By Jonathan Williams The Grand Prix for me went better than expected. It wasn’t necessarily the best in terms of a last eight appearance, but more the fact that I beat Robert Murphy for what I think was the first time in around 12 years. Now, I may have only played[Read More…]
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TJ Dowling Grabs Grand Prix Glory
TJ Dowling has won the Gerry Stokes Grand Prix after a 4-0 victory over Brendan O’Donoghue at the Ivy Rooms on Sunday. The reigning national champion dominated the final against the top seed to collect his second senior ranking event of the campaign. The success means that Dowling, O’Donoghue, and[Read More…]
Poor Entry for Grand Prix
The sixth senior ranking event of the 2016/17 Irish season takes place at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow this weekend. A low entry of just 40 players will contest the Gerry Stokes Grand Prix, which marks the last ranking tournament before the campaign-concluding National Championship. The top of the rankings[Read More…]
Irish Amateurs in Action at Premier Cup
The fourth senior ranking event of the Irish campaign takes place this weekend with the DBSL Premier Cup in Carlow. 52 players, led by ranking event champions this season Brendan O’Donoghue, TJ Dowling and Michael Judge, will compete at the Ivy Rooms on Saturday and Sunday for the €500 top[Read More…]
Irish Season Continues with President’s Cup
The third ranking event of the Irish senior amateur campaign takes place this weekend in Carlow. The President’s Cup, sponsored by Eamonn Kearns, has a season low of 55 entrants competing for the €500 winner’s cheque. The top 9 seeds, including Brendan O’Donoghue and TJ Dowling who won the opening two[Read More…]
Dowling and Judge Through as Kachaiwong Makes Maximum in Doha
TJ Dowling and Michael Judge are both into the last 32 of the IBSF World Amateur Championship in Qatar. Fellow Irishman Jason Devaney is out, though, after falling at the second knockout stage to former professional Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon. The top ranked player from Ireland last season lost 4-0 to the[Read More…]
Irish Move Forward in World Amateurs
Irish trio Michael Judge, TJ Dowling and Jason Devaney have all reached the knockout stages of the 2016 IBSF World Amateur Championship in Qatar. In truth, this is really where the tournament begins proper as the niceties of the opening exchanges have concluded. An incredible 78 out of the initial[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: The Irish Open
By Jonathan Williams My preparation for the Irish Open last week was pretty decent. I have been playing in the local leagues in Carrickmacross and since I put on a new tip a few weeks ago it sort of made me practice. I did a solid four or five days[Read More…]
Irish Trio in Doha for World Amateurs
129 players head to Doha in Qatar this weekend for the 2016 IBSF World Championship. Among them is a strong three-man Irish team comprising TJ Dowling, Michael Judge and Jason Devaney. Dowling earned his place after capturing a third National Championship in May – an incredible 18 years after his[Read More…]
TJ Dowling Wins Irish Open
TJ Dowling beat Philip Browne 4-1 to capture the Hickson Centra Irish Open at the Ivy Rooms on Sunday. In the second ranking event of the campaign, Dowling reproduced the kind of form which earned him a third National Championship back in May. Dowling, who pocketed €500 for his efforts,[Read More…]