4^th April 2009
Apart from a couple of blips in the group stages Haydon Pinhey was in tremendous form in the penultimate event of the Plymouth West of England Billiard & Snooker Foundation Bronze Waistcoat tour. The event was hosted and jointly sponsored by Belgrave Snooker Club, Plymouth and Baulk Line Snooker, South West. Pinhey went into the tournament having won the previous four events and as hot favourite to win the overall Plymouth title for the second year in succession. Pinhey was met in the final by another rising star Dan Legassick, the current Devon Under 16's champion. Legassick did extremely well to reach the final for the second time in a row beating Peter Beckwith 2-1 in the quarters and a very tough opponent in Chris Coumbe 2-1 in the semis. Legassick's run came to an abrupt end losing 2-0 to Pinhey. Pinhey made breaks of 46 & 39 in the knock out stages beating Cody Hall 2-1 and Sam Lloyd 2-0 in the quarter and semi finals respectively.

In group A Legassick took first spot on frame count-back over Beckwith. Pinhey was beaten by both these players 2-1, which is an indication of the promising young talent thta exists in Plymouth. Pinhey was to have the upper hand on the breaks scene with runs of 20,22,25,36 and a superb 62 which is the highest for the tour this season. The final qualifier from this group was Hall. Group B proved to be very close with Coumbe edging Curtis Campbell into second place on the head-to-head rule. Adam Lewin took third place and Lloyd fourth, piping Chris Corry on frame count-back.

Tournament Director Darren Hall reported "With one event to go it's all about who can join Pinhey as the other qualifiers to make the Regional Finals in May." Anybody interested in playing on this tour should log onto www.websf.co.uk

Report by Steve Canniford