AS CORK SNOOKER takes its seasonal break, with the Cork Billiards and Snooker Association (CBSA) Cork snooker league resuming in mid January it is an opportunity to take a look at this seasons action so far in the thriving sport of ‘Rebel Snooker’ down south in Cork City and County.

After International representation in Malta and Canada for David Cassidy and Greg Casey of the Crucible Snooker Club, on return from Republic of Ireland duty the CBSA had their annual general meeting and all officers elected were as before with the exception of Derek O’Neill of Douglas Snooker Club who became the associations new Chairman.

O’Neill to his credit has been very active getting around to as many games as possible as well as attending both the under 14 and under 16 Cork snooker championships this year so far. The league were saddened to hear that last years champions Shooters from Blackpool would not be competing this season, as well as Fermoy CYMS , so Douglas Snooker Club to their credit entered a second side into the CBSA Cork snooker league.

Early games in the league belonged to Youghal CYMS who were unbeaten home or away, and the return of Aaron Tobin to the side certainly gave Brendan Cooney’s team a fantastic option.

It took a while for the Crucible to get going, but right up until the Christmas break last Thursday Jimmy Hussey’s talented side remain unbeaten with an exciting eight frames to seven frames black ball victory against Youghal CYMS in the Market House, gaining a valuable three away points.

The CBSA Cork snooker league is certainly dominated by both Youghal and the Crucible this year, where both sides have qualified comfortably for the league semi finals, but who will join these two sides is the burning question.

Three sides are now in a position to fill those remaining two spots, the AOH, Douglas ‘A’ and Youghal CYMS ‘B’, with the Morrison’s Island men of the AOH looking definite qualifiers and a battle between Youghal and Douglas to be played out in late January for the other spot. Whoever qualifies will be very hard pushed to make it through to the 2012 final, it really looks likely to be Youghal CYMS ‘A’ and last years runners up, the Crucible in the decider.

At under age level within CBSA this year there were two championships played, the Cork under 14 snooker championship was held at Fermoy CYMS and was eventually won by Youghal CYMS player Noel Landers, who won the event without dropping a frame en-route to victory.

The Cork under 16 snooker championships were held at Youghal CYMS and this was certainly a one man show, with Youghal CYMS player Aaron Tobin breezing his way through the field to secure the Cork county title.

The under age structure at Youghal CYMS is incredible and the standard of players coming through is frightening, from as young as ten years of age upwards are very capable players indeed.

2011 saw the return of top class professional snooker back in the Province for the first time in decades as ‘World Snookers’ Players Tour Championship 8 (PTC8) arrived in Killarney last October and Nine CBSA players entered into the event. The standard was very high and all but one Cork player Ryan Cronin made it through the qualifiying stages to play in the last 128 main event.

Ryan a well known player from the Crucible was unlucky in his match against Stephen Maguire in the main event, but put together a great run in the Amateur Cup, making it as far as the semi finals.

All credit to the Cork players who played in the top class professional tournament and if the PTC returns back to Killarney again next year, I am sure plenty of the ‘Rebel Cue-men’ will enter into the event.

Now Cork Snooker is in its break it will give the players and indeed their clubs time to think ahead to January where as well as league resumption the Munster Snooker Club Championship will start on Friday the 20th of January at the Gleneagle Hotel and there are seven Cork sides involved in the tournament and hopes are high for Cork success next year.

Previous championship winners in 2000 Youghal CYMS ‘A’ will be travelling to Killarney for a consecutive 25th year, which in itself is a fantastic achievement.

Youghal have every chance too, if things go their way , but the Cork favourites going into the event will certainly be the Crucible with Internationals Greg Casey, David Cassidy, Ryan Cronin, Daniel O’Regan and the newly acquired Garry O’Sullivan the Crucible look like potentially the team who could go all the way.

Next year also sees the National under 21 and under 19 championship finals in Cork, when they will be played in Douglas Snooker Club in March. The south side club will also host the Cork Close championships on the 19th of February and one other significant date in Cork for the new year is the 8th of January when the Cork under 19 snooker championships will be held at the Crucible snooker club.

