GREAT NEWS: Snooker player celebrates as he tops CLS groups.
Ben Woollaston prevailed in Group 29 as Championship League Snooker continued on Saturday in Leicester.
Woollaston lives just a short distance away from the Mattioli Arena and made the most of his latest appearance at one of his hometown events.
The 37 year-old began the day with a 2-2 draw against Stan Moody but followed it up with a 3-0 defeat of amateur top-up Dylan Emery.
Dominic Dale was his final round-robin opponent, the veteran Welshman having also accumulated four points from his encounters with Moody and Emery.
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In the winner-takes-all battle, Dale looked to be heading for the last 32 when he took the opening frame with a break of 66.
But Woollaston responded by winning the following three to end the group undefeated and on top spot with seven points.
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There was more drama in Group 30, meanwhile, with Jamie Jones just about clinging on to the number one position.
Jones, Ishpreet Singh Chadha, and Chris Totten all had an opportunity to end the day’s play in first heading into the last round of fixtures.
But all they could manage were draws, leaving the table as it was and Jones thankful for his 3-0 success over Totten at the start of the day.
There is a small break on Sunday before the action in Stage One of Championship League Snooker continues on Monday in Leicester.
In Group 7, Tom Ford encounters Sanderson Lam, Robbie McGuigan, and Barry Pinches.
Group 8 will see World Championship runner-up Jak Jones back in competition for the first time since Sheffield, the Welshman facing Jordan Brown, Bulcsú Révész, and Antoni Kowalski.
The 2024/25 snooker season’s opening ranking tournament runs until July 3rd.
Championship League Snooker
Stage One Draw
| Group 1 June 20th |
Group 2 June 25th |
Group 3 June 27th |
Group 4 |
| Kyren Wilson | Ronnie O’Sullivan | Shaun Murphy | Mark Williams |
| Scott Donaldson | He Guoqiang | Tian Pengfei | |
| Baipat Siripaporn | Mitchell Mann | Reanne Evans | |
| Daniel Womersley | Kayden Brierley | Steven Hallworth |
| Group 5 June 26th |
Group 6 June 24th |
Group 7 June 17th |
Group 8 June 17th |
| Ali Carter | Gary Wilson | Tom Ford | Jak Jones |
| Xing Zihao | Joe Perry | Sanderson Lam | Jordan Brown |
| Kreishh Gurbaxani | Michael Holt | Robbie McGuigan | Bulcsú Révész |
| Joshua Thomond | Huang Jiahao | Barry Pinches | Antoni Kowalski |
| Group 9 June 24th |
Group 10 | Group 11 | Group 12 June 25th |
| John Higgins | Jackson Page | Ryan Day | Jack Lisowski |
| Ma Hailong | Mark Davis | ||
| Ben Mertens | Jiang Jun | ||
| Artemijs Zizins | Anton Kazakov |
| Group 13 June 21st |
Group 14 June 20th |
Group 15 June 27th |
Group 16 June 26th |
| Si Jiahui | Hossein Vafaei | David Gilbert | Zhou Yuelong |
| Jimmy Robertson | Louis Heathcote | Xu Si | Fan Zhengyi |
| Zak Surety | Manasawin Phetmalaikul | Andrew Pagett | Alfie Burden |
| Lee Daegyu | Josh Mulholland | Duane Jones | Mink Nutcharut |
| Group 17 | Group 18 June 21st |
Group 19 June 22nd |
Group 20 June 22nd |
| Chris Wakelin | Stuart Bingham | Noppon Saengkham | Pang Junxu |
| Anthony Hamilton | Long Zehuang | Stuart Carrington | |
| Ahmed Aly Elsayed | Lei Peifan | Gong Chenzhi | |
| Hamim Hussain | Alfie Davies | Gerard Greene |
| Group 21 | Group 22 | Group 23 | Group 24 June 18th |
| Neil Robertson | Joe O’Connor | Michael White | Ricky Walden |
| Martin O’Donnell | |||
| Rory Thor | |||
| Umut Dikme |
| Group 25 | Group 26 June 19th |
Group 27 June 19th |
Group 28 June 18th |
| Matthew Stevens | Matthew Selt | Yuan Sijun | Wu Yize |
| Graeme Dott | David Lilley | Ross Muir | |
| Alexander Ursenbacher | Liam Graham | Allan Taylor | |
| Florian Nuessle | Paul Deaville | Joshua Cooper |
| Group 29 | Group 30 | Group 31 | Group 32 |
| Ben Woollaston | Jamie Jones | Ashley Carty | Thepchaiya Un-Nooh |
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