The first day of the knockouts was upon us and it was a difficult one for all of us.

Danny was first up against Malcolm Fletcher. Malcolm is only a youngster but he has the potential to be an exceptional player at both forms of the game. This game was a great spectacle, lots of great clearing and hoop running. Danny was happy with his performance but in his own words, " A few mistakes at crucial times" cost him. Malcolm came through in two games, 7-5, 7-3.

Next up was Ben against Duncan Dixon.

A summary for those who don’t want to read the full report.
Moustafa Nezar bt Kieran Murphy 10-7
Ahmed Yaser bt Ben Harris 10-6
Hisham Shaker bt Robert 10-8
Mohamed Taha bt William 10-4
Amr Elibyari bt Danny Johnston 10-4
Karim Ghamri bt Jack 10-2
Dina Saad bt Danny 10 - 8

Day 1

With the first session of matches almost complete in the 2009 Irish Masters event, Michael O'Shaughnessy holds a 100% record in Division 2 and leads the way. A number of grudge matches were played out in the early rounds with Kieran Murphy prevailing +1 over Ben Harris. Subsequently Danny Johnston got the better of Kieran +17.

Champion of County Dublin and winner of the Railway Cup Ed Cunningham

Runner up Patsy Fitzgerald

Boxwell Cup (Handicap Singles) Campbell Morrison

Runner up Ed Cunningham

Coronation Bowls (Handicap Doubles) Alan Looney and Simon Williams

Runners up Patsy Fitzgerald and Alice Reeves-Smythe

Duff Mathews Cup (Advanced play singles) Stephen Strong
Runner up Leo Dungan

Handicap Singles (8-14 handicap) Terence Woulfe -Flanagan
Runner up David McGrath

Handicap Singles(15-20 handicap) Peter O'Callaghan
Runner up Geraldine O'Rourke

Hilary Webb Cup Frank O'Neill

The Irish team is Simon, Ed, Andrew, Patsy and Gerard.

The Irish and Dublin  Championship entry fee schemes which included meal arrangements have been extended to allow the simple payment of a set entry fee per event, not including a provided meal.
The rates are the same as for 2008 and are shown below.

Event 1: Singles Championship of Ireland 30 Euro