JUNIOR Championships

Maltings Q Club, Kings Lynn

Sunday 3rd November 2003

English Under-16 Championship

With three qualifiers already decided in Teesside, the remainder of the quarter-final line-up was resolved at the Woodside Snooker Club, Norwich, on Sunday 24th November. All games were one hour duration.

Jamie Edwards qualified for the final stages without being required strike a ball as absentees featured prominently in both of the Norfolk qualifying groups, a total of five youngsters failing to put in an appearance. Fifteen year-old Edwards had reached the semi-finals the Under-19 Championship last year and is the only player from the five qualifiers who has previous experience of the competition proper.

Possibly the best performance of this contest came from twelve yearold Ricky Easter who made the highest 60 minute aggregate with 260.

The youngest competitor was nine year-old Jin Yung Foulger from Great Yarmouth, who lost out to Robert Crisp in his opening match.

English Under-19 Championship

Gavin Lewis, Jamie Edwards and Calvin Daws experienced no difficulty in filling the three available places from this region, all winning their matches with ease. The improving Edwards has the chance of taking both titles this year, and his scoring in this competition, with totals 370 and 401 in his two matches, shows that he must stand a chance.