Winchester City & District Snooker League

RAY ABRAHAM CUP, PAIRS (BREAKS)

Prelim round results: N Spiers & D Nunn (C/Ford SC) 0-2 M Finn (40, 39) & M McLean (Churchills), M Parsons & M Wade (Eastleigh Rail) w/o G Shefford & J Hollick (C/Ford SC), J Barton & J Mines (Eastleigh Rail) w/o R Long & P Shears (Eastleigh Rail), O Trimmer & A Feeley (Worthies) w/o J Thomas & J Risk (C/Ford SC), J Mills & L Lemond (Winchester Club) 2-1 J Weaver & M Russell (C/Ford SC).

Quarter-final ties (by Feb 15): Mills & Lemond v Trimmer & Feeley, P Owen & J Coyle (Eastleigh Rail) v A Nash & B Castle (Churchills), Parsons & Wade v Barton & Mines, Finn & McLean v M Vost & J Byrnes (Worthies).

RAY CANNON TROPHY, SCRATCH SINGLES

Last-16 result: Dave Nunn (C/Ford SC) 2 Paul Shears (Eastleigh Rail) 1.

TONY MAY TROPHY, H/CAP SINGLES (BREAKS)

Last-16 results: Billy Castle (Churchills) (60, 68) 2 Antony Feeley 0 (Worthies), Marc Russell (C/Ford SC) 2 Paul Shears (Eastleigh Rail) 1.

BURT LUCAS TROPHY, TEAM KO

Outstanding first-round result: Eastleigh Railway Institute 2 C/Ford SC C 3. 

Quarter-finals: C/Ford SC C 2 C/Ford SC D 3, C/Ford SC A 2 C/Ford SC B 3, Churchills 5 Bishopstoke WMC 0, Worthies 3 Twyford Social 1.

Semi-finals (Jan 31, 8pm): C/Ford SC D v C/Ford SC B (at C/Ford SC), Churchills v Worthies (at Churchills).

RAY ABRAHAM CUP, PAIRS KO

Prelim ties (by Dec 14): G Shefford & J Hollick (C/Ford) v M Parsons & M Wade (Railway), R Long & P Shears (Railway) v J Barton & J Mines (Railway), N Spiers & D Nunn (C/Ford) v M Finn & M McLean (Churchills), O Trimmer & A Feeley (Worthies) v J Thomas & J Risk (C/Ford), J Mills & L Lemond (Worthies) v J Weaver & M Russell (C/Ford). The rest have byes.

TONY MAY TROPHY, H/CAP SINGLES KO

Prelim ties (by Dec 1): J Barton (Railway) 12 h/cap v J Coyle (Railway) 36, J Mines (Railway) 0 v P Shears (Railway) 24, M Russell (C/Ford) 24 v O Trimmer (Worthies) 36. The rest have byes.

RAY CANNON TROPHY, SCRATCH SINGLES KO

Prelim ties (by Nov 30): N Jennings (Churchills) v P Owen (Railway), J Coyle (Railway) v J Barton (Railway). The rest have byes.

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CHANDLER’S Ford teenager Bouwe Bosma has proved he can scrap it out with the best of them.

The 15-year-old claimed the Winchester City & District Snooker League’s handicap singles crown after an absorbing 4-2 victory over Mark Parsons at Chandlers Ford Central Club.

Playing off scratch, the first-time finalists traded blows for one minute under three hours.

Bosma won the first two frames on the pink. Parsons, from Eastleigh Railway Institute, levelled with a 42 break to leave his young opponent reeling.

However, Bosma is rated as one of the Winchester league’s most intelligent young match-players. 

After a breath of fresh air, he took the fifth on the blue and left the more experienced Parsons chasing snookers on the colours in the sixth.

Bosma, a product of the junior leagues at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, said: “When I went 2-0 up, I felt a little bit confident. When he got it back to 2-2, I was pretty frustrated with the way I was playing.

“I knew he was playing well and potting every ball, pretty much. So I just thought ‘go outside, take a break and gather my thoughts’ and I think that’s why I beat him.”

Bosma said his philosophy for the final two frames was “good safety” and “when I’m in, don’t miss”.

And he added: “That’s the way you’ve got to play when your opponent’s playing well.”

The 39th Tony May Trophy final was refereed by league treasurer Jim Everett.

Churchills, in Eastleigh, hosts the Winchester league’s annual presentation night on Friday at 8pm.

