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Junior Archive
All Ireland Champions
All Ireland Champions---2007---2008 SEASON. The Pot Black Snooker Club (Cookstown) 27th & 28th September 2008 U-14 saw young Gary Johnson from Larne take the All Ireland Champion accolade beating another fine young player Tom Hogan 4 - 3. U-16 seen the best young player probably in the country Declan Brennan from Cue Club in Newry beat his counter part from ROI Jason Devaney 4-2 Declan's highest break was a lovely 68 cl in frame 3.
U-19 saw another closely fought
contest with high quality snooker but there could only be 1 winner and again
from Northern Ireland Michael Smyth from Parkside took the honours with a 4-3 victory. The evening session seen 2 fantastic snooker stars meet Jordan Brown and Vincent Muldoon in which we had to surrender the Senior All Ireland Championship to Vincent who was the runaway victor 5 frames to 2 in which he scored a lovely 103 break. The Billiards was a W/O as Eugene Hughes couldn't make the journey due to work commitments, so the Billiard champion from Northern Ireland is Richard Comiskey from Keady.on Sunday 28th September U-18 seen 2 excellent young players meet, from Fountain Club (Antrim) Jamie Martin and Vincent Muldoon from ROI, fresh after his convincing victory over Jordan Brown from the same club as Jamie young Vincent done the double beating Jamie 4-3 with 2 fantastic finishes frame 6 he had a 75 break and in the deciding frame he scored a great 95 break to become double Champion. U-21 saw a great performace from 2 great young players, after his defeat the previous night to Vincent Muldoon, Jordan Brown became the U-21 All Ireland Champion beating David Hogan 5-2 with a fine display of break building Jordan rattled in a 67 break followed by a 49 two frames later, David put up a brave challenge with an excellent 77 break. I would like to extend my gratitude to the Pot Black Snooker Club for looking after all the players and officials over the few days of the competition, the tables were in fantastic condition as was the club in general, PJ Nolan the National Coach from the ROI thanked the players supporters and Officials for a great tournament and said he was looking forward to next year hoping for revenge. A special mention must go out to Ivan and Celestine Loughran for all their help. Brian Richmond (NIB&SA Secretary) ************************************************************************ End of First Half Season 2007/2008 ************************************************************************ Second Half Season 2007/2008 2nd half of our Junior Snooker Calendar season 2007/2008
NI UNDER 21 SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY 10th MAY '08 The Minnesota Snooker Club Rooms-Ballymena were once again hosts to the Northern Ireland Under 21 Snooker Championship. Minnesota has been home to this event on four previous occasions and has always attracted the cream of our top U 21 players.
Play down at the quarter Declan Brennan-Cue Club V Johnny Kells-Clifton
John Fry-Fountain (A)
V Aaron Doran-Parkside
Michael Smyth-Parkside V Mark Wilson-Minnesota
Jamie Martin V Jordan Brown
both Fountain (A) RESULTS:-- D Brennan 3 -- 2 J Kells A Doran 3 -- 2 J Fry M Smyth 3 -- 0 M Wilson J Brown 3 -- 0 J Martin Semi-finals D Brennan 3 -- 1 A Doran J Brown 3 -- 1 M Smyth
FINAL
J Brown 4 -- 1 D Brennan Jordan will now compete in the all Ireland Champions in August '08 for the honour to become the 2007/ 08 All Ireland Under 21 Champion. We wish him well. MR Con Egan thanked the proprietor of the Minnesota Club-Mr Declan Birt for all his support.
Northern Ireland -- 2008 Under 14 Snooker Championship The numbers this season at under 14 level have decreased as there would appear to be an age gap and many of the would be stars have now moved up into the under 16 division. That fact however did not affect the enthusiasm of all those junior contestants who participated in this years Under 14 Northern Ireland Championship hosted by and played at the Fountain Snooker Club-Larne, on Saturday 3rd May '08. The 4 young starlets who made it through to the Semi-Finals were:
Ciehlan Doherty-(Belfast), Calvin Brammeld-(Larne), Gary Johnston-(Larne), and Declan Byrne-(Drumaness) Calvin Brammeld beat Declan Byrne by 3 frames to nil. Gary Johnston also beat Ciehlan Doherty by 3 frames to nil.
THE FINAL-- Although Gary Johnston won by 3 clear frames the scoreline could have been different as some of the frames were very close and Calvin Brammeld should have won at least one of them. This is the 4th time these young players have competed in the final this season, Gary has always emerged the winner. Gary will now represent Northern Ireland in the All Ireland Champions Finals later this year in the Republic of Ireland. Well done Gary. The plate winner was Sean McGuckin-(Randalstown) Mr Colin Gavin one of the joint Proprietors presented the trophies and the N.I. Perpetual Under 14 Cup, congratulating Gary Johnston (one of his own club members) on becoming the N.I. Under 14 Champion and wishing him success in the All Ireland Finals. Con Egan the Junior Director thanked the Fountain Club for their kind hospitality and the use of their club and tables.
