The Junior Section Team Challenge Rankings Prize fund was shared out as follows: -

Trowbridge £100.00, Aldershot £50.00, Salisbury A £30.00, Basingstoke A £20.00

The final Junior Section Team Challenge Rankings positions can be found by clicking here. Final Table

SWINDON MASTERS- 23 February 2003

In the main event Lee Whiteley triumphed over Wayne Townsend, and in the plate event his younger brother Karl Whiteley beat Neil Craycroft in the final.

In the main event Lee had a bye in the first round, beat Kieran Golding in the second by 3 frames to 1, Kane Griggs in the third round also by 3 frames to 1, Junior Cuestars player Ryan Mears from Aldershot lost by 3 frames to 0 to Lee in the quarter finals, who then went on to beat Bradley Parker by 3 frames to 2 in the semi finals. In the first round Wayne Townsend beat me by 3 frames to 1. In the second round Wayne beat Matthew Stadius also by 3 frames to 1, in the third round Wayne beat Karl Coleman by 3 frames to 0, and then Mike Finn by 3 frames to 0 in the quarterfinals. In the semi final Wayne beat Ed Cooper also by 3 frames to 0.

Other matches of note from the main event included young Ryan Mears beating Pascal Richard by 3 frames to 0 in the first round, Paul Quinnell beating Emma Bonney by 3 frames to 0 in the second round, and also Bobby Cooper only just beating Philip Ratcliffe by 3 frames to 2 in the same round. In the third round Paul Quinnell continued on his winning ways by beating Bobby Cooper by 3 frames to 2. In the same round Mike Finn won the Chandlersford match beating Mark McLean by 3 frames to 2. In the other quarterfinal matches Brad Parker beat Paul Quinnell by 3 frames to 2 and Ed Cooper beat Philip Wildman also by 3 frames to 2.

The losing quarterfinalist won £20 each; the losing semifinalists won £50 each. In the final Lee and Wayne played for £200 and £100 respectively. The highest break of the day also won £20, which was won by Ed Cooper with the only 100+ break of 113 points.

In the plate event semi finals Karl Whiteley beat Mike Casey by 2 frames to 0 and Neil Craycroft beat Nick Griffiths by a similar score of 2 frames to 0. In the final Karl beat Neil Craycroft by 2 frames to 1.

In the plate event Neil won £20 and Karl £40.

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

BASINGSTOKE JUNIOR OPENS - 02 March 2003

The Basingstoke Snooker Centre played host to the Season first Dransfield Machines Ranking Series event. The event attracted a record entry of 101 players.

U21 Competition

In total 49 players took part this also a record entry for a Cuestars U21 event. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Tom Layton 3-1 William Joyce. Alex Spencer 1-3 Marc Harman. Neil Clayton 3-0 Neil Williams. Lee Whiteley 1-3 Mark Bright. Mark Casling 1-3 Shane Davies. Aaron Budden 1-3 Craig Stubbington. Raymond Yau 3-0 Chris Lunn. Mike Finn 0-3 Matthew Wilson.

Quarter Finals
Tom Layton 3-1 Marc Harman. Neil Clayton 3-1 Mark Bright. Shane Davies 3-1 Craig Stubbington. Raymond Yau 2-3 Matthew Wilson.
All losing Quarter finalist received £10.00 each

Semi Finals
Tom Layton 1-3 Neil Clayton. Shane Davies 2-3 Matthew Wilson.
Losing Semis £25.00 each

Final
Neil Clayton 1-3 Matthew Wilson.
Matthew received £100.00 and Neil received £55.00

Congratulations to Alex Spencer who made the competitions highest break of 80.

U15 Competition

In total 33 players took part in the U15 event. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Steven Spillett 1-2 Liam O'Shea. Alex Richardson 2-1 Dominic Birch. Ryan Mears 0-2 Lee Evans. Martin Cannings 2-1 Matt Homer. Richard Reynolds 2-0 Liam Keville. Matthew Aldridge 0-2 Chris Evans. Scott Coker 2-0 James Granato. Ian Bell 0-2 Daniel Bentley.

Quarter Finals
Liam O'Shea 1-2 Alex Richardson. Lee Evans 1-2 Martin Cannings. Richard Reynolds 2-0 Chris Evans. Scott Coker 0-2 Daniel Bentley.

Semi Finals
Alex Richardson 2-0 Martin Cannings. Richard Reynolds 2-1 Daniel Bentley.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
Alex Richardson 0-2 Richard Reynolds.
Both Richard and Alex received trophies.

Congratulations to Richard Reynolds who made the competitions highest break of 64.

