This Sunday 21st April sees the NIPA Open Tour Event 2 take place in Bangor, County Down. It will be played to a group round robin format split between the Primacy and Shooters Sports Bars. There are some real mouth watering matches to look forward to, no more so than Group 3 in Shooters.
** COULD PLAYERS PLEASE NOTE, THAT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL NO ALCOHOL CAN BE BROUGHT INTO SHOOTERS FOR THE TOUR ON SUNDAY AND THAT THE LAST 16 KNOCK OUT STAGE WILL NOW BE PLAYED IN THE PRIMACY BAR **
GROUP 1 (Shooters, 10:00am start)
Drew Sloan, Marc Hutchinson, Benny Redmond, Darren Sterrett, Sam Newell, John Lowry
GROUP 2 (Shooters, 10:00am start)
Richard Campbell, Wayne Lewis, Ady Toner, Darren Lowe, Damian Corrigan, Tommy Morrow
GROUP 3 (Shooters, 10:30am start)
Gary Clarke, Tyler McConnell, Rab McCullough, Stuart Mulhearn, Ronan McCarthy, Dee Irwin
GROUP 4 (Shooters, 10:30am start)
Jason Heffron, David Blair, Damian Reid, Davy McGurn, Patrick Mulholland, Herbie O'Neill
GROUP 5 (Primacy, 10:00am start)
Peter Martin, William Irvine, Keith Malcolmson, Steven Carson, Shaun McAlister, Barry Cunningham
GROUP 6 (Primacy, 10:00am start)
Kenny English, Robert Hawkins, Bill McIlroy, Clem Howard, Colin Moore, Kyle Kirkwood
GROUP 7 (Primacy, 10:30am start)
Gary Johnston, Terry McDowell, Lee Hull, Stephen Johnston, Dean McDonagh, Sara Greenberg
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| Event 1 Finalists. Tommy Morrow (left) and Winner Gary Clarke |
Jonny Mackay, Jean McIlroy, Ryan Foster, Tristan Scott-Heyes, Neil McKelvey, Paddy Lynch
Format
> 8 groups of 6 (4 in Shooters, 4 in The Primacy)
> Round robin format, each player plays each other 3 frames.
> Each frame wins a player 1 point
> A player loses 1 frame for every 5 minutes they are late
> Top 2 from each group qualify for Last 16 Knockout stage (to be played in The Primacy)
> Last 16 = Best of 11
> Quarter Finals = Best of 11
> Semi Finals = Best of 11
> Final = Best of 13
> Full NIPA dress code
To view the Tour table after the first event click on this link
