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04 AUG 2010 - Day 4

Julius Grauls from Belgium started the fourth day of the championship winning his Group G match against Irishman Stephen Reddington by 4 frames to 2. Group G also saw a tough match for Northern |ireland’s Declan Brennan against Mohamed Ibrahim Aly, Declan won a final frame the final frame decider to win the match 4 frames to 2.

Danni Bismoot from Israel found Austrian Alexander Gauss in great form as the Austrian won this group F match by 4 frames to 1. China Hong Kong’s Simon Lee beat Sigurour Kristjansson from Iceland by 4 frames to 0 in Group G. Irelan’s Gareth Boyle continued his good form as well in Group H with a straightforward 4-0 win over Thurston Grixti from Malta.

Scotland’s Rhys Clark played well against Mohammed Faithi Alsenan from Saudi Arabia and managed a 68 break in the fourth frame to see out the match 4-0. Kristof Vermeiren from Belgium won 4-0 against Abdullah A. Alatyani from Saudi Arabia with a break of 70 in the third frame. The final frame of the session saw Michael Leslie from Scotland have an easy win in Group F against China Hong Kong’s Man Hoi Leong by the scoreline of 4-0.

Daniel Dempsey from Ireland found himself up against Kusai Sharif from Libya. Dempsey took the first two frames with ease before Sharif won the next two close frames and then went on to win the next two and the match. Abdullah Abdulaziz Alsubhi in Group J found Michael Smyth from Northern Ireland a tough opponent and nanaged only to win the first frame before losing four in a row and losing the match 4-1.

Kurt Brown from Australia lost the first frame in his match against Aaron Busuttil from Malta but managed to win four in a row after that first frame loss, including breaks of 51 and 82 to win the match 4-1. Young Irish playerJosh Boileau found Jurian Huesdens from Belgium in good form and lost the match 4 frames to 1.

Sin Group B Li Hang from China came up against Yuttapop Pakpoj From Thailand. The first two frames were shared, before Hang won the third with the help of a 73 break in the third. But Pakpoj produced two fabulous breaks of 74 and 97 in frames 4 and 5 and won the sixth to win the match 4-2. Mostafa Gebafy won his Group A match 4-3 against Israel’s Maor Shalom. Poland’s grzegorz Biernadski won his match four frames to 1 against K.Salam Suleman from Sweden in Group B.

Group A saw Irishman Vinny Muldoon lose the first two frames of his match against Patchara Mayoe from Thailand. Vinny then turned up a gear to knock in break of 126 to take the third. Vinny then won the next three in a row to see out the match 4 frames to 2.

Shannon Swain from New Zealand was the winner in the game against Benjamin Mc Cabe from Sweden by 4 frames to 2. Jason Devaney had a tough match against Scotlands Ross Higgins. Devaney went 3-1 up before Higgins made a 60 and a 101 to level at 3-3. Higgins won the last by 74 points to 9 to take the match.

Osama Anga from Libya met Marius Wiese from Germany in Group D. Marius proved to strong for Anga and won the match 4 frames to 1. Greg Casey from Ireland wasted no time in a quick win over Adem Gerwash from Germany by 4 frames to 0. Adam Stefanow from Poland was in good form todays match with breaks of 58 and 72 in a 4-1 win over New Zealander Ryan Knott.

Tony Moore from Ireland seemed to be struggling to find form today as he slipped to a 4-1 defeat to England’s Sam Cragie in Group D. In the final match of this session Stephen Cragie won 4-0 with two century breaks of 115 and 102 against Sam Bond from New Zealand.

The last session of the day had Danni Bismoot up against Man Hoi Leong. Bismoot from Israel found the going too tough as Man Hoi Leong rallied off 4 quick frames too win their Group F match. Kishan Hirani from Wales was in great form as he won 4 frames and the match against David Cassidy from Ireland. Michael Leslie from Scotland continued his good form with a straightforward win over Brian Ochoiski from France in Group F by 4 frames to 0.

There was three breaks between Chinnapat Kamsad from Thailand and Alexander Gauss from Austria in the match in Group F. Kamsad had a 55 and a 60 in the first two frames to take a two nil lead, but Gauss hit back with a 61 in the third. Gauss took the next two frames to make it 3-2 before Kamsad  took the next to leave a decider. It was Gauss who managed to accumulate 89 unanswered points in the last to win the match 4-3.

The last match of the day had Rhys Clark from Scotland take on Northern Ireland’s Declan Brennan. Clark hit breaks of 87 and 54 in frames 2 and 3 to go 2-1 ahead after dropping the first to Brennan. The next two frames were shared, before Clark saw out the match by 4 frames to 2.

03 AUG 2010 - Day 3

England’s Sam Craigie started the first session with two breaks of 59 and 73 to win 4-0 over Sweden’s Benjamin McCabe. The next match was a closer affair with a tightly fought 4-3 win for Danni Bismoot of Israel over Kishan Hirani of Wales. Man Hoi Leong from China Hong Kong struggled in his Group F match and lost 4-1 to Austrian Alexander Gauss..

