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Westbury A favourites for Team Challenge

BACK-to-back wins have taken snooker outfit Westbury A to top spot in the Cuestars Junior Section Team Challenge. 

Playing on home tables at Player’s, the defending champions, who won in Swindon in November, outsmarted Eastleigh Hustlers 4-2 in the final.  
 
Gary Wilkins motored past Matt Geer to clinch the final frame.
 
Westbury A have fielded the same four players – Wilkins, Daniel Tallentire, Daniel Winfield and Jake White – in each of this season’s three tournaments.  
 
In the last four, Winfield beat Ben Tanner in a play-off to wrap up a 4-3 victory over Eastleigh Untouchables.
 
Swindon Jesters A’s hopes of retaining first place in the rankings ended in a 4-2 semi-final defeat by Eastleigh Hustlers.
 
In an all Jesters Plate final, the Bs beat the Cs 5-1.
 
Westbury A lead Jesters A by 12 points.
 
Event four of six is at Jesters SC, Swindon, on Sunday February 21.
 
RESULTS:
 
QUARTER-FINALS (eight points): Eastleigh Untouchables beat Swindon Jesters C 4-2. Westbury A beat Swindon Jesters B 4-2, Swindon Jesters A beat Westbury B 5-1, Eastleigh Hustlers beat Swindon Jesters D 4-2.
 
SEMI-FINALS (12 points): Westbury A beat Untouchables 4-3, Hustlers beat Jesters A 4-2.
 
FINAL (25/18 points): Westbury A beat Hustlers 4-2.
 
PLATE:
 
SEMI-FINALS (one point): Jesters B beat Westbury B 4-2, Jesters C beat Jesters D 4-2.
 
FINAL (five/three points): Jesters B beat Jesters C 5-1.
 
TEAMS:
 
Eastleigh Untouchables: Lee Roling (capt), Ben Tanner, Liam Burnet, James Thomas.
 
Eastleigh Hustlers: Matt Geer (capt), Rob Henley, Lee Bell, Bradley Hatch.
 
Swindon Jesters A: Liam O’Shea (capt), Sam Jefferson, Sam Weekes, Jodie Symes
 
Swindon Jesters B: Dom Burtenshaw (capt), Joshua Lee, Derrick Volante, Joe Moon.
 
Swindon Jesters C: Jamie Perry (capt), Troy Bodmin, Mathew Bellinger, Dwaine Leiblich.
 
Swindon Jesters D: Oliver Parsons (capt), Daniel Hall, Kieran Gibbs, Connor Flanagan.
 
Westbury A: Daniel Tallentire (capt), Daniel Winfield, Jake White, Gary Wilkins.
 
Westbury B: Thyas Evans (capt), Corrie Tallentire, Ellis Fisher, Callum Browne.
 
Did you do something notable in the last Cuestars tournament? Or any other tournament? Have you just beaten your highest break? Have you got anything to say? E-mail me details at timdunkleysnookerdad@hotmail.com  and you could be on the Cuestars website.

By Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)