Lines Lifts English Amateur Tour Title in Leeds

Peter Lines defeated Allan Taylor 4-0 to win the second English Amateur Tour event of the season at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds.

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Lines, who also reached the final of the first event before losing out to Sanderson Lam, won through a field of 85 cueists in West Yorkshire to win the title and move to the top of the English Amateur Tour ranking list.

It was a tough start for 56-year-old, who trailed fellow former professional Harvey Chandler 3-2 in the last 64 before forcing a decider by taking the sixth by a 67-66 scoreline.

After winning that decisive seventh frame, Lines then whitewashed 17-year-old Harry Goddard with a top break of 103 – one of seven century breaks compiled across the weekend which raised money for The Brain Tumour Charity, the official charity partner of the EPSB during the 2026/27 campaign.

This victory had seen Lines earn his place in a final day that began with Ryan Davies ending the 10-match unbeaten streak of event one winner Lam on the English Amateur Tour.

Davies would himself fall in the next round to Simon Bedford, who Lines subsequently defeated in a decider to reach the title match – having earlier beaten O’Shay Scott (4-1) and James Lee (4-2) to reach the last four.

Awaiting him in the final was Taylor, who had whitewashed Matthew Glasby in the semi-finals to earn a last round meeting with Lines.

Lines was in dominant form at the vital moment as he kicked off the final with a contribution of 86 and rounded off the title win with a break of 74 in the fourth to comfortably secure the title.

Event three of the English Amateur Tour takes place at Unit 27 in Weston Super Mare on 7-8 November. Enter now via WPBSA SnookerScores.