Matthew Sutton (Kettering) won the first of the Southern Area Ranking Tournaments defeating Jamie Edwards 217-154 in the final. Fourteen-year-old Edwards had excelled to reach his first final and shows great promise for the future, however Sutton's greater experience served him well in a tight match. With just 5 minutes remaining Sutton was just 12 points in front, but at this stage he played out time with an impressive break of 51 to clinch victory
.Earlier Sutton had made a break of 98 in his 304-89 semi-final win over Gavin Lewis. Edwards had come through the other semi-final at the expense of his team-mate Nathan Mann whom he defeated 277-200.