The 21-year-old, of Spencerfield Road, got his hands on the singles trophy at the European Blackball Association event earlier this month after a nerve-wracking 6-5 win over Wales’ Ryan Jones in the final to add to the world under-23 title that he won last year.

Dunster was one of three West Fifers – along with Dunfermline’s Colin De Swarte and Crossgates’ Graeme Jarrett – who travelled to the competition in Bridlington that also attracted players from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, France, Cyprus, and Catalonia.

Roared on by his very own ‘Tartan Army’ – including James Jack, of Cowdenbeath, Mark Thomson, of Kirkcaldy, and Glenrothes’ Aaron Daly – Dunster missed a match-winning black at 5-3 that allowed Jones to come back and level the match before he held his nerve to win the final frame.

He told Press Sport, “This one was the only title missing from my CV and I would’ve hated to have been over 23 and not won it. I got beat in two finals before and made the semi-final last year so it was more relief than joy, especially as I’m the favourite in every event that I play in.

“I was really disappointed when I missed the black to win 6-3 but I was hoping that I would get another chance, and thankfully I did. At the start there were under-15, under-18 and ladies finals going in with a Scot in each one, but mine was the slowest final so I had everyone watching by the end. It was good to have that support there.” Despite his success in the singles, Dunster was unable to inspire Scotland to victory in the team event, where they lost 13-7 to England in the A section final, while De Swarte and Jack also fell to a final defeat to England in the B section.

Dunster, who turned professional in the sport at the start of the year, had little time for celebrations after his title win as he contested the senior men’s event, reaching the quarter-final of the singles and helping Scotland to the last four of the team contest where England again proved too high a mountain to climb.

He added, “That is the second year in a row that I lost in the quarter-final of the men’s event and I hoped that I would get further, but if you’d said to me beforehand that I’d get there then I’d have taken that.

“But I became a professional this year and I’m really enjoying playing on the tour so far. Hopefully I can set my sights a bit higher again next year.”