davidmphill Posted October 8, 2006 Share Posted October 8, 2006 Irish Professional Championship: Winner Monday 9 October 2006 - 12:00 BSTRelated events...WinnerBest odds/All oddsDoherty2.622.37Swail, J5.54.5Allen, M87Judge, M99Greene, G911O'Brien, F811Morris, D1711Delaney, J3421Gilcreest, Colm6751Hardiman, G8151McCrudden, M8151McGlinchy, D-101O'Donoghue, B101101Murphy, R101151Power, N151201Higgins, A251151Each-way terms: 2 at 1/3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmphill Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship First Round Matches8pm - Wellington RoomJoe SwailvMartin McCrudden11am - Main ArenaColm GilcreestvDavid Morris5pm - Main ArenaFergal O'BrienvDermot McGlinchy5pm - Wellington RoomMick JudgevNigel Power11am - Wellington RoomBrendan O'DonoghuevGerard Greene2pm - Wellington RoomMark AllenvGarry Hardiman2pm - Main ArenaJoe DelaneyvAlex Higgins8pm - Main ArenaRobert MurphyvKen DohertyOverall Winner = €7,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmphill Posted October 8, 2006 Author Share Posted October 8, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship Not the strongest of fields as you can imagine. The Hurricane makes his comeback here. Interesting to see how he gets on! Only options for me are last years winner Joe Swail or the class act in the field Ken Doherty and its the latter I'm going for. Playing for minimal prize money so thats not a factor for him just pride at stake really. If he's on anything like his game then this tournament should be a formality for him. Ken Doherty 10pts @ 2.62 paddypower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western skies Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship Gotta agree with you on Doherty. Swail is the only other class act in the field, but he's not the same player (consistently) that he was a few seasons back. Is Alex Higgins even going to turn up? I seem to recall last time he was due to make a comeback (for the WC qualifying a few years back) he pulled out at the last minute claiming he had a dental appointment :beer Much as I'd love to see him rediscover his old form, realistically I think he'd be hard pressed to even take a frame off someone playing regularly on the pro circuit these days - the standard has improved so much since he was last a serious contender. Don't know that much about about Joe Delaney, but I'd be interested to know what the odds on a whitewash are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2damnhype Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship I noticed VC were up with this on Thursday and at that time they had Mark Allen up at 12/1. This guy is expected to have a bright future ahead of him, and looking at the latest qualifying results he won his group in qualifying for the Grand Prix. I am pretty sure that those matches are in draw order, and therefore it should be a pretty clear run for him to the semis to face Ken Doherty. I cannot find out what the matches are played over, but can't imagine they are gonna be much more than best of 9 which should be to Allen's advantage. So over a short distance i reckon Allen is worth a small bet at 7/1 - wouldn;t bother with the e/w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2damnhype Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship First Round Results8pm - Wellington RoomJoe Swail5-2Martin McCrudden11am - Main ArenaColm Gilcreest3-5David Morris5pm - Main ArenaFergal O'Brien5-2Dermot McGlinchy5pm - Wellington RoomMick Judge5-1Nigel Power11am - Wellington RoomBrendan O'Donoghue0-5Gerard Greene2pm - Wellington RoomMark Allen5-1Garry Hardiman2pm - Main ArenaJoe Delaney5-2Alex Higgins8pm - Main ArenaRobert Murphy0-5Ken Doherty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmphill Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship Nice win for Doherty. Joe Swail was at 2-2 before pulling clear. He is the obvious danger to Doherty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship I'd give Gerard Greene a squeak too in a weak event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Puntalot Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship Have to agree with Mr Hodson, do not rule out Gerrard Greene, who can beat anyone on his day and his getting more experience all the time. :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmphill Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship Joe Swail4-5David MorrisFergal O'Brien1-5Mick Judge Interesting to see Swail go out tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmphill Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship Getting scores for this is proving tough! Doherty beats Allen 6-2 to make the final He'll play Michael Judge who beat Davy Morris 6-1 in the other Semi Final. Not sure of the other 1/4 final scores, suffice to say that Greene lost to Allen and Doherty beat Joe Delaney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2damnhype Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship Nice going David, looking good for Doherty now. Just had a thought - Doherty played a match on Monday, two yesterday, has this final today (best of 17?) and then tomorrow has got Ding in the Premier League. Ding had a bad week against Jimmy, but with Doherty having a busy week and Ding possibly feeling he has something to prove the 6/5 at Coral and BetFred might be worth a sniff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmphill Posted October 11, 2006 Author Share Posted October 11, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship Yeah I saw that Doherty plays so soon after this. Fair do's to the guy commiting himself to this tournament. Its not as if its a major thing for him, just pride with there being so little prize money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidmphill Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Re: Snooker - Irish Professional Championship Doherty won the final 9-4 for a nice return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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