So plenty of top quality snooker to look forward to in 2012, but for now from everyone involved in the game a very Happy Christmas and a peaceful new year. For all Cork snooker information check out www.corkbilliardsandsnookerassociation.com or for all snooker enquiries go to www.ribsa.ie

 

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Tuesday March 29 (19.15pm) European Snooker Championships 2011

At the European Snooker Championships in Malta Derek Kiely

THE OPENING CEREMONY of the 2011 European Snooker Championships takes place at the Dolmen Hotel in Malta this evening where from tomorrow morning the 30th of March until April the 7th over 25 Nations will battle it out in the various European Snooker Championship competitions.

There are four categories here in Malta this week and the Republic of Ireland have serious chances of success in three different events, including the European Senior Team Championship, the European Masters Championships and the all new under 21 European Individual Snooker Championships, which has the dream ticket for the winner who will get a place on the Pro –Tour. There is also a Ladies European Championships, but the Republic of Ireland will not be involved in this event.

Republic of Ireland U21 Team Manager, Don O’Donoghue said “We have as good a chance as any other European Nation here in Malta, we have a team of top class players with us out here and if you get the bit of luck you always need and take your chances when they come along, then we have every chance”.

The venue here at the Dolmen Hotel is just spectacular, with 16 World Class Riley tables, 12 tables are set up in the main arena and four separate tables located in the Dolmen room of the hotel.The viewing area for spectators is also first class and with live scoring, and constant daily updates and reports, it is assured that the snooker public on this beautiful Mediterranean Island won’t miss a thing.

The under 21 European Individual Snooker Championships will start on the 2nd of April and run through until April the 7th, so the four Republic of Ireland Under 21 players, Vincent Muldoon, Greg Casey, Jason Devaney and David Cassidy will arrive here in Malta on Friday the 1st of April, but the rest of the Republic of Ireland team including the Chairman of RIBSA and the EBSA Jim Lacey flew out of Dublin Airport at 7.30am this morning and have arrived safely.

This evening at 9pm there will the European Snooker Championships opening ceremony and this will be a chance to see the teams on the eve of the event, and then tomorrow these European Cue-Men and Ladies will test the Green Baize in Malta in search of the prestigious title of European Snooker Champions, it is assured to be another brilliant 10 days of top class snooker.

More to follow later this evening…Including a report from the opening ceremony and Pictures. The Pictures will be general, so if you want to use a Picture of your Nations interest , please do

For all press information

Contact Derek Kiely 00353 894191901

Email derekkiely@yahoo.ie

MARCH 30th 11.45pm

WE have had our first Century of the European Snooker Championships where the host Nation’s favourite son ‘The Tornado’ Tony Drago hit in a 107 in his opening match for the Malta 1 side who played Malta 4 in the opening match of the 2011 European Snooker Championships.

Tony said “I think that this tournament is fantastic and you must take your hat off to the Malta Billiards and Snooker Association to hold the event for the second time in 12 months. Today was a difficult one for me playing against my very good friends, but that is what these tournaments are all about. When you think of the great players like Ronnie O’Sullivan or John Higgins, they all started off as amateurs and if it wasn’t for these tournaments the great players would never have made it to the professional standings, so you should never forget your roots”.

The facilities both on and off the tables at the Dolmen Hotel have come in for praise from everyone so far here at the European Snooker Championships and Tony echoed those sentiments “I played here many years ago and I knew that the facilities and the tables would be excellent once again and I think this is a good event for Malta in every way, I hope people support it strongly”.

EBSA Press Office – Derek Kiely 00353 894191901

MARCH 30 17.10pm

DAY one of the 2011 European Snooker Championships is progressing well in Malta at the Dolmen Hotel in Qawra.

Early indications are that the standard is very good indeed with Nine 50+ Breaks including two century breaks Tony Drago, Malta (107) and Daniel Wells, Wales (112).

Scoring from today’s play:

Senior Men’s Team European Championship: Best of 19 Frames.

Wales  10 – 0 Romania:    Rep of Ireland (1) 10 – 0 Finland:   Malta (1) 10 – 2 Malta (4):   Scotland  10 – 1 Iceland:

Masters European Snooker Championships: Best of 9 Frames.

Malta (2)  0 – 5  Russia:   Rep of Ireland (1) 3 – 5 Belgium:  Malta (1) 5 – 1 Israel:

Ladies European Snooker Championships: Best of 7 Frames.

Malta 1 – 4 Israel:   Germany  4 – 1 Russia:

Later this evening there will be a full report on day one of the 2011 European Snooker Championships with tables and results.

