Sean Devenney with sponsor Bobby Chan. TWO young Donegal cueists will be participating in the World Snooker Championship 2018 which gets underway in Jinan, China, next week. Letterkenny’s Sean Devenney and Ronan Whyte, Ardara, are both members of the North West Snooker Club in Letterkenny. Devenney (17) was a member of the Irish U18 team at the World Championships in Belgium two years ago while Ronan (18) was on both the U18 and U21 Ireland teams for the 2017 Championships, also held in China, twelve months ago. Sean Devenney is looking forward to putting his skills with a cue to the test against the world’s best. The fifth year student at Coláiste Ailigh has been selected as a member of both the national junior and U21 teams. “I’m really looking forward to it,” he said. Devenney is no stranger to the international stage, as a 13-year-old he was selected in the national team for the Celtic Challenge in Wales (both U14 and U16 level) and in May he was … [Read more...] about Young Donegal cueists off to China for World tests
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IBSF World Team Cup: Pakistan duo set final date with India
Asif, Masih beat Hong Kong 3-2 in Doha 0SHARES Share Tweet Email PHOTO COURTESY: PBSF KARACHI: Pakistan’s Muhammad Asif and Babar Masih set a final date with India at the IBSF World Team Championship, defeating Hong Kong 3-2 in the semi-final in Doha on Friday. Pakistan were fielding two teams in the competition and Asif with Babar were in Pakistan1. Earlier, they defeated Wales2 in the quarter-final 3-1, before taking on Hong Kong who proved to harder to beat. Pakistan1 won the first frame 68-34, but lost the following two frames 29-63, 59-69. However, the team regained focus in the next two frames to win 78-49 and 68-56 and take the match away from Hong Kong. In the round-of-16 they outclassed hosts Qatar1 3-1 to progress in the competition. “We want to give our best and the competition isn’t easy in any way,” Asif had told The Express Tribune from Doha before the start of the tournament. Asif and Babar will be playing India2, having Manan … [Read more...] about IBSF World Team Cup: Pakistan duo set final date with India
Pakistan cueists impress at IBSF World Team Cup
Both teams top respective groups to go into round-of-16 as favourites 0SHARES Share Tweet Email PHOTO: FILE/EXPRESS KARACHI: Pakistani cueists shone at the IBSF World Team Cup in Doha as all four players in two teams qualified for the round-of-16 of the inaugural event on Wednesday. Muhammad Sajjad and Asjad Iqbal defeated India’s team 2 in a close encounter, losing the first and third frames but claiming a 3-2 win 36-67, 68-13, 34-83, 67-28(53), 68-4. The duo then outclassed Poland 3-0 to top Group C. “It has been a good tournament for us so far,” Sajjad told The Express Tribune from Doha. “We’ve been able to win the matches and competition here is always tough, but we are on a great run and so is the other Pakistan team.” IBSF Team World Cup: Mohammad Asif eyeing history for Pakistan Sajjad is eyeing an all-Pakistan final. “It would be great if we can repeat what we did at the IBSF World Championships last year in … [Read more...] about Pakistan cueists impress at IBSF World Team Cup
IBSF Team World Cup: Mohammad Asif eyeing history for Pakistan
National champion says team hopeful of winning inaugural edition of tournament 0SHARES Share Tweet Email HIGH HOPES: Mohammad Asif says Pakistani contingent will try its best to win the inaugural tournament in Doha. PHOTO: FILE KARACHI: Pakistan’s former IBSF champion and recently crowned national champion Muhammad Asif along with Babar Masih, Muhammad Sajjad and Asjad Iqbal will be representing Pakistan in the inaugural 2018 IBSF Team World Cup in Doha, scheduled to begin on Tuesday. Asif believes Pakistan can make it to the final in the inaugural edition of the tournament to create history. Moreover, the seasoned player is confident in his ability to deliver his best performance in the team format too as he has won the national championship on February 21, defeating Muhammad Bilal 8-5 in the final, something that he had been striving to do for the last five years. “I’m very happy for the way things are going at … [Read more...] about IBSF Team World Cup: Mohammad Asif eyeing history for Pakistan