IT MAY take a while for the beaming smile to be wiped off Kaine Petty’s face.
The 13-year-old from the Greenbaize Snooker Club, Bournemouth, picked up his first Cuestars silverware. And it was a winner’s trophy.
Petty defeated Cuestars debutant Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC) on the black in the final of the Plate, a competition for those not qualifying for the main knockouts.
He had also seen off Sykes’ clubmate Olly Clark on the black in the semi-finals after fluking the pink, which denied Clark his first Cuestars trophy.
PLATE RESULTS (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)
LAST-16: Dan Sykes (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Joshua Brooker (Liberal Club High Wycombe), Matthew Boudier (Stoke SC, Gosport) beat Luke Day (Chandler’s Ford SC), Bradley Lane (Copnor SC, Portsmouth) beat Bradley Redmond (Chandler’s Ford SC), Ashley Smith (Copnor SC, Portsmouth) beat Anthony Church (Greenbaize, Bournemouth), Liam Burnet (The Academy, Eastleigh) beat Daniel Compton (Copnor SC, Portsmouth), Olly Clark (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Bradley Wrench (Copnor SC, Portsmouth), Keiran Murray (Chandler’s Ford SC) beat Arnie Petty (Greenbaize, Bournemouth).
QUARTER-FINALS: Sykes beat Boudier, Lane beat Smith, Clark beat Burnet, Kaine Petty (Greenbaize, Bournemouth) beat Murray.
SEMI-FINALS: Sykes beat Lane, Kaine Petty beat Clark.
FINAL: Kaine Petty beat Sykes.
About Cuestars
Founded 18 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 Championship, are played off scratch. There are no handicaps. Cuestars uses a round-robin format leading to a knockout.
Competitions for 2011/12 include: South of England Championship Tour; Under-21 Gold, Silver and Bronze Tours; Weekend Junior Section Rankings and Masters Tour (40+).
Website: cuestars.uk.com. E-mail John Hunter: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.