Caden chalks up back-to-back tournament wins

CADEN Read is top of the Cuestars Under-21 Silver Tour rankings for the first time in his snooker career.

The 15-year-old from Chandler’s Ford followed up his success in last season’s Silver Championship in Swindon by collecting his second successive winner’s trophy at Salisbury Snooker Club.

Read edged his practice partner and best mate Lennon Savage 2-1 from 1-0 down to claim his first ranking tournament win in the opening leg of the new campaign.

“It was a tough battle,” said the left-hander. “I thought I wasn’t going to win it because he was playing quite well. He was playing well in the whole tournament. I was watching him. He’s practising a lot lately as well.

“I played well in the groups and then I had to play my clubmate Navraj (Landa) in the quarters, clubmate Christopher (Woodward) in the semis and clubmate Lennon in the final.”

Read, who increased his highest break to 65 during the Rotary Summer Cup on home tables at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club five days before the trip to Wiltshire, dropped only two frames out of 14 during the day.

Meanwhile, semi-finalist Dylan Denieffe made a personal best 73 against fellow Londoner Rayan El Qmache in the round-robin group stages

Debutant Jesse Goncalves (Liss) proved he can compete in the second tier. The 11-year-old from Liss, who earned promotion from Bronze after making a 40 in June, increased his highest break to 43 in his group-stage victory over Somerset-based Milo Taylor and qualified for the knockout.

Alex Scotney (Sutton), another player not out of his depth after moving up a level, qualified for the knockout on his first Silver appearance.

The event was sponsored by Salisbury SC (salisburysnookerclub.co.uk).

Chandlers Ford Snooker Club hosts the second leg of ten on Sunday, October 5.

BREAKS

Dylan Denieffe: 73(PB).
Jesse Goncalves: 43(PB).
Christopher Woodward: 40.
Lennon Savage: 36.
Navraj Landa: 35, 31.
Caden Read: 30.

SILVER RESULTS

ROUND-ROBIN GROUP A: 1st, Lennon Savage (Chandlers Ford SC); 2nd, Navraj Landa (Chandlers Ford SC); 3rd, Christopher Woodward (Chandlers Ford SC); joint 4th, Ben Taylor-Jenkins (Chandlers Ford SC) & Toby Waters (Salisbury SC).

ROUND-ROBIN GROUP B: 1st, Rayan El Qmache (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 2nd, Dylan Denieffe (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross); 3rd, Jesse Goncalves (Liss RBL); 4th, Oliver Donnelly (Surrey Snooker Academy); 5th, Milo Taylor (Somerton SC, Somerset).

ROUND-ROBIN GROUP C: 1st, Caden Read (Chandlers Ford SC); 2nd, Alex Scotney (Surrey Snooker Academy); 3rd, Ben Scammell (Salisbury SC); 4th, Lee Clayden (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross).

QUARTER-FINALS (12 points): Savage 2-0 Goncalves, Denieffe 2-0 Scotney, Woodward 2-1 El Qmache, Read 2-1 Landa.

SEMI-FINALS (15 points): Savage 2-1 Denieffe, Read 2-0 Woodward.

FINAL (25/18 points): Read 2-1 Savage.