1982 Irish Professional Championship

Irish Professional Championship 1982 03 9 1982 03 13 y Riverside Theatre Coleraine Northern Ireland Non-ranking event £8,500https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19820115/469/0020 subscription Taylor launches £8,500 Irish snooker title race 15 January 1982 Belfast Telegraph 20 £3,300https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002318/19820311/467/0025 subscription Classy Murphy now faces Taylor 11 March 1982 Belfast Telegraph 25 Dennis Taylor NIR (129)2005 Irish Professional Championship http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2005-6/2005%20IRISH_PRO_CHAMPS.htm Global Snooker Centre 20 November 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20090108045819/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Results/2005-6/2005%20IRISH_PRO_CHAMPS.htm 8 January 2009 NIR Dennis Taylor NIR Alex Higgins 16–13 1983 The 1982 Smithwicks Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 9 and 13 March 1982.Everton Clive Higgins snubs Coleraine The Guardian London 11 February 1982 23 The tournament was played at the Riverside Theatre in Coleraine, Northern Ireland, and featured eight professional players. After many years as a challenge match, this was the first time the championship was held as a knockout event.Irish Professional Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155813/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html dead 16 February 2012 Chris Turner's Snooker Archive 8 February 2018 Dennis Taylor won the title beating Alex Higgins 16–13 in the final.Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 148 Main draw 1982 Irish Professional Championship Results http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=574 Snooker Database 8 February 2018 8 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180208123816/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResults.aspx?EventKey=574 dead Round 1Best of 11 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 31 frames NIR Tommy Murphy 6 IRL Billy Kelly 1 IRL Eugene Hughes 6 IRL Dessie Sheehan 1 NIR Tommy Murphy 6 IRL Patsy Fagan 2 IRL Eugene Hughes 6 NIR Jackie Rea 0 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 NIR Tommy Murphy 2 NIR Alex Higgins 6 IRL Eugene Hughes 2 NIR Dennis Taylor 16 NIR Alex Higgins 13 References Category:Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship