Second trophy for Rice

DAVID Rice put his frustration behind him and collected a second trophy in just three outings on the Cuestars circuit.

The 20-year-old from Fordingbridge, who reached the Bronze final at Woking, beat Gold player Cameron Holt (Reading) in the Plate final at the fifth leg of the Cuestars South of England Under-21 Tours at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.

“I was quite frustrated not to get out of my group as I was in a three-way tie and went out on head-to-head results,” said Rice.

“But I just put that behind me and focused on getting another trophy.”

A good field of 50 attended the event: 15 in Gold, 11 in Silver and 24 in Bronze.

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BREAKS

Cameron Holt: 30.
Dan Sykes: 30.
Keegan Reed: 25, 25.

PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)

PRELIMS: Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Bowen Zhu (Chandler’s Ford SC), Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC), David Rice (Salisbury SC) beat Viktor Balgariev (Jesters, Swindon).

FIRST-ROUND: Pringle beat Luke McCormick (Mayfair, Gosport), Cowdroy beat James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport), Rice beat Albert Warren (Salisbury SC), Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC) beat Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Ryan Hughes (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Ben Crump (Mayfair, Gosport), Oli Line (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC),

QUARTER-FINALS: Cowdroy beat Pringle, Rice beat Reed, Hughes beat Line, Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) beat Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC).

SEMI-FINALS: Rice beat Cowdroy, Holt beat Hughes.

FINAL: Rice beat Holt.

Picture: Cameron Holt (left) and David Rice.

Report by Tim Dunkley.