EBSA Press: Derek Kiely 00353 894191901

DAY one concludes at the Dolmen Hotel in Qawra the venue for the 2011 European Snooker Championships on a day that the host Nation’s Malta teams played well in their opening matches.

Ireland (1) showed their worth without dropping a frame and Wales secured two wins while only dropping three frames along the way.

The tournament has four different sections to it, Senior Men’s Team, Masters (Over 40) Team and Ladies Team Championships, but the forthcoming Inaugural Under 21 Individual European Snooker Championships begin on Saturday next and will conclude with the other events on the 7th of April. Importantly the winner of the Under 21 Championship will earn a place on the Snooker Pro Tour.

In the early stages of this tournament all matches are played in ‘Group Stages’ with the eventual outcome determined by knock-out stages in all four events.

Results from Day One of the European Snooker Championships 2011 Malta.

Senior Men’s Team (3 Person) European Snooker Championships (Best of 19 Frames)

Malta (1) 10 – 2 Malta (4):  Wales 10 – 0 Romania:   Malta (2) 10 – 4 Ukraine:  Ireland (1) 10 – 0 Finland:    Scotland 10 – 1 Iceland: England 10 – 3 France:   Wales 10 – 3 Poland:   Germany 10 – 1 Israel (2) Malta (2) 10 – 2 Finland: Ireland (2) 10 – 9 Cyprus: Malta (1) 10 – 0 Romania.

Masters (Over 40) Team (2 Person) European Snooker Championships 2011 Malta (Best of 9 Frames)

Malta (1) 5 – 1 Israel: Ireland (1) 3 – 5 Belgium:   Ireland (2) 5 – 1 France:   Scotland 5- 2 Finland.

Ladies Team (2 Person) European Snooker Championships 2011 Malta (Best of 7 Frames)

Malta 2 – 4 France:   Malta 1 – 4 Israel:   Germany 4 – 1 Russia:   Germany 4 – 0 Israel:   Malta 2 – 4 Russia. Israel 2 – 4 France: Malta 5- 0 Russia:

Derek Kiely EBAS Press 00 353 89 4191901 derekkiely@yahoo.ie

 

MARCH 31 11.15am

GOOD morning everyone and welcome to ‘Day Two’ of the European Snooker Championships at the Dolmen Hotel in Malta.

There will be reports and updates and scores from the press office on a regular basis from now until 6pm and later tonight there will be a day two overview with final completed results.

Day one was all about the powerhouses of European Snooker flexing their muscles in this prestigious event, the host Nation Malta, the Republic of Ireland, Wales and England won impressively at their respective matches in the Senior Men’s team events. With the Masters (Over 40’s) in full flow, plus the Ladies event also moving along nicely.

Tomorrow the European Under 21 players will arrive in Malta ahead of the start of play on Saturday when 64 of Europe’s finest will battle it out for the title and the opportunity to play on the ‘Main Tour’.

Day One Results:

Senior Men’s Team (Three Person Best of 19 Frames) ‘GROUP A’: Malta (1) 10 – 0 Malta (4):   Malta (1) 10 – 0 Romania:   Wales 10 – 0 Romania:   Wales 10 -3 Poland:   Ireland (2) 10 – 9 Cyprus:    Ireland (2) 10 – 7 Poland: ‘GROUP B’  Ireland (1) 10 – 0 Finland:   Ireland (2) 10 -2 Iceland:   Malta (2) 10 – 2 Finland:   Malta (2) 10 – 4 Ukraine:   Scotland 10 – 3 Israel:   Scotland 10 – 1 Iceland: ‘Group C’ Malta (3) 10 – 2 France:  Malta (3) 10 – 9 Sweden:   Germany 10 – 1 Israel:   Germany 10 – 5 England:   Belgium 10 – 5 Israel: England 10 – 5.

Masters Men’s (Two Person Best of 9 Frames)’Group A’ Malta (1) 5 – 1 Israel: Belgium 5 – 3 Ireland (2):   Belgium 5 – 4 England:   ‘Group B’ Malta (2) 5 – 0 Russia:   Ireland (1) 5 – 1 France: Scotland 5 – 2 Finland

Ladies (Two Person Best of 7 Frames) Germany 4-0 Israel:   Germany 4 – 1 Russia: France 4 – 2 Israel:    France 4 – 1 Malta:   Israel 4 – 1 Malta: Russia 4 – 1 Malta: Germany 4 – 0 Malta.

