A superb turnout of 31 players arrived at the Douglas snooker club in cork for the third of this year’s Under 16 national events. All the top seeds were there hoping to improve their places in the rankings before the national championships in March.
All the top seeds made it through to the last sixteen except Shane Hourihane who fell to on in form Dylan O Shaughnessy 3/2. The quarter final line-up saw Noel Landers advanced past Sean Devanney 3/1 and Fergal Quinn fell to fellow Cookstown man Jason O Hagan 3/0. In the bottom half of the draw Aaron Goldrick advances past Joe Mc Entegart 3/1 and Ross Bulman moved on to the semis over Ronan Whyte 3/0.
Noel Landers moved on to the final with a 3/1 victory over Jason O Hagan and Ross Bulman lost his first frame of the day but moved on to the final over Aaron Goldrick 3/1. Ross seemed to be the in form player on the day and this proved to be the case as he was victorious in the final over Noel with a 3/1 victory. Congratulations to Ross Bulman on a superb tournament.
The high break’s on the day were Ross Bulman 80, 59, 43, Aaron Goldrick 58, Noel Landers 52, 40, 34. It was a very exciting day of snooker and the future of snooker certainly looks bright with all the superb talent on display in Cork this weekend.
We would like to thank the Douglas Snooker Club for the use of their superb facilities for the tournament and thanks also to Don O Donoghue for refereeing.
John Doherty (Tournament Director)
FULL RESULTS
Last 32
Noel Landers (3) v C. Daly (0)
Sean Walsh (3) v Owen Galvin (1)
Corey Ramsbottom (0) v Dylan Keightley (3)
Craig McSweeney (0) v Sean Devenney (3)
Fergal Quinn (3) v J.J. Monaghan (1)
Jake Byrne (0) v Mark Gleeson (3)
Ryan Horgan (1) v Conor Kennedy (3)
Dean Roche (0) v Jason O’ Hagan (3)
Aaron Goldrick (3) v Robert Bell (0)
Michael J.Hickey (1) v Aaron Hill (3)
Joe Mc Entagart (3) v John Landers (2)
Dylan O’ Shaughnessy (3) v Shane Hourihane (2)
Daniel Merrigan (3) v Noel Glesson (0)
Ross Bulman W/O v Michael John Ryan N/S
Darragh Cusack (3) v Dylan O’ Connell (0)
Ronan Whyte (3) v K Byrne (0)
Last 16
Noel Landers (3) v Sean Walsh (1)
Dylan Keightley (0) v Sean Devenney (3)
Fergal Quinn (3) v Mark Gleeson (0)
Conor Kennedy (0) v Jason O’ Hagan (3)
Aaron Goldrick (3) v Aaron Hill (0)
Joe Mc Entagart (3) v Dylan O Shaughnessy (2)
Daniel Merrigan (0) v Ross Bulman (3)
Daragh Cusack (0) v Ronan Whyte (3)
Quarter-Finals
Noel Landers (3) v Sean Devenney (1)
Fergal Quinn (0) v Jason O’ Hagan (3)
Aaron Goldrick (3) v Joe Mc Entagart (1)
Ross Bulman (3) v Ronan Whyte (0)
Semi-Finals
Noel Landers (3) v Jason O’ Hagan (1)
Aaron Goldrick (1) v Ross Bulman (3)
Final
Noel Landers (1) v Ross Bulman (3)
High Breaks
Aaron Goldrick 58.
Ross Bulman 43, 59, 80
Fergal Quinn 38
Ronan Whyte 35
Noel Landers 34, 40, 52
Entries
1. JJ Monaghan
2. Jason O’Hagan
3. Shane Hourihane
4. Darragh Cusack
5. Conor Kennedy
6. Fergal Quinn
7. Noel Landers
8. Joe McEntegart
9. Aaron Goldrick
10. Ross Bulman
11. Corey Ramsbottom
12. Dylan O’Shaughnessy
13. Dylan O’Connell
14. Dylan Keightley
15. Owen Galvin
16. Ryan Horgan
17. Sean Devenney
18. Ronan Whyte
19. Jake Byrne
20. Mark Gleeson
21. Noel Gleeson
22. Michael J Hickey
23. Dean Roche
24. John Landers
25. Craig McSweeney
26. Aaron Hill
27. Michael John Ryan
28. Daniel Merrigan
29. Paul Smith
