Whanganui players had the edge over the visitors in the Clubman Snooker Invitational Singles competition at the Wanganui East Club over the weekend.
![Palmerston North visitor Ray Banks was runner-up in the annual Clubman Snooker Invitaional Singles at the Wanganui East Club over the weekend.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/2YU4KPDBTJINKBOHBK2KJINZB4.jpg?auth=8628967dc01166c7747a548baba9e93dcb84730fc4683794be6ebeb321e52399&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
Hometown exponent Richard Matthews won the main event after an epic battle with Palmerston North's Ray Banks. Matthews won 2-1 in a final that could have gone either way in the best of three frames.
![Whanganui's Neville Edwards came out on top to win the Flight section of the Clubman Snooker Invitational Singles tournament at the weekend.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/T5LUKE3TJWY27RZ7OQKJ2TV5V4.jpg?auth=90c117e89926b00be05d375bdd21237d5b32f7b3f33727b0b0afc25ab5a7656c&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
In other results, Whanganui's Neville Edwards came out on top to win the Flight and Harry Parslow, also Whanganui, won the plate section.