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Last updated 00:00, Friday, 25 January 2008

AFTER his first round win over the defending champion, Whitehaven’s Vito Shipley crashed out of the John Smith’s County Individual snooker championship.

Shipley came unstuck in the second round against Carlisle’s Paul Wright, going down 4-2.

Last year’s semi-finalists came head to head in this round - Robert Sim (Whitehaven) and Carlisle player Alan Armstrong, and it was the West Cumbrian who progressed with a 4-2 win.

Another of last year’s semi finalists, Neil Harrison, had a home draw against fellow Carlisle cueist Giles Finnegan who won 4-3 after fighting back from 3-0 down.

The all-Workington tie between Stephen O’Hagan and Kevin Bassnet certainly lived up to its promise.

O’Hagan took the first with the help of a 57 break before Bassnet levelled it with breaks of 32 and 47.

O’Hagan won the third with a 59 break but the fourth went a bit scrappy before Bassnet squeezed home to level the match. Bassnet took the next frame with the help of a 47 break.

But O’Hagan started grittily and in determined fashion established a 21-point lead with only 22 left on the table. He provided Bassnet with a chance, however, and he cleared the balls to complete a 4-2 victory.

Alan Moore from Workington Cons Club travelled to Keswick to play Vince Peet and it was all square after two frame. The third frame could have gone either way but Moore conceded with enough points left on the table to win.

In a see-saw match Moore took the next two frames to go ahead before Peet fought back by edging the sixth and setting up a deciding seventh.

Moore went into an early lead before Peet came back with a break of 34 to establish a seven-point lead. Again with the game poised to go either way Moore surprisingly decided to concede.

Andy Milliard continued his winning ways with a convincing 4-0 win over Workington Cons Club player Julian Plaza who has been a finalist on two occasions.

Former champion Milliard produced high scoring efforts in all the four frames with 50 and 60 breaks his best.

Workington cueist and previous finalist Peter O’Hagan progressed to the next round with a convincing 4-0 win against Mally Lancaster who plays from the Portland Club, Carlisle.

Derwent Club was the venue for the game between Keswick cueist Trevor Hildreth and Mike Park who plays his snooker from the Workington Cons Club.

After a lot of cautious play both players seemed reluctant to open up and play the kind of snooker they are capable of but at 2-2 it was Park who had the better running of the balls and started to take control, eventually winning the game 4-2.

Quarter-finals draw: Robert Sim v Giles Finnegan, Kevin Bassnet v Andrew Milliard, Mike Park v Vince Peet, Peter O’Hagan v Paul Wright.

Ties to be completed by February 22 and results phoned to Joe Bell on 07753836742.