Northern Irish Snooker Championship

The Northern Irish Snooker Championship is a national competition to determine the Northern Irish champion in snooker , which has been held annually since 1927. The current record winner is Patrick Wallace , who has won eight times out of nine finals.

history

The first winner of the competition was Gibson Barron , who defeated Robert Duff in 1927. The first serial winner was Jack McNally , who won the trophy six times between 1931 and 1946. In 1946 he defeated Jackie Rea , who won himself against Jack Bates a year later . Bates won the next three competitions. In the 1950s, only Jim Stevenson dominated the competition, who was always in the finals in the five following competitions and won four times. The 1960s were dominated by Dessie Anderson , Maurice Gill and Sammy Crothers . 1968 won Alex Higgins , who would lose to Anderson in the final a year later and another three years later would win the World Snooker Championship. The first half of the 1970s was dominated by Jimmy Clint , who won 3 out of 5 competitions. The second half was dominated by Donal McVeigh , who won twice in four finals. In the decades that followed, numerous players won, including the double victory of Jack McLaughlin in 1983 and 1984 and Joe Swail , who was in the final in 1988 and 1991 and later became a professional player. As of 2012, Patrick Wallace won five times in a row.

The current defending champion is Declan Lavery , who won the competition for the first time in 2019 with a 10-5 win over Darren Dornan .

