2005 Irish Professional Championship

Irish Professional Championship
Tournament information
Dates	22–26 October 2005
Venue	Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex
City	Templeogue
Country	Republic of Ireland
Format	Non-Ranking event
Total prize fund	€11,500
Winner's share	€5,000
Highest break	Joe Swail (142)
Final
Champion	Joe Swail
Runner-up	Ken Doherty
Score	9–7
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The 2005 Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 22 and 26 October 2005. The tournament was held at the Spawell Sport & Leisure Complex in Templeogue, and featured twenty-four exclusively Irish and Northern Irish players.^[2]

The qualifying round, last-16, quarter-final and semi-final matches were played over the best of nine frames, and the final over the best of seventeen. Joe Swail won the event, beating Ken Doherty 9–7 in the final.^[3]

Results

Main draw

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Last 16 Best of 9 frames		Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames		Semi-finals Best of 9 frames		Final Best of 17 frames

Joe Swail	5

David Morris	0
		Joe Swail	5

		Martin McCrudden	0
Martin McCrudden	5

Patrick Wallace	3
				Joe Swail	5

				Gerard Greene	3
Gerard Greene	5

Robert Murphy	2
		Gerard Greene	5

		Joe Delaney	3
Joe Delaney	5

Garry Hardiman	4
						Joe Swail	9

						Ken Doherty	7
Ken Doherty	5

Colm Gilcreest	2
		Ken Doherty	5

		Leo Fernandez	3
Leo Fernandez	5

Colin Bingham	3
				Ken Doherty	5

				Fergal O'Brien	4
Fergal O'Brien	5

Robert McCullough	0
		Fergal O'Brien	5

		Michael Judge	2
Michael Judge	5

Joe Meara	3

Qualifying

Last 24 (Best of 9 frames)

David Morris 5–0 Mark Allen
Martin McCrudden 5–3 Tom Gleeson
Robert Murphy 5–1 John Connors
Garry Hardiman 5–2 Alex Higgins
Colm Gilcreest 5–4 Brendan O'Donoghue
Colin Bingham 5–3 Rodney Goggins
Robert McCullough 5–3 James Moore
Joe Meara 5–1 Nigel Power

Century breaks

142, 129, 114, 102 – Joe Swail
124 – Ken Doherty
105 – Fergal O'Brien

References

^ "Top pros cue up at Spawell". Evening Herald (Dublin). 21 October 2005. p. 70.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2005 Irish Professional Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ "2005 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[1] "Top pros cue up at Spawell". Evening Herald (Dublin). 21 October 2005. p. 70.

[Irish-2] "2005 Irish Professional Championship". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

[3] "2005 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

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