U12 Competition

In total 19 players took part in the U12 event. The results from the Quarters were as follows: -

Quarter Finals
James Voyce 0-2 Daniel Hildyard. Dominic Burtenshaw 1-2 Mark Green. Ben Harrison 2-0 Daniel Moorman. George Marter 2-1 Elliott Beokhoff.

Semi Finals
Daniel Hildyard 2-0 Mark Green. Ben Harrison 0-2 George Marter.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
Daniel Hildyard 0-2 George Marter.
Both George and Daniel received trophies

Plate Competition

In the plate competition there were in total 48 players entered from the three age groupings.

Plate Semi Finals
Sean Whitmore bt Ryan Patchin. David Joce bt Ben Jones

Plate Final
Sean Whitmore bt David Joce.
Both Sean and David received trophies.

Cuestars would like to take this opportunity to thank the Basingstoke Snooker Centre staff for their hospitality, Deb's Diner for providing great food throughout the day and finally Kempshott Takeaway for sponsoring the event.

The next Junior Opens day will take place at Poole's Ambassador Snooker Club on Sunday 16 March 2003.

Cuestars looks forward to seeing you there and don't forget the DRESS CODE if you want your ranking points!!!

SALISBURY OPEN - 9 March 2003

Cuestars Sponsored Player Nathan Williams came through a close final with Bournemouth's Karl Whiteley to win the Salisbury Open. Nathan took full advantage of playing at his home club to win his first Cuestars Event since his handicap dropped from 40 to 15 at the start of this season.

During the day Bobby Cooper from Stubbington Snooker Club scored a 85 to achieve the highest break of the competition.

In total 66 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
Karl Whiteley 3-1 Ben Billett. Ryan Mears 0-3 Stewart Crosswell. Shane Davies 2-3 Neil Clayton. Ian Meaker 2-3 Liam May. Nick Birney 3-2 James Footner. Paul Quinnell 2-3 Phillip Wildman. James Collingwood 1-3 Bobby Cooper. Nathan Williams 3-1 Stuart Dreyer.
All losing last 16 players received £6.00

Quarter Finals
Karl Whiteley 3-1 Stewart Crosswell. Neil Clayton 3-1 Liam May. Nick Birney 1-3 Phillip Wildman. Bobby Cooper 2-3 Nathan Williams.
All losing Quarter finalist received £15.00 each

Semi Finals
Karl Whiteley 3-2 Neil Clayton. Phillip Wildman 1-3 Nathan Williams.
Nathan and Matthew received £26.00 each

Final
Karl Whiteley 2-3 Nathan Williams.
Nathan received £150 and Karl received £66.00

In the plate competition the experience of Steve Cook narrowly saw off Salisbury Section player Mark Green.

Plate Semi Finals
Mark Green 2-0 Martin Cannings. Jim Hooper 1-2 Steve Cook.
Losing semis received £5.00

Plate Final
Mark Green 1-2 Steve Cook.
Steve received £30.00 and Mark £16.00

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

Congratulations goes to Trevor Cross who successfully run his first Cuestars Event. Well done Trevor!!!

Our next Senior Cuestars Event is the Poole Masters on Sunday 23 March 2003 at Poole's Ambassador Snooker Club. Please remember that to compete in this event you have to be at the venue by 10.25 am as the draw will be completed at 10.30 am.

POOLE JUNIOR OPENS - 16 March 2003

The Poole Ambassador Snooker Club played host to the Season second Dransfield Machines Ranking Series event. The event attracted a total entry of 85 players.

U21 Competition

In total 32 players took part. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Jason Whiteley 0-3 Matthew Hazell. Antony Foxcroft 1-3 Peter Hendes. Gavin Rogers 3-2 Ben Jones. Nicholas O'Byrne 1-3 Phillip Wildman. Ben Billett 2-3 James Fretwell. Alex Dunkley 0-3 Ian Meaker. James Vickers 3-2 Chris Lunn. Stewart Crosswell 0-3 Alex Spencer.

Quarter Finals
Matthew Hazell 0-3 Peter Hendes. Gavin Rogers 3-1 Phillip Wildman. James Fretwell 0-3 Ian Meaker. James Vickers 0-3 Alex Spencer.

Semi Finals
Peter Hendes 0-3 Gavin Rogers. Ian Meaker 3-1 Alex Spencer.
Losing Semis £11.00 each

Final
Gavin Rogers 3-1 Ian Meaker.
Gavin received £100.00 and Ian received £40.00

Congratulations can also got to Gavin Rogers for making the competitions highest break of 99.

