Westbury ho!

BACK-to-back wins have taken snooker outfit Westbury A to top spot in the Cuestars Junior Section Team Challenge.

Playing on home tables at Player’s, the defending champions, who won in Swindon in November, outsmarted Eastleigh Hustlers 4-2 in the final. 

Gary Wilkins motored past Matt Geer to clinch the final frame.

Westbury A have fielded the same four players – Wilkins, Daniel Tallentire, Daniel Winfield and Jake White – in each of this season’s three tournaments.

In the last four, Winfield beat Ben Tanner in a play-off to wrap up a 4-3 victory over Eastleigh Untouchables.

Swindon Jesters A’s hopes of retaining first place in the rankings ended in a 4-2 semi-final defeat by Eastleigh Hustlers.

In an all Jesters Plate final, the Bs beat the Cs 5-1.

Westbury A lead Jesters A by 12 points.

Event four of six is at Jesters SC, Swindon, on Sunday February 21.

RESULTS:

QUARTER-FINALS (eight points): Eastleigh Untouchables beat Swindon Jesters C 4-2. Westbury A beat Swindon Jesters B 4-2, Swindon Jesters A beat Westbury B 5-1, Eastleigh Hustlers beat Swindon Jesters D 4-2.

SEMI-FINALS (12 points): Westbury A beat Untouchables 4-3, Hustlers beat Jesters A 4-2.

 

FINAL (25/18 points): Westbury A beat Hustlers 4-2.

PLATE:

SEMI-FINALS (one point): Jesters B beat Westbury B 4-2, Jesters C beat Jesters D 4-2.

FINAL (five/three points): Jesters B beat Jesters C 5-1.

TEAMS:

Eastleigh Untouchables: Lee Roling (capt), Ben Tanner, Liam Burnet, James Thomas.

Eastleigh Hustlers: Matt Geer (capt), Rob Henley, Lee Bell, Bradley Hatch.

Swindon Jesters A: Liam O’Shea (capt), Sam Jefferson, Sam Weekes, Jodie Symes

Swindon Jesters B: Dom Burtenshaw (capt), Joshua Lee, Derrick Volante, Joe Moon.

Swindon Jesters C: Jamie Perry (capt), Troy Bodmin, Mathew Bellinger, Dwaine Leiblich.

Swindon Jesters D: Oliver Parsons (capt), Daniel Hall, Kieran Gibbs, Connor Flanagan.

Westbury A: Daniel Tallentire (capt), Daniel Winfield, Jake White, Gary Wilkins.

Westbury B: Thyas Evans (capt), Corrie Tallentire, Ellis Fisher, Callum Browne.

About Cuestars

Founded 16 years ago by director John Hunter, Cuestars runs grass-root snooker tournaments across the South of England and South Wales.

Competitions take place on Sundays between October and June, and cater for players aged eight to 80 - and in some cases even older!

All Cuestars tournaments, apart from the Team Challenge, are played off scratch. There are no handicaps. Cuestars uses a round-robin format leading to a knockout.

The Cuestars ‘South of England’ Championship Tour, which has no age limit, consists of eight tournaments. The top-16 ranked players will be invited to the end-of-season play-off for the title of Cuestars ‘South of England’ Champion. And the top eight aged 50 and over will play off to find the Cuestars ‘South of England’ Masters Champion.

There are three under-21 tours. Gold is for players with a high break of 60 or more, Silver is for players with a high break between 40-59 and Bronze is for players with a high break of less than 40. After eight tournaments, the top-eight ranked players from each tour will be invited to the end-of-season play-offs to find the Gold, Silver and Bronze ‘South of England’ Junior Champions.

Website: cuestars.uk.com. E-mail John Hunter: john@cuestars.uk.com