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County Down American 8-Ball Championship
TJ's American Pool Club
9a Margaret Square
Newry
County Down
Northern Ireland
028302 67656
www.irelands9balltour.com
rb@irelands9balltour.com

Saturday 22 March 2008

Tournament sponsor and venue host Jim Mc Quillan
of TJ's American Pool Club, Newry, Co.Down.
with Paddy McLoughlin (winner) and Manny Byrne (runner-up).
Paddy Mc Louglin made it two victories in as many weeks as he captured the Co.Down American 8Ball Open which was held in T.J's Pool Hall in Newry.

On his way to the final, Paddy had impressive wins over Rafa Paluch 7-5, David Poole 7-3, and the match of the tournament against Manny Byrne in which Paddy was trailing 6-3 with Manny having six break finishes to Paddy's two, but Paddy showed the experience and composure to get back into the match to trail 8-7.

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It was Manny breaking for the match at 8-7 and that's the last shot Manny got as Paddy cleared from Manny's break and then broke and dished in the decider to win 9-8. Paddy said after his win, ''That's probably the best I have ever played''.

On the other side of the draw it was the tour's in-form player Declan Hughes, the number 1 seed, who was doing all the business, reaching the final as he dispatched Piotr Bujniewiew 7-1, Paul Strawbridge 7-2 and Paul Tierney 7-0 to play Paddy Mc Loughlin in the highly anticipated final.

The first few frames of the final were a cagey affair as both players failed to make balls on the break, but the match changed in favour of Mc Loughlin when the scores where poised at 4 3 to Hughes as he was clearing up to go 5 3 ahead. Unfortunately, an easy miss let Mc Loughlin in to take the frame and level the scores at 4-4, and this is when "Ireland's Best" stamped his authority on the match and ran away a clear winner on a 9-4 scoreline.

2008 COUNTY DOWN AMERICAN 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
THE LAST 16
Declan Hughes	7 : 2	Piotr Bujnewiew
Paul Strawbridge	7 : 3	Paul Cherrie
Raymond Field	7 : 4	Joe O'Driscoll
Liam Mc Veigh	7 : 6	Paul Tierney
Paddy Mc Loughlin	7 : 5	Rafa Paluch
David Poole	7 : 1	Eoin O'Driscoll
Gary Johnson	7 : 4	Stephen Johnson
Manny Byrne	7 : 3	Sean Judge

2008 COUNTY DOWN AMERICAN 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
THE QUARTER FINALS
Declan Hughes	7 : 2	Paul Strawbridge
Paul Tierney	7 : 6	Raymond Field
Paddy Mc Loughlin	7 : 3	David Poole
Manny Byrne	7 : 4	Gary Johnson

2008 COUNTY DOWN AMERICAN 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
THE SEMI FINALS
Declan Hughes (walkover)	9 : 0	Paul Tierney
Paddy Mc Loughlin	9 : 8	Manny Byrne

2008 COUNTY DOWN AMERICAN 8-BALL CHAMPIONSHIP
THE FINAL
Paddy McLoughlin	9 : 4	Declan Hughes

Tournament sponsor and venue host Jim Mc Quillan
of TJ's American Pool Club, Newry, Co.Down.
with Paddy McLoughlin (2008 Co.Down American 8-Ball Champion).

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