Champion Collumb shocked

MOTHERWELL’S Michael Collumb admitted he was “shocked” after landing the £300 top prize at the Marcos Leisure Under-19 Invitational Championship.

The Marcos Leisure Under-19 Invitational finalists Michael Collumb (left), Robert Carlisle (right) and Bert Demarco (centre)

Trailing 4-2 and by 40 points against Robert Carlisle in the best-of-nine final in the match-room at the World of Snooker in Chesser, Scottish international Collumb cleared with a 60 and ran out a 5-4 winner.

After watching a re-run of the final on a DVD, Collumb said: “I don’t know what I was thinking, playing half the shots I did.”

The 19-year-old Glaswegian eased past 13-year-old Scott Roarty (Bonnyrigg) 5-1 in the last four.

In the second semi Carlisle, 17, from Edinburgh, beat tournament favourite European Under-19 runner-up Anthony McGill (Glasgow) 5-4 on the blue from 3-1 down.

Alloa’s Eden Sharav, 16, pocketed £50 for the highest break of 71.

The inaugural event was sponsored by former Scottish champion Bert Demarco, 83, and the presentation was made by fire-safety expert Dr Frank Rushbrook CBE, 93.

RESULTS:

LAST 32: Scott Finlayson (Edinburgh) bt Greg Ritchie (Musselburgh) 4-0, Eden Sharav (Alloa) bt Graeme Allan (Dalkeith) 4-2, Ross Dickson (Bonnyrigg) bt Michael Leslie (Bonnyrigg) 4-1, Scott Roarty (Bonnyrigg) bt Ross Muir (Musselburgh) 4-2, Michael Polley (Alloa) bt William Young (Stirling) 4-2.

LAST 16: Anthony McGill (Glasgow) bt Finlayson 4-1, Sharav bt Scott Donaldson (Perth) 4-3, Dickson bt Campbell Dunlop (Kilmarnock) 4-3, Robert Carlisle (Edinburgh) bt James Stewart (Stirling) 4-0, David Patterson (Kilwinning) bt Keiran McCaig (Clackmannanshire) 4-0, Roarty bt Andy Naysmith (Bonnyrigg) 4-1, Polley bt Shaun McDermott (Bo’ness) 4-1, Michael Collumb (Motherwell) bt Ross Fernie (Rosewell) 4-1.

QUARTER-FINALS: McGill bt Sharav 4-3, Carlisle bt Dickson 4-2, Roarty bt Patterson 4-2, Collumb bt Polley 4-2.

SEMI-FINALS (£50): Carlisle bt McGill 5-4, Collumb bt Roarty 5-1.

FINAL (£300/£100): Collumb bt Carlisle 5-4.

Picture: Mike Leslie