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Liam Graham U21 european champion
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Liam Graham is the new U21 european snooker champion. The aged 18 Scottish claimed victory by 5 Frames to 2 facing Ukraine’s Iulian Boiko in the decisive match, payed this Sunday March 12th at the St. Paul’s Bay Dolmen hotel.
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Liam Graham succeeds Belgium’s Ben Mertens as cathegory’s european king and makes it 2 out of 3 championships for Scotland in Malta, after fellow contryman Jack Borwick won the U16 championship and Hungary’s Bulcsú Révész the U18 championships already here in Malta.
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In a big clash, Boiko had chances to make it 3-3 but Graham prevailed and got the 4-2. In Frame 7, the Ukraine’s talent also had some chances to glue 3-4 but it was Liam to claim frame and match, in front of a immense audience at the St. Paul’s Bay Dolmen Hotel venue.
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«I dedicate it too my father, Raymond, and to my mother, Celine. It’s all my life’s dream. I don’t even know how to describe this feeling. I’m so happy I can barely believe it. Always aimed for this», told us the Scotland’s new 2023 EBSA European U21 Snooker Champion, with tears oh hapiness in his eyes.
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Ukraine’s Iulian Boiko got his medal for runner-up from EBSA Chairman Maxime Cassis, EBSA Vice-President Ricardo Salgado and Malta Billiards and Snooker Association (MBSA) President Ivan Brincat.
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Ryan Davies and Northern Ireland’s Robbie McGuigan got the bronze medals and the England’s star also the prize for the best break at the U21 championships, a superb 139.
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Lithuanian Egidijus Dudenas was the referee and Poland’s Anna Hodun, the marker of the U21 championships final, and also got their prize for a night to remember.
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Liam Graham gets the nomination from European Billiards & Snooker Association to World Snooker in order the Scottish might be invited to join the tour and became a professional in the next 2 seasons, every amateur competitor’s dream.
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