Somauroo edges home player Williams in Salisbury final

The Northolt cueman accounted for home player Nathan Williams 2-1 in the final.

Somauroo, ranked 236th in the world in 1999, qualified in second place in his group after losing 2-0 to Matt Wilson, who had beaten Westbury’s Ben Harrison in the Swindon final last month.

“It was a well-run tournament,” he told cuestars.uk.com. “Best-of-threes all the way to the final and all finished in one day. Round-robin is popular, guaranteeing players at least four matches. John Hunter puts a lot of effort into these tournaments which is much appreciated by all.”

A high-quality 44-strong field from across the South of England chalked up 26 breaks of 50 or more. Centuries were scored by Christian Chislett (Selsey), 117, and Phillip Wildman (Swindon), 103.

Wilson (High Wycombe), who made a 2-1 semi-final exit courtesy of Williams, posted three 90-plus breaks: 99, 98 and 92.

Swindon’s Richard Clark, currently 90th on the Pontin’s International Open Series, lost in the second semi 2-0 to the champion.

The Salisbury tournament was the second in a series of eight across the South of England. Remaining fixtures: December 13, Ambassador SC, Poole; January 17, Jesters SC, Swindon; February 14, Salisbury SC; March 21, Jesters SC, Swindon; April 18, Salisbury SC; May 16, Jesters SC, Swindon.

Christian Chislett: 117, 77, 70, 55

Phillip Wildman: 103

Matt Wilson: 99, 98, 92, 64, 59

Richard Somauroo: 81, 71, 61, 60, 52

Billy Castle: 72, 54, 50

Keiran Gell: 71

Neil Craycraft: 61, 53, 52, 50

Nick Birney: 61

Steve Crowley: 56

Emma Bonney: 51

GROUP A: 1st, Matt Wilson (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 2nd, Richard Somauroo (Northolt); 3rd, Jack Lander (Sussex); 4th, Steve Crowley (Lanterns Club, Folkestone) 5th, Davis Hui (Churchills, Eastleigh); 6th, Dean Matthews (Rileys, Reading).

GROUP B: 1st, Sebastian Worrall (Swindon SC); 2nd, Zack Richardson (Sussex); 3rd, Alex O’Donoghue (Swindon); 4th, Eddie Van Damme (Westgate SC, Gloucester); 5th, Kieran Gell (Stoke SC, Gosport); 6th, Ollie Kendrick (Whitmore Reans Cons Club, Wolverhampton).

GROUP C: 1st, Billy Castle (Cue T’s, Marchwood); 2nd, Christian Chislett (Selsey RBL); 3rd, Ollie Tydeman (Woolston Cons Club); 4th, Lee Roling (The Academy, Eastleigh); 5th, Duncan Humphreys (Salisbury SC); 6th, Alan Childs (Salisbury SC).

GROUP D: 1st, Nick Birney (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 2nd, Neil Craycraft (147 SC, Swindon); 3rd, Dave Mumford (Chandler’s Ford SC) 4th, Emma Bonney (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 5th, Dennis Hushley (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); unplaced, Kevin Impett (Chandler’s Ford SC).

GROUP E: 1st, Alex Dunkley (Stubbington SC); 2nd, Ryan Mears (Rileys, Aldershot); 3rd, Phil Wildman (147 SC, Swindon); 4th, Adam Nash (Woolston Cons Club); 5th, Drew Farminer (Woolston Cons Club).

GROUP F: 1st, Ben Harrison (Player’s, Westbury); 2nd, Wayne Townsend (Uxbridge); 3rd, Kevin Ward (Hassocks Mens Club, West Sussex); 4th, Anthony Cutler (Ambassador SC, Poole); unplaced, Fred Pearce (Burgh Heath, Surrey).

GROUP G: 1st, Nathan Williams (Salisbury SC); 2nd, Liam Tinne (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Shane Castle (Chandler’s Ford SC); 4th, Ian Bell (Ambassador SC, Poole); unplaced, Ron Ellis (Burgh Heath, Surrey).

GROUP H: 1st, Richard Clarke (Swindon); 2nd, Alan Grainger (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 3rd, Lewis Miles (Jesters SC, Swindon); 4th, Marc Harman (The Royal Surrey Poker & Snooker Club); 5th, John Smith (The Academy, Eastleigh).

LAST-16 (£15): Wilson beat Richardson 2-1, Craycraft beat B Castle 2-1, Dunkley beat Townsend 2-0, Williams beat Grainger 2-0, Somauroo beat Worrall 2-0, Birney beat Chislett 2-0, Harrison beat Mears 2-0, Clark beat Tinne 2-1.

QUARTER-FINALS (£25): Wilson beat Craycraft 2-1, Williams beat Dunkley 2-0, Somauroo beat Birney 2-1, Clark beat Harrison 2-0.

SEMI-FINALS (£40): Williams beat Wilson 2-1, Somauroo beat Clark 2-1.

FINAL (£150/£70): Somauroo beat Williams 2-1.