U15 Competition

In total 34 players took part in the U15 event. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Richard Reynolds 1-2 Anthony Ferriggi. Matthew Sharp 2-0 Steven Spillett. Martin Cannings 2-0 Dominic Birch. James Mather 2-0 Matthew Homer. Gareth Harris 2-0 Simon Morris. Layton Brooks 1-2 Alex Richardson. Mark Bright 2-0 Ryan Mears. Justin Fanning 2-0 Daniel Bentley.

Quarter Finals
Athony Ferriggi 2-0 Matthew Sharp. Martin Cannings 1-2 James Mather. Gareth Harris 2-1 Alex Richardson. Mark Bright 1-2 Justin Fanning.

Semi Finals
Anthony Ferriggi 2-1 James Mather. Gareth Harris 1-2 Justin Fanning.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
Anthony Ferriggi 2-1 Justin Fanning.
Both Anthony and Justin received trophies.

Congratulations to Andrew Mayell who made the competitions highest break of 52.

U12 Competition

In total 19 players took part in the U12 event. The results from the Quarters were as follows: -

Quarter Finals
Grant Mason 2-1 Mark Green. Josh Evans 0-2 Robert Jotcham. Daniel Hildyard 2-1 George Marter. Ben Harrison 2-0 Keith Traves.

Semi Finals
Grant Mason 2-0 Robert Jotcham. Daniel Hildyard 1-2 Ben Harrison.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
Grant Mason 2-1 Ben Harrison.
Both Grant and Ben received trophies

Plate Competition

In the plate competition there were in total 41 players entered from the three age groupings.

Plate Semi Finals
Joseph Kemp bt Craig Stubbington. Karl Whiteley bt Scott Coker.

Plate Final
Karl Whiteley bt Joseph Kemp.
Both Karl and Joseph received trophies.

Cuestars would like to take this opportunity to thank the Poole Ambassador Snooker Club staff for their hospitality.

POOLE MASTERS - 23 March 2003

53 Cuestars members competed in the first Poole Masters event at the Ambassador Club in Poole, Dorset. This not only included local players but players traveling from Reading, High Wycombe, Woking as well as Weymouth, Swindon, Salisbury, Gosport and the Portsmouth area.

The first round saw some of the top 20 ranked players lose in some close matches. Ryan Mears (3rd) from Aldershot Cuestars lost by 3 frames to 2, the final frame being decided on the black to Phil Wildman (5th) from Reading. Mark McLean (10th) from Chandlersford lost by 3 frames to 1 to Salisburys' Paul Burt (30th). Neil Craycroft (15th) from Swindon lost by 3 frames to 2 to Scott Haines. Nathan Williams (18th) from Salisbury lost by 3 frames to 0 to Matt Wilson (8th) from High Wycombe. Bournemouth's Steve Cook (19th) lost by 3 frames to 2 to Paul Quinnell (9th) from Woking.

The 2nd round claimed more ranked players Lee Whiteley (4th) from Bournemouth, who had a first round bye, lost to Matt Wilson by 3 frames to 1. Karl Whiteley (20th) from Bournemouth, who also had a first round bye, lost to Bobby Cooper (11th) from Stubbington by 3 frames to 0. Neil Clayton (13th) from Woking, who also had a first round bye, lost to Michael Daly (52nd) from Chandlersford by 3 frames to 1.

In the 3rd round also proved costly for some. Shane Davies (25th) from Reading Cuestars lost by 3 frames to 2 to Pascal Richard (7th) from Portsmouth. Matt Wilson (8th) lost by 3 frames to 2 to Michael Finn (17th) from Chandlersford. Wayne Townsend (6th) lost by 3 frames to 1 to Alex Dunkley (27th) from Chandlersford. Bobby Cooper (11th) lost to Michael Daly (52nd) by 3 frames 1.

The quarterfinals saw an exhausted Phil Wildman win his fourth match by 3 frames to 2 against Alex Dunkley. Michael Finn beat Pascal Richard by 3 frames to 2. Michael Daly beat Peter Hendes (99th) by 3 frames to 0, and Sean Harvey (2nd) beat Paul Quinnell by 3 frames to 2. All losing quarterfinalists won £20 each.

The semifinals saw Michael Finn beat Phil Wildman by 3 frames to 0, and Sean Harvey beat Michael Daly by 3 frames to 1. Both losing semifinalists won £50 each.

The final turned out to be an excellent match with the two players trying to out pot each other and going for their shots. Unfortunately there had to be a loser but the final result was Sean Harvey 3 frames Michael Finn 2 frames. Michael collected £100 and 36 ranking points, Sean £200, the trophy and 50 ranking points.

