Welsh Under 19's Season 2008/09
- Welsh Under 19´s Event 1
- Welsh Under 19´s Event 2
- Welsh Under 19´s Event 3
- Welsh Under 19´s Championship
Welsh Under 19´s Event 3 / Rileys Newport / 15 March 2009
Duane Jones (Aberdare) the Under 16’s Welsh Team Captain won the Welsh Under 19’s Championship in Rileys Newport yesterday beating Jamie Tudor (Llanelli) in the final by 3-0. A total of 46 players entered this tournament which was the last Under 19’s Event of the season.
Quarter Finals
The last 8 produced wins for Jak Jones who defeated Thomas Vedmore 2-0, Duane Jones beat Kristian Phelps 2-0 and Michael White and Jamie Tudor had (2-0) wins against Michael Hughes and Daniel Norris.
Semi Finals
The ever improving Jones who I am sure is destined for higher honours played some excellent snooker throughout, followed this up defeating the No 1 ranked player Jak Jones (Cross Keys) 2-1 aided by an excellent 87 break.
The game between Michael White and Jamie Tudor was decided in the last frame. With the score at 1-1 each Tudor came from behind to beat White with the aid of an 87 break after Michael had made an early 52 break. An excellent game by both players.
Final
The final produced some good snooker and although Jones won (3-0) the match was a much closer game than the score suggests.
Plate Final
The plate competition was won by David Huxton who won his second Plate competition in succession beating Dale Lawrence (Swansea) 2-1 in the final.
Jak Jones 2-0 Thomas Vedmore
Duane Jones 2-0 Kristian Phelps
Michael White 2-0 Michael Hughes
Jamie Tudor 2-0 Daniel Norris
Semi Finals
Duane Jones 2-1 Jak Jones
Jamie Tudor 2-1 Michael White
Final
Duane Jones 3-0 Jamie Tudor
Top of Under 19's ranking list after four events:
1) Jak Jones 1440
2) Duane Jones 1380
3) Michael White 1320
4) Jamie Tudor 1320
5) Robert Ford 900
6) Jamie Clarke 840
Welsh Under 19´s Event 3 / Red Triangle Cross Keys / 11 January 2009
Swansea’s Michael White won his second Under 19’s Ranking Event of the season in succession beating Welsh Junior International Duane Jones 3-1 in the Final. Michael who has lost the last two games against his arch rival Jamie Tudor (Llanelli) is the only player to beat Michael in any Junior Event so far this season, won this encounter with a 2-0 win in the semi-final.
Duane the runner up also had some good wins against Cardiff´s Twm Sion Jones 2-0 and again against Jak Jones (Cross Keys) 2-0 who heads the ranking list by the same scores. Duane was elected as Welsh Team Captain in last years Home Internationals in Prestatyn North Wales.
Quarter Finals
Jak Jones 2-0 Daniel Norris
Duane Jones 2-0 Twm Sion Jones
Michael White 2-0 Robert ford
Jamie Tudor 2-0 Tomas Moss
Semi Finals
Duane Jones 2-0 Jac Jones
Michael White 2-0 Jamie Tudor
Final
Michael White 3-1 Duane Jones
The Plate
The plate competition was won by David Huxton (Tonypandy) who defeated Thomas Rees (Swansea) 2–0 in the final.
The top two or possibly three ranked players will now represent Wales at the European Under 19’s Championship in St. Petersburgh, Russia in March. (The winner of this will be invited to turn professional the following season).
Michael White who won this event two years ago will be hoping for a repeat performance, however, if Wales are only allocated two players White will first have to overcome Jamie Tudor in a play off for the second place on the trip as they are currently tied on 900 points.
Top of Under 19's ranking list after three events:
1) Jak Jones (Cwmbran) 1020
2) Jamie Tudor (Llanelli) 900
3) Michael White (Swansea) 900
4) Duane Jones (Mountain Ash) 780
5) Robert Ford (Mountain Ash) 660
6) Jamie Clarke (Llanelli) 600
Welsh Under 19´s Event 2 / Aberaman Cue Club / 21 December 2008
The unseeded Michael White reached the final of this second under 19s ranking event of the season after a tough quarter final against junior international Duane Jones and a very tough semi final against Jamie Tudor. Jamie had beaten Michael in both their previous meetings this season and almost made it three in a row before Michael managed two 30 plus breaks in the deciding frame to book his place in the final.
Winner of the tournament was Jak Jones (Cross Keys) a much improved player beating Jamie Tudor 3-1 in the final which included a break of 83 by Jak and a 65 by Jamie. In the earlier rounds Jak also had some good wins against the Welsh Junior International Captain Duane Jones 2-0 and Thomas Moss 2-0. In the bottom half of the draw he also had a fine win over Llanelli’s Jamie Clarke by 2-1.
The final itself was something of an anti climax as both players struggled on an extremely tight table. However Michael White handled the conditions slightly better than his opponent and aided by a break of 74 in frame two took his second ranking event win of the season by 3 – 1.
Quarter Finals
Jak Jones 2-0 Robert Ford
Dale Lawrence 2-0 Dean Jones
Michael White 2-1 Duane Jones
Jamie Tudor 2-1 Michael Hughes
Semi Finals
Jak Jones 2-0 Dale Lawrence
Michael White 2-1 Jamie Tudor
Final
Michael White 3-1 Jak Jones
The Plate
Kishan Hirani won the plate defeating fellow international Huw Carpenter 2-0 in a very close final.
Highest Breaks
Jamie Tudor 103, 40
Michael White 82,74, 41
Twm Sion Jones 63
Matthew Toomey 60
Duane Jones 64
Jak Jones 56,40
Welsh Under 19´s Event 1 / Morriston Snooker Club / 26 October 2008
A tremendous entry of 49 players were in the draw including Under 21´s Event 1 winner Michael White. Michael was unseeded in this event but started as most people´s favourite to win.
However Jamie Tudor (Llanelli) wasn´t fazed by Michael´s reputation as he produced some excellent form to put out the favourite 2-0. Jamie then went on to reach the final without dropping a frame, defeating Under 19´s International Huw Carpenter, Edward Topham and Dean Jones along the way.
Jak Jones (Cwmbran) came through the bottom half of the draw with a fine Semi-final win over fellow Junior International Jamie Clarke (Llanelli) a match which included an 83 break by Jak and a 65 by Jamie. In earlier rounds Jak also had good wins over Thomas Moss and Duane Jones, both Junior Internationals.
The Final
In the final Jamie Tudor seemed to run out of steam slightly as Jak including a break of 50 ran out a 3-1 winner.
Quarter Finals
Dean Jones 2-0 Alex Fussell
Jamie Tudor 2-0 Edward Topham
Jak Jones 2-0 Duane Jones
Jamie Clarke 2-0 Robert Ford
Semi Finals
Jamie Tudor 2-0 Dean Jones
Jak Jones 2-1 Jamie Clarke
Final
Jak Jones 3-1 Jamie Tudor
The Plate
Kristian Phelps (Swansea) won his second Plate competition of the season beating Jay Aspinal (Swansea) 2-1 in the final.
Highest Breaks
Jak Jones 83, 50
Jamie Clarke 65
Rhys Thomas 63
Jerry Connors 62