Cronin Wins Amateur Event 5

On Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd March SBI held the fourth Amateur event of the season which had an entry of 44 players.

This was a fantastic event and by the end of Saturday we were down to the Quarter Final stages

This event were best of 5 matches up till the quarter final stages and then best of 7 including the final.

There was a number of fantastic matches which included Tommy O Donoghue beating Mark Tuite, Noel Landers beating Philip Browne and Aaron Goldrick beating Mark Gleeson.

Quarter Finals

Ryan Cronin 4-0 Eric Pei

Mark Gleeson 2-4 Aaron Goldrick

Noel Landers 2-4 Tommy O Donoghue

Jonathan Williams 0-4 David Morris

Semi Finals

Ryan Cronin 4-0 Aaron Goldrick

Tommy O Donoghue 2-4 David Morris

Final

Ryan Cronin 4-3 David Morris

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In the final it was Ryan who took an early lead by taking 3 of the first 4 frames to lead 3-1 but David wasn’t going to let this title go easily as he takes the next 2 to level at 3 frames all. It was Ryan who finally

took the deciding frame to take the title by a score line of 4 frames to 3.

SBI would like to congratulate David on reaching the final and well done to Ryan on winning his third event of the season.

The high break prize went to Aaron Goldrick who had a fantastic 122 break.

SBI would like to thank TD Shane Mason on running a fantastic event.

We would also like to thank referees Neil Shanahan and Conor Doyle for all their help during the event.

Dates & Venues

• Event 1: TAOM AMATEUR TOUR 1 – SBI HQ CARLOW – 14th -15th September – WINNER RYAN CRONIN
• Event 2: TAOM AMATEUR TOUR 2 – SBI HQ CARLOW – 5th – 6th October – WINNER RYAN CRONIN
• Event 3: TAOM AMATEUR TOUR 3 – SBI HQ CARLOW – 14th – 15th December – WINNER BRENDAN O DONOGHUE
• Event 4: TAOM AMATEUR TOUR 4 – SBI HQ CARLOW – 15th – 16th February – WINNER RODNEY GOGGINS
• Event 5: TAOM AMATEUR TOUR 5 – SBI HQ CARLOW – 1st – 2nd March – WINNER RYAN CRONIN
• Event 6: TAOM AMATEUR TOUR 6 – SBI HQ CARLOW – 19th – 20th April
• Event 7: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS – SBI HQ CARLOW – 10th – 11th May
• Finals Weekend 16th – 18th May

Players should be aware that all entries are through the on line system and you have to enter before the closing date of Thursday at 1pm prior to each event.