Adam Stefanow from Poland was in terrific form in his match against Arya Sohrabi from the Netherlands. He had five breaks of over 50 in the five frame match, he hit a 50, 52, 63, 78 and a 86 to win 4 frames to 1.In Group E Welshman Jamie Clarke was at 1-1 with Irishman Greg Casey. Casey hit a 62 in the second frame, before Clarke hit a 118 and a 71 to win the match 4-1.

In second session Germany’s Benedikt Griesdorn win a close encounter against Ukraine’s Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy by 4 frames to 3 in their Group H clash. Irishman Gareth Boyle lost a close match in Group H against Qatar’s Ali Alobaidli by 4 frames to 3. Group H had Egypt player Mohamed Ibrahim Aly secure a straightforward 4-0 win against Mohammed Faithi Alsenan from Saudi Arabia.

Irishman Stephen Reddington was on great form in his match and managed a quick 4-0 win against his opponent Sigurour Kristjansson from Iceland. A close encounter was watched in the match between Belgium’s Kristof Vermeiren and Malta’s Thurston Grixti. Thurston Grixti managed to win on the final black in the decider in his 4-3 win.

Session three started with an easy win for Robert Carlisle from Scotland in Group A with a 4-0 victory over Mostafa Gerbaly from Egypt. Nick Jennings from England also had an easy win in Group I with a four-nil victory over Aleksi Tenkula from Finland.

Irish player Josh Boileau had a 4-1 victory over Abdullah Alsubhi from Saudi Arabia in Group J. Maltese player Aaron Busuttil won his match 4-0 against Micheal Smyth from Northern Ireland in Group J. Dylan Murray allso from Northern Ireland, won his match 4-2 against Kusai Sharif from Libya.

Australian player Kurt Brown managed to win his encounter against Germany’s Roman Dietzel by 4frames to one after going down 1-0 a 91 break from Dietzel. An all Ireland clash against Danial O’Regan and Daniel Dempsey was pretty much a one sided affair in Group I as Dempsey out potted O’Regan and won 4 frames to 1. The final match of the session saw another win for China’s Li Yan against Israel’s Maor Shalom by the score of 4 frames to 0.

Shachar Ruberg from Israel had a break of 57 in the third frame to help him to a four-one victory in Group B against Mitchell Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands. Group C players Michal Zielinski from Poland and Janne Saarela from Finland met in their encounter with Michal having breaks of 53 in the third frame and a 58 in the fifth frame to win 4 frames to 1.

Vinny Muldoon from Ireland had four breaks in four frames, a 52, 71, 82 and a 92 in a straightforward 4-0 win against Al Urfy Bairaq from Sweden in this Group A match.

In Group B Yuttapop Pakpoj from Thailand was to strong for Japan’s Toyoda Kyota and won 4-0 which included breaks of 60 and 61. Stephen Cragie from England had an easy win as well when he beat Khalid Khamali from the UAE in Group C by 4 frames to 0 with the help of a 51 and an a 83 break in frames 3 and 4.

Irish player Sean Conway found himself 2-1 down after 3 frames of his match in Group B against Grzegorz Biernadski, but managed to win three frames in a row, including breaks of 62 and 75 to win 4 frames to 2. The final match of the session saw Ross Higgins from Scotland have a 52 break in the second frame in his 4-0 win over Sam Bond from New Zealand in this Group C clash.

The Final Session saw the match with Osama Anga from Libya and Tony Moore from Ireland go in the favour of Osama by a score line  of 4 frames to 2 in Group D.

Campbell Dunlop from Scotland managed to win his match in this session by 4 frames to 2 against Adam Stefanow from Poland in Group E. Welsh Player Jamie Clarke met Arya Sohrabi in this Group E match, which Jamie won by 4 frames to 1. Greg Casey from Ireland had an easy win with a straightforward 4-0 win over Ryan Knott from New Zealand in Group E. David Cassidy from Ireland found himself 2-1 down against France’s Brian Ochoiski in their Group F encounter but managed to reel of three frames in a row to win the match by 4 frames to 2. The final Match of the day was from Group F, where Chinnapat Kamsad had a 52 break in the first frame, but lost the next by 68 points to 40, before he took three frames in a row to see out the match by a score line of 4 frames to 1.

02 AUG 2010 - Day 2

The first session of day two saw Irishman Tony Moore (Group D) secure his second win of the Championship with a 4-1 win over Germany’s Marius Weise. Two other players from group D also have a second win from two under their belt, the two players being,Yun Shing Wong from China Hong Kong and Sam Craigie from England. Shachar Ruberg from Israel had his second win from Two matches with a 4-1 victory over K.Salam Suleman from Sweden.

The second session of the day started with Irishman David Cassidy winning his second match of the tournament by 4 frames to 2, including a break of 65 in the fifth frame. Jamie Clark from Wales had a 57 break in the third frame in his win over Adam Stefanow from Poland. Belgium’s Julius Grauls won 4-1 in his match against Mohammed Faithi Alsenan in Goup G. While in Group E Arya Sohrabi of the Netherlands won his match 4-0 against Adem Gerwash of Libya.  Scotland’s Michael Leslie Had little difficulty in Group F with a 4-1 win against Chinnapat Kamsad from Thailand.

