Ronnie Boyle
N.Ireland 07776365059
Rep of Ireland 0044 7776365059
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16 May 2006
Damien Corrigan (Tyrone) and Paul Bonner (Donegal)
Winners of the 2006 All Ireland 9Ball Doubles Championships.
Corrigan & Bonner Retain Their All Ireland Doubles Title
Damien Corrigan (Tyrone) and Paul Bonner (Donegal) retained the All Ireland 9-Ball Doubles Title beating the Derry pairing of Paul Strawbridge and Chris Brown in the final of the 2006 event played in T J’s American Pool Club Newry Co. Down last weekend.
Damien and Paul who have been knocking on the door over the last few years on the Irish tour, reaching the semi-finals and final stages on a number of occasions only to face defeat. Now, however, it is now starting to turn around for both players as they are starting to show their fellow players that they mean business when it comes to tournament play and the results indicate the same, with both players climbing into the top five in the tour's official rankings.
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This is a great achievement for both players, not only to win it once, but to retain it by beating a host of top players from throughout Ireland.
Gary & Stephen Johnson (Antrim, beaten semi-finalists)
pictured with the Runner-up's Paul Strawbridge & Chris Brown (Derry).
On their route to victory, both cueists played good, solid and entertaining pool throughout the day, starting with the round robin group matches, although they were defeated in their first match 5-3 by brothers Gary and Stephen Johnson (Antrim) which was a very tough group
After that defeat both players Damien and Paul picked themselves up to win their next three group matches over Enda Ennis & Gareth Mc Cafferty (Donegal, 5-3), Martin Whoriskey & Wrench (Derry, 5-3), and Brendan Mc Donagh & Ronnie Boyle (Tyrone, 5-1).
Tam Talent & Billy Edmond (Scotland, beaten semi-finalists)
pictured with the 2006 champions Damien Corrigan (Tyrone) & Paul Bonner (Donegal).
In the ¼-finals they defeated the top pairing of Manny & Tristan Byrne (Down) on a 7-4 score-line and followed that up with another 7-4 victory over the top pairing of Tam Talent & Billy Edmond in the semi-finals who travelled over from Scotland to take part in these 2006 All Ireland Doubles Championships.
In the final both Damien and Paul once again played exceptionally well and ran out 9-4 winners over Paul Strawbridge and Chris Brown (Derry) who also played good, solid pool throughout the day to the reach the final.
Junior Players Achievement
It was also great to see a good number of junior players who entered these Open Doubles Championships which saw good performances coming from Ben Mc Moran And Gareth Quinn (Tyrone) who had great victories over senior players Fay & Dorris (Tyrone) and McGovern & O’Connor (Down), and just missed out on qualifying for the knockout stages losing their last match to Mc Laughlin and McKeever from Derry 5-3.
Another great performance came from a Tyrone junior pairing, playing in their very first senior event, 14 year-old Dean Largey and 12 year-old Cieran Fay from the Dungannon / Coalisland area, defeated the top pairing of Martin Savage & Gerald Woods from Newry Co. Down.
Omagh Junior Open 9-Ball Ranking Tournament
Entries are being taking from junior players for the 2006 Omagh Junior Open 9-Ball Ranking Tournament played this Saturday 20th May in the Coach Inn Omagh starting at 10-am but all players must pre-enter the event. For all entries or information contact 0777 636 5059 or from the Rep of Ireland ( 0044 ) 777 636 5059 or visit the tours official website www.irelands9balltour.com.
Irish 9-Ball Masters (Double Ranking Points)
Entries are also being taken for the 2006 Irish 9-Ball Masters played in Dublin on Saturday 27th May starting at 11-am but players are also reminded they must pre-enter this event which sees double ranking points on offer. For all entries and information contact 07776365059 or from the Rep of Ireland (0044) 7776365059 or visit the tours official website www.irelands9balltour.com.