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The members of Minnesota snooker club rooms - Ballymena were entertained to some skilful snooker on Saturday 8th December '07, by the young talented snooker enthusiasts of the Northern Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association. In the last (8) Chris Cunningham (Rafters) beat Calvin Brammeld (Antrim)[3-1], Gary Johnston (Larne) beat Hugh Murdock (Drumaness)[3-2], Jamie Martin (Antrim) beat Jason Gilmore from the host club [3-1] and Declan Brennan (Newry) beat William Lowes (Belfast)[3-0]. Semi -finals: C Cunningham defeated Gary Johnston by 3 frames to 1 and Declan Brennan defeated Jamie Martin by 3 frames to nil. The final went to the 7th frame before Declan could claim a [4-3] victory over Chris. William Lowes was the plate winner. The proprietor Mr Declan Birt was thanked by Con Egan the Junior Director.](Archives%20Jnr_files/image011.gif)
COMMENT: Unless a concentrated effort is made and taken on board by the Northern Ireland Association for the start of next years Junior Events, it is possible that the Under 14 Tournaments could disappear. This will have a devastating effect on the grass-roots of our sport in later Years.
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UNDER 21 Ranking Event No 4 The penultimate U 21 junior snooker event took place at the Coach Snooker Club Rooms on Saturday 26th April '08, the big guns were all there. At the quarter-final stage John Dickson from the West Club had an impressive 3--2 victory over Johnny Kells, Bangor. Fifteen year old Declan Brennan, Cue Club beat John Fry, Fountain, Antrim 3 frames to nil. Sixteen year old Jamie Martin Fountain, Antrim played well to vanquish Aaron Doran by 3 frames to 1. Jordan Brown also from Fountain, Antrim was in top gear, making breaks of 115 and 79 in his 3 frames to 2 victory over Michael Smyth, which, even though Jordan had the two good breaks, the game still went to the last frame. In the Semi-Finals Declan Brennan beat Jamie Martin 3--1 and Jordan Brown overpowered John Dickson by 3 frames to nil. Jordan Brown's experience was evident in the Final as he had a convincing 4 frames to 1 victory over Declan Brennan. Con Egan our J.D. thanked Mr Colin Carlisle the Proprietor and the Coach Club staff for all their help and wished the club every success for the future.
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Under 19 RANKING EVENT No 4 The Junior Under 19 Ranking positions were established on Saturday 19th April '08 at the Fountain Snooker Club - Antrim who were hosts to the last under 19 event of the 2007/08 season. The Fountain club is always a very popular venue and so all the top under 19 players were participating. The quarter-final pairings matched together: Aaron Doran and Michael Smyth both from the Parkside club-Lurgan. James Begley-Belfast against Chris Cunningham-Rafters Jamie Martin from the host club had Ryan Murphy for his opponent. Also from the host club John Fry played Dylan Murray - Rafters. Michael Smyth beat Aaron Doran - (3) frames to (1) Chris Cunningham beat James Begley - (3) frames to (0) Jamie Martin beat Ryan Murphy - (3) frames to (0) Dylan Murray beat John Fry - (3) frames to (0) Semi-finals Chris Cunningham scored a (3) frames to (0) victory over Michael Smyth Dylan Murray won his game (3) frames to (1) against Jamie Martin FINAL Chris Cunningham V Dylan Murray The two Rafters club-mates produced an impressive final showing good snooker skills throughout Chris registered a (4) frames to(2) victory over Dylan to take the full ranking points and the winners trophy. Con Egan as he always does thanked the Fountain club for providing once again their fine facilities for the NI Association to hold this under19 event.
UNDER 16 Northern Ireland Championship 2007/08 Saturday 5th April '08 The Fountain Snooker Club Larne. was the choice venue for the 2007/08 Season Northern Ireland Junior Under 16 Snooker Championship. In the early rounds there were no shock results, as the higher ranked starlets gradually outplayed the lesser talented juniors in their path to the final stages. The eight successful in reaching the quarters-were:
Declan Brennan (Cue Club, Newry) 3 - 0 Gary Johnston (Fountain Club, Larne) Sean McGuckin (Fountain, Antrim) 1 - 3 Dean Greer (Minnesota, Ballymena) Jamie Martin (Fountain Club, Antrim 3 - 1 David Smith (Fountain Club, Antrim) Chris Cunningham (Rafters, Ballymoney 3 - 2 James Begley (West Club, Belfast) SEMI-FINALS Declan Brennan 3 - 1 Dean Greer Chris Cunningham 2 - 3 Jamie Martin FINAL Declan Brennan 4 - 2 Jamie Martin Declan and Jamie have met in three junior finals this season, Declan was the victor in the 1st encounter at Drumgor Under 21 zone (2). Jamie won their next meeting in the final of the Under 16 Zone (3). This latest victory now puts Declan one win up. As the NI under 16 Champion, Declan will now compete in August to become the All Ireland 2008 Champion Congratulations and we wish him every success.
