2008 Irish Open - Naas, Co Kildare

[liam stephens]

Masters: Going into the final round Ron King had an unassailable score of 31 points and is this years winner of the Irish Open. Jack Francis is in second place on 25 points with one round to play.
(I had to leave before the final round in order to get home on the same day)

Seniors: Sean McElkenny leads on 23 points. Pat Logue and Peter Kierans are on 22 points, with one round left to play.

The Intermediate section was completed yesterday.

1. Andy Dobbyns 23 points
2. Vincent Beirne 22 points
3. Jack Coll 20 points
4. Patsy Quinn 20 points
5. Julian McGuiness 19 points
6. Denis Fitzgerald 19 points

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Masters: Going into the final round Ron King had an unassailable score of 31 points and is this years winner of the Irish Open.

Suki is Suki - one tournament is over, other on the way! Very strong and powerful performance. He just proved once more his credibility to play 3-move World Title Match next year and I am glad to see him back to business and fully armed, which gives us a good chance that it maynot be one-side match.

It is really pity that Jack Francis was unable come and play in Beijing.

Respectfully,

Alex Moiseyev

[S_McCosker]

Going into the final round Ron King had an unassailable score of 31 points and is this years winner of the Irish Open

Awsome score and congratulations to Ron, Liam any news of an Irish challenge. I wonder what the record for a winning score in the Irish open is I think Derek Oldbury had 34 points in kings court in 1982.

Interesting Developments.


Shane McCosker

[liam stephens]

Hi Shane,

Going into last round, top Irish players were Myles Hannigan on 21 points and Sean Cronin on 20.
They drew against each other, and in the last round are repaired. So it looks like one of them will be your next official challenger for Irish 3 Move Match championship.
King beat Francis in both games in their pairing, and are also repaired in final round.

For Alex - thanks for invitation to annotate some of the Beijing games, but I must decline. I have a heavy schedule of tasks to do for Irish Draughts Association and Newsletter so will not have any spare time. Also I think you have a good team already.

Regards - Liam.

[S_McCosker]

Thanks Liam

Great to see Myles and Sean battle it out for the Irish home based champion. I couldnt make it this year due to school comitments but i guess theres always next year .

all the best

Shane

[Alex_Moiseyev]

I think Derek Oldbury had 34 points in kings court in 1982.

Hey, noone told me this previous year when I played in Irish Open You've got to invite me again folks in 2009 !

Regards,

Alex

[Ingo_Zachos]

Congratulations to Ron for winning the Irish Open 2009!

A strong answer to the "disappointing" result at the WMSG.
Though, as I told him, to win a silver medal in such a high calibre event is something no Barbadian has ever match in his or her respective sport.
I hope he finds enough time and inspiration to prepare for another match with Alex Moiseyev, though then the going will get thougher.
Now one sees how strong the competition was in Beijing.

And let's hope that the repairing does not lead to a player with 19 or 20 points to pass by Hannigan or Cronin, because they get repaired, and that player gets "paired down"
As you see, repairing is a double-edged sword.
I hope we can have the results by Thursday.

Greetinx from cloudy Dortmund,

Ingo

[Alex_Moiseyev]

Congratulations to Ron for winning the Irish Open 2009!

Ingo, some players are still in the past, in Beijing. But you, instead, are far ahead - in 2009 !

[liam stephens]

Here are the first six placings results from the Irish Open:


Masters

1st. Ron King on 33 Points

2nd. Jack Francis on 27 Points

3rd. Myles Hannigan on 23 Points

4th. Sean Cronin on 22 Points

5th. Nathaniel Grosvenor on 22 Points

6th. Frank Moran on 21 Points

Senior

1st. Sean McElkenny on 25 Points
2nd. Peter Kierans on 25 Points
3rd. P.J.Furey on 25 Points
4th. Sean McKenna on 24 Points
5th. Pat Logue on 23 Points
Jt. 6th. Brendan Murray on 22 Points
Tommy Canning on 22 Points

Intermediate

1st. Andy Dobbyns on 23 Points
2nd. Vincent Beirne on 22 Points
3rd. Jack Coll on 20 Points
4th. Patsy Quinn on 20 Points
5th. Julian McGuinness on 19 Points
6th. Denis Fitzgerald on 19 Points