Results
Round one S. Davies bt S. Haines 3-1, D. Martin Bye, P. Richard bt S. Ross 3-1, S. Haines bt N. Craycroft 3-1, M. Finn bt T. Cross 3-1, J. Fanning bt R. Arnold 3-1, M. Wilson bt N. Williams 3-0, L. Whiteley Bye, P. Bailey bt J. Czastka 3-1, P. Wildman bt R. Mears 3-2, J. Hall Bye, J. Howard bt A. Baxter 3-0, D. Brock bt J. Brock 3-2, W. Townsend Bye, A. Hudson bt B. Billett 3-1, A. Dunkley Bye, P. Hendes bt D. Volante 3-2, G. Boclet Bye, I. Kemp bt E. Mellows 3-1, G. Cooper bt M. McBurney 3-1, K. Whiteley Bye, B. Cooper bt B. Smith 3-0, N. Clayton Bye, M. Daly bt M. Jupe 3-0, A. Howard bt N. O'Byrne 3-2, D. Baker Bye, N.Birney bt T. Courtney 3-0, P. Quinnell bt S. Cook 3-2, J. Morgan Bye, P. Burt bt M. McLean 3-1, R. Huglies Bye, S. Harvey bt J. Pole 3-1.

Round two S. Davies bt D. Martin 3-1, P. Richard bt S Haines 3-1, M. Finn bt J. Fanning 3-0, M. Wilson bt L. Whiteley 3-0, P. Wildman bt P. Bailey 3-2, J. Howard bt J. Hall 3 - 0, W. Townsend bt D. Brock 3-0, A. Dunkley bt A. Hudson 3-2, P. Hendes bt G. Boclet 3-0, G. Cooper bt I. Kemp 3-1, B. Cooper bt K. Whiteley 3-0, M. Daly bt N. Clayton 3-1, D. Baker bt A. Howard 3-2, P. Quinnell bt N. Birney 3-2, P. Burt bt J. Morgan 3-1, S. Harvey bt R. Huglies 3-1.

Round three P. Richard bt S. Davies 3-2, M. Finn bt M. Wilson 3-2, P. Wildman bt J. Howard 3-2, A. Dunkley bt W. Townsend 3-1, P. Hendes bt G. Cooper 3-1, M. Daly bt B. Cooper 3-1, P. Quinnell bt D. Baker 3-0, S. Harvey bt P. Burt 3-1.

Quarterfinals M. Finn bt P. Richard 3-2, P. Wildman bt A. Dunkley 3-2, M. Daly bt P. Hendes 3-0, S. Harvey bt P. Quinnell 3-2.

Semifinals M. Finn bt P. Wildman 3-0, S. Harvey bt M. Daly 3-1.

Final Sean Harvey bt Michael Finn 3-2.

In the plate event for all first match losers a further 10 ranking points are available to the winner with 6 points for the runner up. In the semifinals Andy Baxter from Poole lost by 2 frames to 0 to Karl Whiteley and Stuart Ross lost by 2 frames to 1 to Neil Clayton. The final of this event was also good with both players looking to out pot each other. The final result was Neil Clayton 2 frames Karl Whiteley 1 frame. Karl collected £20 and the 6 ranking points and Neil Clayton £40 and 10 ranking points.

Karl Whiteley won the high break award of £20 with a break of 53 added to his handicap of 45 to give a total of 98.

Other high breaks of the day included Wayne Townsend 89, Pascal Richard 71 net 91 and Michael Finn 67 net 87.

Our thanks go to Debbie and all the staff at The Ambassador Club, Poole for their hospitality.

Our next Senior Cuestars Event is the Swindon Masters on Sunday 6 April 2003 at Swindon's Jesters Snooker Club. Please remember that to compete in this event you have to be at the venue by 10.15 am as the draw will be completed at 10.30 am.

WOKING JUNIOR OPENS - 30 March 2003

The Woking Snooker Centre played host to the Season's third Dransfield Machines Ranking Series event. The event attracted a total entry of 74 players.

The highlight of the days competition was a tremendous break of 137 by Sean Harvey, this the highest break ever made in a Cuestars competition. The Highest Break was previously held by Neil Herd with a 136. Well done Sean!!!

U21 Competition

In total 31 players took part. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Christopher Marsh 1-3 Wayne Lee-Buckland. James Fretwell 2-3 Joseph Kemp. Michael Finn 0-3 Karl Whiteley. Matthew Wilson 3-1 Lee Whiteley. Ian Meaker 3-0 Matthew Webb. Sean Harvey 3-2 Neil Clayton. James Vickers 1-3 Adnan Butt. Marc Harman 3-0 Chris Lunn.

