Norman Completes The Hat-Trick
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Andrew Norman defeated Gerard Greene 4-2 in the final of the sixth 'Race to the Crucible Series' event at the Crucible Club in Newbury to win a third consecutive title.
The 44-year-old Englishman has now won three events in a row as he remains dominant in his bid to secure a return to the iconic Crucible Theatre for the World Seniors Championship in May.
Norman arrived in Newbury on the back of eleven straight victories in the series and continued his fine form with back-to-back whitewash wins over Rob Lymath and Ashley Beal to reach the quarter-finals.
The concluding day of action featured eight players, including previous event winners Norman, Dharminder Lilly and Alfie Burden, from the initial field of 51.
Norman compiled the tournament high break of 125 during his quarter-final whitewash victory against Mark Vincent as he set up a last four meeting with Burden without dropping a frame en route.
After Norman took the first two frames to extend his streak to 14 successive frames across the weekend, Burden hit back and won three in a row to move one away from victory at 3-2.
The man from Bristol showed his battling qualities, however, to force a decider before getting over the line in frame seven to reach a third straight final.
In the title match he faced Northern Ireland's Greene, who had overcome the world number one Wayne Townsend and event three champion Lilly on the final day.
Greene opened the final with a half-century break but Norman rallied and moved one away from the title as he took a 3-1 lead.
The Northern Irishman reduced his deficit by taking a tight fifth frame, but it proved to be too late as Norman won the next by a scoreline of 60-26 to complete a hat-trick of titles.
Harris Wins Second Super Seniors Title
Anthony Harris defeated Richard Pipe 2-1 in the Super Seniors final in Newbury to win his second title of the season.
The event is open to all cueists over the age of 55 and was held on Sunday alongside the main Race to the Crucible series event.
A total of 15 players were involved and Harris beat Kevin Willsher, Ian Desmier and David Moritz without dropping a frame to reach the title match.
Pipe took the opener before Harris hit back to force a deciding frame in the final. The 56-year-old saved his best snooker for the most important moment as he compiled a break of 98 to complete the victory.
Event seven of the Race to the Crucible series takes place on 7-9 February at The Crucible Club in Reading. Enter now!
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