Past winners cue final spot
Saturday 24th April 2010, 9:19AM BST.
There will be a familiar name on the Shropshire Star Snooker Knockout Trophy in 2010.
Shifnal’s Matt Davies and Karl Dooris, of the Raven Hotel in Whitchurch, came through contrasting semi-finals at Shrewsbury’s Reman Services club last night.
They have shared the last three titles and will now meet in next Saturday’s final at Chelmarsh Sports & Social Club.
The 2007 and 2008 champion Davies saw off Anstice’s talented 16-year-old Tom Maxfield 4-0.
The run of the balls went against Maxfield, who recently reached the European under-19 Championship quarter-finals, in the opening two frames.
But Davies was in impressive form and a run of 81 helped him secure a whitewash victory.
The other semi-final was in sharp contrast with Dooris edging out Ian Duffy, also of Anstice, in a last frame decider which finished shortly before midnight.
Dooris led all the way and missed three match balls to seal a 4-2 triumph.
Duffy forced a decider by taking the sixth frame on the black. But he suffered a kick in the concluding frame and defending champion Dooris held his nerve to clinch a 4-3 victory by taking the last 58-32.
Duffy’s consolation was a break of 87 in frame two which equalled the highest of the tournament, also achieved by Davies.
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