The consistent Daniel Walter wins Plate competition

DANIEL Walter went home happy despite failing to qualify for the Bronze knockout for the first time this season.

The 17-year-old from Portsmouth beat Caden Read (Chandler’s Ford) in the Plate final.

The consistent Walter, who had at least reached the quarter-finals of the main event in all of the previous seven legs, finished the season joint runner-up with Thomas McEvoy (Warminster).

The event was sponsored by Waterlooville-based snooker accessory supplier snookercrazy.com.

Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon, hosts the Cuestars Under-21 Gold, Silver and Bronze Championships, with special guest Joe Perry, on Sunday, June 12.

BREAKS

Daniel Walter: 22.
Ryan Spratt: 22.

PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)

LAST-16: O’Shay Scott (Chandlers Ford SC) beat Harry Wyatt (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), George Laxton (Waterlooville Sports Bar) beat William Thomson (Chandlers Ford SC), Caden Read (Chandlers Ford SC) beat Samuel Walter (Mayfair, Gosport), Ryan Spratt (Chandlers Ford SC) beat Gus Holdaway (Castle, Brighton), Riley Ellis (Chandlers Ford SC) beat Simon Bubb (Cousins, London), Henry Wheeler (RAC, Epsom) beat Oliver Li (Castle, Brighton), Daniel Walter (Mayfair, Gosport) beat Owen Jenkins (Waterlooville Sports Bar), Dean Russell (Waterlooville Sports Bar) bye.

QUARTER-FINALS: Scott beat Laxton, Read beat Spratt, Ellis beat Wheeler, D Walter beat Russell.

SEMI-FINALS: Read beat Scott, D Walter beat Ellis.

FINAL: D Walter beat Read.

Picture, from left: Caden Read, Marc Lockley from event sponsor snookercrazy.com, Daniel Walter.