Hotshot Wallace pots the magnificent seven

Dungannon’s Patrick Wallace eteched his name in snooker’s history books when he became the first player to win the Northern Ireland Championship title seven times by defeating Antrim’s Jordan Brown 10-2 in the Cookstown’s Pot Black club.
By Kevin Hughes
Published 25th Apr 2015, 21:47 BST
Dungannon's Patrick Wallace kept his grip on the Northern Ireland Championship trophy with a 10-2 win over challenger Jordan Brown from AntrimDungannon's Patrick Wallace kept his grip on the Northern Ireland Championship trophy with a 10-2 win over challenger Jordan Brown from Antrim
Dungannon's Patrick Wallace kept his grip on the Northern Ireland Championship trophy with a 10-2 win over challenger Jordan Brown from Antrim

It may seem like an easy win, but Wallace admitted afterwards that it could well have been a lot closer had the number two ranked player enjoyed a little bit more good fortune in running.

“I was as nersous as a kitten as match time approached and it perhaps showed as I struggled to get going and was lucky Jordan didn’t win the first two frames, making a very good break to pinch the first on the pink and then taking green to pink to snatch the second, which had been a comedy of errors. And, since he won the third, I could well have been 3-0 down” explained the former St.Patricks clubman.

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“I won the fourth frame with a bit to spare and, after the break, rattled off five on the spin for a flattering 8-1 interval lead.

“Jordan won the first when we returned and was desperately unlucky to get a costly ‘kick’ three reds out to let me in for a crucial win with a 41 for 9-2 and I made the top break of the match, 85, in what turned out to be the clinching twelfth frame” explained the delighted Pot Black player.

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