In Play this morning in Session 1:

Men’ s: Current Scores:  Malta 4 – 1 Poland; Wales 3 – 1 Cyprus; Malta (4) 3 –  1 Ireland (2); Malta (2) 6 – 0 Iceland; Ireland (1) 4 – 2 Israel.

Ladies: Current Scores; France 2 – 1 Russia;

Masters: Current Scores Malta (1) 4 – 2 Belgium.

EBSA Press Derek Kiely 00 353 89 4191901

 

MARCH 31 12.45pm.

Latest high breaks from the2011 European Snooker Championships Malta :

Top 10 High Breaks at the Tournament

Daniel Wells (Wales) 112

Tony Drago (Malta) 107, 100

Bobby Cruickshanks (Scotland) 95

Nigel Power (Rep of Ireland) 86

Alex Borg (Malta) 86

Scott Donaldson (Scotland) 78

Mario Cutajar (Malta) 75

Lee Walker (Wales) 74

Patrick Einsle 71

Derek Kiely EBSA Press Officer 00 353 89 4191901

 

MARCH 31 2.15pm

Results day two 1st Session:

Men’s Senior: ,Malta (1) 10 – 2 Poland : Malta (2) 10 – 0 Iceland

Masters: Malta 5 – 2 Belgium: Wales 5 – 1 Israel.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE: Some games from the earlier sessions are unfinished and will be completed later.

Latest Scores from Session 2 Day 2, which started at 1pm Malta Time

Senior Men’s:(Best of 19)  Germany 4 – 1 Malta (3):   Scotland 5 – 0 Ukraine:   Belgium 3 – 1 England:   Sweden 4 – 0 Israel:

Masters (Best of 9 Unless teams reach 4 – 4 then the match is deemed a tie) Ireland (1) 2 – 2 England

Ladies: (Best of 7 frames) Germany 3 – 0 France:   Russia 2 – 1 Israel

The third Session Starts at 4pm Local Time

Derek Kiely EBSA Press 00 353 89 4191901

 

MARCH 31 5.30pm

Latest Results from the 2011 European Snooker Championship at the Dolmen Hotel Malta.

Just letting everyone know that I will be leaving the Press Room at 6pm and will return at 10pm for a Day 2 Round Up which will include tables, results and further information.

Men’s Senior Team Championships: (Best of 19 Frames)

Group B: Scotland 10 – 0 Ukraine:

Masters Team Championships (Best of 9 unless 4 frames each equals a Draw)

Group A: Ireland (1) 4 – 4 England (Draw)

Ladies Team Championships: (Best of 7 Frames)

Germany has had four consecutive victories, with wins over Malta, Israel, France and Russia.

Russia has also started very strongly with three wins over Malta, France and Israel. We will have more information on this competition as it unfolds.

Tonight there will be a complete round up of all score’s with tables included.

Derek Kiely

EBSA Press 00-353-89-4191901

April 1 (10.30pm)

Day three comes to an end and it was a red letter day for the ‘Red Dragon’ of Wales who defeated the host nation’s top team Malta (1). The Republic of Ireland bounce back with victories after their defeat to Scotland and the Scots look a real threat this year.

The Welsh Masters also showed their metal with an impressive win over the Malta (1) side who up until today were undefeated

UNDER 21 EUROPEAN SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS (ESC)

2th – 7th April 2011 / MALTA

The Young Stars of Europe have arrived in Malta ahead of tomorrow’s Official Opening Ceremony at 4pm.

There are eight groups of eight players from all over Europe in each group with four players progressing from each group leaving a 32 knockout competition.

