Wraight is Number 1 - again
May is not yet out but Callum Wraight has already completed a major tournament treble in 2010.
May is not yet out but Callum Wraight has already completed a major tournament treble in 2010.
The Castlefields ace made another successful raid on Yorkshire on Friday as he won the Anthony Bairstow Open at Keighley.
It follows the All England winner's previous victories in the Anthony Padgett Open at Cradley and the Les Evans Memorial Classic at Chadsmoor.
The £600 triumph at Keighley was secured with a final victory over another player with Shropshire connections, Chris Slater.
The Welsh ace, who makes appearances for Ifton in the Furrows Shropshire Premier League, was on the end of a classy display from Wraight who enjoyed a 21-14 success.
Victory was all the sweeter for the 23-year-old as Keighley was Slater's home green before he moved to Colwyn Bay.
It had been a tighter affair in Wraight's previous two matches on a night when eight qualifiers were vying for the title.
A 21-17 over Sheffield's Richard Howson set the British Merit winner on his way, and Wraight then survived a fightback from Yorkshire player Jack Dyson in the semi-final.
He eventually ran out a 21-19 winner after at one stage leading 14-5.
"It was very pleasing to win another title," said Wraight.
"I played pretty decent in the first two games and very well in the final."
The victory provided a perfect morale-booster ahead of a hectic weekend for Wraight, who misses his third successive Premier League game for Castlefields this Friday.
He will head up to Bodelwyddan Castle in North Wales on Friday night for a 16-man invitation tournament the following morning.
He will then dash across to Cheshire to compete in the Rudheath Open finals night on Saturday, one of eight players bidding for the £700 top prize.
And on Sunday he will be in qualifying for the Brown's of Wem County Merit as he bids to become Shropshire champion for the first time and fill the only major void on an impressive CV.
By JAMES GARRISON