Title holder

year	winner	finalist	Result
1927	Northern Ireland Gibson Barron	Northern Ireland Robert Duff	4: 3
1928	J. Perry	Northern Ireland Jack Blackburn	5: 2
1929	W. Lyttle or Little	Captain John Ross	3: 2
1930	J. Luney	Northern Ireland Gibson Barron	4: 3
1931	Northern Ireland Jack McNally	WR Mills	3: 2
1932	Captain John Ross	WR Mills	3: 2
1933	J. French	J. Chambers	4: 1
1934	Captain John Ross	W. Price	5-0
1935	W. Agnew	Captain John Ross	4: 1
1936	W. Lowe	SR Brooks	5-0
1937	J. Hillis	Northern Ireland Jack Blackburn	4-0
1938	Northern Ireland Jack McNally	WH Sanlon	4: 3
1939	Northern Ireland Jack McNally	SR Brooks	4: 3
No event
1941	Northern Ireland Jack McNally	Northern Ireland A. Heron	4: 2
No event
1945	Northern Ireland Jack McNally	Ireland Charles Downey	4-0
1946	Northern Ireland Jack McNally	Northern Ireland Jackie Rea	4: 3
1947	Northern Ireland Jackie Rea	Northern Ireland Jack Bates	4: 2
1948	Northern Ireland Jack Bates	Northern Ireland Edward Haslem	4: 1
1949	Northern Ireland Jack Bates	Northern Ireland Jim Stevenson	4: 2
1950	Northern Ireland Jack Bates	Northern Ireland John Dickinson	4: 2
1951	Northern Ireland Jim Stevenson	Northern Ireland Edward Haslem	4: 1
1952	Northern Ireland Jim Stevenson	Northern Ireland Dan Turley	4: 1
1953	Northern Ireland Jim Stevenson	Northern Ireland Joe Thompson	4: 1
1954	Northern Ireland William Seeds	Northern Ireland Jim Stevenson	4: 2
1955	Northern Ireland Jim Stevenson	Northern Ireland Maurice Gill	4: 1
1956	Northern Ireland Sam Brooks	Northern Ireland George Lyttle	4: 3
1957	Northern Ireland Maurice Gill	Northern Ireland Dessie Anderson	4: 1
1958	Northern Ireland Billy Agnew	Northern Ireland Billy Hanna	4: 3
1959	Northern Ireland Billy Hanna	Northern Ireland Billy Seeds	4: 3
1960	Northern Ireland Maurice Gill	Northern Ireland Dessie Anderson	4: 3
1961	Northern Ireland Dessie Anderson	Northern Ireland Maurice Gill	4: 1
1962	Northern Ireland Sean MacMahon	Northern Ireland Dessie Anderson	4: 2
1963	Northern Ireland Dessie Anderson	Northern Ireland Jimmy Clint	4: 2
1964	Ireland Paddy Morgan	Northern Ireland Maurice Gill	4: 2
1965	Northern Ireland Maurice Gill	Northern Ireland Sammy Crothers	4: 1
1966	Northern Ireland Sammy Crothers	Northern Ireland Billy Caughey	4: 3
1967	Northern Ireland Dessie Anderson	Northern Ireland Sammy Crothers	4: 1
1968	Northern Ireland Alex Higgins	Northern Ireland Maurice Gill	4: 1
1969	Northern Ireland Dessie Anderson	Northern Ireland Alex Higgins	4-0
1970	Northern Ireland Jimmy Clint	Northern Ireland Noel McCann	4: 3
1971	Northern Ireland Sammy Crothers	Northern Ireland Dessie Anderson	4: 2
1972	Northern Ireland Paddy Donnelly	Northern Ireland Sammy Pavis	unknown
1973	Northern Ireland Jimmy Clint	Northern Ireland Sean MacMahon	unknown
1974	Northern Ireland Paddy Donnelly	Northern Ireland Sammy Pavis	4: 1
1975	Northern Ireland Jimmy Clint	Northern Ireland Sean MacMahon	4: 1
1976	Northern Ireland Eddie Sawffield	Northern Ireland Donal McVeigh	4: 1
1977	Northern Ireland Donal McVeigh	Northern Ireland George Maxwell	4-0
1978	Northern Ireland Donal McVeigh	Northern Ireland Liam McCann	4: 2
1979	Northern Ireland Raymond Burke	Northern Ireland Jim Begley	4: 3
1980	Northern Ireland Sam Clarke	Northern Ireland Donal McVeigh	4: 3
1981	Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy	Northern Ireland Billy Mills	4: 3
1982	Northern Ireland Sammy Pavis	Northern Ireland Kieran Erwin	9: 8
1983	Northern Ireland John McLaughlin	Northern Ireland Jack McIntyre	10: 4
1984	Northern Ireland Jack McLaughlin	Northern Ireland Harry Morgan	10: 3
1985	Northern Ireland Sammy Pavis	Northern Ireland Kieran Erwin	10: 9
1986	Northern Ireland Colin Sewell	Northern Ireland Gordon Campbell	10: 4
1987	Northern Ireland Seamus McCleary	Northern Ireland Gordan Campbell	10: 4
1988	Northern Ireland Paul Doran	Northern Ireland Joe Swail	10: 7
1989	Northern Ireland Harry Morgan	Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill	10: 5
1990	Northern Ireland Kieran McAlinden	Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill	10: 9
1991	Northern Ireland Michael Duffy	Northern Ireland Joe Swail	10: 9
1992	Northern Ireland Declan Hughes	Northern Ireland Andy Sharpe	10: 8
1993	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	Northern Ireland Kieran Erwin	10: 8
1994	Northern Ireland Kieran McAlinden	Northern Ireland Michael Duffy	10: 6
1995	Northern Ireland Julian Logue	Northern Ireland Colin Bingham	10: 6
1996	Northern Ireland Joe Meara	Northern Ireland Paul King	10: 6
1997	Northern Ireland Jonathan Nelson	Northern Ireland Paddy Doherty	10: 5
1998	Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill	Northern Ireland Jonathan Nelson	10: 8
1999	Northern Ireland Michael Duffy	Northern Ireland Kieran McMahon	10: 2
2000	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	Ireland Barry McNamee	10: 2
2001	Northern Ireland Sean O'Neill	Northern Ireland Julian Logue	10: 5
2002	Northern Ireland Joe Meara	Northern Ireland Jonathan Nelson	10: 7
2003	Northern Ireland Mark Allen	Northern Ireland Colin Bingham	10: 4
2004	Northern Ireland Colin Bingham	Northern Ireland Joe Meara	10: 9
2005	Northern Ireland Mark Allen	Northern Ireland Kieran McMahon	10: 1
2006	Northern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey	Northern Ireland Kieran MacMahon	10: 9
2007	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	Northern Ireland Joe Meara	10: 5
2008	Northern Ireland Jordan Brown	Northern Ireland Julian Logue	10: 9
2009	Northern Ireland Jordan Brown	Northern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey	10: 4
2010	Northern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey	Northern Ireland Kieran MacMahon	10: 8
2011	Northern Ireland Kieran MacMahon	Northern Ireland Brian Milne	8: 5
2012	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	Northern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey	10: 4
2013	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	Northern Ireland Jordan Brown	10: 4
2014	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	Northern Ireland Ramie McAllister	10: 4
2015	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	Northern Ireland Jordan Brown	10: 2
2016	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	Northern Ireland Jordan Brown	10: 8
2017	Northern Ireland Jordan Brown	Northern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey	10: 8
2018	Northern Ireland Jordan Brown	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	10: 5
2019	Northern Ireland Declan Lavery	Northern Ireland Darren Dornan	10: 5

