Welsh Under 21's Season 2008/09
- Welsh Under 21´s Event 1
- Welsh Under 21´s Event 2
- Welsh Under 21´s Event 3
- Welsh Under 21´s Championship
Welsh Under 21´s Championship / Rileys Wellington / 29 March 2009
Young Michael White (Neath) became the Welsh Under 21 Champion as he romped through this event without dropping a frame.
In the semi-finals he defeated Llanelli’s Jamie Clarke who put out Welsh Junior Internationals Robert Ford, Mathew Williams and Twm Sion Jones in the three previous rounds.
Swansea’s Dale Lawrence reached his first final of the season also beating Welsh International Luke Vokes and Kristian Phelps along the way.
The final itself was also dominated by Michael White who won 3-0 aided with breaks of 52, 53 and 42.
Quarter Finals
Michael White 2-0 Duane Jones
Jamie Clarke 2-1 Robert Ford
Dale Lawrence 2-1 Luke Vokes
Daniel Norris 2-0 Luke Haines
Semi Finals
Michael White 2-0 Jamie Clarke
Dale Lawrence 2-1 Daniel Norris
Final
Michael White 3-0 Dale Lawrence
The Plate
The Plate competition was won by James Kidwell who beat Michael Hughes 2-1 in the final.
With the top 2or 3 ranked players invited to represent Wales at the World Under 21's Championship later this year the top six places are as follows.
1) Michael White 1620
2) Jak Jones 1140
2) Jamie Clarke 1140
4) Dale Lawrence 1110
5) Luke Vokes 1050
6) Daniel Norris 1000
Welsh Under 21´s Event 2 / Rileys Newport / 23 November 2008
Llanelli’s Jamie Tudor was in excellent form throughout this event, making a string of good breaks and defeating several junior internationals on his way to the final including his second successive tournament win over the outstanding Michael White.
The all Llanelli semi final between Jamie Clarke and Jamie Tudor was a superb match which eventually went to Tudor 2-1.
The ever improving Duane Jones came through the bottom half of the draw beating a junior international in every round up to the semi final where, in a very tough match he overcame club mate Nicky Driscoll who now seems to be adding consistency to his undoubted talent.
The Final
Jamie Tudor started the final like a train, storming into a 2-0 lead with some tremendous potting. Duane Jones however, is developing into one of the best all round performers on the Welsh junior circuit and he was in no mood to lie down. He gradually forced himself back into the match and levelled at 2-2. The final frame was all nip and tuck but just as Duane looked to be getting on top Jamie compiled a nice 43 break under pressure to take him over the winning line.
Quarter Finals
Jamie Tudor 2 – 1 Michael White
Jamie Clarke 2 – 0 Dale Lawrence
Nicky Driscoll 2 – 1 Michael Hughes
Duane Jones 2 – 0 Jak Jones
Semi Finals
Jamie Tudor 2 – 1 Jamie Clarke
Duane Jones 2 – 1 Nicky Driscoll
Final
Jamie Tudor 3 – 2 Duane Jones
The Plate
The Plate competition was won by Daniel Norris (Aberdare) who defeated Luke Pitman (Cardiff) 2 – 1 in the final.
Highest Breaks
Michael White 123, 89, 87, 80, 73, 57, 52
Michael White 90, 72
Duane Jones 88, 65
Jamie Tudor 81, 47, 78, 85, 43
Nicky Driscoll 70, 54
Jak Jones 62
Luke Vokes 59
Dale Lawrence 56
The top six ranked Welsh Under 21´s players after two events:
1) Michael White (Swansea) 620
2) Jak Jones (Cwmbran) 560
2) Nicky Driscoll (Aberdare) 560
4) Jamie Clarke (Llanelli) 500
5) Luke Vokes (Aberbargoed) 440
6) Jamie Tudor (Llanelli) 400
Welsh Under 21´s Event 1 / Rileys Cardiff / 19 October 2008
Michael white was “White hot” throughout this first Under 21’s event of the season. In his first round match against young Tom Rees (Swansea) he hit a magnificent 123 break in frame one followed by an 89 in frame two. He then proceeded to blast his way through to the final with quick fire wins over Junior Internationals Kristian Phelps and Alex Fussell.
David Huxton (Tonypandy) reached the Quarter final with a fine win over Ben Jones (Swansea) but he had no answer to White´s power play. Nicky Driscoll (Aberdare) did very well to reach the Semi final, but he also could do nothing to stop White moving into the final.
Jak Jones (Cwmbran) came through the top half of the draw, reaching the final with excellent wins over fellow junior internationals Richard Oliver, Robert Ford and Luke Vokes.
The Final
Jak made a good start in the final but missed a fairly easy pink which let Michael in for a frame winning 57 break. Frame two also went to Michael with a break of 73. Frame three was a little scrappy with Jak just failing to make the most of his chances. Michael eventually took it for a 3-0 win to put himself in top spot on the Welsh Under 21´s ranking list.
Quarter Finals
Jak Jones 2-0 Robert Ford
Luke Vokes 2-0 Jamie Clarke
Nicky Driscoll 2-0 Matthew Williams
Michael White 2-0 David Huxton
Semi Finals
Jak Jones 2-0 Luke Vokes
Michael White 2-0 Nicky Driscoll
Final
Michael White 3-0 Jak Jones
The Plate
Kristian Phelps (Swansea) won the plate beating Cardiff´s Edward topham 2-0 in the final helped by a break of 52 in the first frame.
Highest Breaks
Michael White 123, 89, 87, 80, 73, 57, 52
Richard Oliver 70, 51
Ben Jones 58