Gosport snooker talent Mark Lloyd close to completing his national treble
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The 19-year-old snooker ace, from Gosport, has potted his way into the final of the English Under-21 Championship.
Striking a blow for south coast snooker, he saw off northern lads Harry Gosney 4-1, Sean Maddocks 4-2 and Patrick Whelan 5-1 in the last-16 knockout in Leeds.
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Hide AdLloyd, who won the under-16 title in 2015 and the under-18s the following year, booked a place at the Northern Snooker Centre via a qualifying event in London last December.
The following day, Jamie Wilson lost 4-1 to Birmingham’s Hamim Hussain in the quarter-finals of the English Under-18 Championship.
Hamim is in eighth place on the national under-21 circuit and won the national under-14 title twice.
Wilson received a walkover in the last-16 when his opponent failed to show.
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