China's Liu Song clinched his second PIOS victory of the season with a 6-3 win over Paul Davison in the final of Event Six at Pontin's.

Twenty-two year old Liu Song swept into a 4-1 lead in the best of eleven frames final, after Davison had taken the opener with a 46 clearance.

Liu Song produced two forty plus breaks in the second, 39 in the third and a 45 clearance in the fourth. Another break of 45 gave him the upper hand in the fifth and he added brown to pink to secure the frame.

Davison, cleared up to take the sixth but fell three behind again when Liu Song opened with 47 and potted blue and pink for 5-2. The next went to Davison and he opened up with 34 in the ninth, but let Liu Song back to the table.

A run of thirty-nine from the Chinese star set up a tense conclusion which was resolved when Liu Song added a further twenty-three points to put the frame and match beyond doubt.

"I just ran out of steam", said an exhausted Davison, who had played five matches to reach the final and won the deciding frame in all of them.

Davison has moved up to second on the PIOS ranking list and is almost certain to return to the Main Tour next season.

Liu Song, meanwhile, vaults up into third place in the promotion race, ahead of Chris Melling, who missed the event and barring mathematical uncertainties looks set to return to the Main Tour to join his countryman Ding Junhui.

"I am very happy to win the event and next season to be on the Main Tour again", said Song.

But he wasn't quite so happy that the Chinese Assocation had overlooked him when selecting the wildcards for the China Open. "They have given the places to the young players", said the veteran twenty-two year old.

Liu Song now turns his attention to the IBSF World Grand Prix which commences on Wednesday morning in Pontin's. "I would love to win that also, but if I cannot, then I hope my team mate Tian Pengfei will be the winner."

Liu Song was surprised and delighted to find he had a considerable fan club watching his matches as players arrived for the IBSF event from Chinese Taipei, Thailand and India.

"It was a nice surprise to see friends from China and other Asian countries and have their support. And it is always nice to have a good audience for an important match."

(Source: World Snooker February 21, 2006)?