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Published: 2012-02-02
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WEST Sussex raider Jonathan Charlton has finally shaken off his dose of semi-finalitis with victory in the Cuestars South of England Championship Tour event at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.
WEST Sussex raider Jonathan Charlton has finally shaken off his dose of snooker semi-finalitis.
Victory in the Cuestars South of England Championship Tour event at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon, ended a run of last-four exits in all four of his previous outings.
And Charlton, who made a 205-mile round trip from Bognor Regis, is now top of the rankings after three of the six legs.
The Aldwick Royal British Legion cueman won all three round-robin matches in Group C and accounted for Group B runner-up Dominic Holmes (Sovereign SC, Farnborough) 3-1 in the quarter-finals.
After dispatching Group D winner Kane Grigg, who had travelled down from Landywood Snooker Club, Walsall, 3-1, he overcame Reading ace Martin Wallace by the same score in the final.
Charlton, who posted the day’s top break of 63, pocketed £75 prize money.
Wallace, who climbed to joint second, emerged from a tight Group A in first place, despite losing 3-1 to the home club’s Joshua Lee.
He beat Group D runner-up Kevin Ward (Hassocks Mens Club, West Sussex) 3-1 and Ben Tanner (The Academy, Eastleigh) 3-2 to reach his first Championship Tour final.
In the last-eight, Group C runner-up Tanner defeated Group B winner Vince Elphick (Hassocks Mens Club, West Sussex) 3-2 and Grigg chalked up a 3-0 win over Neil Clayton (Woking SC), who finished runner-up to Wallace in Group A.
Silver Tour rankings leader Troy Bodman marked his Championship Tour debut with two five-frame defeats and a 3-0 victory to finish third in his group.
The fourth leg of the Cuestars Championship Tour events is on Sunday, February 26, at Salisbury Snooker Club.
BREAKS
Jonathan Charlton: 63.
Dominic Holmes: 57.
James Ray: 57.
Ben Tanner: 51.
Vince Elphick: 46.
Paul Rose: 38.
ROUND-ROBIN GROUP POSITIONS
GROUP A: 1st, Martin Wallace (Colours, Reading); 2nd, Neil Clayton (Woking SC); 3rd, James Ray (Sovereign SC, Farnborough); 4th, Joshua Lee (Jesters, Swindon).
GROUP B: 1st, Vince Elphick (Hassocks Mens Club, West Sussex); 2nd, Dominic Holmes (Sovereign SC, Farnborough); 3rd, Steve Barton (Landywood SC, Walsall); 4th, Michael Hodgkiss (Landywood SC, Walsall).
GROUP C: 1st, Jonathan Charlton (Aldwick RBL, Bognor Regis); 2nd, Ben Tanner (The Academy, Eastleigh); 3rd, Jessie Stevens (Sovereign SC, Farnborough); 4th, Paul Rose (Jesters, Swindon).
GROUP D: 1st, Kane Grigg (Landywood SC, Walsall); 2nd, Kevin Ward (Hassocks Mens Club, West Sussex); 3rd, Troy Bodman (Jesters, Swindon); 4th, Tim Clark (Jesters, Swindon).
KNOCKOUT RESULTS
QUARTER-FINALS (8 points,): Wallace beat Ward 3-1, Tanner beat Elphick 3-2, Charlton beat Holmes 3-1, Grigg beat Clayton 3-0.
SEMI-FINALS (12 points, £20): Wallace beat Tanner 3-2, Charlton beat Grigg 3-1.
FINAL (25/18 points, £75/£35): Charlton beat Wallace 3-1.
