Zain wins Six Reds in Swindon

TOOTING teenager Zain Jeraj defeated fellow Gold Tour player beat Lee Whaley 2-1 in the final of the Six-Reds Challenge during the Cuestars Under-21 Championship day at Jesters Snooker Club, Swindon.

Earlier, Cuestars ambassador Joe Perry took on 15 of our players in exhibition frames. O’Shay Scott and Oliver Sykes managed to beat the world number 47 while Asten Sahota lost by one point.

Joe recently opened his own club – Joe Perry’s Snooker & Pool Palace in Chatteris, Cambs – and is offering coaching. If you want to tap into 32 years of experience competing on the professional circuit, contact Joe through the club’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556302285704 or ring 01354 699967 or email [email protected].

The event was sponsored by Jesters SC (www.jesterssnooker.co.uk).

SIX-REDS CHALLENGE (ONE-FRAME MATCHES)

FIRST ROUND: Aariz Tariq (Welling SC) beat Navraj Landa (Chandlers Ford SC), Josh Zebedee (Jesters, Swindon) beat Alex Scotney (Frames, Coulsdon).

SECOND ROUND: Zain Jeraj (London Snooker, Tooting) beat Tariq, Rayan El Qmache (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross) beat Lewis Thomson (Chandlers Ford SC), Lennon Savage (Salisbury SC) beat Ellise Scott (Chandlers Ford SC), Lee Whaley (Hurricane Room, Kings Cross) beat Oliver Donnelly (Surrey Snooker Academy), Jaydon Elliott (Jesters, Swindon) beat Beibei Ji (Chandlers Ford SC), Zebedee beat Ryan Spratt (Chandlers Ford SC).

THIRD ROUND: Jeraj beat El Qmache, Whaley beat Donnie Gola (Mildmay Club), Elliott beat Zebedee.

SEMI-FINALS: Jeraj beat Savage, Whaley beat Elliott.

FINAL: Jeraj 2-1 Whaley.