Grace Rises To The Challenge

David Grace won his second Challenge Tour title of the season by beating Ben Hancorn 3-0 in the final of event six in Belgium.

Leeds cueman Grace, a former UK Championship semi-finalist, won five matches over two days in Lommel to take the £2,000 top prize.

Grace, who also won event two in July in Preston, goes top of the Challenge Tour rankings with £5,525. The top two after ten events will be promoted to the World Snooker Tour.

The next Challenge Tour event is on October 13-14 in Barnsley.

Results

Round 1
1) Kevin Van Hove-Speltincx 2 (5) 3 Ben Hancorn
2) Saqib Nasir 3 (5) 2 Zsolt Fenyvesi
3) Jed Mann 2 (5) 3 Joel Walker
4) On Yee Ng 2 (5) 3 Charlie Walters
5) Matthew Day 3 (5) 2 Mark Vincent
6) Barry Pinches 3 (5) 2 Jackson Page
7) John Foster 3 (5) 1 David Lilley
8) Joshua Cooper 1 (5) 3 Christopher Keogan

Round 2
9) Brian Ochoiski 3 (5) 1 Sergey Isaenko
10) Jamie O’Neill 2 (5) 3 Ben Hancorn
11) Jake Nicholson 0 (5) 3 Steven Hallworth
12) Farakh Ajaib 1 (5) 3 Patrick Whelan
13) Felix Frede 0 (5) 3 George Pragnall
14) Oliver Brown 3 (5) 1 Saqib Nasir
15) Andreas Ploner 3 (5) 0 Reanne Evans
16) Peter Devlin 3 (5) 2 Joel Walker
17) Daniel Womersley 3 (5) 2 Brandon Sargeant
18) Callum Lloyd 0 (5) 3 Charlie Walters
19) Dylan Emery 2 (5) 3 Matthew Day
20) Mitchell Mann 3 (5) 2 Barry Pinches
21) Iulian Boiko 0 (5) 3 Jamie Curtis-Barrett
22) Lucky Vatnani 2 (5) 3 John Foster
23) Joshua Thomond 3 (5) 1 Luke Simmonds
24) David Grace 3 (5) 2 Christopher Keogan

Round 3
25) Brian Ochoiski 0 (5) 3 Ben Hancorn
26) Steven Hallworth 3 (5) 1 Patrick Whelan
27) George Pragnall 0 (5) 3 Oliver Brown
28) Andreas Ploner 1 (5) 3 Peter Devlin
29) Daniel Womersley 3 (5) 2 Charlie Walters
30) Matthew Day 0 (5) 3 Mitchell Mann
31) Jamie Curtis-Barrett 1 (5) 3 John Foster
32) Joshua Thomond 0 (5) 3 David Grace

Quarter Finals
33) Ben Hancorn 3 (5) 2 Steven Hallworth
34) Oliver Brown 0 (5) 3 Peter Devlin
35) Daniel Womersley 3 (5) 2 Mitchell Mann
36) John Foster 1 (5) 3 David Grace

Semi Finals
37) Ben Hancorn 3 (5) 0 Peter Devlin
38) Daniel Womersley 0 (5) 3 David Grace

Final
39) Ben Hancorn 0 (5) 3 David Grace