Maiden tournament win for the only girl on the circuit
HAVANT teenager Chloe White won her first Cuestars tournament three weeks after facing 11-time women’s world champion Reanne Evans in the UK Championship.
The 15-year-old (pictured right) held her nerve to edge home player Riley Ellis (left) 2-1 in the final at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon.
White won all four of her round-robin group matches in the third leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Bronze Tour sponsored by Tamar Independent Financial Advisers.
The only girl currently competing on the junior circuit then defeated rankings leader Shane Kearns (Swindon) 2-1 in the last-four.
“I was very happy to finally win my first Cuestars event and I hope that there are many more to come,” she said.
“I played well all day, not losing a match and coming top of my group. The final was quite tight but I managed to keep my nerve and get over the finish line.”
Ellis, 12, who recorded his highest break of 38 in his group match against Chloe’s brother Callum, overcame Arnie Petty (Fordingbridge) 2-0 in his semi-final.
Three weeks previously, White made an impressive debut on the World Ladies Billiards & Snooker circuit in the LITEtask UK Ladies Championship at the Northern Snooker Centre, Leeds.
She lost 3-0 to Evans – the eventual tournament winner, beat Ronda Sheldreck (Ireland) 3-0 and lost 2-1 to Laura Evans (Wales).
The Swindon tournament was her 15th Cuestars outing. She made her debut in Bournemouth in December, 2014.
Kearns remains top of the rankings but Ellis is only seven points adrift. Two points further back are siblings Callum and Chloe White in joint third.
The fourth leg of ten is at Frames Sports Bar, Coulsdon, on Sunday, December 4.
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BREAKS
Riley Ellis: 38, 20.
Will Forster: 29, 22.
Chloe White: 26.
Shane Kearns: 25.
BRONZE RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Riley Ellis (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Shane Kearns (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Callum White (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 4th, Stefan Djakovic (Jesters, Swindon); 5th, Kyle Carter (Jesters, Swindon).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Chloe White (Copnor SC, Portsmouth); 2nd, Arnie Petty (Salisbury SC); 3rd, Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport); 4th, Harry Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC); 5th, Oscar Livesey (Nailsea Social Club).
SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Ellis 2 Petty 0, Chloe White 2 Kearns 1.
FINAL (25/18 points): Chloe White 2 Ellis 1.
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By Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)