Keegan celebrates a day of two halves

WHAT started as a tough day ended with a winner’s trophy for Wiltshire potter Keegan Reed.

Reed won only one frame out of nine in the group stages of the second leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour on home tables at Salisbury Snooker Club.

But he bounced back in the Plate competition for non-qualifiers and beat Gold player Connor Benzey (Eastleigh) in the final.

The Attic Life-sponsored event attracted a field of 37 across the three categories of Gold, Silver and Bronze.

The third legs of ten are at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, on Sunday, October 29.

For more information about loft conversion specialists Attic Life, which also sponsored rookie professional Billy Castle in last week’s European Masters in Belgium, visit www.atticlife.co.uk.

PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)

PRELIM: Connor Benzey (Chandlers Ford SC) beat Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury.

QUARTER-FINALS: Chloe White (Waterlooville Sports Bar) beat Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport), Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC) beat Nat Kidner (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Benzey beat Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC), Riley Ellis (147 SC, Swindon) w/o Viktor Balgariev (Jesters, Swindon).

SEMI-FINALS: Reed beat White, Benzey beat Ellis.

FINAL: Reed beat Benzey.

Picture by Tim Dunkley. Connor Benzey (left) and Keegan Reed.

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Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)