Maximum Man Greene Completes Seniors Hat-Trick
Gerard Greene made history by compiling the first ever 147 break on the World Seniors Snooker (WSS) Tour en route to lifting his third title of the campaign at the Crucible Club in Reading last weekend.
The magical maximum break came in the final frame of Greene’s last 16 victory over Tam Mustafa and the former professional went on to secure the title with a whitewash win against Stuart Watson in the final.
A total of 46 players contested the two-day event in Berkshire and the 52-year-old made a strong start to the weekend by defeating Andy Lavin 4-1 in the opening round with contributions of 51 and 74.
His next match against Mustafa saw history made for the WSS Tour.
Breaks of 86 and 56 had put Greene one frame away from the final day at 3-0 and the Northern Irishman wrapped up the win in style by potting 15 reds, 15 blacks and all the colours to complete the Tour’s first ever 147 break.
Greene looked to be heading home at the quarter-final stage as 58-year-old Welshman Philip Williams moved 3-0 ahead in a race to four.
The eventual champion rallied, however, to get over the line in a deciding frame before once again showing his battling qualities to come from 3-2 down against WSS world number one Aaron Canavan to reach the title match.
Watson awaited him after he last defeated Matthew Day 4-0 to reach his first final of the season.
Greene scored breaks of 78 and 83 to move 2-0 ahead and, from there, he never looked back as he completed the whitewash to earn his third title in four events.
SUPER SENIORS SUCCESS FOR BEAL
Ashley Beal beat Wayne Martin 2-0 at the Crucible Club in Reading to the win his first Super Seniors title of the season.
Beal, who had earlier reached the final of the second event of the campaign, did not drop a frame all day as he whitewashed Dennis Tristram, Andrew Barrett and David Brock to reach the final of the one-day competition for cueists aged 55 and over.
Event four winner Martin was his title match opponent after he came through a decider against John Spencer in the semi-finals.
A visit of 40 helped Beal take the decider and he successfully made it eight frames without reply in the event in the next to secure the Super Seniors crown.
The next World Seniors Tour event takes place on 6-8 February at The Crucible Club in Reading. Enter now via WPBSA SnookerScores.