Ranking list

space	player			Final participation
1	Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace	8th	1	9
2	Northern Ireland Jack McNally	6th	0	6th
3	Northern Ireland Dessie Anderson	4th	4th	8th
3	Northern Ireland Jordan Brown	4th	3	7th
4th	Northern Ireland Jim Stevenson	4th	2	6th
5	Northern Ireland Maurice Gill	3	4th	7th
6th	Northern Ireland Jack Bates	3	1	4th
6th	Northern Ireland Jimmy Clint	3	1	4th
8th	Northern Ireland Dermot McGlinchey	2	3	5
9	Captain John Ross	2	2	4th
	Northern Ireland Sammy Crothers	2	2	4th
	Northern Ireland Sammy Pavis	2	2	4th
	Northern Ireland Donal McVeigh	2	2	4th
	Northern Ireland Joe Meara	2	2	4th
14th	Northern Ireland Michael Duffy	2	1	3
15th	Northern Ireland Paddy Donnelly	2	0	2
	Northern Ireland Kieran McAlinden	2	0	2
	Northern Ireland Mark Allen	2	0	2
18th	Northern Ireland Kieran McMahon	1	4th	5
20th	Northern Ireland Sean MacMahon	1	2	3
	Northern Ireland Martin O'Neill	1	2	3
	Northern Ireland Julian Logue	1	2	3
	Northern Ireland Colin Bingham	1	2	3
	Northern Ireland Jonathan Nelson	1	2	3
26th	Northern Ireland Gibson Barron	1	1	2
	Northern Ireland Jackie Rea	1	1	2
	Northern Ireland Billy Seeds	1	1	2
	Northern Ireland Billy Hanna	1	1	2
	Northern Ireland Alex Higgins	1	1	2
	Northern Ireland Harry Morgan	1	1	2
31	J. Perry	1	0	1
	W. Lyttle or W. Little	1	0	1
	J. Luney	1	0	1
	J. French	1	0	1
	W. Agnew	1	0	1
	W. Lowe	1	0	1
	J. Hillis	1	0	1
	Billy Agnew	2	0	2
	Northern Ireland Sam Brooks	1	0	1
	Ireland Paddy Morgan	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Eddie Sawffield	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Raymond Burke	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Sam Clarke	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Tommy Murphy	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland John McLaughlin	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Jack McLaughlin	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Colin Sewell	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Seamus McCleary	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Paul Doran	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Declan Hughes	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Sean O'Neill	1	0	1
	Northern Ireland Declan Lavery	1	0	1
48	Northern Ireland Kieran Erwin	0	3	3
49	Northern Ireland Jack Blackburn	0	2	2
	WR Mills	0	2	2
	Northern Ireland SR Brooks	0	2	2
	Northern Ireland Edward Haslem	0	2	2
	Northern Ireland Jim Begley	0	2	2
	Northern Ireland Gordon Campbell	0	2	2
	Northern Ireland Joe Swail	0	2	2
55	Northern Ireland Robert Duff	0	1	1
	W. Price	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland J. Chambers	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland WH Sanlon	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland A. Heron	0	1	1
	Ireland Charles Downey	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland John Dickinson	0	1	1
	Dan Turley	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Joe Thompson	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland George Lyttle	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Billy Caughey	0	1	1
	Noel McCann	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland George Maxwell	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Liam McCann	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Billy Mills	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Jack McIntyre	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Andy Sharpe	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Paul King	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Paddy Doherty	0	1	1
	Ireland Barry McNamee	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Barry Milne	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Ramie McAllister	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland Darren Dornan	0	1	1

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ron Florax: Tournaments In Northern Ireland Amateur Championship. Cuetracker.net, accessed on September 28, 2018 (English).
^ ^A ^b Global Snooker Countries - Northern Ireland. (No longer available online.) Global Snooker Center, 2004, archived from the original on September 28, 2018 ; accessed on September 28, 2018 (English).
^ Luke Williams, Paul Gadsby: Snooker's World Champions . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh , London 2012 ( google.de ).

[Cuetracker-1] Ron Florax: Tournaments In Northern Ireland Amateur Championship. Cuetracker.net, accessed on September 28, 2018 (English).

[GlobalSnooker-2] A ^b Global Snooker Countries - Northern Ireland. (No longer available online.) Global Snooker Center, 2004, archived from the original on September 28, 2018 ; accessed on September 28, 2018 (English).

[Gill-3] Luke Williams, Paul Gadsby: Snooker's World Champions . Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh , London 2012 ( google.de ).


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