The 5th of this year’s Under 21 events was held in the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork this weekend, there was a superb entry of 23 players.
The quarter final line-up saw Noel Landers advance past Shane Bates 3/0 and Dean Calanan defeated Charlie Sweeney in a very tight match 3/2. In the bottom half Stephen Bateman advanced at the expense of Fergal Quinn 3/1 and Ross Bulman moved on at the expense of Corey Ramsbottom 3/1.
In a very tight semi final match Dean Calanan overcame Noel Landers 3/2. In the bottom half Ross Bulman defeated Stephen Bateman 3/1 to move on to his second final of the weekend.
In the final Ross continued his dominance for the weekend with a 3/1 victory. Congratulations to Ross who had a superb weekend of snooker, a player to look out for in the future.
Aaron Moyles had the high break of the tournament with a 67 break.
Many thanks to the Crucible snooker club for the use of the club for the tournament and supplying the referees for the semi finals and final.
John Doherty (tournament director)
RESULTS
Shane Bates v Bye
Oisín Bateman (0) v Seán Burns (3)
Noel Landers v Bye
Jason O’ Hagan v Bye
Charlie Sweeney v Bye
Conor Kennedy (2) v Micheal O’ Sullivan (3)
James Devonshire (1) v Dean Calanan (3)
Darragh Cusack v Bye
Stephen Bateman v Bye
Jack Dorgan (0) v Shane Hourihane (3)
Simon Walsh (1) v Shane Fitzgerald (3)
Fergal Quinn v Bye
Dylan Keightley v Bye
Luke Bateman (0) v Corey Ramsbottom (3)
Liam Hayes (0) v Ross Bulman (3)
Aaron Moyles v Bye
Last 16
Shane Bates (3) v Seán Burns (0)
Noel Landers (3) v Jason O’ Hagan (2)
Charlie Sweeney (3) v Michael O’ Sullivan (0)
Dean Calanan (3) v Daragh Cusack (2)
Stephen Bateman (3) v Shane Hourihane (0)
Shane Fitzgerald (0) v Fergal Quinn (3)
Dylan Keightley (2) v Corey Ramsbottom (3)
Ross Bulman (3) v Aaron Moyles (0)
Quarter-Finals
Shane Bates (0) v Noel Landers (3)
Charlie Sweeney (2) v Dean Calanan (3)
Stephen Bateman (3) v Fergal Quinn (1)
Corey Ramsbottom (1) v Ross Bulman (3)
Semi – Final
Noel Landers (2) v Dean Calanan (3)
Stephen Bateman (1) v Ross Bulman (3)
Final
Dean Calanan (1) v Ross Bulman (3)
High Breaks
Aaron Moyles 67
Stephen Bateman 52
Ross Bulman 43
Entries
1. Jason O’Hagan
2. Shane Hourihane
3. Darragh Cusack
4. James Devonshire
5. Jack Dorgan
6. Liam Hayes
7. Fergal Quinn
8. Noel Landers
9. Stephen Bateman
10. Oisín Bateman
11. Luke Bateman
12. Shane Bates
13. Simon Walsh
14. Aaron Moyles
15. Ross Bulman
16. Corey Ramsbottom
17. Charlie Sweeney
18. Dylan Keightley
19. Seán Burns
20. Dean Callanan
21. Michael O’Sulloivan
22. Seán Fitzgerald
23. Conor Kennedy
