HOLDEN'S HOODOO FINALLY GONE
Joni Holden took the penultimate Edinburgh Masters event of the season and then followed it up with a joint Scottish Tour win proving that the Holden Hoodoo has finally gone Holden looked like the man to beat from the outset topping his group which included Edinburgh No 1 Chris Pringle. The other group was topped by the ever consistent Stevie Westwater. The quarter finals through up a tasty match up between Pringle and Fraser which was edged 8-6 by Pringle desperate to hang on to his number 1 ranking. Holden took care of Blackstock and Bowes got revenge on Clark for the defeat handed out in event 4. The talking point of the quarters came in the game between Westwater and Jim Smith who was making his first Masters appearance of the year. With Westwater leading 3-1 Smith accidentally fell asleep and thus forfeited the game! |
 In the semi finals Westwater booked his final place with a win over Pringle and Holden showed his intent demolishing Bowes 9-1. The final started out close but it was Holden who took his first title since March 2009, 32 months earlier. Holden then followed it up with a joint win ( final not played due to time constraints ) in the Scottish Tour Stop the following week beating Scottish number 1 Michael Valentine en route. It's clear Holden is the man on form and the player to beat in the last Masters Event of 2011 on Sunday 18th December. |
