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2005 Irish Professional Championship
The 2005 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 22 and 26 October 2005. The tournament was held at the Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex in Templeogue, and featured twenty-four exclusively Republic of Ireland, Irish and Northern Irish players. The qualifying round, last-16, quarter-final and semi-final matches were played over the best of nine frames, and the final over the best of seventeen. Joe Swail won the event, beating Ken Doherty 9–7 in the final. Results Main draw Qualifying Last 24 (Best of 9 frames) * David Morris (snooker player), David Morris 5–0 Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen * Martin McCrudden 5–3 Tom Gleeson (snooker player), Tom Gleeson * Robert Murphy (snooker player), Robert Murphy 5–1 John Connors (snooker player), John Connors * Garry Hardiman 5–2 Alex Higgins * Colm Gilcreest 5–4 Brendan O'Donoghue * Colin Bingham 5–3 Rodney Goggins * Robert McCullough (snooke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Professional Championship
The Irish Professional Championship was an invitational professional snooker tournament for mostly Irish and Northern Irish snooker players. History The Irish Professional Championship was first staged in 1947 in Northern Ireland, and Jackie Rea became the inaugural champion. After that the event was held on a challenge basis, with the champion choosing his challenger. Rea won the championship every year but one until 1972, when he was beaten 28–12 by Alex Higgins. Higgins could defend the title four times in a row, before losing the title to Dennis Taylor. Taylor defended the title in the following two years. During this time the tournament was only sponsored in 1978 by Benson & Hedges and in 1979 by Smithwicks Brewery. In 1982 the tournament was converted to a knock-out tournament. Eight players took part, and was sponsored by Smithwicks Brewery. Higgins and Taylor won nine titles between them, and their run of success in the championship was interrupted only by Jack M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |