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]
| 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[1] |
| Winner's share | €5,000[2] |
| Highest break |  Joe Swail (142)[2] |
| Final | |
| Champion | Joe Swail |
| Runner-up |  Ken Doherty |
| Score | 9–7 |
← 1993 2006 → | |
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
editMain draw
edit| 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
editLast 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
edit- 142, 129, 114, 102 – Joe Swail
- 124 – Ken Doherty
- 105 – Fergal O'Brien
References
edit- ^ "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.