Peter Donati, Hans Georgieff and Rolf Stevo were winners for Blue, with Robin McEnnulty replying for Grey.

Rex Swain and Adam Bindoff were winners for Exeter in its draw with LWC Gold, for whom John Fraser and newcomer Garry Bjarnoe- Elliot were winners.

Flaming Devils and LWC Black also had a 2-2 draw, with Heath and Josh Rainbow (Devils), David Bates and Bruce Lockley (Black) as winners.

On Wednesday night, LWC Green went top of the ladder with a 9-3 win over Longford, featuring wins to Rhoan Phelps, David Thomas and Anthony Thomas.

LWC Red beat Exeter 7-5 while LWC teams Amber and Navy had a 6-6 draw, with Damien Bushby for Amber and Nick Bruneau for Navy winning both frames.

Highest A grade break went to David Sheppard, of Launceston RSL Grey, with 45, Exeter Green's Noddy Francomb amassing 23 on Wednesday.

Junior titles

THE junior championships conducted in March at the Launceston Workers Club resulted in: under-15 snooker champion Cale Barrett (NW), runner-up Grace Cowie (South); under-15 billiards champion Cale Barrett, runner-up Josh Rainbow (North); under-18 snooker champion Anthony Adams (South); runner-up Andrew Rainbow (North); under-18 billiards champion Andrew Rainbow (North); runner-up Jason Featherstone (South).

Player profile

RON Atkins would definitely be Tasmania's best-known cueist, having won 16 Tasmanian championships and three Australian snooker championships (1975, '76 and '77).

He was also runner-up in '66 and '78, with his crowning glory being finishing runner- up to Englishman Jimmy White in the IBSF world snooker championship at the Albert Hall, Launceston, in 1980.

Atkins also played eightball, representing Australia in the 2002 masters series, and was runner-up in the international masters singles.