Results as of 10.30pm on Day 3 and latest scores at the ESC

Seniors

Malta (1) 10 – 5 Ireland (2):    Cyprus 10 – 3 Romania:    Poland 10 – 3 Malta (4):                    Malta (2) 4 – 10 Scotland:    Israel (1) 10 – 6 Finland:    Poland 10 – 2 Romania :                     Malta (2) 3 – 10 Ireland:    Germany 10 – 0 France:    Belgium 10 – 9 Sweden:                        Wales 10 – 8 Malta (1): Cyprus 9 – 10 Malta (4): Israel (1) 10 – 2 Ukraine:
Malta (3) 3 – 4 Israel (2):    Belgium 6 – 4 France:     Germany 5 – 5 Sweden:                    Iceland 4 – 3 Finland:      England 7 – 2 Malta (3):    Iceland 6 – 2 Ukraine:

Cyprus 10 – 9 Malta (4)

Masters

Malta (1) 5 – 0 England:    Ireland (1) 0 – 5 Wales:    Belgium 5 – 1 Israel:                               Malta (2) 3 – 5 Scotland:   Ireland (2) 3 – 5 Finland: Ireland (1) 0 – 5Wales:

France 5 – 0 Russia:   Malta (1) 1- 5 Wales

Ladies

Germany 4 – 0 Russia: Malta 4 v 3 Israel: Israel 1 – 4 France: Malta 1 – 4 Russia:

The 2011 European Snooker Championships Under 21 Group Draw Play starts at 7pm local time Malta

GROUP A

1 BULGARIA Georgi Velichkov

2 AUSTRIA Dominik Scherubl

3 WALES Edward Topham

4 ENGLAND Sam Harvey

5 BELGIUM Glen Dossche

6 MALTA Aaron Busuttil

7 FRANCE Alexis Callewaert

8 SWEDEN Suleman K Salam

GROUP B

1 WALES Kishan Hirani

2 POLAND Adam Stefanow

3 ROMANIA Bogdan Cozmacluc

4 IRELAND Vincent Muldoon

5 GERMANY Lukas Kleckers

6 LATVIA Rodions Judins

7 MALTA Shaun Sultana

8 UKRAINE Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy

GROUP C

1 SCOTLAND Robert Carlisle

2 SWEDEN Bairaq Al Urfy

3 BULGARIA Ivaylo Pekov

4 ENGLAND Callum Downing

5 AUSTRIA Maximilian Pfleger

6 GERMANY Roman Dietzel

7 ISRAEL Shachar Ruberg

8 MALTA Wayne Pace

GROUP D

1 BELGIUM Kristof Vermeiren

2 NETHERLANDS Bas Vervier

3 SCOTLAND Eden Sharav

4 IRELAND Jason Devaney

5 ROMANIA Mario Amza

6 POLAND Mateusz Baranowski

7 FINLAND Olli-Pekka Virho

8 MALTA Luke Borg

GROUP E

1 N. IRELAND Declan Brennan

2 FRANCE Adrien Frostin

3 SWEDEN Benjamin McCabe

4 WALES Daniel Norris

5 SCOTLAND Michael Leslie

6 POLAND Grzegorz Biernadski

7 CYPRUS Strafno Damianov

8 MALTA Matthew Zammit

GROUP F

1 NETHERLANDS Feylin Janssen

2 AUSTRIA Alexander Gauss

3 ROMANIA Andrei Orzan

4 CROATIA Davor Bobek

5 ENGLAND Mitchell Travis

6 IRELAND Greg Casey

7 MALTA Thruston Grixti

8 ISRAEL Maor Shalom

GROUP G

1 BELGIUM Luca Brecel

2 MALTA Chris Peplow

3 WALES Duane Jones

4 POLAND Kacper Filipiak

5 IRELAND David Cassidy

6 FRANCE Pierre-Yves Lainé

7 ROMANIA Radu Brezaie

8 BELARUS Yerashevich Pavel

GROUP H

1 MALTA Gary Carr

2 BELGIUM Jurian Heusdens

3 BELARUS Smagin Artemi

4 AUSTRIA Andreas Ploner

5 ENGLAND Nick Jennings

6 SCOTLAND Rhys Clark

7 GERMANY Sascha Breuer

8 ICELAND Sigurour Kristjansson
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April 2 (11.00pm)

Welcome to Day 4 of the European Snooker Championships, where the Team Groups are in the Men’s Senior Event will be decided today, already qualified are:

Men: Group A: (Qualified) Wales, Malta (1), Malta (4)

Group B: (Qualified) Malta (2), Ireland (1), Scotland

Group C: (Qualified) Malta (3), Germany, England, Belgium.

Masters: Group A: (Qualified) Malta (1), Wales, Belgium.

Group B: (Qualified) Scotland, Finland.

Ladies:

(Qualified) Germany, Russia, France.

