Tautau wins President’s Trophy

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

Wayne Tautau’s list of snooker achievements got a little longer when the President’s Trophy was decided at the Cosmopolitan Club.

The trophy, played off handicap, brings together players who have won or been runner-up in Gisborne Cossie Snooker Club tournaments over the year.

A full field of 16 lined up, with eight players qualifying for the main event and the other eight contesting the plate.

Tautau, Kevin Kennedy, Tony Cleaver and Larry Robinson advanced to the best-of-three-frames semifinals of the main event.

Cleaver beat Kennedy 2-0 while Tautau defeated Robinson by the same score.

Tautau went on to beat Cleaver 2-0 in the final.

Les Bryon, Tony Murphy, Busby Akuhata and Tiny Thompson fought out the plate honours.

Bryon knocked out Murphy while Akuhata eliminated Thompson.

Bryon beat Akuhata in the final.

The snooker club’s annual general meeting is at 11am on Saturday, December 14. It will be followed by a snooker dash and barbecue.