Chloe secures Plate trophy with long black

WOMEN’S world number 24 Chloe White stroked in a long black against fellow Gold player Aristos Pampouris to clinch the Plate final during the fifth legs of the Cuestars Under-21 Tours at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.

The 18-year-old, based at Waterlooville Sports Bar, and her opponent from London had played out a titanic safety battle on the last few colours.

The event was sponsored by David Stewart, to raise awareness of the charity Sightsavers, and Chandlers Ford SC.

To find out more about Sightsavers, which works to eliminate avoidable blindness and promotes the rights of people with disabilities, go to www.sightsavers.org. To find out more about Chandlers Ford SC, visit www.cfordsnooker.co.uk.

Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, hosts the sixth legs of ten on Sunday, February 2.

PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)

LAST-16: Chloe White (Waterlooville Sports Bar) beat Chris Bennett (Chandlers Ford SC), Elliott Johnson (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross) beat Sam Walter (Mayfair, Gosport), William Thomson (Chandlers Ford SC) beat Lennon Savage (Chandlers Ford SC), Aristos Pampouris (Legends, Leytonstone) beat Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon), Simon Bubb (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross) beat Marcos Dayao (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross). Byes: Owen Jenkins (Waterlooville Sports Bar) Thomas Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar), Jake Sharp (Waterlooville Sports Bar).

QUARTER-FINALS: White beat Jenkins, T Sharp beat J Sharp, Johnson beat Thomson, Pampouris beat Bubb.

SEMI-FINALS: White beat T Sharp, Pampouris beat Johnson.

FINAL: White beat Pampouris.

Picture by Tim Dunkley

From left: Chloe White, Chandlers Ford SC owner Ray Cooper, Aristos Pampouris.

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Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)