Championship League Group Six

Barry Hawkins claimed the sixth spot in the Winner's Group
after beating Stephen Maguire 3-1 in the Group Six final.

Stephen Maguire lost his third consecutive Championship League group final as Barry Hawkins defeated him 3-1, to secure the penultimate spot in the Winner’s Group. The Scot had previously lost out to Mark Allen and Martin Gould in Groups Four and Five respectively and found himself trailing when Hawkins hit back with a 65 in the opener after Maguire ran aground on 55 earlier in the frame. He did hit back with a 76 break in the second frame but The Hawk secured the match with breaks of 62 and 46 in the next two frames.

Previously, Hawkins had come through his semi-final with a 3-0 whitewashing of Ryan Day although the Welshman did have the slight consolation of holding the group’s highest break during his league phase match against Maguire. The other semi saw Maguire defeat Hong Kong’s Marco Fu 3-1.

Those two along with Day and fifth placed Dominic Dale will return for the final group of Championship League snooker in March where they will be joined by Robert Milkins, Tom Ford and Andrew Higginson for the last chance to qualify for the Winner’s Group. Eliminated from the competition were Ricky Walden and Marcus Campbell who finished sixth and seventh respectively.

Final Table:                                                                                 

	Pld	Won	Lost	FW	FL	Pts	Money
Barry Hawkins	6	4	2	14	7	4	£1,400
Stephen Maguire	6	4	2	13	11	4	£1,300
Marco Fu	6	3	3	14	12	3	£1,400
Ryan Day	6	3	3	12	12	3	£1,200
Dominic Dale	6	3	3	12	13	3	£1,200
Ricky Walden	6	3	3	10	12	3	£1,000
Marcus Campbell	6	1	5	7	15	1	£700