Quarter Finals
Wayne Lee-Buckland 3-1 Joseph Kemp. Karl Whiteley 3-2 Matthew Wilson. Ian Meaker 2-3 Sean Harvey. Adnan Butt 0-3 Marc Harman.

Semi Finals
Wayne Lee-Buckland 0-3 Karl Whiteley. Sean Harvey 3-0 Marc Harman.
Losing Semis £20.00 each

Final
Karl Whiteley 2-3 Sean Harvey.
Sean received £83.00 and Karl received £40.00

Congratulations can again to Sean for making the competitions highest break of 137.

U15 Competition

In total 25 players took part in the U15 event. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Matthew Aldridge 0-2 Dominic Birch. Daniel Sloan 2-0 Alex Day. Mark Bright 2-0 Liam Keville. Chris Evans 1-2 Gareth Harris. Anthony Ferriggi 2-0 Daniel Johnston. Liam O'shea 0-2 Martin Cannings. Daniel Martin 2-0 Scott Coker. Richard Reynolds 2-1 Matthew Homer.

Quarter Finals
Dominic Birch 2-1 Daniel Sloan. Mark Bright 2-0 Gareth Harris. Anthony Ferriggi 2-1 Martin Cannings. Daniel Martin 0-2 Richard Reynolds.

Semi Finals
Dominic Birch 0-2 Mark Bright. Anthony Ferriggi 0-2 Richard Reynolds.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
Mark Bright 2-1 Richard Reynolds.
Both Mark and Richard received trophies.

U12 Competition

In total 18 players took part in the U12 event. The results from the Quarters were as follows: -

Quarter Finals
George Marter 2-0 Daniel Hildyard. Ben Harrison 2-0 Mark Green. Dominic Burtenshaw 2-0 Joshua Ryman. Liam Tinne 2-1 Dale Mears.

Semi Finals
George Marter 2-0 Ben Harrison. Dominic Burtenshaw 2-0 Liam Tinne.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
George Marter 1-2 Dominic Burtenshaw.
Both Dominic and George received trophies

Plate Competition

In the plate competition there were in total 32 players entered from the three age groupings.

Plate Semi Finals
Antony Foxcroft bt Ryan Mears. Lee Whiteley bt Matthew Hazell.

Plate Final
Antony Foxcroft bt Lee Whiteley.
Both Antony and Lee received trophies.

Cuestars would like to take this opportunity to thank the Woking Snooker Centre's staff for their hospitality.

The next Junior Opens day will take place at Bournemouth's GreenBaize Snooker Club, Wallisdown Road, on Sunday 13 April 2003.

Cuestars looks forward to seeing you there and don't forget the DRESS CODE if you want your ranking points!!!

SWINDON MASTERS- 06 April 2003

Sunday 06 April 2003 the Swindon Masters took place at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon. In total 51 players took part in a full days competition, which resulted in a narrow 3-2 victory for Neil Clayton over Bradley Parker in final.

The plate competition was won by Nathan Williams.

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

Last 16
Sean Harvey 3-2 Wayne Townsend. Phillip Wildman 3-2 Pascal Richard. Michael Daly 0-3 Neil Clayton. Karl Whiteley 1-3 Matthew Wilson. Marc Harman 3-0 James Pole. Neil Craycraft 0-3 Bradley Parker. Steven Dunn 3-0 James Hall. Bobby Cooper 3-1 Paul Burt.

Quarter Finals
Sean Harvey 3-0 Phillip Wildman. Neil Clayton 3-2 Matthew Wilson. Marc Harman 0-3 Bradley Parker. Steven Dunn 2-3 Bobby Cooper.
All losing Quarter finalist received £20.00 each

Semi Finals
Sean Harvey 2-3 Neil Clayton. Bradley Parker 3-2 Bobby Cooper.
Sean and Bobby received £50.00 each

Final
Neil Clayton 3-2 Bradley Parker.
Neil received £200 and Bradley received £100.00

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

Plate Semi Finals
Nathan Williams 2-1 Nick Birney. Mark McLean 1-2 Gavin Rogers.

Plate Final
Nathan Williams 3-0 Gavin Rogers.
Nathan received £40.00 and Gavin £20.00

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

BOURNEMOUTH JUNIOR OPENS - 13 April 2003

Bournemouth's GreenBaize Snooker Club played host to the Seasons forth Dransfield Machines Ranking Series event. The event attracted a total entry of 93 players.

