Thomson prevails in all-Keiss final
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Star of the opening rounds was Sinclair Bay’s Milky Ronaldson, who knocked out two former winners on his way to booking a semi-final spot.
He defeated Crown “1” player Colin Banks 3-1 before beating Martin Hill in the quarter-finals by the same scoreline.
Greg Thomson was impressive early in the day as he knocked out Perry Campbell and Gavin Simpson, beating both 3-0, to meet Ronaldson in the semi-final.
The other side of the draw saw Camps “2” player Ryan Carter and Sinclair Bay’s captain Greg Simpson cruise through the rounds and to go head to head in the other semi. This meant that three of the last four were second division players who all played for the Keiss team.
Simpson got the better of Carter early on as he went into a 2-0 lead, but after two very long tactical frames Carter came back to level at 2-2. Both players missed big pressure pots near the end of the deciding frame to win, but it was Simpson who held his nerve better to knock out four-time cup winner Carter.
An all-Keiss final was now guaranteed – it was just a matter of who would face Simpson in the final. Thomson had been playing fantastic pool all day and he continued that in defeating Ronaldson 3-1. The opening three frames of the final were all extremely close but it was Simpson who had the advantage, taking a 2-1 lead. Thomson never gave up and battled hard to win the next three frames to clinch the silverware.
The third annual Bfest pairs championships takes place on May 18-19 in Wick’s Francis Street Club. Each team may enter up to three pairs for this event.
