2011/12 National Snooker Championships: Borg wins his eleventh national title

Alex Borg maintained his status as Malta national champion on Friday night following a 7-4 victory in the final over Duncan Bezzina of La Vincitrice Band Club, Senglea.

Alex Borg
Alex Borg

The final, at De Rohan Band Club, Zebbug was played in front of a sizeable crowd and under the control of referee Gaetano Camilleri. This is the eleventh national title for Borg who plays for Juventutis Domus of Zejtun.

It was Bezzina who took the first two frames of the final with the scores of 84-14 and 68-24 including a break of 52 in the first frame. The next two frames were shared with Borg winning the third only for Bezzina to hit a 56 and make it 3-1.  Borg won the next two  to level the scores at 3-3 going into the mid-session interval. When play resumed Borg won the seventh frame 58-21 and added the next two helped by breaks of 45 and 70 to go 6-3 up. Bezzina made it 6-4 with a break of 48 in the tenth frame and led 46-9 in the eleventh. Borg made 37 to level the scores with only one red left on the table. Bezzina conceded 30 points after failing to hit a difficult snooker and Borg clinched victory winning the frame 91-46 for a final score of 7-4 and the title of national champion.

Frame scores: (Borg first) 14-84(52), 24-68, 69-35, 36-80(56), 70-61, 63-26, 58-21, 71(45)-45, 95(70)-0, 1-91(48), 91-46.

After the final, MBSA President Mr. Joe Caruana Curran presented the trophy to Alex Borg.