Gant cruises way to success at Griffin

CRAIG Gant was the comfortable victor in the latest sixteen at the Griffin.

The bookies short-priced favourite Gant was in great form to beat Mick Higgins in the final 21-8.

Gant showed his class throughout starting with a big win against one of the Griffin’s most long-serving members Ronnie Wormald in first round winning 21-5.

He then met Tongsbridge team- mates Andy Sorsby in the last eight and Nick White in semi-finals.

It looked on paper like it could be a great final between Higgins, who had also shown his class in beating Michael Sweeney and Terry Brook to single figures on route.

However, Gant started off the final playing a good length and took a 7-0 lead.

Higgins never really looked like catching him from there with Gant running out a 21-8 winner.

First round: R Mudd 21 G Price 19, D Tattersley 9 T Brook 21, M Sweeney 21 G Fellows 12, J Abbott 4 M Higgins 21, B Tinker 16 A Sorsby 21, R Wormald 5 C Gant 21, F Greenwood 11 N White 21, R Whitwam 21 G Sigsworth 21

Quarter-finals: Mudd 13 Brook 21, Sweeney 7 Higgins 21, Sorsby 14 Gant 21, White 21 Whitwam 18

Semi-finals: Brook 8 Higgins 21, Gant 21 White 11 Final: Gant 21 Higgins 8 The draw for next week’s sixteen, sponsored by Alan Hirst, is: M Allman v J Baxter, B Smyth v J Brown, J Dyson v D Rae, M Wood v G Siswick, R Sutton v T Graham, P Hopkinson v S Price, L Schofield v B Gibson, G Fellows v G Metcalf.

Members need to put their name down for the pairs by noon on Sunday.