UNDER 21 EUROPEAN SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS (ESC)

2th – 7th April 2011 / MALTA

The Young Stars of Europe will have their Official Opening Ceremony today at 5pm.

There are eight groups of eight players from all over Europe in each group with four players progressing from each group leaving a 32 knockout competition.

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Today’s Team Matches

Men’s

Cyprus – Russia
Wales – Malta (4)
Ireland (2) – Romania
Israel (1) – Iceland
Ireland (1) – Ukraine
Scotland – Finland
Belgium – Germany
England – Sweden
Israel (2) – France

Masters

England – Belgium
Ireland (1) – Israel
Ireland (2) – Russia
Scotland – France
Malta (2) – Finland

Ladies

Malta – Germany
Russia – France

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Latest Results:

Men’s: Wales 10 – 2 Malta (4):   Ireland (2) 10 – 2 Romania:  Israel (1) 10 – 3 Iceland: Ireland 10 – 0 Ukraine.

Masters: England 5 – 3 Belgium: Ireland (1) 5- 0 Israel

Ladies: Germany 4 – 0 Malta:   Russia 4 – 2 France.

Teams Qualified into the final 15 of the Men’s European Team Snooker Championships

Men’s: Group A Wales, Malta (1), Ireland (2), Malta (4)

Group B Scotland, Ireland (1), Malta (2), Israel (1)

Group C Germany, Malta (3), England, Belgium

Masters:

Group A Malta (1)

Group B Scotland

Ladies qualified for the semi finals: Germany, Russia, France and Israel.

 

Day Six News
Time       Table               Player                     Player

10:00         1          Kristof Vermeiren 1-3 Jason Devaney
10:00         2          Bas Vervier          0-3 Eden Sharav
10:00         3          Mateusz Baranowski 1-3 Olli-Pekka Virho
10:00         4          Mario Amza         3-2 Luke Borg
10:00         5          Georgi Weliczkow 0-3 Sam Harvey
10:00         6          Dominik Scherübl  1-3 Edward Topham
10:00         7          Aaron Busuttil       3-1 Alexis Callewaert
10:00         8          Glen Dossche       2-3 Suleman Salam
10:00         9          Kishan Hirani        2-3  Vincent Muldoon
10:00         10        Adam Stefanów     3-0  Bogdan Cozmaciuc
10:00         11        Rodions Judins      0-3 Shaun Sultana
10:00         12        Lukas Kleckers      1-3  Wladislaw Wisniewski
10:00         13        Robert Carlisle       3-2  Callum Downing
10:00         14        Bairaq Al Urfy        3-0  Ivailo Pekow
10:00         15        Roman Dietzel       3-0 Shachar Ruberg
10:00         16        Maximilian Pfleger  3-1 Wayne Pace

 

Latest Score from the Under 21 European Snooker Championships

Derek Kiely
EBSA Press

Time Table No  Player                  Score  Player
11:30          1        Gary Carr             3-2   Andreas Ploner
11:30          2        Jurian Heusdens 3-0   Artem Smagin
11:30          3        Rhys Clark            3-0  Sascha Breuer
11:30          4        Nick Jennings     3-0   Sigurour Kristjansson
11:30          5        Declan Brennan  3-0   Daniel Norris
11:30          6        Adrien Frostin     3-0   Matthew Calleja
11:30          7        Grzegorz Biernadski 3-0 Strafno Damianov
11:30          8        Michael Leslie        3-0 Matthew Zammit
11:30          9        Feylin Janssen       3-2  Davor Bobek
11:30          10      Alexander Gauss  3-0 Andrei Orzan
11:30          11      Greg Casey           3-0 Thruston Grixti
11:30          12       Mitchell Travis     3-0 Maor Shalom
11:30          13       Luca Brecel         3-0 Kacper Filipiak
11:30          14       Chris Peplow      0-3  Duane Jones
11:30          15       Pierre-Yves Lainé   1-3 Radu Brezaie
11:30          16       David Cassidy     3-0  Pawel Eroszewicz

 

