Norton claims title with £3.57p cue (From This is Hampshire)

Norton claims title with £3.57p cue

6:00am Saturday 11th June 2011

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FAREHAM Snooker Club’s Colin Norton has claimed a major seniors title with a cue he bought for £3.57p.

The 45-year-old window cleaner polished off Nick Birney (High Wycombe) 3-1 to clinch the Cuestars South of England Seniors (40+) Championship title at Jesters Snooker Hall, Swindon.

“It wasn’t pretty snooker but at the end of the day it’s all about winning,” insisted Norton, who also claimed top spot in the rankings after a four-leg tour.

Last month, Norton spotted a broken cue in a working men’s club in Prestatyn, North Wales. Taking a fancy to it, he offered to buy it but the owner said he could have it for free.

Norton offered to make a donation to the club and emptied out all the change he had in his pocket. The £3.57p bid was accepted. And Norton repaired the cue himself.

Elsewhere in the Seniors event, Ray Mears conceded more points in fouls in his third frame against Birney than he actually scored in the whole match.

Mears, based at the Sovereign Snooker Club, Farnborough, chalked up seven points in the first frame, none in the second - as Birney missed the final pink on a magnificent 120 - and 11 in the third. But he gave away 20.

“I didn’t play that bad,” he said.

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