O’Sullivan dominates all-High Wycombe Silver final

O’Sullivan (pictured left with world number eight Stephen Lee), based at the town’s Liberal Club, accounted for his practice partner and clubmate Ryan Gavin 2-0 in the play-off final at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.

“We practise together so I know his game,” said the 15-year-old. “I knew it was going to be tough but I kept my game together.”

The Buckinghamshire teenager, who finished joint eighth in the rankings after notching up a first ever Cuestars tournament win in the eighth and final leg last month in Swindon, suffered a kick on a dead-straight red on a break of 40 against first-round opponent Daniel Knox, from Woking.

But he admitted his “toughest” match was a 2-1 quarter-final tussle with Silver Tour rankings winner Troy Bodman on his home tables.

High Wycombe dominated the latter stages of the competition. O’Sullivan beat another clubmate, Paul Ives, 2-0 in the semi-finals.

LAST-16: Troy Bodman (Jesters, Swindon) 2 Daniel Hall (Jesters, Swindon) 0, Sonnie O’Sullivan (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) (40) 2 Daniel Knox (Woking SC) 1, Sam Storey (Thatcham SC) w/o Jack Dady (The Academy, Basingstoke), Paul Ives (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) 2 Joshua Hughes (Rileys, Worcester) 0, Thomas Lancastle (Eastville SC, Bristol) w/o Joshua Brooker (Liberal Club, High Wycombe), Mark Lloyd (Stoke SC, Gosport) 2 James Budd (Stoke SC, Gosport) 0, Ryan Gavin (Liberal Club, High Wycombe) w/o Cameron Holt (Liberal Club, High Wycombe), Joshua Lee (Jesters, Swindon) w/o Connor Probets (Jesters, Swindon).

QUARTER-FINALS: O’Sullivan 2 Bodman 1, Ives 2 Storey 0, Lancastle 2 Lloyd 0, Gavin 2 Lee 0.

SEMI-FINALS: O’Sullivan 2 Ives 0, Gavin 2 Lancastle 1.

FINAL: O’Sullivan 2 Gavin 0.