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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.

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                           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