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QE2 Ranking Tournament Draw
Day 1
Day 2
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THE COACH CLUB INTERMEDIATE Final -- Wednesday 7th May 2008. Brendan Whyte (on the left) from the Keady snooker club,Armagh is seen here being presented with his winners Cheque by Coach Club representative Graeme Cummiskey following his 6 frames till 2 victory over Michael Kane, Bridge Snooker Club, Glengormley. This was the 2nd Intermediate success for Brendan in 2007/08, as he also collected top honours in November '07 at the Pot Black Snooker Club.
MATCH REPORT Michael Kane opened the scoring at the Final of the Coach Club Snooker Intermediate with a 56 and a 31 break to take the first frame. Brendan Whyte won the second frame finishing with a 36 break, Michael took the third frame for a 2-1 lead. Brendan again retaliated and took frames four and five to lead 3-2 at the interval. When play resumed Brendan kept on the pressure and appeared to gain in confidence as the match progressed. Michael on the other hand seemed to have lost some of the admirable form he had shown at the start of the game and as one by one the frames dwindled away from him, it was a more subdued Michael at the end of the match. Brendan's finishing score-line of six frames till two proved him a worthy winner. FRAME SCORES-BRENDAN 1ST: [17-96] [75-17] [25-72] [67-43] [62-23] [70-26] [46-24] [68-9] This victory not only gave Brendan the winning prize at the Coach Club but also put him 1st in the players Top Ten Positionsby the points accumulated from all (7) Intermediate Events throughout the entire season. CONGRATULATIONS Brendan. Joe McGonnell Association Treasurer and Jim Stewart theSenior Director were the official referees for the final. Graeme Cummiskey did the honours on behalf of the Coach Club, congratulating both players on reaching the final. He presented the runner up and winner with their well earned cheques. .....................................................
SEMI - FINALS
Played at the Coach Club on Tuesday 6th May '08. Paul Lenfestey V Brendan Whyte was forecast to be an evenly balanced contest as both players are Intermediate Event winners already this season, Paul had his success at the Manor Club in April and Brendan won the Jackpot in Nov-'07. However on the night everything seemed to go Brendan's way, even though Paul made a skilful 60 break in the 2nd frame the Match score finished 4 frames to nil in Brendan's favour. The other semi-final -- Gary Crawford V Michael Kane was a technical battle from the outset. Michael won frame one, Gary took the next to make it all square. Michael was keeping the game tight with good bouts of safety, Gary didn't produce the same good form that gave him the convincing victory of 4-1 over Brian Crilly in the previous round. Michael played the better snooker and deserved his 4 frames till 1 victory.
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DAY (2) -- 4th May '08
The 2nd half of the Intermediate Points Tournament continued at the Coach Snooker Club - Hillsborough on Sunday 4th May '08 and as in Day (1) every match was keenly fought for by all the top players chasing one of the 1st ten places on the points table. Due to the large entry it was a long day for the organisers but they enjoyed some good games right from the early rounds and the standard was high, breaks recorded were: Michael Kane - 104, 56 and 51. Gary Crawford - 83. David McClintock - 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||