The match between Ireland’s Stephen Reddington and Scotland’s Rhys Clark was a very close affair with the match going 3 frames all. But it was Rhys who managed to win the final frame decider by 61 points to 33. Vladyslav Vyshnevskyy from the Ukraine run out a 4-2 winner over Abdullah. A. Alatyani.

Irish Player Daniel O’Regan won by 4 frames to 2 in his Group I match against Aleksi Tenkula. Ali Alobaidli from Qatar beat Belgium’s Kristof Vermeiren by 4 frames to 2 in their Group H match. Simon Lee from China Hong Kong lost 4-2 to Egypt’s Mohammed Ibrahim Aly in Group G. Local Letterkenny Irishman Gareth Boyle won 4-1 against Germany’s Benedikt Griesdorn in Group H.

In fourth session Group A had two players duelling in a  fantastic match with  Robert Carlisle from Scotland winning against China’s Li Yan by the score of 4 frames to 2. In Group J Aaron Busuttil from Malta won out a 4-1 match against Abdullah Alsubh from Saud Araba.

The final session saw Grzegorz Biernadski from Poland take a 2-0 lead with breaks of 72 in both the opening two frames. But his opponent Mitchell Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands take the next four in a row including a break of 64 in the fourth to win their match by 4 frames to 2. Thailand’s Yuttapop Pakpoj had a straight forward 4-0 win over Sweden’s K. Salam Suleman.

01 AUG 2010 - Day 1

The first day of the IBSF World Under 21 Snooker Championships started today, 1^st August 2010, at the Northwest snooker club, in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.

The first matches started at 10.00 am. Before they were underway Bernard McGuinness (Tournament Referee) gave a speech to welcome everyone to the Championships. Bernard thanked the participants and their families for travelling from far and wide to attend the competition. John Doherty then welcomed everyone to the Northwest snooker club and wished everyone an enjoyable stay in Letterkenny, and the best of luck in the competition.

Bernard McGuinness then asked everyone to stand for one minute of silence to pay their respect to the former 2 times World Snooker Champion, Irishman Alex Higgins, who sadly passed away last month.

The first session matches of the tournament then started. Table 1 saw Irishman Vincent (Vinny) Muldoon against Mostafa Gebaly from Egypt. Vinny Muldoon Started the match with breaks of 75 and 46 to take the first frame with ease. The second frame was also taken with the help of a 55 break by Muldoon. The third frame was a closer affair, but Muldoon won the frame by 77 to 42 to go 3-0 up. The next frame saw Gebaly much improved and he comfortably took the frame 75 points to 15. The fifth frame saw Muldoon pot first, and Gebaly had to sit and watch as Muldoon masterly cleared the table with a total clearance of 135.

Li Yan from China was on table 2 against Al Urfy Bairaq from Sweden. Bairaq won the first and fourth frames, but Li Yan had breaks of 121 in the third and 53 in the fifth that helped him to see out the match with a 4 frames to 2 win.

Patchara Mayoe from Thailand won his match on table 3 with a 4-0 score line against Maor Shalom from Israel.  Table 4 saw Irishman Sean Conway run out his first match with a 4-2 win against K.Salam Suleman from Sweden.

Pakpoj from Thailand defeated Van Den Bergh from the Netherlands by 4 frames to 2. Li Hang from China did not wait around in his first match against Kyota from Japan. In just over an hour Li Hang won 4-0 which also included breaks of 75 and 113 in the first and last frames.

The final opening match saw Isreal player Shacher Ruberg win 4-2 against Polands Grzegorz Biernadski.

31 JUL 2010 - Opening Day

The IBSF World under 21 snooker Championship opening ceremony was held at Gallagher’s Hotel in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. The evening started with all officials’ players and their families sitting down for a hot buffet dinner. During the meal the entertainment started with a modern dance act from Letterkenny. The Evening then saw Conor Rodgers a 12 year old bronze medallist in Traditional Irish Dancing amaze everyone with his lightning fast footwork.

Tournament Referee Bernard McGuinness then took the microphone and the floor to introduce the members of the organising committee, and members from the IBSF board, and to also introduce the Mayor of Letterkenny and a local politician.

First of all Bernard McGuinness spoke to everyone about the amount of effort and work that had been done by RIBSA committee members. He especially thanked Peter O'Brien (Assistant Tournament Referee) and Jim Lacey (RIBSA & EBSA Chairman and a member of the IBSF Board).

Bernard then introduced John Doherty, Tournament Director and the owner of Northwest snooker club, (the venue for these Championships). John had much praise for the support of people and businesses in Letterkenny. His thanks were then made to his two daughters and son who have helped him in preparing the club for the championships. John also gave special thanks to his wife for her support during the busy preparation period.

Other speeches were made then by Jim Leacy (RIBSA, EBSA & IBSF), Mohammed Kammah (IBSF Secretary), Tadhg Culbert (Mayor of Letterkenny)  and also  Dr. James McDaid (A Local Politician).

The Opening ceremony finished with an introduction of all the players and referee’s and the presentation of a welcome pack to all the competitors taking part in the Tournament.

The evening was thoroughly enjoyed by all that had attended.