A NEW SEASON of the beginner snooker tour within the South, Cuestars, will start once more in September because the tour takes a 3 month break from aggressive snooker for the remainder of the summer time.
The primary of the competitions will start on the eighth September in Salisbury with the Below 21 Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
There shall be three occasions in September with the Newbury over 40 on the Crucible Membership and the Chandlers Ford, Hampshire, Championship Tour.
Cuestars winners have been all listed on the Cuestars web site and reported within the final week…
The web site reported: “FIRST of all, subsequent season’s aspiring rankings winners shall be delighted to know that money prizes have been maintained.
The Championship Tour winner will obtain £600, Seniors Tour £300, Masters Tour £150, Below-21 Gold £300, Silver £200 and Bronze £100.
CUESTARS SEASON 2023/2024 WINNERS
Championship Tour: Billy Fortress (Studying)
Seniors Tour (40+): Paul Davis (Wareham)
Masters Tour (55+): John Hunter (Andover)
Below-21 Gold rankings: Evan Plummer (Coulsdon)
Below-21 Gold Championship: Oliver Sykes (Chandlers Ford)
Below-21 Silver rankings: William Hurley (Rayleigh)
Below-21 Silver Championship: Caden Learn (Chandlers Ford)
Below-21 Bronze rankings: Jack Squires (Gosport)
Below-21 Bronze Championship: Archie Greier (Jersey)
Joe Perry Below-21 Tremendous Collection: Oliver Sykes (Chandlers Ford)
Cuestars is a grassroots organisation and SnookerZone’s Chris Gaynor has been delighted to report on occasions there and in addition as a participant within the Cuestars Over 40’s occasion which is OPEN TO ALL ABILITIES.
JOHN HUNTER stated this of ALL of the achievements of the Cuestars winners that there was no stand out winner or finest reminiscence when requested by this author/journalist.
However he stated this…
“I don’t have a finest reminiscence as there have been many notable achievements.
He added: “Marcus Dayao’s nerveless clearance (SnookerZone’s Chris Gaynor reported that it was a John Higgins like clearance) to win a 900 match on TV was a terrific watch!. Very pleased with William Thomson’s U14 and O’Shay Scott U16 and U18 for reaching nationwide finals. Ellise Scott’s profitable the Girls’s U21 British Open was superb given she is barely 13 years outdated! And seeing Connor Benzey achieve this properly at Q Faculty was nice as he’s had a troublesome time since transferring out of the junior ranks.
Hunter then stated he was certain that the Cuestars system would produce an expert participant quickly like Billy Fortress et al!
The organisation, based by Hunter, is an effective way for all gamers of all talents and ages to take part in pleasant however aggressive snooker and to additionally discover the up and coming expertise of the long run in all age teams of the sport.
Quite a lot of gamers come from completely different golf equipment, NOT simply large golf equipment reminiscent of these listed on the Calendar, however in small social golf equipment throughout the South. In the event you’re a member of a small social membership and wish to compete then message Cuestars.
We’ve interviewed JOHN HUNTER up to now, however in the event you’re fascinated by becoming a member of the Cuestars, which additionally provides a CUESTARS ACADEMY APP with a plethora of routines and workouts to assist enhance your snooker, then merely head over to the Cuestars web site and get downloading the app to check out a few of the routines which is designed for gamers of all ranges.
The three month break interval is the right time for EVERYONE to hit the desk and take a look at the app and select some core routines for apply.
Cuestars enjoying abilities have additionally achieved different notable achievements throughout what was a profitable season for the snooker enjoying group – and listed here are these as listed on the Cuestars web site.
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
Oliver Sykes (Chandler’s Ford) English Junior Tour Snooker Champion and World Snooker Federation Below-18 semi-finalist.
Connor Benzey (Eastleigh) A seeded place on World Snooker’s 2024/2025 Q Tour.
Ronnie Sullivan (Chipstead) Snooker Legends Junior 900 Champion.
Dharminder Singh-Lilly (Fareham) reached the Snooker Legends 900 Finals Evening.
William Thomson (Chandlers Ford) English Below-16 Billiards Champion x3 and English U14 Snooker finalist.
O’Shay Scott (Eastleigh) English U16 and U18 Snooker finalist.
Ellise Scott (Eastleigh) British Girls’s Open Below-21 Snooker Champion.
Notably, for SnookerZone’s Chris Gaynor, it’s nice to see a number of of the youthful gamers who’ve grown on the Cuestars through the years become promising abilities who might doubtlessly go far within the recreation. The thought for Cuestars needs to be rolled out throughout the UK – in some type.
For all the remainder, there may be one quote {that a} efficiency coach quoted from a Ken Blanchard and that’s…
“FEEDBACK IS THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS.”
Each match is FEEDBACK, whatever the end result. #Keepgoing.
Congratulations to ALL who competed within the Cuestars final season and good luck to EVERYONE competing in it from September.
PS: Chris Gaynor is now not a member of Woking Snooker Centre for a plethora of causes and is now a member of the Oxshott Membership, a small social membership that has two match tables and an Oxshott League which performs from September/October time with an A, B, C, groups and, doubtlessly extra.
Lately bought a letter on Ebay from the 1955 Oxshott District and Billiards Snooker League, and the letter was about somebody making a 1000 factors scorecard in Billiards and the scorecard being requested from the League. We might try to discover out who that was.
Let’s say this…
“Discovering” an enormous snooker membership in Surrey just isn’t straightforward as there should not that lots of them. Woking, Frames, and a few others are a handful of “large golf equipment” in Surrey and if you wish to play snooker inside your neighborhood – then it’s a must to find yourself enjoying in small social golf equipment – if snooker within the UK is to outlive, then there must be a mannequin of extra greater snooker golf equipment than only a handful in a large space.”
We contacted the Epsom League gamers’ Membership Secretary, and so they stated that the Oxshott League and the Epsom League in addition to the Byfleet League have been all of excellent requirements to play in for all.
We’ve been enjoying there for the previous two months roughly, having fun with enjoying quite a lot of completely different gamers of all talents and profitable frames and matches. Saturday sees a Spherical Robin – relying on what number of get there however an pleasurable and enjoyable expertise for all.
Get pleasure from a few of the summer time…
As Barry Stark, coach to World Champion Kyren Wilson stated, “good luck with that apply.”
Brian Cox, a Star Coach of the Surrey Snooker Academy in Cobham, the place we’ve had teaching, whom we’ve interviewed many instances up to now on this web site, stated this as soon as: “The fundamentals will all the time win…”