U21 Competition

In total 38 players took part. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Marc Burtenshaw 0-3 Ian Meaker. Carl Spencer 3- Jamie Moultrey. James Fretwell 2-3 Matthew Webb. Nathan Williams 3-0 Craig Stubbington. Jason Whiteley 0-3 Karl Whiteley. Matthew Wilson 3-0 Lee Wilkins. Ben Billett 3-1 Lorne Corrie. David Page 1-3 Paul Fuller.

Quarter Finals
Ian Meaker 3-1 Carl Spencer. Matthew Webb 1-3 Nathan Williams. Karl Whiteley 3-0 Matthew Wilson.

Semi Finals
Ian Meaker 3-2 Nathan Williams. Karl Whiteley 2-3 Ben Billett.

Final
Ian Meaker 3-1 Ben Billett.

Congratulations Ian Meaker!!!.

U15 Competition

In total 30 players took part in the U15 event. The results from the last 16 were as follows: -

Last 16
Justin Fanning 1-2 Ryan Mears. Edward Mellowes 0-2 James Mathers. Dominic Birch 2-1 Martin Cannings. Gareth Harris 2-1 Christopher Ward. James Granato 1-2 Layton Brooks. James Cook 0-2 Nicholas Bone. John Searle 0-2 Andrew Mayell. Scott Coker 2-0 Chris Evans.

Quarter Finals
Ryan Mears 0-2 James Mathers. Dominic Birch 2-1 Gareth Harris. Layton Brooks 2-0 Nicholas Bone. Andrew Mayell 2-1 Scott Coker.

Semi Finals
James Mathers 1-2 Dominic Birch. Layton Brooks 1-2 Andrew Mayell.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
Dominic Birch 2-1 Andrew Mayell.
Both Dominic and Andrew received trophies.

Congratulations to Dominic Birch for his first U15 Cuestars Open title.

U12 Competition

In total 25players took part in the U12 event. The results from the Quarters were as follows: -

Quarter Finals
Ben Harrison 2-0 Ryan Cannell. Daniel Moorman 0-2 Mark Green. Robert Jotcham 0-2 Grant Mason. Jonathan Spark 2-0 David Lodge.

Semi Finals
Ben Harrison 2-0 Mark Green. Grant Mason 2-0 Jonathan Spark.
Losing Semis Trophies

Final
Grant Mason 2-0 Ben Harrison.
Both Grant and Ben received trophies

Plate Competition

Unable to report on the plate as paperwork not received.

Cuestars would like to take this opportunity to thank the GreenBaize Snooker Ltd staff for their hospitality.

GOSPORT OPEN - 20 April 2003

Sunday 20th April 2003 saw us at Stoke Snooker Club in Gosport Hampshire for the Gosport Open that was sponsored by Dransfield machines. Only 26 players took part in this event but those players who did attend had traveled from High Wycombe, Guilford, Aldershot and Swindon as well as the Portsmouth area.

Despite the low numbers 3 players achieved centuries, Bobby Cooper (Stubbington) 123, Sean Harvey (Woking) 102 and Neil Craycroft (Swindon) 101. In addition Pascal Richard (Portsmouth) achieved a break of 80 and Matt Wilson (High Wycombe) 58.

In the first round matches Neil Craycroft (Swindon) beat Sean Harvey (Woking) by 3 frames to 2. Pascal Richard (Portsmouth) beat Ryan Mears (Aldershot) by 3 frames to 1. Mark McLean (Chandlersford) beat Danny Martin (Woking) by 3 frames to 2. Ron Knight (Gosport) beat Dion Baker (Portsmouth) by 3 frames to 1. Neil Clayton (Aldershot) beat Carl Van Wyk (Guilford) by 3 frames to 2. Dave Norman (Swindon) beat James Pole (High Wycombe) by 3 frames to 0. Bobby Cooper (Stubbington) was unfortunately drawn against his father Graham Cooper (Stubbington) and beat him by 3 frames to 1. Paul Quinnell (Aldershot) beat James Hall (Swindon) by 3 frames to 2. Jim Hooper (Gosport) beat Mark McBurney (Salisbury) by 3 frames to 2. Ian Kemp (Gosport) beat Stuart Haines (Eastleigh) by 3 frames to 0.

In the second round Matt Wilson (High Wycombe) beat Neil Craycroft by 3 frames to 1. Pascal Richard beat Mark McLean by 3 frames to 1. Ron Knight beat Andy Savage (Swindon) by 3 frames to 2. Neil Clayton beat Mike Harris (Kingston-Upon-Thames) by 3 frames to 1. Dave Norman beat Dave Volante (Swindon) by 3 frames to 0. Bobby Cooper beat Marc Harman (Woking) by 3 frames to 1. Paul Quinnell beat Jim Hooper by 3 frames to 1. Ian Kemp beat Nick Birney (High Wycombe) by 3 frames to 2.

