A sizeable crowd was present at the De Paule Band Club hall last weekend for the final of the second ranking tournament of the season, contested by Duncan Bezzina and Mario Brincat.

Bezzina, who represents Senglea’s La Vincitrice BC, won the best-of-nine encounter 5-2.

To reach the final he had to show his best qualities and eliminate Malta champion Alex Borg 4-3 in a very balanced match that could have gone either way. Brincat, who plays for Jesmond Sports Club, beat Brian Cini 4-2 in the semis.

Brincat made a 70-clearance break when trailing 2-0.

Bezzina then potted a 54 and won frame five 60-21 to go 4-1 up. Brincat tried to stay in contention when pulling back to 4-2 but Bezzina made sure of the title in the seventh frame which he won 75-16.

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