O’Sullivan rockets to first tournament win
HIGH Wycombe potter Sonnie O’Sullivan has recorded his first tournament win on the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Silver Tour.
The teenager, based at the town’s Liberal Club, disposed of Woking’s Daniel Know 2-0 in the final of the eight and last leg at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
Two wins out of three saw O’Sullivan progress from his round-robin group in second place.
And after accounting for Jack Dady (The Academy, Basingstoke) 2-0 in the last-eight, the 15-year-old beat the highly-rated Thomas Lancastle (Eastville SC, Bristol) 2-0 in the semi-finals.
O’Sullivan ended the season in eighth place.
Meanwhile, the home club’s Troy Bodman was crowned rankings champion. Bodman, who lost 2-0 in the quarter-finals to Knox, will play PTC champion Stephen Lee at the Cuestars Finals Day on Sunday, June 3, at Jesters.
The consistent Bodman finished the season 22 points ahead of clubmate Joshua Lee, winning four of the eight tournaments and never once failing to qualify from the group stages.
Top-16 qualifiers for Finals Day: Troy Bodman (Jesters, Swindon), Joshua Lee (Jesters, Swindon), Thomas Lancastle (Eastville SC, Bristol), Paul Ives (Liberal Club, High Wycombe), Sam Storey (Thatcham SC), Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport), Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe), Callum Browne (Player’s, Westbury), Daniel Knox (Woking SC), Sonnie O\’Sullivan (Liberal Club, High Wycombe), Connor McLean (Hailsham Memorial Institute, East Sussex), Anthony Church (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Ryan Gavin (Liberal Club, High Wycombe), James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport), Jack Dady (The Academy, Basingstoke), Joshua Hughes (Rileys, Worcester).
BREAKS
Thomas Lancastle: 57.
Mark Lloyd: 30.
SILVER RESULTS
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Troy Bodman (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Joshua Lee (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Daniel Hall (Jesters, Swindon); 4th, Anthony Church (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Ryan Gavin (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 2nd, Sonnie O’Sullivan (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 3rd, James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport); 4th, Sam Storey (Thatcham SC).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Jack Dady (The Academy, Basingstoke); 2nd, Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 3rd, Paul Ives (Liberal Club, High Wycombe).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Thomas Lancastle (Eastville SC, Bristol); 2nd, Daniel Knox (Woking SC); 3rd, Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport).
QUARTER-FINALS (8 points): Knox beat Bodman 2-0, Gavin beat Holt 2-1, O’Sullivan beat Dady 2-0, Lancastle beat Lee 2-0.
SEMI-FINALS (12 points): Knox beat Gavin 2-1, O’Sullivan beat Lancastle 2-0.
FINAL (25/18 points): O’Sullivan beat Knox 2-0.