Silver Tour hopeful picks up consolation prize

DAVID Rice’s bid to land the Silver Tour rankings title in his final season on the Cuestars under-21 circuit may be slipping away but the Fordingbridge cueman did have the consolation of collecting the Plate trophy in Swindon.

The 21-year-old finished fourth in a tough group and now lies in seventh place. Nothing less than winning the last leg in Chandler’s Ford would do. And then he’d also be sweating on other results.

Rice defeated Adam Cowdroy (Bournemouth) in the final of the handicapped competition for those players who missed out on qualifying for the knockouts in all three events.

PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)

PRELIM: Charlie Pringle (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Keegan Reed (Salisbury SC), Kaine Petty (Salisbury SC) beat Kyle Carter (Jesters, Swindon), David Rice (Salisbury SC) beat Ally Pollard (Salisbury SC).

QUARTER-FINALS: Petty beat Pringle, Rice beat Harry Joyce (Chandler’s Ford SC), Adam Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Arnie Petty (Salisbury SC), Bradley Cowdroy (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Connor Shaw (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).

SEMI-FINALS: Rice beat K Petty, A Cowdroy beat B Cowdroy.

FINAL: Rice beat A Cowdroy.

Picture by John Hunter: David Rice (left) and Adam Cowdroy

Report by Tim Dunkley