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Ireland’s Invitation 8-Ball Pro-Am - Groups Announced

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Date: Wednesday, February 20 2008 @ 06:36:09 UTC
Topic: Ireland’s American 8 & 9 Ball Pool Tour



Ireland’s Invitation 8-Ball Pro-Am (English 8-Ball Pool)
Lough Erne Hotel
Kesh
Co. Fermanagh
N. Ireland
Ronnie Boyle 07776365059
John Mc Mahon 086-8211302
www.rballsports.com
www.loughernehotel.com

29 February - 2 March 2008


Ireland’s Invitation 8-Ball Pro-Am Pool Classic

Listed below are the groups for the 2008 Ireland’s Invitation 8Ball Pro-Am Pool Classic and all players are reminded to make sure to have full details sorted before travelling and making arrangements such as times, dress code etc.

All information can be received by contacting Ronnie Boyle on 07776365059 or John Mc Mahon 086-8211302 or visit the following website www.rballsports.com

Click on "Read More..." for the group details.



Group Seeding:

The only seeding that will take place for this pro-am tournament will be one invitation seed placed in each group.

The following players listed below have been given a group seed in the round robin group stages with five places given to players from the Irish Pool Association and Ireland’s Pub Players 8Ball Pool Tours with details in brackets why they received it, and all group seeds and the official group draw was drawn at random.


GROUP 1:---12noon
1. Mark Selby

2. Lee Hull
3. Raymond Field
4. Seamus Doyle
5. Declan Cassidy

GROUP 2:---12noon
1. Stephen Dempsey

2. Willie Eakin
3. Kevin Lavelle
4. Michael Mc Laughlin
5. Dermott Field

GROUP 3:---12noon
1. Jason Twist

2. Chris Brown
3. Connor Mc Cooey
4. Richard Berrie
5. Under-16 qualifier

GROUP 4:---12noon
1. Pat Holtz

2. Adam Mc Mackin
3. Graham Carty
4. Paul Bonner
5. Robert Roche

GROUP 5:---12noon
1. Manny Byrne

2. Declan Hough
3. Padraig Doherty
4. Sean Mc Bride
5. Men’s open qualifier

GROUP 6:---12noon
1. Alan Mc Bennett

2. Damien Corrigan
3. Joe Girvan
4. Ben Mc Moran
5. Under-19 qualifier

GROUP 7:---12noon
1. Barry Hough

2. Robert Mulcahy
3. Cieran Campbell
4. Gerry Markey
5. Men’s open qualifier

GROUP 8:---12noon
1. Pat O’ Kane

2. Paddy Moir
3. Mark Stockton
4. Stephen Johnson
5. Rodney Mooney

GROUP 9:---5pm
1. Mill Hill

2. Ronan Fay
3. Enda Ennis
4. Brian Curtis
5. Declan Mooney

GROUP 10:---5pm
1. Darren Appleton

2. Brendan Mc Donagh
3. Harry Morgan
4. Barry Dempsey
5. Mathew O’ Hara

GROUP 11:---5pm
1. Gareth Potts

2. Aiden Finch
3. Charlie Hanlon
4. Raymond Todd
5. JP Cunningham

GROUP 12:---5pm
1. Ross McInnes

2. Sean Hoey
3. Barry Loughran
4. Andy McGinn
5. Lee Booth

GROUP 13:---5pm
1. David McQuillan

2. Gavin Geraghty
3. Mark Davidson
4. Niall Mc Daid
5. Under-19 qualifier

GROUP 14:---5pm
1. Ronan McCarthy

2. Shane O’Hara
3. James Grogan
4. Paul Tierney
5. Cathal Devine

GROUP 15:---5pm
1. Jason Shaw

2. Brian Doherty
3. Niall Sweeney
4. Stuart Legget
5. Under-16 open qualifier

GROUP 16:---5pm
1. Sean Conway

2. Kevin Lyon’s
3. Gareth Quinn
4. Paul Heaney
5. Joe Gouldie


Group Format:

Each player will play each other in own group.

The top two players in each group goes into knockout stages.

All group winners will play a group runner-up in there first knockout match. (open draw).


Knockout Stages:

There will be only one draw made for the knockout stages (no seeding).

All group winners plays a group runner-up in first knockout match (last-32, open draw).


Rules:

A full list of rules for the event will be advertised on the notice board in the tournament venue.


Open Qualifiers:

Note:
Entries are now being taken for the open qualifiers on the Friday 29th February played in the tournament venue in the following categories...

Under-16 -----2 places -----£30 for two tournaments
Under-19 -----2 places -----£30 for two tournaments
Men’s open ----2places -----£25



Full details can be found here: www.rballsports.com

For all information contact Ronnie Boyle on 07776365059
or John Mc Mahon 086-8211302