Alan O Connor from Cork won the won the 2022 Snooker and Billiards Ireland National Challenge Snooker Championships in the HQ on Saturday the 21st of May in the SBI HQ in Carlow. In the final Alan beat Tommy O Donoghue from St John’s Limerick 4 frames to 3 in an exciting final which was refereed by Ritchie Toal.
On Saturday the 7th of May at SBI Headquarters in carlow this National challenge championships began with 27 players started out looking for this National Title. Today we had two good semi finals matches with Alan O Connor beating Jay Chopra 3-1 while Tommy O Donoghue beat Dave Garrett 3-0 in the other semi final.
Quarter finals.
- Alan O Connor 3-1 Eric Pei.
- Cyril Hogan 1-3 Jay Chopra.
- Dave Garrett 3-2 Aman Goel.
- Ivor Fitzpatrick 2-3 Tommy O Donoghue.
Semi-Final.
- Alan O Connor 3-1 Jay Chopra
- Dave Garrett 0-3 Tommy O Donoghue
Final
- Alan O Connor 4-3 Tommy O Donoghue
The high break went to Jason Keogh with a 67 break
Finally, SBI would like to thank TD Shane Mason for running the successful event and to all the Referees in the event. We hope all our members enjoyed playing in the 2022 National Championships in our new home of Irish Snooker.
We look forward to seeing everyone again next season.
