November 30, 2011
Blog Archives
First Cuestars tournament win for 11 years
OLLIE Douglas has won his first Cuestars tournament for more than 11 years. The 29-year-old emerged triumphant from a massive 36-strong field to claim victory in the second leg of the Cuestars South of England Championship Tour at his home club, The Crucible Sports & Social Club, Newbury. Douglas – who won the Newbury Open more …..
Crucible lads dominate Gold leg at Swindon
THE latest club to join Cuestars dominated the second leg of the South of England Under-21 Gold Tour. Jonjo Sharkey, who is based at The Crucible Sports & Social Club in Newbury, edged his clubmate Aaron Watts 3-2 in the final at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon. Remarkably, both talented youngsters were making their Cuestars debuts more …..
Norton: It wasn’t pretty
PORTSMOUTH’S Colin Norton admitted it “wasn’t pretty” as he ground out a 3-2 victory from 2-0 down to take an early lead in the Cuestars South of England Masters (40+) Tour rankings. Norton was forced to play Nick Birney in the first-leg final at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, near Southampton, with part of his cue-tip more …..
Winbourne fired up after Rocket clash
TWO days after playing Ronnie O’Sullivan in the Players Tour Championship (PTC), Jordan Winbourne rocketed to the top of the 2011/12 Cuestars South of England Under-21 Gold Tour rankings. Although the 15-year-old lost 4-0 to the three-time world champion in a match streamed live on the internet, reports suggested he was unlucky not to take more …..
A 3.57p cue and other stories from Cuestars finals day
Rogers completes remarkable recovery A WELSH snooker amateur has been crowned Cuestars South of England Champion ten weeks after a third operation to reconstruct his left knee. Andy Rogers, who is based at Rileys in Newport, South Wales, completed his phenomenal recovery with a resounding victory at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon. Speaking after the final, more …..
Blimey. Where did that come from?
COLIN Norton recorded a whopping 140 total clearance at the final leg of the Cuestars South of England Seniors (40+) Tour but it was title-rival Martin Wallace who again took the honours. Wallace, based at Colours Snooker Club, Reading, edged out rankings winner Norton 2-1 in a high-scoring final at the Ambassador Snooker Club, Poole. more …..
Castle: I can do it
BILLY Castle insists he’s “relaxed and confident” ahead of the Cuestars South of England Championship play-off after shading Alex Dunkley in the final of the last leg. The 18-year-old from Marchwood, who had lost in the quarter-finals in all four previous events he’d played in this season, will be seeded fifth on Finals Day in more …..
Wallace takes Seniors title race into final event – just
READING’S Martin Wallace has given himself a mathematical chance of winning the Cuestars South of England Seniors (40+) Tour. Wallace, based at Colours Snooker Club, defeated Salisbury’s Steve Ashton 2-1 in the final of the third leg at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon But it was a must-win semi-final victory over rankings leader Colin Norton (Castle more …..
Vintage Norton
WATERLOOVILLE’S Colin Norton produced another vintage performance at the first leg of the Cuestars South of England Seniors (40+) Tour. Norton, who is based at the Craneswater Snooker Club in Portsmouth, defeated Andover’s John Hunter in the final at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club. The 44-year-old – who has won a whole host of Masters titles more …..
