A disappointing turn out of only 11 players competed in this final event sponsored by Tim Godolphin of Claro Engineering Ltd of Harrogate who provided a substantial annual trophy and replicas for the finalists.
Jimmy Chambers (Ely) and Dean Bavister (Rushden) joined nine Teessiders in the line up.
Dean was a preliminary casualty to David Butler despite a 44 break. John Hartley had a 41 break when swamping Mark Coates and Darren Clark beat his regular practice partner Anthony Peacock.
Jimmy (40) beat David and John beat Darren in the first round proper, and were joined by Robin Wilson and Michael Price. Robin made the day's best score of 362.
Jimmy beat Michael in his semi final while John and Robin were involved in a great match. Robin with breaks of 40 & 51 overcame John, whose 53 was the best break of the day, by a margin of only 4 points.
The final, aptly played by the leading pair in the ranking list, saw Jimmy with a 60 point lead for a large portion of the game. Only in the last 10 minutes did Robin draw level and a cat 'n mouse game followed until Robin took a decisive late lead after a 27 break in the closing minute to seal victory.
Tony King took the Plate winners prize from Lee McKenna by a 26 point margin.
Matthew Sutton (Kettering) suffered injuries when being somersaulted over his mountain bike handlebars after a roadside accident. His injuries, though thankfully not serious, prevented him from competing in the final event of the series and saw him overtaken by three other players in his quest for England Junior International status and was eventually listed at 9th.
After the opening round of the last event it was confirmed that the top three ranked players Robin Wilson, Jimmy Chambers and Dean Bavister could not be ousted from their standings.
John Hartley moved up to 4th and Darren Clark 5th while absentees Chris Brunskill dropped to 6th and Fraser Adams dropped to 7th while Lee McKenna moved up to 8th.
Overall 44 players were involved in the 5 events played with 30 of them being Teessiders. Fakenham, Lincoln, Raunds, Thornaby and Harrogate were the venues used.
The top four players are expected to form part of a future international squad in conjunction with the ABC international competitions.
Only 12 competitors took part in the Raunds event, including four Teessiders who travelled over 230 miles to compete. Robin Wilson set the scoring standard with five breaks around 40 to make 495 in the 1 hour game.
Robin made the day's highest break in a win over Matthew Sutton who made a 51 in defeat. Dean Bavister was in free scoring mood over Peter Gamblin, while John Hartley defeated Lincoln event finalist Matthew Lee.
John fell at the semi final stage to Dean while Robin beat Jimmy Chambers in a high scoring affair.
The winners prize and ranking list top-spot went to Robin after his win over Dean. Matt Lee took the Plate when beating Michael Price in the final.
| R. Wilson
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| Matthew Sutton
67, 31 | 292 | Darren Clark
| 164 | ||
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| 30 | J. Chambers
| (42.39) | ||
| Fraser Adams
| 221 | Wayne Bean
| 188 |
| Robin Wilson
70, 50, 37 | 340 | Matthew Sutton
51 | 268 | ||
| Fraser Adams
| 428 | Jimmy Chambers
40, 30 | 325 | ||
| Dean Bavister
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| John Hartley
35 | 301 | Matthew Lee
| 178 |
| Robin Wilson
59 | 404 | Jimmy Chambers
56 | 360 | ||
| Dean Bavister
39 | 196 | John Hartley
| 168 |
| Robin Wilson
49, 40 | 279 | Dean Bavister
| 176 |
| Michael Price
| 225 | Peter Gamblin
| 193 | ||
| Wayne Bean
| 200 | Ashley Burton
| 121 |
| Michael Price
43 | 287 | Wayne Bean
| 193 | ||
| Matthew Lee
| 253 | Darren Clark
| 211 |
| Matthew Lee
| 251 | Michael Price
33 | 219 |