Craigie On Top In Leeds
Stephen Craigie gave another strong performance to win his second successive Premier Junior Tour at Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, beating Gloucester's Jack Lisowski 4-1 in the final.
Lisowski won the first frame but was contained to a mere 23 points in total over the next four frames as Craigie made breaks of 61,79 and 57.
Newcastle's Craigie recorded four centuries in the previous days group stage with back to back efforts of 125 and 120 a feat he repeated with runs of 105 and 122 to record a 15 and 3 frame total and extend his unbeaten run to 16 matches in the series.
He bounced back from 2-0 down against Ben Harrison to win 4-2 with breaks of 58 and 96, followed by wins against Daniel Hildyard (4-1) and Shahrukh Nasir (4-1).
Lisowski struggled on his way to final against Syd Wilson 4-3 eventually beating the Essex teenager 4-3 after he had fought back from 3-0 down before comfortably beating Ryan Causton 4-0 in the semi final.
Causton had made twelve breaks over fifty in reaching the semi finals and was particularly impressive in beating Mitchell Mann 4-3 sfter trailing the Midlander 3-1 with breaks of 52, 54, 53 and 68.
Martin Ball made ten breaks over fifty in Lisowski’s group but could only finish in third place missing out by the odd frame to Nathan Jones.
There were a total of 127 breaks over fifty in Leeds, including twelve centuries.
Next PJT Event 21-22 November, Hazelgrove SC, Stockport.
