Rodney Goggins

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Rodney Goggins
birthday March 25, 1978
place of birth Wexford
nationality IrelandIreland Ireland
professional 2004/05, 2007-2009
Prize money 8294 pounds
Highest break 135
Century Breaks 6th
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 70 (2008/09)

Rodney Goggins (born March 25, 1978 in Wexford ) is an Irish snooker player . In the second half of the 2000s he was active as a professional on the Snooker Main Tour for three years .

Career

Rodney Goggins had his own little pool table when he was 6 years old. After that, it took him some time to develop a passion for snooker and join a club when he was 13. He was a very successful youth player in Ireland, winning national youth titles in various age groups. Internationally, he had his first successes at the U21 World Cup at the age of 20 : He reached the quarter-finals. The following year he made it to the final and won the title with an 11: 4 win over Rolf de Jong from the Netherlands. Then he also played the Amateur World Cup and was there in the quarterfinals. He lost to eventual world champion Ian Preece . In 2000 he became Irish champion after beating Gary Hardiman 8: 7 in the final. A year later he reached the final at the Pontins Autumn Open in Wales, which also included professional players.

But it was not until 2003 that he made his first attempt to become a professional player himself and took part in the four tournaments of the Challenge Tour . To come under the last 32 twice and one more victory was enough to come 15th in the overall standings and thus qualify for the 2004/05 season on the professional tour. His professional time began with 4 defeats at the beginning, before he won his first victory at the Malta Cup against Adam Davies . At his home tournament, the Irish Masters , he even defeated Shokat Ali and Björn Haneveer 5-2, but opening defeats in the last two tournaments meant that it was only 90th in the season's ranking and thus his professional status was not extended.

In the following two years he played again as an amateur. 2007 was his most successful amateur year. He reached the final of the European Championship , which he lost 7-2 to Kevin van Hove , and he reached number 1 in the Irish rankings. The Irish Association then nominated him for another year on the Main Tour. The 2007/08 season started again with an opening defeat, but at the Grand Prix he was able to collect match practice in the group round, even if he only won 2 of his 7 games. From then on it went up, he defeated Tian Pengfei in the Northern Ireland Trophy and with wins of 9-7 against Alex Davies and 9-8 against Judd Trump he reached the last 64 at the UK Championship . At the World Cup he came into the third round for a second time after defeating Lee Spick 10: 9. Then came the second encounter with Trump, in which the young Englishman retaliated for the previous defeat. That was not quite enough for the top 64 in the world rankings , which were automatically qualified for the next season, but over the one-year ranking he still held his Main Tour place. He started his third year as a professional in 70th place and with two wins in four tournaments he had a mixed start. At the UK Championship he was able to repeat his third round entry and defeat David Roe 9-0. At the World Cup , however, he only managed one victory, then he was eliminated by Martin Gould . His poorer performance threw him back in the ranking and as 77th he had to leave the tour for the second time.

In 2009/10 he tried to return via the Pontin's International Open Series . But he only appeared in 6 of the 8 tournaments and only made it to the second round twice, so that as 37th overall he was far from qualifying. The following year he only played amateur tournaments and in 2010 he returned to the World Amateur Championship . He lost the semifinals against Pankaj Advani and then won the placement game for 3rd place against Noppadol Sangnil . In the tournament he managed a maximum break . In 2012 he also reached the semi-finals at the European Championships and lost there to Scott Donaldson . In the same year he was also invited to the 6-Red World Championship and remained undefeated in the special format in the group round against Judd Trump and Barry Hawkins, among others . But then he lost the first elimination game in the round of the last 32. He was also selected for the Irish team at the Home Internationals, the championship of the British Isles, and won the title for his home country.

In the following years he had some respectable successes in the amateur field at World and European Championships. In 2017 he reached the final of the Irish Championship for the second time in his career, but lost there to Brendan O'Donoghue .

successes

Ranking tournaments:

Other professional tournaments:

Amateur tournaments:

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  1. ↑ a b c Profile of Rodney Goggins on CueTracker (as of January 11, 2018)
  2. ↑ a b Pádraig Byrne: Wexford snooker star Rodney Goggins has seen the highs and lows of the world of the green baize. New Ross Standard, January 10, 2012, accessed January 11, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b Michael Cullen: Rodney Goggins (profile). Retrieved January 11, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Goggins, Rodney
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Wexford , Ireland