Roling along nice-Lee
LEE Roling defeated his Eastleigh Academy club-mate Ben Tanner 2-1 in the second Cuestars Under-21 Gold Tour snooker final at Jesters SC, Swindon.
Cuestars Gold finalists: Ben Tanner (left) and Lee Roling.
The 18-year-old, who now leads the rankings, disposed of James Bolton (Salisbury) 3-1 in the last four.
Tanner, 17, posted six breaks of 30 or more including a new personal best 68 during the day’s play.
Both Eastleigh potters topped their round-robin groups
Chandler’s Ford’s England international Jordan Winbourne, last month’s Gold winner in Salisbury, failed to qualify from the group stages.
However, the 13-year-old, on 96, missed a black for his second century.
Salisbury finalist Kevin Impett surprisingly won just one frame in nine.
Eddie Van Damme, from Gloucester, made his debut in the competition.
The next tournament in the eight-event series is at Jesters SC, Swindon, on December 6.
BREAKS:
Jordan Winbourne: 96
Ben Tanner: 68, 44, 40, 37, 32, 30, 30
Daniel Woods: 65
James Bolton: 45
Lee Roling: 33
GOLD RESULTS:
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Lee Roling (The Academy, Eastleigh); 2nd, Jordan Sainsbury (C/Ford); 3rd, Daniel Woods (C/Ford); 4th, Daniel Tallentire (Trowbridge); 5th, Lee Carlton (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 6th, Eddie Van Damme (Westgate SC, Gloucester).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Ben Tanner (The Academy, Eastleigh); 2nd, James Bolton (Salisbury); 3rd, Liam O’Shea (Jesters, Swindon); 4th, Jordan Winbourne (C/Ford); 5th, Kevin Impett (C/Ford).
SEMI-FINALS: Tanner 3-0 Sainsbury, Roling 3-1 Bolton.
FINAL: Roling 2-1 Tanner.
Classy Winfield strikes silver in Swindon
TROWBRIDGE teenager Daniel Winfield fought his way through 22 frames of snooker to clinch the second Cuestars Under-21 Silver Tour trophy.
Winfield, an England pool star, edged out home player Sam Jefferson 3-2 in the final at Jesters SC, Swindon.
Now based at Players in Westbury, Winfield, who missed out on qualification at Salisbury in event one last month, was undefeated in the round-robin group stage.
Jefferson, a semi-finalist at Salisbury, also topped his group despite losing to Salisbury champion Lee Bell (The Academy, Eastleigh).
Bell, 15, finished third in his group and chalked up a new high break of 49.
Jefferson leads Bell and Winfield by on point
The next tournament in the eight-event series is at Jesters SC, Swindon, on December 6.
BREAKS:
Lee Bell: 49
Carl Sidey: 46, 41
Jamie Perry: 44
SILVER RESULTS:
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Daniel Winfield (Players, Westbury); 2nd, Liam Burnet (The Academy, Eastleigh); 3rd, Carl Sidey (The Academy, Basingstoke); 4th, Dean Matthews (Rileys, Reading); 5th, Matt Geer (The Academy, Eastleigh); 6th, Joshua Brooker (Liberal Club, High Wycombe).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Sam Jefferson (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Bradley Chappell (Green Baize, Bournemouth); 3rd, Lee Bell (The Academy, Eastleigh); 4th, Jamie Perry (Jesters, Swindon); 5th, Thyas Evans (Trowbridge); 6th, Ben Courcha (C/Ford).
SEMI-FINALS: Winfield 3-1 Chappell, Jefferson 3-0 Burnet.
FINAL: Winfield 3-2 Jefferson
Two out of two for Ryan
HIGH Wycombe’s Ryan Gavin is proving to be virtually unbeatable on the Cuestars Under-21 Bronze Tour snooker circuit.
Gavin, who won event one in Salisbury last month, overcame Swindon’s Joe Moon 2-0 in the final of the second tournament on his opponent’s home tables at Jesters SC.
Incredible, across the two tournaments, Gavin has won 13 of his 14 matches and lost just two of 25 frames.
In Swindon he did not drop a single frame in seven games.
Gavin, based at High Wycombe’s Liberal Club, leads Moon and Gary Wilkins (Trowbridge) by a whopping 34 points in the Bronze rankings.
The next tournament in the eight-event series is at Jesters SC, Swindon, on December 6.
BRONZE RESULTS:
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Jodie Symes (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Joshua Lee (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Jake White (Trowbridge); 4th, Corrie Tallentire (Trowbridge).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Joe Moon (Jesters, Swindon); 2nd, Bradley Hatch (The Academy, Eastleigh); 3rd, James Thomas (The Academy, Eastleigh); 4th, Oliver Clark (Stoke SC, Gosport).
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Ryan Gavin (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 2nd, Cameron Holt (Rileys, Reading); 3rd, David Edwards (Liberal Club, High Wycombe); 4th, Joshua Hughes (Suzy Q’s, Worcester); 5th, Matt Ireland (C/Ford)
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP D: 1st, Gary Wilkins (Trowbridge); 2nd, Derrick Volante (Jesters, Swindon); 3rd, Oliver Parsons (Jesters, Swindon); 4th, Rob Henley (The Academy, Eastleigh); 5th, Matthew Bellinger (Jesters, Swindon).
QUARTER-FINALS: Volante 2-1 Symes, Moon 2-0 Holt, Gavin 2-0 Hatch, Lee 2-0 Wilkins.
SEMI-FINALS: Moon 2-0 Volante, Gavin 2-0 Lee.
FINAL: Gavin 2-0 Moon.
Picture by John Hunter
Gold finalists: Ben Tanner (left) and Lee Roling.
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Tim Dunkley (World Snooker Association coach)