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David Mc Quillan Crowned First All Ireland
8Ball Champion
David Mc Quillan (Cavan) won the first inaugural All Ireland Pub Players
8Ball Pool Championship with a 6-2 victory over Co. Down’s Many Byrne in the
final at TJ’s Pool Club venue in Newry……….
David who started the tournament as the number 3 seed and with the tournament
bookie laying him odds at 5/1 from the off making some punters very happy
come Saturday evening after the fantastic display the Cavan player put in
from start to finish played to Avery high standard which included a 5-1 defeat
of the current European Pool Champion Stephen Dempsey in the semi-final…….
The four semi-finals LtoR: Manny Byrne (Down, runner-up),
Paul Heaney (Tyrone),
Stephen Dempsey (Cavan) and David McQuillan (Cavan, winner)
David started his tournament campaign in the last-64 defeating Stephen Johnson
(Lisburn) 5-1 and followed that up with some more fantastic results over Raymond
McKenna (Newry, 5-0), Paul Tierney (Meath, 5-1), Daniel Gorman (Belfast, 5-4),
Stephen Dempsey (Cavan, 5-1) before over coming Manny Byrne (Newry) 6-2 in
the final which seen him pulled off some amazing finishes to be crowned the
2007 All Ireland Pub Players 8Ball Pool Champion for the first time………
Manny Byrne reached the final also by recording victories over Colin Mc Mackin
(Beragh, 5-2), Paul Corrigan (Fintona, 5-1), Lee Hull (Coleraine, 5-3), Paul
Heaney (Sixmilecross, 5-0) before losing 6-2 to David………
Pictured before the final Manny Byrne (Down, runner-up)
and David McQuillan (Cavan, winner).....
All in all another great tournament hosted by Ireland’s Pub Players 8Ball
Pool Tour which sees the tour going from strength to strength over this last
year attracting Ireland’s top players from tournament to tournament which
can only be good for the game….
David McQuillan (Cavan) 2007 All Ireland Pub Players 8Ball Champion.
Congratulations to David on his All Ireland Championship victory which also
sees him becoming the first player to make it into Ireland’s Hall of Fame
for his achievement on Ireland’s Pub Players 8Ball Pool Tour…..
A special thanks to the venue hosts Jim and Teresa Mc Quillan of TJ’s Pool
Club Newry for making everyone very welcome throughout the day with there
hospitality and last but not least to all the players who travelled from throughout
Ireland making it a special event for everyone involved…..……
Results:
Last-32:
Damien Corrigan (Fintona) 5-2 Jim Quinn (Coalisland)
Lee Hull (Coleraine) 5-3 Daryl Beattie (Beragh)
Paul Corrigan (Fintona) 5-3 Tristan Byrne (Newry)
Manny Byrne (Newry) 5-2 Colin Mackin (Beragh)
Will Eakin (Coleraine) 5-3 Ben Mc Moran (Fintona)
Paul Heaney (Sixmilecross) 5-2 Raymond Field (Monaghan)
Gerald Elliman (Belfast) 5-0 Jonathan Lyness (Bangor)
Ronnie Boyle (Fintona) 5-0 Andrew Patterson (Beragh)
David Mc Quillan (Cavan) 5-0 Raymond McKenna (Newry)
Paul Tierney (Meath) 5-2 Mark Neeson (Strabane)
Daniel Gorman (Belfast) 5-2 Raymond Todd (Omagh)
Sean Hoey (Cullyhanna) 5-3 Billy Moore (Ballymoney)
Seamus Doyle (Fintona) 5-0 Gavin Anthony (Omagh)
Declan McMahon (Newry) 5-2 Lee Booth (Omagh)
Stephen Dempsey (Cavan) 5-0 Paul O’ Leary (Wexford)
Connor Mc Cooey (Newry) 5-3 Gavin Geraghty (Meath)
Last-16:
Lee Hull 5-2 Damien Corrigan
Manny Byrne 5-1 Paul Corrigan
Paul Heaney 5-4 Willie Eakin
Gerald Elliman 5-3 Ronnie Boyle
David Mc Quillan 5-1 Paul Tierney
Daniel Gorman 5-2 Sean Hoey
Declan McMahon 5-3 Seamus Doyle
Stephen Dempsey 5-0 Connor McCooey
¼-Finals:
Manny Byrne 5-3 Lee Hull
Paul Heaney 5-3 Gerald Elliman
David Mc Quillan 5-4 Daniel Gorman
Stephen Dempsey 5-2 Declan McMahon
Semi-Finals:
Manny Byrne 5-0 Paul Heaney
David Mc Quillan 5-1 Stephen Dempsey
Final:
David McQuillan 6-1 Manny Byrne
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