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This tournament was
held on 29th December at Portishead Primary School.
There were 31 entrants;
19 in Pool A (Junior Leagues 1 & 2) and 12 in Pool B (Divs. 3 & 4). The
tournament started in the morning with Pool A playing in groups and
subsequently splitting into a main competition and a plate competition.
There were several close matches throughout the morning, in particular Joe
Ratajczak in the quarter final and Chris Edwards in the semi-final, both
losing to the eventual winner.
However, probably the
greatest drama was reserved until the end of the afternoon when the Pool B
final was played. At the start William Zhu took the lead with a comfortable
win in the first game. The next two games were very close then Andrew Smith
looked unstoppable as he won the fourth and opened up a huge lead in the
deciding game. William was not to be so easily beaten, however, and point by
point pulled back to level the scores at 10 all. Even then the game was only
halfway through and it took another 20 points before Andrew finally won.
Results of the Finals of
each competition were as follows:
Pool A Final
Jamie Hutchinson beat Tom Seal 11-6, 10-12, 11-7, 12-10
Pool A Plate
Joe Seal beat Tom Bradley 11-8, 8-11, 11-7, 11-8
Pool B Final
Andrew Smith beat William Zhu 3-11, 15-13, 11-13, 11-6, 21-19
Pool B Plate
Phillip Thomas beat Harry Lambert 11-4, 11-3, 11-8
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