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DOHERTY WINS TRIM PRO-AM 2009
This week the annual Trim snooker pro-am was held and with a high class field the snooker was superb. Ken Doherty won the final beating Michael Judge 5-2
Highest Break in the event - 139 David Hogan
Last 16
Ken Doherty 4-1 Brendan O Donoghue
Martin McCrudden 4-2 TJ Dowling
David Hogan 4 -3 Patrick Wallace
David Morris 4-1 John Sutton
Michael Judge 4-2 Colm Gilcrest
Joe Delaney 4-2 Nigel Power
Jordan Brown 4-3 Johnny Williams
Robert Murphy 4-3 Joe Swail
Last 8
Ken Doherty 4-3 Martin McCrudden
David Hogan 4-3 David Morris
Michael Judge 4-0 Joe Delaney
Robert Murphy 4-3 Jordan Browne
Semi Finals
Ken Doherty 5-2 David Hogan
Michael Judge 5-3 Robert Murphy
Final
Ken Doherty 5-2 Michael Judge
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GRAY AND CRONIN QUALIFY FOR MALTA UNDER 17's
The 4th successive Invitational European U/17 Snooker Open will be held 5th - 10th of January 2010 in Malta.
Ryan Cronin and Andrew Gray won the Qualfying event on Sunday 25th October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club - Carlow.
The Two players will be offered free hotel accommodation with buffet breakfast at the 4 star San Antonio Hotel & Spa in Bugibba in Malta
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GOGGINS WINS Q CLUB PRO -AM
LAST 16
David Hogan Vs Stephen Hegarty 5 - 0
Ken Doherty Vs Glen Doyle 5 - 0
David Morris Vs Robert Murphy 5 - 2
Vincent Muldoon Vs Joe Delaney (Dub) 3 - 5
Michael Judge Vs TJ Dowling 5 - 2
Martin McCrudden Vs Clinton Freaney W/O
Rodney Goggins Vs Joe O Meara 5 - 1
Joe Swail Vs Danny Kelly 5 - 0
Q-FINAL
David Hogan Vs Ken Doherty 1 - 5
David Morris Vs Joe Delaney 4 - 5
Michael Judge Vs Clinton Freaney 5 - 2
Rodney Goggins Vs Joe Swail 5 - 1
SEMI-FINAL
Ken Doherty Vs Joe Delaney 4-5
Michael Judge Vs Rodney Goggins 4-5
THE FINAL
Joe Delaney Vs Rodney Goggins 2-5
Highest Break : 114 Joe Delaney
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MUCKELL WIN JOHN CRONIN MEMORIAL
Darragh Muckell won the event beating Patsy Farrell from Nenagh 2-0 in the final.
Well done Darragh on great days play.
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Johnny's wife Nora and sister Beatrice and young sons JJ and Denis were present at the final, and Limerick Snooker Committee member Jude Meaney paid tribute to them.
A special mention to Neil Madigan for the excellent work done to make this memorial event possible.
R.I.P. Johnny you will never be forgotten by Limerick and Irish Snooker.
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6 RED WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN IRELAND
The 6 Red World Championships are being held in the INEC, Killarney from the 15th to 18th of December and the entry is now open.
The event will take place with a maximum of 160 players in groups of 5 players and you could be there competing alongside the worlds top pros.
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Entry into the event is €150 and the group stages will be held over the first two days with the top two players progressing to the knockout stages on the Thursday.
The web site for the event can be found at www.6redworldchampionships.com and the entry form can be found there also. However the fastest way to enter is by ringing your entry into the INEC Box-office at 00 353 64 6671555.
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12th October 2009
CELBRIDGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Celbridge Snooker Club celebrates its 25th year of their 'Player of the Year' event which begins next Thursday, 15th October 2009.
The event is held every Thursday night and it is open to all players who would like to follow in the footsteps of great Champions on the Roll of Honour.
3 Times Champion - Phil Martin
Past Champions include Brendan Devlin, Alan Caulwell, TJ Dowling, Phil Martin, Tom McKeown and the great Joe Canny.
The Prize fund for this season is
1st €1000
2nd €400
3rd €250
4th €150
5th €100
6th €80
7th €70
8th €50
Over €10,000 in prizes will be paid out through the season.
The reigning Champion is Stevie Cullen.
The event will use a Handicap system to level out all standard of players.
If anyone would like to play in this years event please contact
Celbridge Snooker Club on 01 6272224
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NEW SPONSOR FOR THE RIBSA INTERMEDIATE SNOOKER TOUR
October 4th 2009
International Snooker player Clinton Franey from Wicklow will sponsor the RIBSA Intermediate Snooker Tour this season with his company www.sustainableheating.ie
Clinton Franey and Jim Leacy Chairman RIBSA along with John Doherty Vice-Chairman of RIBSA at the sponsorship announcement
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RIBSA HONOUR DAVID HOGAN
October 4th 2009
Championship in Belgium.