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Yorkshire Singles Competition

Lines and Womersley set up all Leeds Final

Lines and Womersley set up all Leeds Final
It was a day of one-sided matches yesterday as the finalists were decided in this season’s Yorkshire Snooker Championship.

At the quarter-final stage, there were 4-0 victories for Mick Stocks (44,51) over Michael Whaley (45) and Tom Harris over Mark Ball.

The other 2 matches finished 4-1, Dan Womersley (63,78) defeating Kuldesh Johal (53) and Peter Lines overcoming Gary Milne (68).

The semi-finals were also one-way traffic as Womersley defeated Harris 4-0, and Lines (54) saw off Stocks by the same score.

So Dan Womersley and Peter Lines will contest this year’s final on Friday 12th July 2024 at Northern Snooker Centre Leeds

Many Thanks to referees Andy Kitson, Michael Davenport, Julian Bell and Rod Eaton and of course our sponsors the Northern Snooker Centre

Paul Marlow
General Secretary & Tournament Director
The Days Referees, M. Davenport, J. Bell, A. Kitson, R. Eaton
Dan Womersley back to back finals

Last 4 quarter finalists decided

The last 4 quarter finalists are decided.

After a long eight and a half hour day of snooker, the quarter-final lineup for this year’s Yorkshire Snooker Championship has been completed.

The first player through on the second qualifying day was Leeds player Kuldesh Johal, Undoubtedly the star performer on the day “Kully” had breaks of 130,103,94,91 and 82 and qualified without the loss of a frame. A 3-0 victory over Kaif Shazad sealing his place in the last 8.

Next through was Halifax’s Mark Ball, Breaks of 80 and 64 helped him to 4 victories for the loss of just one frame, finishing with a convincing 3-0 win over Ant Green.

The third qualifier was Wakefield “veteran” Mick Stocks. A fine 3-1 win over Scott Raper was the last of his 4 wins.

Finally, at around 7pm, Harrogate’s Tom Harris claimed the fourth qualifying spot with a battling 3-1 defeat of Jason Evans-Bates.

So the quarter-final lineup for April 21st is as follows-

Peter Lines (Leeds)
Dan Womersley (Leeds)
Michael Whaley (Mirfield)
Gary Milne (Scarborough)
Kuldesh Johal (Leeds)
Mick Stocks (Wakefield)
Tom Harris (Harrogate)
Mark Ball (Halifax)

The draw for the quarter-finals will take place on the morning of the 21st April immediately before commencement of play.

As usual thanks to regular referee Andy Kitson and of course to our sponsors the Northern Snooker Centre.

Paul Marlow
General Secretary & Tournament Director

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Yorkshire Snooker Championship Q1 Qualifiers

The first 4 qualifiers are decided

The first 4 qualifiers through to the quarter-finals of this year’s Yorkshire Championship were decided today in a high-quality day of Snooker.

In the bottom half of the draw, it was local Leeds players Dan Womersley and Peter Lines who progressed. Lines had the day’s top break with a 137 clearance in his final match against Samuel Lee-Stevens.

In the top half, Michael Whaley needed a snooker on Pink and Black in the decider against Withernsea’s Hamza Ilyas and then needed to pot a re-spotted Black to defeat Shaun Wilkes 3-1 to qualify for the last 8. He was joined by Scarborough’s Gary Milne who ran in breaks of 125,48 and 64 throughout the day to gain the final qualifying spot.

We do it all again on the 24th when the final 4 qualifiers will be decided.

Thanks to our sponsors the Northern Snooker Centre and to “roaming” ref Andy Kitson.

Paul Marlow
General Secretary & Tournament Director

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Yorkshire Snooker Singles Championship 2024 Draws

Yorkshire Snooker Singles Championship 2024 Draws

Entries for this year’s Yorkshire Snooker Championship have now closed, with 81 players having registered for the competition, up slightly on the last couple of years.

There is an uneven split across the 2 qualifying days with only 29 players saying they were available on the 10th, whereas 52 could only make the 24th.

The draws for the 2 days are below.

All players on the 10th should register by 10am for a 10:30 start.

On the 24th the players in the top half of the draw (first 16 matches) should register by 10am for a 10:30 start.
All other players should register by 11:30 and matches will commence when tables become free.

4 players will qualify from each day. Prize money TBC.

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