Johal wins England's Main Tour Ticket
Kuldesh Johal beat Robbie Williams 6-4 in the final of the EASB Pro Ticket play offs to reclaim his Main Tour place
The leading 16 players on the EASB's English ranking list convened at the Northern Snooker Centre to vie for the 'dream ticket' on the WSA 2010-11 Main Tour.
The first shock came in the opening round when Stephen Craigie, who had dominated the English season, was beaten 5-1 by Hull's James McGouran.
McGouran went on to beat last year's finalist, David Craggs, 5-4 before losing 5-3 to Robbie Williams in the semi final.
Another hot tip, Leo Fernandez, safely negotiated his opening match against Callum Downing, helped by breaks of 88 and 52. Downing was docked a frame for returning late from the interval, and sa his 3-1 lead turn into a 5-3 defeat.
But it all went wrong for Fernandez in the quarter finals. He opened a three frame lead against Antony Parsons, but Parsons battled back to win 5-3.
Kuldesh Johal, who went out in the last 32 of the European Championship last week, started in style with breaks of 112 and 91 against Jonathon Bagley.
Johal then beat Adam Duffy, the former Paul Hunter Scholar, 5-1, before edging out Parsons 5-4 in the semi final.
RESULTS
Last 16
Stephen Craigie 1-5 (67) James McGouran
David Craggs (99, 81) 5-2 Mitch Mann
Robbie Williams 5-0 Rob James
Danny Ward (86) 5-4 Stuart Carrington (128,108,63)
Leo Fernandez (88, 52) 5-3 Callum Downing
Anthony Parsons 5-3 (105) Matt Wilson
Adam Duffy (89, 88, 55) 5-2 Sean Bullock
Kuldesh Johal (112, 91) 5-0 Jonathon Bagley
Quarter Finals
James McGouran 5 David Craggs 4
Robbie Willams 5 Dan Ward 4
Anthony Parsons 5 Leo Fernandez 3
Kuldesh Johal 5 Adam Duffy 1
Semi Finals
Williams 5-3 McGouran
Johal 5-4 Parsons
Final
Johal 6-4 Williams
