Wayne Tautau lines up a shot during the Burnie Hart Memorial at the Cossie Club. Tautau won the club’s A-Grade championship to add another title to his collection.Picture by Paul Rickard
Prolific snooker title winner Wayne Tautau added another to his collection at the 2023 Gisborne Cossie Club grade championship.
Tautau topped a field of 12 players in the A-Grade champs.
Qualifying was played over three frames and the semifinalists were Tautau, George Munro, John Warren and Alex Nanai.
Tatau beat Munro 2-1 and Warren defeated Nanai by the same score.
Tautau went on to beat Warren 2-0 in the final.
Ten players entered the B-Grade champs and those to advance to the last four were Barry Cox, Victor Lane, Larry Robinson and Dave Duffy.
Lane ousted Cox 2-1 and Robinson eliminated Duffy 2-1.
Robinson emerged the champion with a 2-1 final defeat of Lane.
The three players in the C-Grade champs played a round-robin competition.
Kath McLatchie won with Tony Dobson second and Mary Kerekere third.
The next event is the President’s Trophy on Saturday, November 4.
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