Day Six News
Time       Table               Player                     Player

10:00         1          Kristof Vermeiren 1-3 Jason Devaney
10:00         2          Bas Vervier          0-3 Eden Sharav
10:00         3          Mateusz Baranowski 1-3 Olli-Pekka Virho
10:00         4          Mario Amza         3-2 Luke Borg
10:00         5          Georgi Weliczkow 0-3 Sam Harvey
10:00         6          Dominik Scherübl  1-3 Edward Topham
10:00         7          Aaron Busuttil       3-1 Alexis Callewaert
10:00         8          Glen Dossche       2-3 Suleman Salam
10:00         9          Kishan Hirani        2-3  Vincent Muldoon
10:00         10        Adam Stefanów     3-0  Bogdan Cozmaciuc
10:00         11        Rodions Judins      0-3 Shaun Sultana
10:00         12        Lukas Kleckers      1-3  Wladislaw Wisniewski
10:00         13        Robert Carlisle       3-2  Callum Downing
10:00         14        Bairaq Al Urfy        3-0  Ivailo Pekow
10:00         15        Roman Dietzel       3-0 Shachar Ruberg
10:00         16        Maximilian Pfleger  3-1 Wayne Pace

11:30          1        Gary Carr             3-2   Andreas Ploner
11:30          2        Jurian Heusdens 3-0   Artem Smagin
11:30          3        Rhys Clark            3-0  Sascha Breuer
11:30          4        Nick Jennings     3-0   Sigurour Kristjansson
11:30          5        Declan Brennan  3-0   Daniel Norris
11:30          6        Adrien Frostin     3-0   Matthew Calleja
11:30          7        Grzegorz Biernadski 3-0 Strafno Damianov
11:30          8        Michael Leslie        3-0 Matthew Zammit
11:30          9        Feylin Janssen       3-2  Davor Bobek
11:30          10      Alexander Gauss  3-0 Andrei Orzan
11:30          11      Greg Casey           3-0 Thruston Grixti
11:30          12       Mitchell Travis     3-0 Maor Shalom
11:30          13       Luca Brecel         3-0 Kacper Filipiak
11:30          14       Chris Peplow      0-3  Duane Jones
11:30          15       Pierre-Yves Lainé   1-3 Radu Brezaie
11:30          16       David Cassidy     3-0  Pawel Eroszewicz

13:00          1         Bairaq Al Urfy      3-2   Wayne Pace
13:00          2         Kristof Vermeiren 1-3  Eden Sharav
13:00          3         Jason Devaney     3-2  Mateusz Baranowski
13:00          4         Mario Amza          3-2      Olli-Pekka Virho
13:00          5         Bas Vervier          1-3   Luke Borg
13:00          6         Georgi Weliczkow 1-3 Edward Topham
13:00          7         Sam Harvey         0-3  Aaron Busuttil
13:00          8         Glen Dossche       0-3  Alexis Callewaert
13:00          9         Dominik Scherübl 3-1  Suleman Salam
13:00         10        Kishan Hirani        3-0 Bogdan Cozmaciuc
13:00         11        Vincent Muldoon   3-0 Rodions Judins
13:00         12         Lukas Kleckers    3-0  Shaun Sultana
13:00         13        Adam Stefanów    3-0  Wladislaw Wisniewski
13:00         14        Robert Carlisle     3-0  Ivailo Pekow
13:00         15        Callum Downing   3-1  Roman Dietzel
13:00         16        Maximilian Pfleger  0-3 Shachar Ruberg

YOUGHAL C.Y.M.S. under 14 snooker player Keane McCarthy is the winner of the 2010 ‘Wagon Wheel’ Cork under 14 Snooker Championship which was held in Fermoy CYMS last Sunday afternoon.

The tournament director for the event David Joyce, the current Cork Billiards and Snooker Association Chairman, David Joyce was congratulated on the manner in which he organised and ran the competition.

There was an entry of 15 players and every player can be praised for the immaculate attire which each of them turned up in and the sporting way in which they conducted themselves throughout the day.

After four hours play the Cork under 14 Championship reached the semi final stages where Keane McCarthy from the Youghal CYMS defeated Scott Donovan of the Crucible Snooker Club, by two frames to one.

In the other semi final Dean Callanan of the Crucible Snooker Club defeated his fellow club mate Calim O’Callaghan by two frames to nil.

Both Keane and Dean played excellent snooker in the final but the honours went to Keane on a score line of two frames to nil, thus bringing the title of ‘Under 14 Cork Champion’ and the silverware back to Youghal CYMS.

