Final played at Churchills Eastleigh, Thursday 4 April 2019
Chandlers Ford Central's Danny Zagaroli beat holder and teammate John Mullane in an entertaining final played at Churchills Eastleigh. The final played over two, hour long sessions, started with Mullane making a finely crafted 51 break and a 36 to lead Zagaroli by 95 points to 78, after Zagaroli had made a 27 and 32 in the first 15 minutes. Zagaroli then started to find his range, as he made two breaks of 30, and a fine 62, to lead by 215 to 129 with 20 minutes to go in the first hour, as Mullane struggled to find his form, making a 27 break. Zagaroli helped by more table-time in the first hour, then made a 32 and 22 to lead by 307 to 160 at the halfway mark. At the resumption, Zagaroli kicked on again, making breaks of 18, 40, 20, 18 and 20 to lead by a considerable 200 points, 415 to 215. Mullane then finally found some rhythm, making a 47 break with 30 minutes to go, to trail by 271 to 435. But Zagaroli hit back making a 45 break to lead by 480 to 271. Mullane had to respond if he wanted to have any chance of retaining the Gordon Lewis Championship Trophy. Well he did, making fluent runs of 67 and 55 with 13 minutes to go, to trail by only 67 points, 413 to 480! Could he force the match into a nail-biting final few minutes? Well, Zagaroli responded like the true champion he is, and as the tension mounted in the last 10 minutes, compiled a 16, a ten 'hazard' 33 and a 28 unfinished break at the two hour buzzer to win his ninth Gordon Lewis Championship Trophy by 574 points to 450. Well played Danny!

John Mullane 450 (51, 36, 47, 67, 55) V Danny Zagaroli 574 (32, 30, 30, 62, 32, 40, 45, 33)