Confident Woodward leads Silver rankings

CONFIDENCE gained from his maiden success on the Cuestars Under-21 Silver Tour in Salisbury last month helped Christopher Woodward clinch back-to-back tournament wins on the junior snooker circuit.

And now there is clear water between the 17-year-old and his clubmate Caden Read at the top of the rankings.

Woodward capped “a fantastic day” by beating Ben Scammell 2-0 in the final of the third leg on home tables at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club.

He said: “I won the previous event and that was a big thing for me. I’d had a few finals before so Salisbury was a huge weight off my back. It made it so much easier to play today.”

Looking back at his last-four 2-1 victory over ten-year-old Alex Scotney, another clubmate, Woodward said: “Alex gave me a good game.

“He’s another of those that you think you’ve left everything safe and then he makes 20 from shots that just don’t look on. It’s absolutely incredible watching him play. I could have lost that 2-0.

“I was just a bit more confident in the decider. I’ve been in these situations more. I’ve played longer and that probably gave me a bit of an edge.”

Scammell beat leg-one winner Read, who drops to second place in the rankings, in the quarter-finals and Dylan Denieffe in the semis. Scammell is third in the rankings. Denieffe is fourth.

Scotney was appearing in the last-four for the first time. Lewis Harris qualified for the knockout for the first time. Both earned promotion from Bronze at the end of last season.

Results and ranking lists are on snookerscores.net.

The event was sponsored by Pitman Training.

Jimmy White’s Sports Lounge in Woking hosts the fourth leg of nine on Sunday, December 6.