Another trophy for Beaven

FABULOUS February is but a distant memory for Surrey snooker star James Beaven (pictured).

Last month, the 11-year-old from Banstead followed up his first ever tournament win in a Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour event in Woking by reaching the semi-finals of the English Under-14 Championship in Leeds.

But in the sixth leg of the Cuestars circuit at Fareham Snooker Club, Beaven failed to qualify from the group stages.

However, receiving a 14-point handicap start, he did beat Gold Tour player Callum Browne (Trowbridge) in the final of the Plate competition.

PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)

PRELIM: Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Callum White (Copnor SC, Portsmouth).

FIRST ROUND: Ben Crump (Mayfair, Gosport) beat Zhu, Anthony Rice (Salisbury SC) beat Harry Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC), Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Arron Smith (Selsey RBL), Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury) beat Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Steven Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC), James Beaven (Frames, Coulsdon) beat Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC), Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon) beat Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).

QUARTER-FINALS: Rice beat Crump, Browne beat Kidner, Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC) beat Hughes, Beaven beat Kearns.

SEMI-FINALS: Browne beat Rice, Beaven beat Reed.

FINAL: Beaven beat Browne.

Report by Tim Dunkley.