Contact: John Moore

Farrell Reaches Quarter-Final in Wales

Irish Circuit 2011/12
Event 3: Farrell Wins Celbridge Open 31st Mar 2012
Mark Farrell won the season's 3rd Event of the Irish Circuit 2011/12 in Celbridge, beating Kenny Beggs 1-0 (after extra-time) in the Final. Mark had previously lost 1-4 to Kenny in the group stage but he regained his composure to beat Barry Spence 4-1 in the Semi-Final before getting revenge against Kenny in the Final. The six entrants competed in a single group, with the top 4 qualifying for Semi-Finals. Dublin's Ken McKenzie made a welcome return to the Subbuteo scene.
Full Results | Photos

Semi-Finals
Mark Farrell 4-1 Barry Spence
Kenny Beggs 2-1 John Moore

Final
Mark Farrell 1-0 Kenny Beggs (golden goal)

3rd/4th Place Play-Off
John Moore 1-0 Barry Spence

5th/6th Place Play-Off
Nicky Moore 1-0 Ken McKenzie

PLACINGS:
1. Mark Farrell
2. Kenny Beggs
3. John Moore
4. Barry Spence
5. Nicky Moore
6. Ken McKenzie

Farrell Reaches Q/F in Cardiff 25th Feb 2012
Mark Farrell performed well at the Rhondda International Open in Cardiff's Futsol Stadium. He topped his group with victories over Terry Arnold (5-0) and Rob McCormack (4-0), beat Sam Curtis 6-3 in Last 16, before losing 1-4 to Dave Pawsey in the Quarter-Final. The event was won by Kaspar Bennett who beat Pawsey 2-1 in Final. Full Results at http://cardifftf.blogspot.com/

New Club in Donegal Jan 2012
A new Subbuteo Club has been formed in Donegal. Contact person is Brendan Rodgers

Irish Circuit 2011/12
Event 2: Dunmurry Open 7th Jan 2012
The 2nd Event of the Irish Circuit 2011/12 saw 10 entrants playing each other once in a league format. Southern players, Mark Farrell and John Moore, were just pipped on goal-difference by Northerner, Kenny Beggs, after the three finished on equal points for the second successive tournament!! They drew 0-0 with each other and beat the rest of their opponents to finish level on 23 points. Beggs' goal-difference was only better by +1 but was enough to prevent All-Ireland Champion, Farrell, from winning his 4th consecutive Irish Circuit Event. Nicky Moore, the other Southern player present, finished 8th. Full Results | Photos

Irish Circuit 2011/12
Event 1: Maynooth Open - Farrell Wins Again!! 12th Nov 2011
Current Irish Circuit Champion, Mark Farrell, began the defence of his title with victory in the first Irish Event of the season in the Mantra Bar, Maynooth . It couldn't have been any closer, however, as there was a 3-way tie which meant shoot-outs were required to separate him from Kenny Beggs & John Moore. Full Results | Photos

Mark Farrell v John Moore at Mantra Bar, Maynooth

The 1st Stage of the event was played to a league format with the six competitors playing each other once, after which the top 3 and bottom 3 players were split into two mini-divisions for the 2nd Stage. The players in each division then played each other once and their points from each Stage totalled:

Final Placings
(DIV 1)
1. Mark Farrell (ROI) .... 13 pts
2. Kenny Beggs (NIR) ...13 pts
3. John Moore (ROI) ..... 13 pts
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(DIV 2)
4. Gary Moore (ROI) ..... 13 pts
5. Nicky Moore (ROI) ..... 7 pts
6. Shane Butler (ROI) .... 1 pt

ALL-IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIPS Sat 27th Aug 2011

Farrell is Double Champion !!

Mark Farrell is the new All-Ireland Table Football Champion. He won the 9-player league on the day to end Kenny Beggs' three-year reign. It was a double celebration for Mark, as this victory also ensured that he topped the Irish Circuit Table, which is based on players' best four performances at the six Irish Circuit Events throughout the season. Results

Mark (right) receives All-Ireland trophy

All-Ireland Championships Pts 1. Mark Farrell (ROI) 22 2. Kenny Beggs (NIR) 18 3. John Moore (ROI) 12 4. Andrew Morrison (NIR) 11 5. Martin Taylor (ROI) 11 6. Peter Morrison (NIR) 8 7. Nick Moore (ROI) 7 8. Alistair Morrison (NIR) 6 9. John Hughes (NIR) 1

Despite the absence of two main contenders, Barry Spence & Gary Moore, it was an exciting climax to the season at Celbridge Mill. Things started well for Mark, as his main rivals dropped early points - Kenny Beggs & John Moore drawing with each other and John losing to Andrew Morrison. Meanwhile, Mark kept on winning. When Mark beat John, that left Beggs as his only challenger but Peter Morrison's surprise draw with Beggs virtually ended that challenge and a goal-less draw between Farrell and Beggs was enough to seal the title for Farrell with a game to spare. Good to see Martin Taylor making a comeback, playing competitively for the first time since 1998.

Irish Circuit 2010/11
It was encouraging to have 20 players taking part in the Circuit during the season. Having won three Events and finished Runner-up in one, Mark Farrell has been the most consistent player and is a worthy winner, just overtaking the holder, Kenny Beggs, by winning the All-Ireland Championships on the last day of the season. Irish Circuit Table

Mark Farrell with Irish Circuit Trophy