Mason claims Six-Reds Championship
MASON Wilson ended a successful debut season on the Cuestars under-21 circuit by winning the Six-Reds Championship.
The 13-year-old from Baughurst claimed his first title at the end-of-season finale at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon.
Wilson, who is based at The Academy, Basingstoke, beat Ben Crump (Gosport) 2-1 in the final of the event for players who hadn’t qualified for the knockouts of the Gold, Silver and Bronze Tour Championships.
He knocked in a 25 break in a 2-0 victory over Thomas McEvoy (Warminster) and then beat Londoner Adam Stacey 2-1 in the last-four.
Wilson also played an exhibition frame against guest professional Billy Castle but failed to trouble the scorer as the world number 114 ran out a 128-0 winner.
Collecting the runner-up trophy in the seventh leg of ten in Fareham in February was the previous highlight of his first season.
Wilson qualified for the knockout in six of the nine events he entered and finished in sixth place in the rankings.
The event was sponsored by Jesters Snooker Club and Nice Clean Ltd.
Nice Clean Ltd undertakes all types of commercial and residential cleaning from windows to gutters to driveways in the Swindon and Wiltshire areas. For more information, visit nicecleanltd.co.uk.
To find out more about Jesters SC, go to jesterssnooker.co.uk/snooker.
BREAKS
Mason Wilson: 25.
SIX-REDS RESULTS
PRELIMS: Dan Sykes (Chandlers Ford SC) 2-1 Jamie Wilson (Waterlooville Sports Bar).
QUARTER-FINALS: Ben Crump (Stoke SC, Gosport) 2-0 Sykes, Will Forster (Mayfair, Gosport) 2-1 Owen Jenkins (Waterlooville Sports Bar), Mason Wilson (Academy, Basingstoke) 2-0 Thomas McEvoy (Salisbury SC), Adam Stacey (Legends, Leytonstone) 2-1 Steven Hughes (Chandlers Ford SC).
SEMI-FINALS: Wilson 2-1 Stacey, Crump 2-1 Forster.
FINAL: Wilson 2-1 Crump.
Picture by Tim Dunkley
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Tim Dunkley (World Snooker coach)