Triumphant Thompson makes it 3 out of 3

Sue Thompson reigned supreme at the latest ladies tour event of 2010, making it three in a row for the year and four consecutive wins overall.
She made light work of day one at Players Lounge with wins over Maggi McMillan (5-0), England captain Jackie Baker (5-1) and England International Sharon Lunn (5-2).
However England newbie Julie Fane, who had defeated Sue in the World Masters earlier in the month, pushed her to the limit once again in the quarter final and it took two great frames from Sue, including a break and dish in the decider, for her to come through the winner 6-5. Next she faced another England newcomer, Amy Beauchamp, who had reached the semis for the first time. Amy saw a few chances elude her and Sue was missing nothing. Another break dish final frame saw one of the fastest finishes ever as balls crashed into several pockets and the remainder were drop ins - to take the match 6-3.
Fellow finalist Collette Henriksen had also found form at the tour after an under-par World Championships, overcoming Tracy Heaton (5-1), Amy Coley (5-3) and 10th seed Michelle Rooney (5-2) on the first day of play. She faced newly crowned World Masters champion Michelle Brown in the quarters but hardly missed a ball to sail through 6-1, and went on to do the same against Masters Runner-up Barbara Taylor 6-2 in the semi.
So the final was to be a repeat of Morley (T5 2009) and after both players being in great form over the weekend it was expected to be a close match. It was Collette who had the early breaks and should have been 3-0 up, but instead found herself 2-1 down and never recovered from there. Sue showed why she is the ten-time World Champion and raced away with the match 7-1.

Having being knocked out of the main event by Collette Henriksen, Amy Coley was delighted to go forward and take the plate prize for the second time since joining the tour. She didn't drop a frame in matches against Amy Dunk and Liz Disney, overcame the experienced Rena Marsden5-3 in the quarter final and a very impressive 5-0 over Anne-Lousie Arkle, who was going for three in a row! Her final against newcomer Katie Henrick got off to a flyer as she found herself 4-0 up. But Katie dug deep to bring it back to a deciding frame. Amy held her nerve well however and stepped up to break and dish the deciding frame.