Jamie Martin is the 2008 Northern Ireland Under 18 Snooker Champion The Green Baize snooker club--Armagh were hosts to the young talented under 18 snooker enthusiasts participating
2nd February 2008. Those successful in making it through to the quarter-final stage were:- Dylan Murray (Rafter's) 3--1 Declan Brennan (Newry) Gavin Doran (Parkside) 3--1 Darren Smyth (Belfast) Chris Cunningham (Rafter's) 1--3 John Fry (Fountain) "A" Jamie Martin (Fountain) "A" 3--1 James Begley (Rack&Cue)
Semi-finals Dylan Murray beat Gavin Doran -- [ 3 frames to 2 ] Jamie Martin beat John Fry -- [ 3 frames to 2 ]
FINAL Jamie Martin 4 -- 1 Dylan Murray Frame scores J Martin first:- 69- 46, 53- 32, 45- 44, 39- 92, 75- 8. Dylan had a 69 clearance in the 4th frame. Jamie had a 75 break in the 5th frame. Congratulations to Jamie, he will now compete for the All Ireland Under 18 Champion Title in September '08. Mr Jim Hawthorne the club proprietor presented the prizes and Con Egan our Junior Director thanked Jim for the use of his superb facilities, also thanking the parents for their support.
UNDER 21 RANKING (3) QE1 CLUB-SAT 8th MARCH '08
The QE1 Snooker Club, Castlereagh Road, Belfast were hosts to the uppermost division of our Junior snooker section the Under 21s, on Saturday 8th March 2008. This was the 3rd ranking event in the Under 21 category and the pace is now “hotting-up” for the high places on the U 21 ranking table.
The points earned at the QE1 club has made a difference to the positioning at the top of the table, were now only six points separate the top four players, (see our rankings in the junior section). So the pressure is on, with only one more ranking event and the NI Championship left on our calendar for the under 21 section, to determine who the three players will be to go to the World Under 21 Championship at Reims, France, from the17th to 30th July 2008. The following results are from the quarter-finals onward “Quarters” Jonny Kells (Bangor) 3 v 0 C Byrne (Antrim) John Fry (Antrim) 1 v 3 D Brennan (Newry) Michael Smyth (Lurgan) 3 v 0 M Scullion (Antrim) Jamie Martin (Antrim) 1 v 3 J Brown (Antrim) Semi-Finals D Brennan 1 v 3 J Brown J Kells 3 v 1 M Smyth FINAL J Brown 4 v 1 J Kells Breaks recorded during the day were: J Brown [113, 104, 82, 63.] D Brennan [75] M Smyth [57, 48.] Mr Con Egan J.D. on behalf of the N.I.B&S.A. thanked the QE1 club for the privilege of using their excellent facilities and also the staff for all their co-operation.