This week’s league games threw up some great results. The AOH were coasting at Morrison’s Island looking likely to take the scalp of the mighty Crucible, with both Greg Casey, Daniel O’Regan and David Cassidy all defeated by two frames to one it looked ominous for the cue men from Blarney Street, but this Crucible team have quality from one to five and in the end salvaged a great win after a powerful comeback.

Tony More won his game by three frames to nil over Tim Murphy levelling the match at six frames all and Ryan Cronin won by two frames to nil over Donncha Breathnach to secure a famous victory.

In the other matches Youghal CYMS ‘A’ had a breathtaking win over Douglas in the ‘Market House’ pushing themselves up one place in the league into an unassailable third place and a semi final place along with The Crucible and Shooters.

This defeat has almost certainly finished any hopes that Douglas had of a final four qualification spot, unless they Douglas cue men win their remaining three matches and Shooters suffer the AOH suffer three defeats, mathematically it is possible, but highly unlikely.

Shooters are safely through to the last four semi final matches and again showed their quality with an impressive victory over Youghal CYMS ‘B’ where Anthony O’Connor and David Forde recorded three frames to nil victories.

The disappointing news from the Cork Snooker Leagues point of view was another walk over conceded by Fermoy CYMS during week 11. That’s two walk over’s in two week’s which nobody likes to see, hopefully it is a minor blimp in what has been a fantastic return to competitive league snooker in the ‘Rebel County’.

The Cork Snooker league will play week 12 this coming Thursday night the 20th of January and then take a break for the Gleneagle Hotel-Ladbrokes Munster Snooker Club Championships in Killarney Jan 28/29/30 and will remain on a break the following week also, as the Gleneagle Hotel-Ladbrokes All Ireland Snooker Club Championships which will be also held in Killarney on Feb 4/5/6th.

The obvious reason for this break is if any of the Cork Snooker League Teams finish in the last four of the ‘Munster Championships’ they will qualify for the ‘All Ireland Championships’.

The League resumes after this break with week 13 on Thursday the 10th of February.

League Results Week 11

AOH 6 – 8 Crucible

Shane O’Mahony 2 – 1 Greg Casey

Lloyd Myers  2 – 1 David Cassidy

Kevin O’Leary  2 – 1 Daniel O’Regan

Tim Murphy  0 – 3 Tony Moore

Donncha Breathnach 0- 2 Ryan Cronin

Shooters 8 – 2 Youghal CYMS ‘B’

Gary Bracken  1 – 1 Christopher Cooney

Anthony O’Connor 3 – 0 James Hennessy

Thomas Greany 1 – 1 Trevor Flaherty

Dave Forde  3 – 0 Michael Hennessy

Fermoy 0 – 8 Youghal CYMS ‘C’

W/O

Youghal CYMS ‘A’ 8 – 1 Douglas

Chris Lyons  1 – 0 Donal Murphy

Derek Aherne  2 – 0 Gerry O’Sullivan

Brendan Cooney 3 – 0 Karl Busteed

Adrian Landers 2 – 1 Finbarr Wallace

Breaks:

Daniel O’Regan (Crucible) 61

Dave Forde (Shooters) 69

Anthony O’Connor (Shooters) 55

Brendan Cooney (Youghal A) 54

Cork Snooker League Table after Week 11

Played Won Lost Points

Crucible   11  10  1    10

Shooters   11  8  3     8

Youghal CYMS ‘A’ 11  8  3     8

AOH    11  7  4     7

Douglas   11  4  7     4

Fermoy CYMS 11  3 8     3

Youghal CYMS ‘B’ 11 3  8     3

Youghal CYMS ‘C’ 11 1  10   1

Fixtures for Week 12 of the Cork Snooker League Thursday the 20th of Jan

Shooters v Youghal CYMS ‘B’

Douglas v Youghal CYMS ‘A’

Youghal CYMS ‘C’ V Fermoy CYMS

The Crucible v The AOH

Future Fixtures

The Cork Under 19 Snooker Championship will be held in the Crucible Snooker Club on February the 13th

Snooker League Semi-Finals will be held on February the 24th

Cork Snooker League Final on March 3rd. (Venue to be decided)

Orme Shield Snooker Team Comp will be held at the Youghal CYMS On 26th and 27th of March.

The Gleneagle Hotel-Ladbrokes Munster Snooker Club Championships that start Friday week the 28th of January has released the schedule of play for the tournament.