In the quarterfinals Pascal Richard beat Matt Wilson by 3 frames to 2. Neil Clayton beat Ron Knight by 3 frames to 0. Bobby Cooper beat Dave Norman by 3 frames to 0. Paul Quinnell beat Ian kemp by 3 frames to 0.

In the semifinals Pascal Richard beat Neil Clayton by 3 frames to 0 and Bobby Cooper beat Paul Quinnell by 3 frames to 1.

In the final, which turned out to be an excellent match Pascal Richard beat Bobby Cooper by 3 frames to 1. Bobby Cooper achieving his high break of 123 during this match.

The losing quarterfinalists won £10 each, the losing semifinalists won £15 each, with £35 to the runner up and £75 to the winner.

In the plate event Danny Martin beat Stuart Haines by 2 frames to 0 and Sean Harvey beat Marc Harman also by 2 frames to 0 in the semi final stages. In the final Sean Harvey beat Danny Martin by 2 frames to 1.

Sean Harvey won £18 and Danny Martin £8.

Our thanks go to Dransfield Machines who sponsored this event in the sum of £50 and to Ron Knight and his staff at Stoke Snooker Club, Gosport for their work throughout the day.

Dave Norman
Cuestars

3 PLAYER U15 & U21 TEAM CHAMPSHIP - 27 April 2003

Like the Senior 3 Player Championship held earlier in the Season this type of event also did not spark the interest of the Junior Cuestars players.

The event which was held at Salisbury Snooker Club attracted 10 teams for both the U21 and U15 event.

The U21 3 Player team championship was won by a team named Trowbridge Aces, this consisting of Ian Meaker, Andrew Mayell and David Carroll from the Section Team Championship winners of 2002/3.

The U15 3 Player Team Championship was won by the Chandlers Chimps with this team consisting of Alex Dunkley, Mark Bright and Alex Richardson

The plate competition was won by the home team of Salisbury Wanderers containing Mark Green, Martin Cannings and Antony Foxcroft..

Our thanks goes to the staff of the Salisbury Snooker Club

SALISBURY OPEN - 04 May 2003

Sean Harvey proved once again that he is a great competitor in Cuestars events by beating Bobby Cooper 3-0 in the final of the Salisbury Open at Salisbury Snooker Club. With just the Championship remaining Sean will now almost certainly win the Rankings and this well deserved as he was clearly the best Cuestars player this Season.

In total 59 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
Paul Quinnell 3-2 Stuart Haines. Ian Meaker 0-3 Sean Harvey. Luke Keet 2-3 Ryan Mears. Michael Finn 2-3 Neil Craycraft. Paul Fuller 2-3 Bobby Cooper. Grant Mason 3-2 Ricky Collins. George Marter 0-3 Dominic Birch. James Mather 0-3 Nathan Williams.

Quarter Finals
Paul Quinnell 0-3 Sean Harvey. Ryan Mears 3-0 Neil Craycraft. Bobby Cooper 3-2 Grant Mason. Dominic Birch 1-3 Nathan Williams.

Semi Finals
Sean Harvey 3-2 Ryan Mears. Bobby Cooper 3-0 Nathan Williams.

Final
Sean Harvey 3-0 Bobby Cooper.

In the plate competition new Cuestars player Will Whay defeated Phillip Wildman.

Plate Semi Finals
Matthew Wilson W/O Will Whay. Mark Prescott 0-2 Phillip Wildman

Plate Final
Will Whay 2-0 Phillip Wildman.

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

Congratulations goes to Trevor Cross who running this Cuestars Event. Well done Trevor!!!

CUESTARS PRO/AM CHAMPIONSHP - 05 May 2003

With several Main Tour Professionals and many Challenge Tour players taking part there was plenty of great snooker played with a total of 5 century breaks recorded. The highest a brilliant 136 clearance by Walsal's Mark Joyce who would also go on to win the title and the £500.00 first prize.

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

Last 16
Matthew Redding 3-0 Lee Warker (Pro). John Whitty (2002 Cuestars Pro/Am Champion) 1-3 Mark Joyce. Michael Day 2-3 Paul Davies (Pro). J O'Neil 3-2 Ben Woollaston. Oliver Hoeblyn 2-3 Sean Harvey. Jimmy Robertson (Pro) 3-0 Neil Craycraft. L Roberts 0-3 Andrew Norman (Pro). Tim English 3-2 Michael Finn.

