Snooker: Bonnyrigg's Leslie soars into semis

Michael LESLIE, the 17-year-old rising snooker star from Bonnyrigg, reached the semi-finals of Event 3 of the Main Tour Series at the Locarno Snooker Club in Edinburgh yesterday.

Leslie overcame Scotland's No.?1 ranked player Scott McKenzie of Glasgow 4-2 in the last 32 stage to inflict McKenzie's first defeat of the season. Leslie was then in superb form, making a 130 total clearance on his way to a 4-0 victory over Glasgow's Michael Collumb in the last 16.

Leslie then fought back from 3-1 down to Davie McLelland of Glasgow in the quarter-finals before winning the last three frames for a 4-3 victory and will now face Edinburgh's Stuart Johnstone in the semi-final next Sunday, also at the Locarno club.

Mark Boyle of Cumbernauld plays Sean Iqbal of Glasgow in the other semi-final.