Double delight for Parsons

OLLIE Parsons (pictured left) collected two trophies at the Cuestars finals day at his home club, Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.

Parsons, who had already won his Section rankings, defeated Mike Trigg (Chandler’s Ford SC) 3-1 in the Six-Reds final.

Earlier, he had lost 3-0 to the eventual champion Mark Lloyd in the last-four of the Gold Tour play-off.

SIX-REDS CHAMPIONSHIP (ONE-FRAME MATCHES UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED)

PRELIMS: Connor Benzey (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Nathan Farmer (Stoke SC, Gosport) beat Luke Dixon (Copnor SC, Portsmouth), Ollie Parsons (Jesters, Swindon) beat Ben Hatch (Eastleigh).

LAST-16: Joshua Lee (Jesters, Swindon) beat Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC), Mike Trigg (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Joe Kitchen (Stoke SC, Gosport), Matt Gillon (Stoke SC, Gosport) beat Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC), Bradley Leishman (Stoke SC, Gosport) beat Benzey, Kidner beat Liam Ashman (Player’s, Westbury), Lewis Parnham (SWSA, Gloucester) beat Farmer, A Petty beat James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport), Parsons beat Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC).

QUARTER-FINALS: Trigg beat Lee, Gillon beat Leishman, Parnham beat Kidner, Parsons beat A Petty.

SEMI-FINALS: Trigg beat Gillon 2-1, Parsons beat Parnham 2-0.

FINAL: Parsons beat Trigg 3-1.

Picture by Tim Dunkley