Billy O'Neill's hopes of reaching the last 16 of the World Amateur Snooker Championship in New Zealand ended yesterday when he lost 4-2 to Scotland's Chris Shade. O'Neill had earlier kept his hopes of qualifying from his group alive when he beat Englishman Paul Morgan 4-3 but needed a victory against Shade to have a chance of progressing.
O'Neill fails to qualify from group
Billy O'Neill's hopes of reaching the last 16 of the World Amateur Snooker Championship in New Zealand ended yesterday when he…
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