1986 Irish Professional Championship
Appearance
Tournament information | |
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Dates | 20–23 May 1986 |
Venue | Maysfield Leisure Centre |
City | Belfast |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Format | Non-ranking event |
Total prize fund | £21,500[1] |
Winner's share | £8,000[2] |
Highest break | Alex Higgins (NIR) (96)[2] |
Final | |
Champion | Dennis Taylor |
Runner-up | Alex Higgins |
Score | 10–7 |
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The 1986 Strongbow Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 20 and 23 May 1986 at the Maysfield Leisure Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.[3][4]
Dennis Taylor won the title beating Alex Higgins 10–7 in the final.[5]
Main draw
[edit]First round Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 11 frames | Semi-finals Best of 11 frames | Final Best of 19 frames | ||||||||||||||||
Dennis Taylor | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Billy Kelly | 5 | Billy Kelly | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Jackie Rea | 0 | Dennis Taylor | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Tommy Murphy | 5 | Tommy Murphy | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Joe O'Boye | 0 | Tommy Murphy | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Tony Kearney | 5 | Tony Kearney | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Patsy Fagan | 0 | Dennis Taylor | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
Alex Higgins | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
Alex Higgins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Jack McLaughlin | 5 | Jack McLaughlin | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Paul Watchorn | 0 | Alex Higgins | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Eugene Hughes | 5 | Eugene Hughes | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Dessie Sheehan | 0 | Eugene Hughes | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Pascal Burke | 5 | Pascal Burke | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Paddy Browne | 4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Higgins outplays Hughes". The Irish Times. 23 May 1986. p. 4.
- ^ a b "Taylor beats Higgins for title". The Irish Times. 24 May 1986. p. 3.
- ^ "National snooker test on". Evening Herald (Dublin). 10 April 1986. p. 52.
- ^ "Irish Professional Championship". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ Hayton, Eric. Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker. p. 153.
- ^ "1986 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid". Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2018.