Quarter Finals
Matthew Redding 0-3 Mark Joyce. Paul Davies (Pro) 3-1 J O'Neil. Sean Harvey 3-0 Jimmy Robertson (Pro). Andrew Norman (Pro) 0-3 Tim English.
All losing Quarter finalist received £35.00 each

Semi Finals
Mark Joyce 3-1 Paul Davies (Pro). Sean Harvey 3-1 Tim English.
Paul and Tim received £80.00 each

Final
Mark Joyce 3-1 Sean Harvey.
Mark received £500 and Sean received £200.00

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

Plate Semi Finals
Jason Howard 0-2 Oliver Douglas. Karl Walker 2-1 Matthew Wilson.

Plate Final
Oliver Douglas 0-2 Karl Walker.
Karl received £50.00 and Oliver£25.00

Congratulations Mark Joyce for winning the Cuestars Pro/Am Championship Trophy

Our thanks go to Brad and Steve Baker and their staff at Jesters for their hospitality throughout the day. Also well done Paul Rose for running a good competition!

CUESTARS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 11 May 2003

In addition to the £750.00 guaranteed prize fund on offer the Seasons final Ranking Positions would be decided.

Sean Harvey, who held a healthy lead at the top of the Rankings table going into the final competition, made a the worse possible start going out 2-3 to Brad Greenwood in the first round. With Bobby Cooper and Neil Clayton also going out early it left Pascal Richard with an outside chance of pipping Sean to the £500.00 Rankings first prize.

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

Last 16
Michael Finn 1-3 Mark McLean. Brad Greenwood 3-2 James Pole. Philip Ratcliffe 0-3 Steven Roberts. Neil Craycraft 3-2 John Hunter. Nathan Williams 3-1 Matthew Wilson. Pascal Richard 3-1 Simon Munday. Andrew Vernon 3-1 Karl Coleman. Karl Whiteley 0-3 Shane Davies.
All losing last 16 playersreceived £10.00 each

Quarter Finals
Mark McLean 3-2 Brad Greenwood. Steven Roberts 3-1 Neil Craycraft. Nathan Williams 3-0 Pascal Richards. Sean Harvey confirmed as Rankings Champion, well done Sean!!!
All losing Quarter finalist received £25.00 each

Semi Finals
Mark McLean 3-1 Steven Roberts. Nathan Williams 3-2 Andrew Vernon.
Steven and Andrew received £60.00 each

Final
Nathan Williams 3-1 Mark McLean.
Nathan received £250 and Mark received £125.00

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

Plate Semi Finals
Bobby Cooper 2-0 Sean Harvey. Paul Quinnell 1-2 Nick Birney.

Plate Final
Bobby Cooper 3-1 Nick Birney.
Karl received £45.00 and Oliver£20.00

Congratulations Nathan Williams for becoming the Cuestars Champion 2003. His Championship win took him to a 2nd place finish in the Rankings, this after winning the Rankings in 2001/2002!

Well done Sean Harvey for winning the Rankings and thereby proving to be Cuestars most improved player of 2002/2003!

Our thanks go to Brad and Steve Baker and their staff at Jesters for their hospitality throughout the day. Also well done Paul Rose for running a good competition!

CUESTARS Junior U21 & U15 Doubles CHAMPS - 18 May 2003

The Stubbington Snooker Club played host to the Junior U21 & U15 Doubles Championship event. Like the Team Championship the event attracted a low entry of 8 pairs for the U21 competition and 16 pairs for the U15 competition.

With rankings points still up for grabs the competition matches were hard fought.

U21 Competition

The results from the semi-finals were as follows: -

Semis
David Carroll & Andrew Mayell 2-3 Richard Hickman & Mat Richards. Ian Meaker & Matthew Hazell 3-0 Martin Cannings & Antony Foxcroft.

Final
Richard Hickman & Mat Richards 3-0 Ian Meaker & Matthew Hazell.
Winners shared £44.00 and received a trophy each, Runners-up shared £20.00.

U15 Competition

The results from the semi finals were as follows: -

Semis
Ben Harrison & Mark Green 2-0 Brett & Ryan Patchin. Grant Mason & Layton Brooks 2-0 Jon Keates & John Campbell.

Congratulations to Ben Harrison for making his new highest break of 31.

Final
Ben Harrison & Mark Green 2-0 Grant Mason & Layton Brooks
All the finalist received Trophies.

Congratulation Mark and Ben who were both U12 players!!!

Plate Competition

Plate Final
Ross Barker & Joshua Ryman 0-2 George Marter & Ian Bell.
All the finalist received Trophies.

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