THE EUROPEAN QUALIFIER FINAL WAS HELD IN THE FOUNTAIN CLUB ANTRIM ON WEDNESDAY THE 29TH MARCH WITH 2 FINALISTS FROM THE QE1 CLUB IN BELFAST JULIAN LOGUE AND GARY CRAWFORD.

REFEREE LIAM HUGHES GOT THE MATCH UNDERWAY AT 7.30PM THE 1ST 3 FRAMES ALL WENT IN GARYS FAVOUR 55-44 83-60 72-14 WITH JULIAN PULLING 1 BACK BEFORE THE INTERVAL.

JULIAN MUST OF HAD A GOOD TALK TO HIMSELF HE CAME BACK AT GARY WITH A NICE 69 IN FRAME 5 AND ANOTHER 29 AND 37 IN FRAME 6 TO LEVEL AT 3 ALL FRAME 7 WAS VERY CLOSE BOTH PLAYERS WANTING TO GO IN FRONT BUT GARY HELD ON 57-46 TO REGAIN THE LEAD.IN FRAME 8 JULIAN HAD GARY IN ALL SORTS OF TROUBLE PICKING POINTS UP EVERY TIME HE GOT TO THE TABLE 93 POINTS TO 5 LEVEL AGAIN AND ALL TO PLAY FOR GARY WAS IN 1ST BUT BROKE DOWN ON 20 AND LEFT AN EASY STARTER FOR JULIAN WHO MADE NO MISTAKE WITH A NICE 65 BREAK AND THE EUROPEAN TITLE WAS HIS.

WELL PLAYED JULIAN AND GOOD LUCK IN LATVIA IN JUNE.

I WOULD NOW LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK COLIN BINGHAM AND RAYMOND FRY FOR THER SPONSORSHIP AND THE THE USE OF THE VENUE THE STAFF RAB AND WORZEL JOE AND VERA BINGHAM AND THE JUNIOR PLAYER SEAN FRENCH FOR HELPING ME WITH THE TABLES OVER THE 2 WEEKS ALL PLAYERS HAVE COMMENTED ON HOW NICE THE TABLES WERE AND THE STANDARD WAS SECOND TO NONE KEEP IT UP LADS WE WILL BE BACK.