Ireland

All Ireland Championships

The All-Ireland Championships for Snooker and Billiards took place in
Letterkenny, Ireland on Saturday 28th September. The Billiards event
matched the respective National Champions with Eugene Hughes
representing the Republic and Paddy Donnelly for the North. The
match looked to be a foregone conclusion for Hughes as he move to
within four points of game with Donnelly trailing sixty points behind.
But with one last effort, Donnelly clinched the title with an unfinished
run of 64!

Billy Mills Memorial

The Windsor Rec on the Lisburn Road, was the venue for the final
stages of the Billy Mills Memorial Billiards competition on Sunday
22nd September. Eight players contested a round-robin format of 40
minute games on four tables, with Colin Mylchreest emerging victorious
after beating all his seven opponents.

Colin got off to a good start when he defeated J. V. McLaughlin, docked
50 points for being late, by 141 points. He also had the only century
break of the day (101) in his match with Sammy Currie, having
previously set the big break standard for the season with an excellent
158 in the qualifying round the previous week. The tournament was
sponsored by the host club and A. McClean, bookmakers with all the
last eight players receiving cash prizes.