Local pool players off to World finals

Nine local players are heading off to the 2016 Blackball International World Pool Championships in Killarney from October 11-16.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Oct 2016, 16:28 BST
Tommy Morrow is one of the players selected.Tommy Morrow is one of the players selected.
Tommy Morrow is one of the players selected.

Raymond Stockman, Billy Moore, Lee Caulfield, Tommy Morrow, Ricky Clyde, James Nesbitt, Willie Eakin, Adam Freeburn and Julie Henderson will play in five different team competitions for Team NI at the Gleneagle Hotel venue.

Billy Moore, Lee Caulfield and Willie Eakin will take part in the Seniors; Tommy Morrow and Ricky Clyde in the Northern Ireland A Team; Julie Henderson for the Ladies; and Adam Freeburn and James Nesbitt in the U23 team.

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All of the locals will also play in the Individuals tournaments.

“All of the players will be vying for a world title whether it be in the team competitions or the singles,” said Raymond Stockman.

It’s the first time Ireland has hosted the World Championships which will attract the best pool players from across the world.

Cueists from Australia, Spain, Northern Ireland and the Republic, England, Scotland, Wales, Malta, the Netherlands, Cyprus, France, Gibraltar, Norway, Morocco, Uganda and South Africa will take part.

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Ballymoney’s Tommy Morrow will hope to go well in the Men’s Singles after he won the inaugural NIPA Grand Prix title in devastating fashion at the Regal Pool Club, Portadown, last month.

Tommy blitzed Stephen Johnston 7-1 in the final and is sure to be a key figure for Team NI.