NORTHERN IRELAND NEWS
BANGOR READING ROOMS
Billiards Classic
Paddy Donnelly lifted the first Billiard ranking event of the
season when he beat former professional Tommy Murphy
by 600 points to 320. Paddy also lifted the high break prize in
the top eight players section when he recorded a brilliant 182
to bypass the previous best of 107 by Davy Pogue. Tommy
took the top break for the players outside the top eight with a
nice 83, also in the final. The match was refereed by Eddie Bull.
Cheques were presented by George Thompson of the Reading
Rooms, in front of a large crowd. Results from the quarterfinals
are as follows:-
| P. Donnelly 54, 51 | 400 | B. Broome | 280 | ||
| D. Pogue 107, 51 | 400 | P. Lawlor | 290 | ||
| T. Murphy | 400 | B. Kerr | 310 | ||
| T. Buttimer | 400 | D. Elliott | 270 |
| P. Donnelly 58, 46, 42, 41, 40 | 500 | D. Pogue 58, 52, 41 | 302 | ||
| T. Murphy 66, 52 | 500 | T. Buttimer 47, 46 | 401 |
| P. Donnelly 182, 51, 48, 39, 38, 31 | 600 | T. Murphy 83, 39, 36 | 320 |
INTERNATIONAL MATCH
Northern Ireland v England
The annual international between Northern Ireland and
England was held on Saturday and Sunday 16th-17th
January for the Friendly Cup. The match took place in the
seaside resort town of Bangor, Co. Down, in the Bangor
Reading Rooms. England travelled with a party of 25. The
match was sponsored by The Irish News with the teams
staying at the Bangor Bay Inn Hotel, who kindly offered a
special weekend rate to the Billiards Association.
Senior Competition
| Northern Ireland | England | ||||
| mmy Clarke 108, 70 | 500 | Stephen Crosland 41 | 373 | ||
| David Elliot 171, 141, 51, 43 | 500 | Peter Shelley | 81 | ||
| Tony Buttimer 65 | 103 | Darren Kell 153, 63, 50 | 500 | ||
| David Pogue 62 | 258 | Phil Welham 116, 80, 54 | 500 | ||
| Paddy Donnelly 63, 50 | 316 | Paul Bennett 110, 91, 62 | 500 | ||
| Freddie Cahoon 50 | 500 | Terry Colby 74, 71 | 371 | ||
| Eugene Rogan | 500 | Paul Dunning | 441 | ||
| Trevor Shield 51 | 500 | Jim McCann 56 | 408 | ||
| Northern Ireland | England | ||||
| John McIntyre | 0 | Paul Dunning | 3 | ||
| Tommy Taylor | 0 | Jim McCann | 3 | ||
| mmy Clarke | 3 | Terry Colby | 0 | ||
| David Elliot 121 | 1 | Paul Bennett | 2 | ||
| Tony Buttimer | 3 | Phil Welham | 0 | ||
| David Pogue 126 | 1 | Darren Kell | 2 | ||
| Paddy Donnelly 114 | 1 | Peter Shelley 88unf | 2 | ||
| Freddie Cahoon | 0 | Stephen Crosland | 3 | ||
| 14 | 14 | ||||
Junior Competition
| Northern Ireland | England | ||||
| ephen Brown | 500 | Dean Bavister | 392 | ||
| Aaron Cahoon | 500 | Matthew Sutton | 405 | ||
| Maynard Hamilton | 500 | James Chambers | 382 | ||
| Northern Ireland | England | ||||
| Maynard Hamilton | 2 | Matthew Sutton | 1 | ||
| ephen Brown | 3 | James Chambers | 0 | ||
| Aaron Cahoon | 3 | Dean Bavister | 0 | ||
| 11 | 1 | ||||