Last weekend, playing Australia’s biggest 8-ball tournament for prize money, the Slate Pro Championship in Geelong, Melbourne, he finished equal third in a top-class field of 64.
He won five matches and only dropped two — his first of two lives and his semifinal — to arguably Oceania’s best pool player, Aussie Jake McCartney.
In his last-16 game he potted a vital ‘Z’ shot and in his quarterfinal he won 11-9 after being 6-0 down.
His performance was even more meritorious in front of a hostile crowd — "that was pretty tough, not something I’ve experienced before".
On other hand, he says "the messages of support from all around NZ were unbelievable".
Recently, Singleton, who’s 42, through a feat of logistics managed to win the North Island and South Island 8-ball singles titles even though they were being competed for at the same time.
"They tried to overlap the events so people couldn’t play both."
Singleton, who’s ranked no.1 in NZ in Kiwi rules pool, also holds the NZ title which he’ll defend in October — "I’m the first person in NZ to hold all three titles".
Meanwhile, he’ll be representing NZ for the second year running at the World Eightball Pool Federation champs in Ennis, Ireland, next month.
