Maidstone snooker star Barry Hawkins reaches Championship League finals after overcoming Mark King
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by Luke Cawdell
Barry Hawkins booked his place in snooker’s Championship League
finals after beating Mark King on Tuesday night.
Hawkins, who recently won Sky Sports’ Shoot-Out event, continued
his good form with a 3-2 win over King coming shortly after beating
Peter Ebdon in the group semi-final.
The Championship League is currently at the group stage and
Hawkins has joined fellow winners Neil Robertson, Judd Trump, Shaun
Murphy and Mark Davis in the final group which takes place on March
21. Two more qualifying groups will be contested between now and
the finals.
Big money is up for grabs in the final group which is broadcast
live on Sky Sports.
Hawkins, 32, was competing in group five in what turned out to
be a test of attrition for those involved, with eight of Tuesday’s
12 matches going the distance, in the best-of-five frame
contests.
The Ditton cueman edged out Ebdon in the semi-final and then
banked himself £3,000 with the final win over King.
The Championship League Snooker event is a venture between
Matchroom Sport and Perform where 25 of the game’s top ranked
players compete.
Each group features seven players with each man playing the
other six once in a round-robin basis. At the end of the league
phase the top four advances to that group’s semi-finals where the
two winners meet in the final.
Wednesday, February 08 2012
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