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Nanai wins title with classy play

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18 Mar, 2023 08:35 AMQuick Read

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A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

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SNOOKER

Alex Nanai was in a class of his own as he won Gisborne Cosmopolitan Club’s A Grade snooker title for 2018.

Nanai did not lose a frame throughout the competition, putting an exclamation mark on his performance with a 2-0 win against Phil Thompson senior in the best-of-three-frames final.

The competition drew a field of nine, including B Grade competitors Tiny Thompson and Bill Raggett.

Qualifying was over three frames in two sections.

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Nanai and Thompson were joined in the semifinals by Wayne Tautau and Tony Cleaver.

Thompson beat Tautau and Nanai eliminated Cleaver.

Six players contested the C Grade crown — Larry Robinson, Dave Middlemiss, Athol Hjorring, Mary Kerekere, Te Rina Hawkins and Busby Akuhata.

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From the three sections, Akuhata, Robinson, Middlemiss and Hawkins advanced to the semifinals.

Akuhata beat Robinson and Middlemiss defeated Hawkins.

Akuhata beat Middlemiss in the final.

Ten players entered the B Grade championship last month, with Raggett defeating Nathan Coombs in the final.

Raggett knocked out Tiny Thompson in one semifinal, while Coombs beat Middlemiss in the other.

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