1986 Irish Professional Championship

Irish Professional Championship 1986 05 20 1986 05 23 y Maysfield Leisure Centre Belfast Northern Ireland Non-ranking event £21,500Higgins outplays Hughes The Irish Times 23 May 1986 4 £8,000Taylor beats Higgins for title The Irish Times 24 May 1986 3 Alex Higgins NIR (96) NIR Dennis Taylor NIR Alex Higgins 10–7 1985 1987 The 1986 Strongbow Irish Professional Championship was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 20 and 23 May 1986 at the Maysfield Leisure Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/19860410/386/0052 subscription National snooker test on 10 April 1986 Evening Herald (Dublin) 52Irish Professional Championship http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html Chris Turner's Snooker Archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155813/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/irishpro.html 8 February 2018 2012-02-16 Dennis Taylor won the title beating Alex Higgins 10–7 in the final.Hayton Eric Cuesport Book of Professional Snooker 153 Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:Martin John National snooker test on Evening Herald 10 April 1986 52 Winner: £8,000 Runner-up: £5,000 Semi-final: £2,000 Quarter-final: £800 Round 1: £150 Highest break: £400 Total: £21,500 Main draw 1986 Irish Professional Championship Results Grid http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=577 Snooker Database 8 February 2018 8 February 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180208124212/http://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/EventResultGrid.aspx?EventKey=577 dead First roundBest of 9 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 11 frames Semi-finalsBest of 11 frames FinalBest of 19 frames IRL Billy Kelly 5 NIR Jackie Rea 0 NIR Tommy Murphy 5 IRL Joe O'Boye 0 IRL Tony Kearney 5 IRL Patsy Fagan 0 NIR Jack McLaughlin 5 IRL Paul Watchorn 0 IRL Eugene Hughes 5 IRL Dessie Sheehan 0 IRL Pascal Burke 5 IRL Paddy Browne 4 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 IRL Billy Kelly 1 NIR Tommy Murphy 6 IRL Tony Kearney 2 NIR Alex Higgins 6 NIR Jack McLaughlin 2 IRL Eugene Hughes 6 IRL Pascal Burke 3 NIR Dennis Taylor 6 NIR Tommy Murphy 3 NIR Alex Higgins 6 IRL Eugene Hughes 2 NIR Dennis Taylor 10 NIR Alex Higgins 7 References Category:Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship Irish Professional Championship