8th Aptil 2006
Dan Hine won his third successive West of England Billiards & Snooker Foundation Bronze Waistcoat event with ease at the GWRSA Social Club, Exeter beating Adam Gallen 2-0 in the final. However, Gallen took the overall Exeter champion title by virtue of finishing top of the ranking table with Hine in second place, Matt Sercombe third and Michael Rogers in forth. The top four players will now travel to Plymouth later this month to compete in the Regional finals to determine the overall WEBSF Bronze Champion.

The semi finals saw Gallen ride his luck to narrowly beat Michael Rogers (Taunton) 2-1 who was left ruing missed chances. In the other semi final Hine beat Sercombe 2-0 with ease.

Hine topped his group for the third successive tournament beating everyone without losing a frame. Matt Baker continues to improve through match play and almost caused an upset when he swapped frames with Rogers. However, Hine proved far to strong a contender piling on the points against Baker that made the difference sending Rogers into second place.

Gallen won group B without dropping a frame. However, it was Matt Sercombe that pulled out all the stops to finish second by virtue of beating Will Blackmore 2-0 and might have won the group if he had won the two close losses against Gallen.

Steve Canniford, WEBSF Head of Coaching thanked the GWRSA Social Club representative and Tournament Director Mel Berry for the commitment and sponsorship he and the club has shown, helping the WEBSF provide Billiards & Snooker at grass roots level.

Report by Steve Canniford