Willie Thorne's Under 21's - Event 9 (September 2007)

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SLAM DUNK BASKETS ANOTHER TITLE
4TH WIN FOR RANKINGS LEADER

DERBY BOYS IN BOTH FINALS

The South?s Alex Dunkley added September?s Under 21?s, Willie Thorne?s
(ex Potters) to his seasons haul of titles, four in total, now virtually assured of claiming the series title in his first full season in the highly regarded event.

In a repeat of last months final Dunkley defeated Kevin Yates 3-2 from a small field of 15 numbers way down due to the Pontins Festival.

Dunkley lost the first frame (11-51) after a break of 44 from Yates, won the second low scoring game (47-4) lost the third (14-49) another nondescript game.

A run of 30 secured the forth frame (59-34) and a 24 break to a 31 from Yates (77-39) gave Dunkley his 4th success with three events remaining.

The winner only lost one frame in the days earlier rounds beating James Jelley 4-0, 68 break, Ryan Mears 4-0, Mears 45, Dunkley 65 and travelling companion Ollie Tydeman 4-1 in his first semi final.

Yates now up to 4th place from 75 players overall with the only bye of the day defeated David Stevenson 4-1 and then John Fountain 4-3 after trailing 2-0 and 3-2.     

Shanker wins the plate

Derby companion Lee Shanker won the plate for the first time in this age group beating Stevenson 3-2.

After a shock 4-2 exit in the main event 4-2 to Sameer Knight after making breaks of 52,54 and 57, Shanker continued to be the days most consistent scorer with efforts of 51,48,42,55,56,74 and 46.

Malcolm Thorne

Next event Sunday October 7th ? 11.30 am start - ?15 entry fee

Last 16 ? 15 points
O.Tydeman (Southampton) 40 bt J.Stone (Nottingham) 4-2
S.Knight (Leicester) bt 52,54,57 L.Shanker (Derby) 4-2
R.Mears (Aldershot) 47 bt T.Kerslake (Derby) 4-1
A.Dunkley (Southampton) 68 bt J.Jelley (Leicester) 4-0
D.Stevenson (Sheffield) 41 bt 44 S.Castle (Southampton) 4-0
K.Yates (Derby) bye
M.Jelley (Leicester) 61 bt A.Anastasiou 4-0
J.Fountain (Nottingham) bt M.Sheehan (Bromsgrove) 4-1

Quarter finals ? 30 points
Tydeman 40,42 bt Knight 4-0 & Dunkley 65 bt 45 Mears 4-0
Yates bt Stevenson 4-1 & Fountain 43,59 bt Jelley 4-1

Semi finals ?25 ? 60 points
Dunkley bt 46 Tydeman 4-1 & Yates bt Fountain 4-3

Final ?60/?35 ? 150/100 points
Dunkley bt 44 Yates 3-2

Rankings after event 9 ? Top 32

1(1) A.Dunkley 781, 2(2) N.Jennings 437, 3(3) K.Wilson 427, 4(9) K.Yates 293, 5(5) L.Shanker 278, 6(6) R.Mears 266, 7(4) Stephen Craigie 263,
8(11) J.Fountain 220, 9(7) N.Jones 213, 10( R.Binns193, 11(10) M.Mann 176, 12(22) M.Jelley 172, 13(20) S.Knight 170, 14(17) J.Jelley 156,
15(12) J.Lisowski 150, 16(13) L.Page 150, 17(14) L.Highfield 150,
18(15) A.McGill 147, 19(23) J.Stone 141, 20(16) K.Callaghan 140,
21(18) S.McGaw 138, 22(19) J.Pritchett 138, 23(21) C.Downing 135,
24(27) A.Anastasiou 125, 25(24) D.Douane 120, 26(25) S.Mooney 116,
27(26) A.Harris 105, 28(28) M.Wasley 103, 29(44) O.Tydeman 101,
30(29) J.Voyce 100, 31(30) O.Brown 98, 32(31) Sam Craigie 97.