2009 Irish Classic

Irish Classic
Tournament information
Dates 24–26 July 2009
Venue Celbridge Snooker Club
City Kildare
Country Ireland
Format Non-ranking event
Highest break 132
Final
Champion Joe Swail
Runner-up Fergal O'Brien
Score 5–0
2008
2010

The 2009 Irish Classic (often known as the 2009 Lucan Racing Irish Classic for sponsorship and promotion purposes) professional non-ranking snooker tournament took place between 24–26 July 2009 at the Celbridge Snooker Club in Kildare, Ireland.[1]

Joe Swail won in the final 5–0 against Fergal O'Brien.[2]

Contents

Round-robin stage

[3]

Group 1

Table

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1 Fergal O'Brien 3 2 13 8 +5 2
2 Joe Swail 3 2 13 8 +5 2
3 Ken Doherty 3 2 12 10 +2 2
4 David Morris 3 0 3 15 −12 0

Results:

  • Fergal O'Brien 3–5 Ken Doherty
  • Fergal O'Brien 5–0 David Morris
  • Joe Swail 5–2 Ken Doherty
  • David Morris 1–5 Joe Swail
  • David Morris 2–5 Ken Doherty
  • Fergal O'Brien 5–3 Joe Swail

Group 2

Table Table

POS Player MP MW FW FL FD PTS
1 Brendan O'Donoghue 3 3 15 8 +7 3
2 Michael Judge 3 2 14 11 +3 2
3 Joe Delaney 3 1 8 14 −6 1
4 Patrick Wallace 3 0 11 15 −4 0

Results:

  • Michael Judge 4–5 Brendan O'Donoghue
  • Joe Delaney 3–5 Michael Judge
  • Patrick Wallace 4–5 Brendan O'Donoghue
  • Joe Delaney 0–5 Brendan O'Donoghue
  • Michael Judge 5–3 Patrick Wallace
  • Joe Delaney 5–4 Patrick Wallace

Knock-out stage

[3]

  Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
                 
 Fergal O'Brien 5  
 Michael Judge 2  
     Fergal O'Brien 0
   Joe Swail 5
 Brendan O'Donoghue 1
 Joe Swail 5  

Century breaks

[3]

References

  1. ^ "Lucan Racing Irish Classic 2009". Website of Fergal O'Brien. Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. http://fergalobrien.ie/about60.html. Retrieved 2009-07-27. 
  2. ^ "Swail wins Irish Classic". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 2009-07-30. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27072009/58/swail-wins-irish-classic.html. Retrieved 2009-07-27. 
  3. ^ a b c "Lucan Racing Irish Classic 2009". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5zyJlRWE0. Retrieved 17 April 2010.