FEATURES
Features
SNOOKER
CHAMPIONSHIP
2014
Words CK Chan
We don’t have a snooker table but we have members in the Club with great interest
in the sport. HHYC held its first Snooker Championship in 2014 and the first round in
November, with eight participants fighting for the Trophy.
Stephen Armstrong played against Steve So and commented that Steve had scored more
points in one break than he could score in an entire month. He was not as lucky as Michael
Ormiston who moved on to the second round without breaking a sweat because Arnold Highfield decided he had other
priorities than showing up for a match!
It was not so smooth for the other four members. Gareth Williams and C K Chan’s first match
ended in the black ball getting pocketed early and the second ended with the usual
‘Williams luck’,with Gareth advancing to the second round. Mike Rawbone found
himself in a residential club without sufficient beer and that was his
excuse for losing 3-0 to Stuart Mason. Mike felt uneasy when
Stuart turned up with his own cue and he could only hang on
to a beer bottle.
In the second round, Stuart pressed on with a very
close first game but the second one got away from him
to allow Gareth to proceed to the Final.
Unfortunately, Michael could not make time to play the SemiFinal since it was very close to the year end. Steve was granted a walkover to the Final without
challenge. Lesson learnt: we will organise the next Champi