Dan’s the man in Bournemouth

TROWBRIDGE potter Daniel Tallentire climbed to fourth in the Cuestars Under-21 Open rankings after victory in event four at the Green Baize SC, Bournemouth

Tallentire, whose only previous Cuestars tournament win was at his home club last April, beat sixth-placed Carl Sidey (The Academy, Basingstoke) 3-1 in the final.

In the Plate competition for first-round losers, Swindon’s Sam Jefferson ended Trowbridge’s hopes of a clean sweep. He beat Gary Wilkins 2-1 in the final.

Luke Haines (Rileys, Cardiff) leads the rankings at the halfway point of the eight-tournament handicap series across the South of England and South Wales.

RESULTS:

LAST 16 (five points): Jake White (Trowbridge) 3 Sam Jefferson (Jesters, Swindon) 0, Chris Reilly (Jesters, Swindon) 3 Dean Freeman (Stoke SC, Gosport) 0, Lee Roling (The Academy, Eastleigh) 3 John Smith (The Academy, Eastleigh) 0, Carl Sidey (The Academy, Basingstoke) 3 Scott Carpenter (Green Baize, Bournemouth) 1, Joseph Elshaw (Stoke SC, Gosport) 3 Ben Waskett (Stoke SC, Gosport) 2, Lee Warner (Stoke SC, Gosport) 3 Simon Closman (Trowbridge) 1, Ben Tanner (The Academy, Eastleigh) 3 Gary Wilkins (Trowbridge) 1, Daniel Tallentire (Trowbridge) 3 Chris McGuire (Ambassador, Bournemouth) 0.

QUARTER-FINALS (eight points): Reilly 3 White 1, Sidey 3 Roling 2, Warner 3 Elshaw 2, Tallentire 3 Tanner 1.

SEMI-FINALS (12 points): Sidey 3 Reilly 2, Tallentire 3 Warner 2.

FINAL (25/18 points): Tallentire 3 Sidey 0.

PLATE

QUARTER-FINALS: Carpenter 2 Smith 0, Jefferson 2 Waskett 1, McGuire 2 Freeman 1, Wilkins 2 Closman 0.

SEMI-FINALS (one point): Jefferson 2 Carpenter 1, Wilkins 2 McGuire 0.

FINAL (five/three points): Jefferson 2 Wilkins 1.

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Picture by Kevin Legg