Day six of the 2015 EBSA European Snooker Championship in Prague was another good day for the Irish players. Our three master players Keith Sheldrick, Tom O Driscoll and Alen Matic got things off to a great start in the morning session with three superb victories.
Keith Sheldreck opened with a 3 frames to 1 victory over Murat Ayas from Switzerland. Alen Matic put on his best performance so far in the event with a 3 frames to nil victory over Alexander Kuzmancevic from Serbia which included breaks of 45, 50 and 62.
Finally the pride of the Deise, Tom O Driscoll was up against Richard Kornberger from Austria, The Austrian won the opening frame with a 43 clearance after tom had a superb 53 break, The Waterford man then played three outstanding frames to win the match 3 frames to 1 making a 52 break in the third frame.
Keith has now has 4 wins from 4 matches, Alen has 4 from 4 and Tom has 3 from 4. The final round of round robin matches are being played tomorrow and all three are already safely through with one round of matches remaining.
Men Event
Current Irish Champion Brendan O Donoghue put on another good display with a 4 frames to nil victory over Antti Tolvanen from Finland. Greg Casey had to dig deep when he found himself one nil down, 2-1 down and 3-2 down against Richard Van Leeuwen from the Netherlands but the Cork man produced good snooker to force it to 3-3 but he lost on the final black 4 frames to 3. John O Sullivan had the day off today.
At present Brendan has 6 wins from 6 matches, Greg also has 5 from 6 and John has 2 wins from 5 matches.
Ladies Event
Michelle French was involved in another 5 frame battle against Aleksandra Wojtecka from Poland and the Irish International never gave up after being 1-0 down and 2-1 down. Michelle forced the match into the decider before losing it on the final pink to lose 3 frames to 2.
Ronda Sheldreck played Jennifer Zehentner from Germany. The German played superb snooker to win 3 frames to nil but Ronda played good in the match but she was playing a very experienced player today playing at her best.
Summary
PJ Nolan said ‘’ The players continued to impress again and the team spirit is fantastic at this event with everyone cheering on everyone and tomorrow promises to be another exciting day when we find out who qualifies and get the knock out draws.
Our ladies have played 10 and won 1 match
Our men have played 17 and won 13 matches
Our Masters have played 12 and won 11 matches
Action starts again here at 10am local time tomorrow. RIBSA wish all the Irish players the best of luck in the Championships. PJ will have a daily update on the site but for full live scoring and streaming – CLICK www.ebsa.tv
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