UNDER 16 RANKING EVENT NUMBER (3)
Jamie Martin wins his 2nd Junior Tournament in a row. Last weekend he captured the Northern Ireland under 18 Champions title and this weekend Saturday 9th February '08 he won the under 16 ranking event - number "3". The cream of the young talented under 16 snooker players assembled at the Drumgor snooker club and when play reached the quarter- final stage the line-up of pairings were: Gary Johnston Larne [1 v 3] Declan Brennan Newry Galvin Brammeld Larne [3 v 2] Hugh Murdock Drumaness William Lowes N/Ards [1 v 3] Chris Cunningham B/Money Jamie Martin Antrim [3 V 0 ] Tommy Toal Drumgor Semi-final Declan Brennan [3 v 1] Galvin Brammeld Jamie Martin [3 v 0] Chris Cunningham
Final Jamie Martin -- V -- Declan Brennan This the 5th Junior final this season for Jamie and the 4th for Declan. This is the 2nd final they have met in. On 5th Jan '08 at Rafters Club in the under 21 event Declan had a 4 -- 1 convincing victory over Jamie, but this time at the Drumgor club, Jamie reversed the tables to take the top ranking points by winning 4 frames to 2
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Northern Ireland U19 Championship
The cream of our Under 19 junior starlets assembled in the Parkside snooker club on Saturday 23rd Feb '08 seeking to become the 2007/2008 Northern Ireland Under 19 Champion. The name championship seems to give incentive to the young challengers which always assures of a good turn-out and the reward is two fold. (a) the winner is guaranteed the number one spot to represent Northern Ireland at the European Under 19 Championship. (b) the winner will also have the privilege of competing for the All Ireland Under 19 Title later in the Year. The early rounds delivered no real shocks and the usual top seeds made it through to the last sixteen and the results for this round, quarters and semis were:
Last - 16 Quarter - Finals Connor Byrne 3 - 1 Michael Connor Connor Byrne 3 - 1 Declan Brennan Jamie Magill 0 - 3 Declan Brennan Nathan Harvey 2 - 3 Robert Hamilton Robert Hamilton 3 - 0 Jamie Martin Jamie Martin 3 - 2 Aaron Doran Dylan Murray 3 - 1 Matthew Scullion Dylan Murray 3 - 2 Gavin Doran Mark Devlin 1 - 3 Gavin Doran Aaron Gault 1 - 3 Chris Cunningham Chris Cunningham 1 - 3 Michael Smyth Michael Smyth 3 - 1 Michael McMahon Semi - Finals Connor Byrne 3 - 2 Robert Hamilton Dylan Murray 0 - 3 Michael Smyth
FINAL Connor Byrne V Michael Smyth
In the best of a 7 frames match, the scores were level at 2 frames each, Michael won the fifth frame, play in the sixth when down to a black ball fight Connor missed an easy straight black to let the game slip from his grasp. So local club player Michael Smyth became Champion by defeating Connor Byrne from Fountain club - Antrim, 4 frames till 2. Michael now goes to Glasgow to the European U 19 Championship with Connor Byrne and Dylan Murray (Rafters) as they are the number 1 and number 3 respectively on our current U 19 Ranking list, Our best wishes go with them.
UNDER 14 RANKING EVENT No (4)
Young junior snooker player Gary Johnston from the Fountain snooker club, LARNE on Saturday 1st March 2008 at the Westway club Falls Rd - Belfast won his 4th junior Northern Ireland Tournament this season. The points accumulated by these four brilliant wins puts Gary a street ahead of any of the other " UP and COMINGS" on the 14 year old ranking list and also helps to fill up his trophy cabinet by collecting the top award each time. It is young talent like this (and there are others) that many of our association are eager to see our qualified coaches taking on board to harness and nurture any possible talent within the 14,15 and 16 age groups that could be an UP and COMING of the future. The Westway snooker and bingo complex was once again the venue for this fourth under 14 ranking event, which always is a popular choice to our young artists where good conditions is the order of the day. those making it through to the quarter-finals were: Gary Johnston (Larne) 3 v 1 Kyle Reid (Westway) Sean McGuckin (Larne) 3 V 1 Connor McCormack Westway Thomas Burke (Westway) 1 V 3 Calvin Brammeld (Larne) Ciehlan Doherty (Westway) 2 V 3 Stephen Hall (Belfast) Semi-Finals Gary Johnston 3 V 0 Sean McGuckin Calvin Brammeld 3 V 0 Stephen Hall FINAL Gary Johnston 3 V 2 Calvin Brammeld Congratulations to both players for generating a good final which could have gone either way. The score being two frames each and with very few points separating the players in the last frame, Calvin missed an easy pot mid way through the colours which allowed Gary to take the last three balls and win by the black ball. The Westway manager Marty presented the trophies and congratulated all the young players on their tidy appearances and good behaviour. Our junior Director Con Egan thanked the Westway Club and all the staff for their hospitality.
Event number (9) The second half of our Junior calendar commenced after the Christmas break on the 5th January '08, at the Rafters snooker club - Ballymoney with an Under 21 Competition. Again all the top players in this category were participating, those who got through to the last eight were: Michael Smyth (Parkside) playing Johnny Kells (Bangor), Matthew Scullion playing Jamie Martin both from (Fountain), Declan Brennan (Cue Club) against Jordan Brown (Fountain) and Chris Cunningham from the host club (Rafters) opposing Aaron Doran (Parkside) -- Kells beat Smyth [3-0], Martin beat Scullion [3-2], Brennan beat Brown [3-2], this was a notable win for Declan as Jordan is currently number 2 in our senior ranking list, Doran defeated Cunningham by 3 frames to nil In the semi-finals J Martin had a good [3-2] win over J Kells and D Brennan beat A Doran by the same [3-2] margin.... D Brennan overpowered J Martin in the final by 4 frames to 1 and secured victory, the trophy and take full ranking points.
Mr Uel Wylie the joint Proprietor of the club presented the trophies. Mr Con Egan then thanked Uel for the privilege of using their clubs first-class facilities, he also thanked all the parents for their continued support
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