2007 champion and Donegal county player John Flood
defeated John Damien Gallagher from Killybegs 5-1, Flood becomes
only the second player to win the prestigious Con Sean Cup twice - Kilcar’s
Kenneth Kennedy is the other. En route to the final he beat
last years finalists Dermot McGuire and Declan
Cunningham.
This is Cope House’s John Damien’s first Con Sean
final he defeated his brother Philip in the first round and teammate Irwin
Muirhead in the third round and on this performance he will be in more finals in
years to come. In the semi finals 2008 champion John
McGinley lost 4-2 to John Flood and first time semi finalist Kenneth Byrne was
beaten 4-0 by John Damien in the quarters.
Raymond Hegerty (Bridge Bar) had chances to beat John
Flood but lost 3-1, James Byrne (Bridge Bar) was 2-1 up on John Damien (Cope
House) but lost 3-2 in a game that could have went either way while Mike Naulty
(McIntires) was beaten 3-0 by John McGinley (Roartys) who had a 127 checkout in
the game.
David Gallagher (Cope House) lost 3-1 to Kenneth
Byrne (Glenhead) in the other quarter-final.
The proceeds of the competition were
donated to Killybegs Hospice.
Results:
Final
John Flood 5 John Gallagher 1
Semi Finals
John Flood 4 John McGinley 2
John Gallagher 4 Kenneth Byrne 2
Quarter finals
John Flood 3 Raymond Hegerty 1
John McGinley 3 Mike Naulty 0
John Gallagher 3 James Byrne 2
Kenneth Byrne 3 David Gallagher 1