Frame scores, Bosma first: 46-32, 62-47, 40-64, 4-73, 55-30, 65-34.

TONY MAY TROPHY, H/CAP SINGLES

Semi-finals (h/caps): Mark Parsons (12) 3 John Thomas (24) 1, Dan Hildyard (0) 2 Bouwe Bosma (12) 3.

Final (May 17, venue TBA): Parsons v Bosma.

CHURCHILLS’ Mike Finn and Mark McLean have won the Winchester City & District Snooker League’s pairs trophy.

They overcame John Barton and Justin Mines, from Eastleigh Railway Institute, 4-3 in the Conservative Club Cup final at Worthies Sports & Social Club.

The see-saw match hinged on an touching ball in the decider.

McLean said: “It was eventually a good result for us and I’m pleased to get the title back.”

Finn’s third-frame breaks of 33 and 51 gave his side a 2-1 lead.

The Railway pair levelled thanks to a run of 32 by Mines.

Trailing again at 3-2, Mines compiled a fine 63. Finn replied with a 31 but conceded after rattling the last red.

In the decider, Mines’ safety shot on the pink unluckily left a touching ball. McLean left Barton in trouble and Finn pounced on an easy pink to seal victory.

On Tuesday at 8pm, Mitch Wade faces Dan Hildyard in the singles final at Worthies S&S.

Frame Scores, Finn & McLean first: 49-63, 53-3, (Finn 33, 51)84-0, 17-61(Mines 32), 58-28, (Finn 31)42-76(Mines 63), 54-40.

WORTHY Fellows marched into the Winchester City & District Snooker League cup final at the expense of defending champions Chandler’s Ford SC A.

Antony Feeley, Owen Trimmer and John Thomas did the damage for the former Winchester Snooker Centre side now based at Worthies S&S Club.

Team captain Trimmer said all three wins at Eastleigh Railway Institute were “tough, nail-biting frames”.

Meanwhile, Eastleigh Railway Institute made the short journey across the Romsey Road to Eastleigh WMC to book their place in the final.

It was a one-sided affair against the young guns of Chandler’s Ford SC C.

Mitch Wade’s 90 break against Doug Chalk was the highlight of a 3-1 win.

The final is at Churchills, in Eastleigh, on March 1.

In the Team Vase, for first-round casualties in the main knockout, Chris Reeve defeated Mark Webb 51-50 on the final black in the deciding frame of Bishopstoke WMC’s 3-2 semi-final win over Worthies at Twyford Social Club.

Nick Goater’s side meet Eastleigh WMC, who beat Twyford Social 4-1 at Bishopstoke WMC, in the final at Chandler’s Ford SC on March 1.

BURT LUCAS TROPHY, TEAM KO

Semi-finals: C/Ford SC A 1 Worthy Fellows 3, Eastleigh Railway Institute 3 C/Ford SC C 1.

Final (Mar 1 at Churchills): Worthy Fellows v Eastleigh Railway Institute.

TEAM VASE

Semi-finals: Worthies 2 Bishopstoke WMC 3, Twyford Social 1 Eastleigh WMC 4.

Final (Mar 1 at C/Ford SC): Bishopstoke WMC v Eastleigh WMC.

RAY CANNON TROPHY, SCRATCH SINGLES

Last-16 results (breaks): Jordan Winbourne (C/Ford SC) beat Bouwe Bosma (C/Ford SC), Antony Feeley (Worthies) lost to Jim Everett (C/Ford SC), John Barton (Railway) lost to Mark McLean (51) (Churchills), Dave Nunn (C/Ford SC) lost to Mitch Wade (63) (Railway), Mike Finn (Churchills) beat John Thomas (Worthies), James Byrnes (Worthies) lost to Dan Hildyard (51, 38) (Churchills), Owen Trimmer (Worthies) lost to Shane Castle (90, 78) (C/Ford SC).

Quarter-final ties (by Mar 1): Finn v Castle*, Wade v McLean, Nick Jennings (Churchills) or Mark Parsons (Railway) v Winbourne*, Hildyard v Everett.

*Moved to neutral venue, Railway Inst, because of age restrictions.

