Hawke's Bay's national champion Bayden Jackson reached today's quarter-finals of the North Island snooker championships in convincing fashion at the Havelock North Club during the weekend.
Jackson, the top seed, is unbeaten and hasn't dropped a frame. He beat Whanganui's Mike Watson in his last-16 match last night.
When Hawke's Bay Today went to press last night Jackson was the only Bay player to have reached the quarter-finals.
"I'm pretty happy with my form. Hopefully I can keep it up on the final day," Jackson said.
Fellow Bay player and Jackson's co-organiser of the 28-player event, Dave Judd, had to beat Palmerston North's Craven Teua last night to become Jackson's quarter-final opponent this morning. Hawke's Bay's Paul Temple missed out on a quarter-final spot when beaten 3-0 by Auckland's 2016 national champion Louis Chand in their last-16 match.