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Blackball Pool - 2015 Northern Ireland Blackball Championships

​13th-15th November 2015 / Lodge Hotel, Coleraine, Northern Ireland

NORTHERN IRELAND POOL ASSOCIATION (NIPA) 

'BET MCLEANS' INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men's

The evergreen Ronan McCarthy won his fifth straight national singles title; pocketing a cool £700 too.

Results (from the Last 32 onwards)

​ Kyle Kirkwood 4-5 Declan Duff
Dee Irwin 5-0 Ryan McKillop
Chris Beattie 5-1 Mark Millar
Shaun McAlister 5-2 Rab Butler
Lee Hull 5-1 Paul McAlister
Neil Campbell 5-1 Bill McIlroy
Tom Morgan 4-5 Martin Quigg
Gary Wallace 2-5 Ronan McCarthy
Stephen Johnston 5-0 Gerry McCorry
Gary Johnston 5-2 Davy Riddell
Corey Sweeney 3-5 Declan Lavery
Brendan Savage 3-5 Gee Crawley
Gary Clarke 5-2 Ryan McQuillan
Craig Laughlin 1-5 Drew Sloan
Ricky Clyde 1-5 Tommy Morrow
Roger Smyth 3-5 Martin Sharvin

(Last 16)
Declan Duff 5-2 Dee Irwin
Chris Beattie 3-5 Shaun McAlister
Lee Hull 5-1 Neil Campbell
Martin Quigg 0-5 Ronan McCarthy
Stephen Johnston 4-5 Gary Johnston
Declan Lavery 5-2 Gee Crawley
Gary Clarke 5-3 Drew Sloan
Tommy Morrow 5-2 Martin Sharvin

(Quarter-Finals)
Declan Duff 3-5 Shaun McAlister
Lee Hull 2-5 Ronan McCarthy 
Gary Johnston 2-5 Declan Lavery
Gary Clarke 5-0 Tommy Morrow 

(Semi-Finals)
Shaun McAlister 2-6 Ronan McCarthy
Declan Lavery 1-6 Gary Clarke

(Final)
Ronan McCarthy (Kircubbin) 7-3 Gary Clarke (Ballymena)

​​Women's Championship - Results (from the Last 16 onwards)
Krissie Cutler 4-5Alex Babb
Nicole Devlin 0-5 Collette Henriksen
Sara Greenberg 0-5 Maryjo McCourt
Tasha Magill 5-0 Naomi Rutledge
Jean McIlroy 1-5 Mary Cunningham
Michelle Roonay 5-0 Roisin Smith
Susan Graham 5-2 Andrea Reid
Andrea McAllister 3-5 Linzi McClelland

(Quarter-Finals)
Alex Babb 2-5 Collette Henriksen
Maryjo McCourt 5-4 Tasha Magill
Mary Cunningham 4-5 Michelle Roonay
Susan Graham 3-5 Linzi McClelland

(Semi-Finals)
Collette Henriksen 5-3 Maryjo McCourt
Michelle Roonay 5-1 Linzi McClelland

(Final)
Collette Henriksen (Enniskillen) 6-4 Michelle Roonay (Enniskillen)

Seniors Championship - Results (from the Last 16 onwards)
Jeff Moore 2-5 Raymond Stockman
Jan Orr 5-4 Marty Goudie
Ronan McCarthy 5-0 Greg Stevenson
Paul Kerr 4-5 Mark Stockton
Dee Irwin 1-5 Neil McKelvey
John Tennyson 1-5 Stephen McWhirter
James McGarrell 3-5 Gary Johnston
Kevin McCorry 5-0 Anthony McCorry

(Quarter-Finals)
Raymond Stockman 4-5 Jan Orr
Ronan McCarthy 5-0 Mark Stockton
Neil McKelvey 5-4 Stephen McWhirter
Gary Johnston 5-1 Kevin McCorry

​(Semi-Finals)
Jan Orr 4-6 Ronan McCarthy
Neil McKelvey 6-4 Gary Johnston

(Final)
Ronan McCarthy (Kircubbin) 4-6 Neil McKelvey (Larne)

Over 50's Championship - Results (from the Quarter-Finals onwards)
Raymond Stockman 5-3 Eric Sterrett
Paul O'Connor 5-1 Hugo Manson
Bill McIlroy Sr 5-1 Davy Drysdale
Davy McGurn 5-1 Stephen Johnston

(Semi-Finals)
Raymond Stockman 4-5 Paul O'Connor
Bill McIlroy Sr 5-0 Davy McGurn

(Final)
Paul O'Connor (Coleraine) 2-5 Bill McIlroy Sr (Larne) 

Under 23's Championship - Results (from the Quarter-Finals onwards)

Lee Topping 4-5 Adam Freeburn
Steven McGurn 1-5 Gerard McDermott
Oisin Wallace 2-5 Declan Duff
Ryan Scott 2-5 Eoin Burns

(Semi-Finals)
Gerard McDermott 6-3 Adam Freeburn
Declan Duff 6-3 Eoin Burns

(Final)
Gerard McDermott (Omagh) 5-7 Declan Duff (Lurgan)

Under 18's Championship - Results (from the Semi-Finals onwards)
Galvin McDermott 6-5 Oisin Wallace
Gerard McDermott 6-5 Daryl McKee

(Final)
Galvin McDermott (Omagh) 4-6 Gerard McDermott (Omagh)

​Under 15's Championship - Final
Aaron Rolston (Larne) 6-5 Ryan Marcus (Larne)

Many thanks to the Northern Ireland Pool Association for the above photo.

​Written and published by Michael Day​​​​