World snooker champion John Higgins to play in Youghal this Saturday 13th February 2010

Tickets for World Champion John Higgins are now on sale in the club or contact any committee member, tickets €20 euro and only a limited number of tickets are available.
Doors open at 6.45pm  Play begins at 7.30pm  9 frames to be played in total
DO NOT MISS THIS ONE!

Youghal CYMS Snooker Club have pulled –or should it be  ‘potted?’- a coup by luring World Champion John Higgins to their Market Square headquarters this Saturday 13th Feb. 2010. The champ will play nine exhibition games against a local selection, plus one doubles game with three junior players, on March 13th. By Christy Parker

It will be the first time a reigning world champion will have graced the venue although the man known as “The Kid” or alternatively “The Wizard of Wishaw,” will be chalking his cue in the wake of some illustrious predecessors. The previous seven years of the club’s annual exhibition nights have seen Ken Doherty (four times), Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis and Jimmy White pot the colours. However, to attract a reigning world champion in any sport merits the highest of praise. Unsurprisingly, “there is a brilliant buzz about the place at the prospect of him being here,” reports PRO Ray Phelan.

The 35 year-old Scot and Celtic fanatic turned pro in 1992 and in the 1994/95 season became the first teenager to win three ranking events in a season, earning £283,970 in the process. In 1997/98 he won his first of three World Championships, during which he became the first player to make three consecutive century breaks in a World Championship match. He subsequently won the 1998 UK Championship, the 1999 Benson & Hedges Masters and the 1999 Charity Challenge, amongst other notable titles.

His career record is 30 wins in 55 finals and he has compiled over 400 competitive centuries to date, including five 147 breaks.

In the 2005 Grand Prix final versus Ronnie O’Sullivan, ‘The Kid’ became the first player to compile four consecutive century breaks in a major tournament. Two years later he won his second World Championship and also regained the number one ranking that he first held in 1998. He won another World trophy in 2009.

Currently rated the world’s No. 4, Higgins is one of only five players to win both the World Championship and the UK Championship in the same year. Only he, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry have held the World, UK and Masters titles simultaneously.

Facing the star in Youghal will be Brendan Cooney, Adrian Landers, Derek Ahern, Ger Kelly, Aaron Tobin, William Kelly, Trevor Flaherty and Brendan Cooney’s son Christopher. The single game doubles will involve junior players Killian McCarthy, Aiden O’Neill and Lee Walshe, one of whom will assist the champ

Ticket are now on sale @ €20 from the CYMS or committee members. Starts 7.30 sharp.

Tickets for World Champion John Higgins are now on sale in the club or contact any committee member, tickets €20 euro and only a limited number of tickets are available.

Doors open at 6.45pm  Play begins at 7.30pm  9 frames to be played in total
Youghal CYMS Snooker Club
Presents
Reigning World Snooker Champion John Higgins
Date: Saturday March 13th at 7.30pm

Win 2 free tickets to see Snooker Star Jimmy White playing live at the Youghal CYMS this Sunday 15th March. Jimmy will be playing exhibition matches against the cream of the Youghal CYMS Senior and Junior snooker players starting at 7pm.

The event will be recorded and a DVD of the snooker exhibition will be available of this fantastic show the following week. All you have to do is name Jimmy’s NICKNAME?  E-mail your answer to news@youghalonline.com The competition is free and there are no charges. Either of Jimmy’s two nicknames will be accepted. The winning tickets may be collected at the door on the night so please leave a contact number. The competition closes at 4pm Saturday 14th March ’09 so get your entries in fast! The winner will be announced at the Youghal CYMS premises, Market Sq, Youghal this Sat. at 5pm. The lucky winner will be posted on this site immediately afterwards.  Best of luck to all the entries!
Jimmy White. Nicknamed the “Whirlwind” (and occasionally the “People’s Champion”), White is a multiple World Snooker Championship finalist. He has been a professional since 1980, the year in which he won the World Amateur title. Read more