Young Blood: Dean Wins Challenge Seven

Scottish teenager Dean Young won the season’s seventh Challenge Tour event in Neerpelt, Belgium, beating Andrew Pagett 3-1 in the final.

Edinburgh’s 17-year-old Young underlined his promise by winning five matches to take the £2,000 top prize.

Despite losing in the final, Welshman Pagett stretches his lead at the top of the Challenge Tour rankings. Young was previously 15th and now jumps into the top five. The leading player after the after ten events will be awarded a Tour Card, with the next eight going into a play-off event for a second card.

Young reached the last 16 of a Q School event earlier this year and won the Scottish under-21 title in 2018.

The next event is in Tamworth on January 18-19.

Results

Round 1
1) Luke Pinches 1 (5) 3 Jake Nicholson
2) Ivan Kakovskiy 3 (5) 0 Ismail Turker
3) Luis Vetter 0 (5) 3 Keishin Kamihashi
4) Stuart Watson 0 (5) 3 Dave Finbow
5) Andreas Ploner 3 (5) 2 Oliver Brown
6) Sergey Isaenko 3 (5) 0 Rolf Mahr
7) Ross Muir 3 (5) 1 Sybren Sokolowski
8) Steven Hallworth 3 (5) 0 Kharazchi Jamshid
9) Ben Mertens 3 (5) 0 Sanderson Lam
10) Garry Coulson 0 (5) 3 Sean O’Sullivan

Round 2
11) Ka Wai Cheung 3 (5) 2 Jake Nicholson
12) Peter Devlin 3 (5) 1 Ivan Kakovskiy
13) Liam Davies 0 (5) 3 Ashley Hugill
14) Sean Maddocks 2 (5) 3 Keishin Kamihashi
15) Dylan Emery 0 (5) 3 Paul Davison
16) Andrew Pagett 3 (5) 0 Dave Finbow
17) Lukas Kleckers 3 (5) 1 Andreas Ploner
18) Adam Duffy 0 (5) 3 Sergey Isaenko
19) Callum Lloyd 1 (5) 3 Christopher Keogan
20) Iulian Boiko 1 (5) 3 Fergal Quinn
21) Matthew Glasby 0 (5) 3 Ross Muir
22) Daniel Womersley 0 (5) 3 Steven Hallworth
23) Rory McLeod 1 (5) 3 Patrick Whelan
24) Robbie McGuigan 0 (5) 3 Ben Mertens
25) George Pragnell 0 (5) 3 Sean O’Sullivan
26) Aaron Hill 2 (5) 3 Dean Young

Round 3
27) Ka Wai Cheung 3 (5) 2 Peter Devlin
28) Ashley Hugill 3 (5) 0 Keishin Kamihashi
29) Paul Davison 0 (5) 3 Andrew Pagett
30) Lukas Kleckers 3 (5) 2 Sergey Isaenko
31) Christopher Keogan 2 (5) 3 Fergal Quinn
32) Ross Muir 3 (5) 1 Steven Hallworth
33) Patrick Whelan 0 (5) 3 Ben Mertens
34) Sean O’Sullivan 2 (5) 3 Dean Young

Quarter Finals 
35) Ka Wai Cheung 0 (5) 3 Ashley Hugill
36) Andrew Pagett 3 (5) 2 Lukas Kleckers
37) Fergal Quinn 1 (5) 3 Ross Muir
38) Ben Mertens 0 (5) 3 Dean Young

Semi Finals
39) Ashley Hugill 2 (5) 3 Andrew Pagett
40) Ross Muir 2 (5) 3 Dean Young

Final
41) Andrew Pagett 1 (5) 3 Dean Young