John Kennish has been crowned the 2018 Fowler and Co. Isle of Man Billiards and Snooker Association’s Champion of Champions.

The relatively new event, which mirrors World Snooker’s competition of the same name - won by Ronnie O’Sullivan this year - sees the island’s top 16 players from the previous season face off over three weekends in November.

Kennish defeated Peter Crellin 8-3 in the final on Sunday, having won his early round fixtures 3-0 and 4-0, before beating ex-professional Darryl Hill 6-5 in the semi-finals.

This is Kennish’s first victory in this competition, while it has previously been won by Darryl Hill (twice) and Sean Corkish last year.

Crellin defeated Corkish on his route to this year’s final, as well as Calum Gardner 6-4 in their semi-final match.

Hill had the honour of registering the highest break of the competition with a top run of 71.

Kennish was presented with the winner’s trophy by event guest Rob Callister MHK at Finch Hill Bowling and Snooker Club.

DOLLIN MERCER