Jack’s the lad in Swindon

AN 11-year-old from Thatcham leads the Cuestars Under-21 Bronze Tour rankings after collecting his second winner’s trophy of the season.

Jack Miller beat Chester Chan 2-0 in a “nerve-racking” final of the fourth leg at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon.

The youngster, who also won the second event in Chandler’s Ford in October, survived a play-off to progress to the knockout.

“I got lucky to get out of my group because there was a three-way tie,” he said.

Reflecting on the final, he added: “It was pretty nerve-racking.”

And explaining his success during the start of this campaign, Miller said: “I’ve been putting the work in on the table.”

Miller, who is based at The Crucible Sports & Social Club, Newbury, is sponsored by Spice Indian Restaurant Thatcham and Progressive Legal Solutions.

Chan, 11, from Reading, had never been past the quarter-finals before.

James Weston made a dream debut. The ten-year-old from Bewdley, near Kidderminster, opened his Cuestars account with a new high break of 22 in his group-stage victory over former rankings leader Lewis Harris, qualified for the knockout and then added a 31 in his quarter-final defeat by Chan.

Oliver Callow and Jack Allen made their first appearances in a semi-final.

Harris drops to third place in the rankings. Leg-one winner Harry Merwood is second. Chan climbs to fourth.

The event was sponsored by Swindon-based Don Rogers Sports.

All results are on snookerscores.net.

Salisbury Snooker Club hosts the fifth leg of ten on Sunday, January 4.