Dylan Smith claims first tournament win

A FIRST tournament success is a moment to treasure and a defining milestone in any snooker player’s career.

So hats off to Cuestars Under-21 Bronze Tour youngster Dylan Smith for collecting his first winner’s trophy.

The 11-year-old from Tunbridge Wells was crowned the Kent under-16 champion at Welling Snooker Club last Sunday.

Smith pocketed £20 prize money but, more importantly, landed the Summers Cup.

Based at Victoria Snooker Centre and runner-up last year, he won both his round-robin matches against 14-year-olds in the event run by the Kent County Billiards & Snooker Association.

Smith dispatched Nicky Trowell 2-0 before edging defending champion Jimmy Matthews 2-1 on the final pink.

After running away with the first frame, he lost the next by going in-off the black.

It came at the end of a busy weekend. The previous day, he won two matches and lost in the quarter-finals of the handicapped East Sussex Open Championship at the Castle Snooker & Sports Bar in Brighton.

Smith is currently third in the Bronze Tour rankings. He kicked off his debut season by reaching the final in four of the first five legs.

You can follow Smith’s green-baize career at www.facebook.com/DylanSmithSnooker.

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Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)