TONY MAY TROPHY, H/CAP SINGLES

Quarter-final ties (by Mar 1): Mitch Wade (0) (Railway) or John Thomas (24) (Worthies) v Nick Jennings (-12) (Churchills) or Jamie Risk (24) (C/Ford SC), Nigel Spiers (36) (C/Ford SC) or Shane Castle (0) (C/Ford SC) or Dan Hildyard (0) (Churchills) v Owen Trimmer (36) (Worthies) or Jordan Winbourne (0) (C/Ford SC), Bouwe Bosma (12) (C/Ford SC) or John Barton (12) (Railway) or Phil Budden (36) (C/Ford SC) v Mark McLean (0) (Churchills) or James Byrnes (12) (Worthies), Suzie Opacic (12) (C/Ford SC) or Scott Weston (36) (C/Ford SC) v Stewart Crosswell (12) (C/Ford SC) or Dave Nunn (12) (C/Ford SC) or Mark Parsons (12) (Railway).

CONSERVATIVE CLUB CUP, PAIRS

THE Ken Caldwell Cup is coming home to Winchester Club.

Phil Mort, captain of the team that finished second to bottom of Division 2 in the Winchester City & District Snooker League, declared: “We’ve never won anything like that before.”

The trophy was donated by the family of Winchester Conservative Club (Conservative has since been dropped) stalwart Ken Caldwell, who died in March, 2004.

Winchester Club faced the mighty Bishopstoke Institute in the final of the third running of the end-of-season aggregate-points knockout where teams are handicapped rather than individuals.

After the first three frames at Chandler’s Ford Snooker Club, Division 1 runners-up Bishopstoke had clawed back 201 of the 300-point handicap.

Mort lost by four points to Jason Hildyard.

Chris Edwards was on the receiving end of an avalanche from Billy Castle, who fired in breaks of 68 and 42 to win by 115 points.

And Barry Enever lost by 82 to Adam Nash, who racked up a 42.

However, Alan Coombes, Winchester’s number five, restricted free-scoring Dan Hildyard to just a 57-point victory in frame four.

Mort said: “Alan played quite well.

“He managed to keep the black and pink out of the way to stop Dan potting them. He played it as cagey as he could.

“We didn’t want a hammering like the other two.

“You think ‘hello, they’ve only got to do it another once or twice and we’ve had it’. But it didn’t happen.”

And the 56-year-old, who joined the team 26 years ago, admitted he was confident his number one, Mark Pedder, would avoid defeat by more than 42 points against Will Meharg.

“I know Will’s a handy player but he’s not of the calibre of (Castle and Nash),” said Mort. “I thought we had a good chance.”

Pedder actually defeated Meharg to give Winchester Club a 479-379 aggregate victory.

“It was nice to beat them,” smiled Mort.

Frame scores (Winchester first): Phil Mort 50-54 Jason Hildyard; Chris Edwards 2-117 Billy Castle, Barry Enever 13-95 Adam Nash; Alan Coombes 21-78 Dan Hildyard; Mark Pedder 93-35 Will Meharg.

Winchester City & District Snooker League pairs final

BILLY Castle and Dan Hildyard have retained the Winchester City & District Snooker League pairs title.

The Bishopstoke Institute double-act beat their team-mates Adam Nash and Drew Farminer 4-2 from 2-1 down in the final at Winchester Snooker Centre. Castle said: “It was a nitty, gritty final.

“Dan’s long potting was great.”

The victory was the first part of a possible repeat treble for Castle. The 17-year-old is also in the semi-finals of the scratch and handicap singles. Last season he claimed all three titles.

Winchester City & District Snooker League cups

WORTHIES, second to bottom in Division 2, will meet defending champions Chandler’s Ford A in the Winchester City & District Snooker League’s cup final at Twyford Social Club on March 30.

In the Vase final at Eastleigh Railway Institute on the same night, Eastleigh WMC, runners-up last season, face Bishopstoke Institute.

Jason Hildyard, 17, marked his Bishopstoke debut with a pink-ball victory over Matt Sharpe in the semi-final decider against Chandler’s Ford SC D.

Bishopstoke only fielded four players.

Team KO, semi-final results (Eastleigh WMC): C/Ford SC A 3 Winchester SC A 2, C/Ford Central 2 Worthies 3.

Team Vase, semi-final results (Eastleigh Railway Institute): Eastleigh WMC 3 Winchester SC C 0, B/Stoke Institute 3 C/Ford SC D 2.

Team KO final: C/Ford SC A v Worthies.

Team Vase final: Eastleigh WMC v B/Stoke Institute.