Welsh Under 16´s Season 2009/10
- Welsh Under 16´s Event 1
- Welsh Under 16´s Event 2
- Welsh Under 16´s Event 3
- Welsh Under 16´s Championship
Welsh Under 16´s Championship / Morriston Snooker Club
Jamie Clarke (Llanelli) added the title of Welsh Under 16s champion to the Under 19s title he won last month. Jamie won this event without dropping a frame, beating fellow junior international Nathan Davenport (Cynwydd) 3 0 in the final.
It was a welcome return to form for Nathan who also reached the final without the loss of a frame. However he seemed to run out of steam in the final as the quick fire potting of Clarke proved a little too much for him.
Quarter Finals
Jamie Clarke 2 0 Aled Evans
Dale Hughes 2 1 Ieuan Davies
Nathan Davenport 2 0 Tom Rees
Callum Lloyd 2 1 Rhydian ap Owen
Semi Finals
Jamie Clarke 2 0 Dale Hughes
Nathan Davenport 2 - 0 Callum Lloyd
Final
Jamie Clarke 3 0 Nathan Davenport
The Plate
The plate competition was won by Daniel Roberts. This was an especially fine performance by Daniel who had made the long trip down from Anglesey to compete in his first Welsh ranking event. He defeated Barrys Sam Thomas in the final.
With the Under 16's ranking series now completed the Welsh international team for the Home international Championships later this year can be announced:
1)Callum Lloyd (Newport)
2) Tom Rees (Swansea)
3) Dale Hughes (Port Talbot)
4) Nathan Davenport (Cynwydd)
5) Aled Evans (Newtown)0
6) Rhys Thomas (Caerphilly)
Welsh Under 16´s Event 3 / Red Triangle Snooker Club
Jamie Clarke(Llanelli) showed his class at this level by winning in convincing fashion, although not before being given a fright by fellow junior international Nathan Davenport and then by Callum Lloyd in the semi final.
Rhys Thomas (Trethomas) had his best result at under 16s level by reaching the final with an excellent win over Tom Rees (the no. 1 seed ) and then a good semi final win over the more experienced Dale Hughes.
The final itself failed to light up the place as Jamie ran out an easy 3 0 winner. Rhys was a little unlucky to get caught in a foul and a miss situation which resulted in him conceding the 3rd frame and the match after failing to hit a not too difficult snooker several times.
Quarter Finals
Rhys Thomas 2 0 Tom Rees
Dale Hughes 2 1 Aled Evans
Jamie Clarke 2 1 Nathan Davenport
Callum Lloyd 2 0 Rhydian Stringer
Semi Finals
Rhys Thomas 2 0 Dale Hughes
Jamie Clarke 2 1 Callum Lloyd
Final
Jamie Clarke 3 0 Rhys Thomas
The Plate
Cardiff's Che Di Mauro won the plate competition defeating Kieran Williams 2 0 in the final.
With only the Under 16 championship left competition is heating up for places in the Welsh international team. Current top six places are:
1) Jamie Clarke (Llanelli) 1020 points
2) Callum Lloyd (Newport) 960
3)Tom Rees (Swansea) 900
4) Dale Hughes (Port Talbot) 780
5) Rhys Thomas (Trethomas) 720
6) Nathan Davenport (Cynwydd) 660
7) Aled Evans (Newtown) 660
Points and a half are awarded for the championship event so several players are still in contention for international team places.
Welsh Under 16´s Event 2 / Rileys Cardiff / 15 November 2009
Newcomer Sam Thomas (Barry) was the surprise package in this event. Playing in his first Welsh tournament he beat more experienced player's Rhys Thomas and Dale Hughes before meeting the in form Tom Rees in the semi final.
The score stood at 1 1 when Tom laid a very good snooker on the final blue in the deciding frame. Sam not only hit it off 3 cushions but potted it to take the match.
In the other half of the draw Callum Lloyd reached the final with excellent wins over junior internationals Nathan Davenport and Jamie Clarke who had earlier made a magnificent 105 break in his last 16 match against Kieran Williams.
In the final Sam Thomas seemed to run out of steam slightly as Callum Lloyd ran out a fairly comfortable 3 1 winner.
Quarter Finals
Tom Rees 2 - 1 Aled Evans
Sam Thomas 2 - 0 Dale Hughes
Calum Lloyd 2 - 0. Nathan Davenport
Jamie Clarke 2 - 1 Suraj Singh
Semi Finals
Sam Thomas 2 - 1 Tom Rees
Callum Lloyd 2 - 0 Jamie Clarke
Final
Callum Lloyd 3 - 1 Sam Thomas
The Plate
It was a good day for Barry players as Rhydian Stringer and Ryan Rowlands (Both Barry) reached the final. After a close hard fought match it was finally Rhydian who got over the line 2 frames to 1.
Highest breaks
Jamie Clarke 105
Sam Thomas 52
Callum Lloyd 48, 47, 43
Ryan Rowlands 47
Welsh Under 16´s Event 1 / Red Triangle / 25 October 2009
All but one of last season's Under 16s international team have moved up to Under 19s level this year and this opened the door for Swansea's Tom Rees to storm through this first Under 16s event of the new season with an outstanding display of attacking snooker.
He beat 3 Under 14s internationals on his way to the final, although Cardiff's Ethan Chichester gave him a fright in round 2.
Pre tournament favourite Jamie Clarke came through to the final defeating fellow international Nathan Davenport along the way. Jamie seemed a little subdued in this event, never quite able to get going. This form continued in the final as Tom Rees secured a 3 - 0 win for his first junior ranking event success.
Quarter Finals
Jamie Clarke 2 - 0 Nathan Davenport
Dale Hughes 2 - 1 Rhys Thomas
Tom Rees 2 - 0 Ieuan Davies
Callum Lloyd 2 - 0 Aled Evans
Semi Finals
Jamie Clarke 2 - 0 Dale Hughes
Tom Rees 2 - 0 Callum Lloyd
Final
Tom Rees 3 - 0 Jamie Clarke
The Plate
Rhodri Garland (Pontypridd) won the plate defeating newcomer Travis Furnish 2 1 in a close, hard fought final. Travis was playing in his first ever snooker event and certainly looks like he could become quite a force.