Marshal claims first winner’s trophy and number one spot in the rankings

MARSHAL Denieffe conquered his inner demons to claim his first winner’s trophy on the Cuestars Under-21 Bronze Tour.

The 17-year-old from Clapham admitted to a temperament problem in the past.

But he held his nerve and remained calm despite being 1-0 down to Sam Perkins (New Milton) in the final of the third leg at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.

Denieffe, who had never been past the last-four before on the junior circuit, prevailed 2-1 and is now top of the rankings.

“I thought I was down and out but I managed to come back,” he said.

And talking about his success this season, he added: “I feel good. I used to struggle with my temperament so my game wasn’t so good. Then my temperament got a lot better and I started getting good results.”

A second successive runner-up trophy took 13-year-old Perkins up to third place in the rankings in his rookie season. Alex Scotney (Sutton) dropped to second.

Tyler Heard (Watford) made the semi-finals on his debut. Archie Light (Lymington) added his name to the long list of title contenders after reaching the last-four.

Salisbury Snooker Club hosts the fourth leg of ten on Sunday, December 1.

BREAKS

Marshal Denieffe; 25.

BRONZE RESULTS

ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Alex Scotney (Surrey Snooker Academy); 2nd, Toby Waters (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Harry Merwood (Salisbury SC); 4th, Charlie Ings (Salisbury SC); 5th, Lewis Harris (Waterlooville Sports Bar).

ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Sam Perkins (Chandlers Ford SC); 2nd, Tyler Heard (Shots, Watford); 3rd, Beibei Ji (Chandlers Ford SC); 4th, Jack Miller (Salisbury SC); 5th, Ben Taylor-Jenkins (Chandlers Ford SC).

ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Archie Light (Chandlers Ford SC); 2nd, Marshall Denieffe (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 3rd, Sam Borgars (Stepfield SC, Witham); 4th, Milo Taylor; 5th, Alfie Wyatt (Waterlooville Sports Bar); 6th, Toby Walker (Castle SC, Brighton).

ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Isaac Church (Chandlers Ford SC); 2nd, Jesse Goncalves (Liss RBL); 3rd, Stanley Sims (Woking SC); 4th, Aariz Tariq (Welling SC); 5th, Chester Chan (Chandlers Ford SC); 6th, Kieran Hall (Stepfield SC, Witham).

QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Denieffe 2-1 Scotney, Heard 2-0 Church, Perkins 2-0 Goncalves, Light 2-0 Waters.

SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Denieffe 2-0 Heard, Perkins 2-0 Light.

FINAL (25/18 points): Denieffe 2-1 Perkins.