Joe Meara

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Joe Meara
birthday 4th August 1975 (age 45)
nationality Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Northern Ireland
professional 1998/99, 2003/04, 2011/12
Prize money £ 6,370
Highest break 104
Century Breaks 2
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 94 (June – July 2011)

Joe Meara (born August 4, 1975 ) is a Northern Irish snooker player .

Career

Beginnings

In 1996, Meara defeated Paul King in the finals of the Northern Irish Snooker Championship . In the same year he took part in the amateur world championship , but he was eliminated from nine games with seven wins.

In 1997 he was eliminated in the fourth round of the Benson & Hedges Championship . A year later he took part in the first event of the UK Tour , where he lost in the first main round to his compatriot Colin Bingham . For the 1998/99 season he briefly turned pro and took part in the World Championship qualification, where he lost his opening game against Lee Walters . At the end of the season he lost his professional status again.

The following year he took part again in the Benson & Hedges Championship, where he was eliminated in Round 2 against Troy Shaw . At the World Snooker Championship he lost in the second qualifying round to Nigel Gilbert . Also in 2000/01 he took part in the two tournaments: At the Benson & Hedges Championship he lost in the same round to Stephen Maguire , at the World Cup he was able to defeat Lee Walters and then lost to Andy Neck.

Professional year 2003/04

The following season, Meara took part in the Challenge Tour after an early loss at the Benson & Hedges Championship , but where he did not come out of the round of 32. At the Snooker World Championship he lost after defeating Robert Donkin against Mick Price . Shortly thereafter he won the Northern Irish Snooker Championship for the second time, this time against Jonathan Nelson . Also in the 2002/03 season he took part in the Challenge Tour, this time with three appearances in the round of 32. He also made it into the fifth qualifying round for the World Snooker Championship , where he lost to Ian Preece . At amateur level, he was in the semi-finals of the amateur world championship .

For the 2003/04 season he turned pro again. After a series of opening defeats, he won his first game in the Masters qualifying event against Tony Knowles 5: 4. In the following round he lost to Luke Fisher. At the European Open , he lost in the second qualifying round of five to Rod Lawler . At the end of the season he moved into the third qualifying round for the World Snooker Championship , where he was defeated by Adrian Gunnell . With a total of four victories in the entire season, he finished in 116th place and thus clearly missed staying on the professional tour. In the same year Meara was in the quarter-finals of the European Championship , where he lost to Andrew Pagett . In 2004 he was also in the final of the Northern Irish Snooker Championship, but he lost 9:10 to Colin Bingham .

Amateur years until 2011

In 2004/05 Meara took part in the Challenge Tour without success , and he lost 4-1 to Jamie Jones in the round of 32 at the European Championships . In 2005 he lost to Michael Judge in the round of 16 of the Irish Professional Championships . After an unsuccessful participation in the Pontin's International Open Series 2006/07 Meara was again in 2007 in the final of the Northern Irish Snooker Championship, he was defeated by Patrick Wallace with 5:10. Later in the year Meara retired after surviving the group stage in the round of 32 at the European Championships against Brendan O'Donoghue and retired in the group stage from the amateur world championship .

Professional year 2011/12

For the 2011/12 season , Meara was nominated as a professional by the Northern Irish Association. During the entire season, he did not win a single game, so he ended up in the bottom of the ranking. He then refrained from participating in other Main Tour tournaments.

Further career

In 2016 Meara took part again in the Northern Irish Snooker Championship, where he was eliminated in the round of 16.

He is also a board member of the Northern Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association .

successes

output year competition Final opponent Result
Amateur tournaments
winner 1996 Northern Irish Snooker Championship Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Paul King 10: 6
winner 2002 Northern Irish Snooker Championship Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jonathan Nelson 10: 7
Second 2004 Northern Irish Snooker Championship Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Colin Bingham 9:10
Second 2007 Northern Irish Snooker Championship Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Patrick Wallace 5:10

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Profile of Joe Meara at CueTracker
  2. ↑ Committee. Northern Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed November 9, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Meara, Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1975