INVERKEITHING potter Liam Dunster is plotting to rack up more victories in the professional ranks after landing world and Scottish pool titles.

The 21-year-old (far right), of Spencerfield Road, will cue up on the pro tour in the eight-ball version of the sport from next month after a successful end to 2014 saw him retain his world under-23 championship title before victory in the Scottish event the very next day.

That followed a win in the Fife senior tournament and a runners-up spot in the senior UK Open in October, where he pocketed £1500 in prize money despite suffering an agonising 10-9 final defeat.

Liam, who is ranked the number two adult player in Scotland, said, “The world championship was held over five days, so with that and practising I was used to playing day after day.

“I won the world title on the Friday then on Saturday I had the Scottish, so I felt that I did really well.

“I won the world championship in 2012 in Blackpool but this one meant a lot more because back then I wasn’t one of the favourites, whereas this year I was.

“I’m turning professional in February and I’ll be playing on the same tour that I have been already, which is split into professionals and amateurs.

“I got to the final of the UK Open and was 9-7 up before I lost 10-9, which was hard to take being one frame away from being the UK champion.

“But I’ve won the Fife tournament three times in a row, I’ve been playing pool for around 15 years now so I want to go as far as I can.” His success in pool follows a number of notable sporting successes during his teenage years as he became a national under-17 lawn and indoor bowls champion and a European title winner in Tae Kwon Do.

But his love of the pool table won out and he continued, “I was 16 when I decided that I wanted to play pool, especially as I got a sponsor in Darren Adamson, who runs CJ’s in Rosyth where I practice.

“That made me want to practice more and I believe that I can do well in senior events.” His dad David quipped that it was in the unlikely surrounds of Inverkeithing Bowling Club that his son first started playing the game, commenting, “I used to go to the local bowling club in Inverkeithing with him.

“I’d have a couple of beers on a Sunday afternoon and him and his brother would play pool, standing on beer crates round the table as they were too small to reach. It was just to keep them occupied and it’s gone from there.

“He doesn’t like me watching but I think as he’s got older it’s not such a big deal.

“I used to get the blame for everything if he lost but the last time he won it I sneaked in - I’d been hiding behind a curtain, as I couldn’t miss him winning the world title.

“But he’s done really well, especially to win the world championship again and the first time it has been held in Scotland.”