Local pool ace continues to scoop up titles, number one rankings and thousands of pounds in prize money!

The Bourne Snooker Club professional is almost £2,500 richer after two tournament wins and a runners-up spot in three events over the last fortnight.

Gray was in Chatham, Kent for the Southern Seniors Tour Event 5 and raced to the final after wins of 6-1, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0 and 6-4 before running into Ultimate Pool pro Dylan Leary who played perfect pool to win 6-1. Gray picked up £500 for a second place finish from a field of 64, but confirmed his number one ranking on this tour.

Gray stayed over to play the Carl Disney Seniors Kent Open at the same venue the following day and picked up the £400 first prize from a field of 55 after wins of 6-2 6-0 6-3 6-5 and 6-1.

And those events proved to the perfect warm-up for a bigger tournament, the International Rules Pool Tour Amateur Tour Grand Finals at Club 147 in Leicester. There were 96 entrants in this one, but Gray was seeded through to the last 32 and promptly won matches 6-1, 6-1, 7-3 and 7-1 to reach the final against Danny Davies from Leicester.

Gray started the final well to lead 4-1, but Davies hit back to draw level at 6-6 and force a deciding frame. Gray broke dry and Davies looked set to clear up until missing the final black ball leaving our man to step in and clear up to win £1,500 and confirm another end-of-year number one ranking.

In Gray’s last 10 competitions he’s reached the final on every occasion and won eight of them. He has ended the year number one on three different tours, the Southern Seniors Tour, the IRPT Amateur Tour and the IRPT over 40s Tour. Gray is back in Leicester this month for the IRPT Over 50s Grand Finals weekend. He is currently ranked number one on that tour, a ranking he will retain barring a disastrous display.