Hughson Brothers Shield Winner Neal Redfern, Hughson Brothers representative & Sponsor Carl Cross, Runner-up Craig Main.
Saturday saw the 1st Grandprix of the 2021-22 SDA season take place in the Whitedale Snooker Club with 22 players entering on the day. The format for the days play saw the players split into 4 round robin boards with the top 2 players from each board progressing to the quarter finals.
Following the round robin stages the quarterfinals saw Frank Watt bt Keith Hay 3-1, Arnold Brown bt Gareth Pottinger 3-2, Craig Main bt Liam Sutherland 3-2 and Neal Redfern defeat Ryan Mustard 3-0.
The semi finals were played over the best of 7 legs and both semi finals saw 4-0 victories for Craig Main over Frank Watt and for Neal Redfern against Arnold Brown.
The Final was played over the best of 9 legs with both players continuing to play to the high standard they had produced during the day with Neal Redfern edging the final by 5 legs to 3 to claim the Hughson Brothers Shield.
Thanks goes to the Whitedale Snooker Club for hosting the days event and to Hughson Brothers for their continued sponsorship of the event.
During the days play 180’s were recorded from Neal Redfern x8, Craig Main x5, Maurice Clark x2, Stuart Paul, Liam Sutherland, Keith Hay Sandy
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The highest checkout during the day was hit by Ellis Anderson with a 140, other high finishes were hit by Stuart Paul 133, 118, Maurice Clark 101, Ryan Mustard 107, Craig Main 106, Arnold Brown
