Consolation for Gibbs and first ever trophy for Ashman

BRONZE Tour title contender Ollie Gibbs may have lost the rankings lead but the ten-year-old from Gosport had the consolation of collecting the Plate trophy.

Gibbs, who is based at Stoke Snooker Club, failed to qualify for the knockout for the first time in his debut season in the fifth leg at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club.

Runner-up was Liam Ashman, son of coach Duncan Ashman, from Player’s, Westbury. It was the 12-year-old’s first ever snooker trophy.

PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)

LAST-16: Liam Ashman (Player’s, Westbury) beat Ben Hatch (Southampton), Karan Chadda (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Sam Warren (Chandler’s Ford SC), Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth) beat Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize SC, Bournemouth), Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) beat ‘Big’ Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Connor Benzey (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC), David O’Callaghan (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Bradley Leishman (Stoke SC, Gosport).

QUARTER-FINALS: Ashman beat Chadda, Holt beat A Cowdroy, O’Callaghan beat Benzey, Ollie Gibbs (Stoke SC, Gosport) beat Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC).

SEMI-FINALS: Ashman beat Holt, Gibbs beat O’Callaghan.

FINAL: Gibbs beat Ashman.

Picture by Tim Dunkley: Liam Ashman (left) and Ollie Gibbs.