Day Eight – Sunday 8th August

Last 16

Michal Zielinski from Poland took a 4-1 lead against England’s Nick Jennings, with the help of breaks of 50, 52, 57, 92 and 93. But Jennings made an amazing comeback to win the match 5-4 with breaks of 58, 58 and 72. Vincent Muldoon from Ireland had a comfortable win against Campbell Dunlop from Scotland, winning 5-2 with the help of breaks of 53, 76 and 125.

Li Hang of China had a tight match with Michael Leslie of Scotland only managing to win the match in the final frame with a 94 break. Jamie Clarke from Wales also won a final frame decider against Northern Ireland’s Declan Brennan by 5 frames to 4.

Stephen Craigie of England won 5-2 against Li Yan of China which included breaks of 55, 56, 64 and 81. Rhys Clark of Scotland lost against Julius Grauls of Belgium by five frames to four. Sam Craigie had breaks of 55, 62, 68, 90 and 103 to win by 5 frames to 4 against Welsh player Kishan Hirani. Gareth Boyle of Ireland lost 5 frames to 1 in the match against Yuttapop Pakpoj of Thailand.

Quarter Finals

Julius Grauls won the first frame. But the Belgium youngster had to sit and watch the next six frames as Englishman Sam craigie had breaks of 53, 62, 65, 69 78 and 102 to progress to the semi finals.

Stephen Craigie of England will meet Sam Craigie after he won a long hard fought match against Yuttapop Pakpoj of Thailand by a single frame.by the score line of 6 frames to 5.

Jamie Clarke of Wales was no match in his quarter final against Li Hang of China. The Chinese player had breaks of 61, 63, 73 and 100 and saw the match out by 6 frames to 1 to reach the semi finals.

Vinny Muldoon Started his match playing some fabulous snooker. He won the first frame with an 80 break, then needing a snooker in the second frame, Muldoon put the cue ball behind the black with only the pink and black left on the table. His opponent Englishman Jennings missed the pink and Muldoon sank pink and black to go 2-1 up.

Muldoon then had an 82 in the third to go 3-0 up. Jennings won the next to reduce the gap to 3-1, but Muldoon won the next two to go 5-1 up. Jennings nearly made an astonishing comeback winning two on the trot to reduce the gap to just 5 frames to 4. But Muldoon kept his nerve and managed a frame and match winning break of 82 in the 10th Frame.

So the semi finals will see Sam and Stephen Craigie meet each other, and Li Hang will play Irishman Muldoon for the two final places in the IBSF World Under 21’s Snooker Championship.