Aberdeen City Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland
16-18 September 2005
Welcome to the 2005 Home International Championships. This year the event is being hosted by the Scottish Eightball Pool Federation and is being held at the Aberdeen City Hotel, Aberdeen, Scotland from the 16th - 18th September 2005. This is the first time Scotland have hosted a major pool event in the last 6 years when Aberdeen successfully hosted both the European Championships in 1999 and Home Internationals of 1998. The SEPF would like to wish all officials, competitiors and contributors all the best for the event and hope that you all have a great time in Aberdeen!
The Scottish Eightball Pool Federation (SEPF) was founded in 1996 and is the governing body for pool in Scotland as recognised by the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) and the European Eightball Pool Federation (EEPF).The Federation is formed for the purpose of promoting and furthering the game of pool amongst all playing members within Scotland, and to organise competitions, and to select true Scottish National Pool Teams, to negotiate sponsorship for the game, and standardise playing rules. The SEPF runs a national tour for the players and also organises an annual inter-league competition for the district pool leagues. More information can be found on www.sepf.com.
Some notable achievements by Scottish players since the establishment of the SEPF are:
The venue for this year's Home International Championships is the Aberdeen City Hotel and all accomodation must be in the venue. The hotel is prominently located within walking distance of the main shopping thoroughfare, train station and local attractions. This is Aberdeen's oldest city centre hotel has 98 bedrooms of a three star standard and a warm welcome. An NCP car park is located a few minutes walk from the hotel.
The bedrooms are located over five floors and serviced by a lift. Traditional in
décor they are equipped with tea tray, television with pay movies, hair dryer, trouser press and direct dial telephone. The hotel has traditionally accommodated local business people during the week and leisure visitors at the weekends. Stag/Hen and leisure groups are welcome at the hotel.
The restaurant offers traditional British fayre and international cuisine in a
friendly and relaxing environment and is open daily for the service of
breakfast, lunch and dinner, or if preferred a room service menu is also in
operation. The hotel lounge bar is a perfect setting to unwind where you can
enjoy morning coffee, light snacks and drinks through out the day. Open late for
residents.
You can contact the hotel on 01224 582255 or email aberdeencity@festival-inns.co.uk.
The events at this year's Home Internationals include mens, ladies, under 21 and junior team competition. There will also be mens, ladies and junior singles tournaments. Teams participating are Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Full squads are as below:
| Team | Mens Squad | Ladies Squad | Under 21 Squad | Junior Squad |
SCOTLAND |
Team Places: Phil Craig Snr (c) Steve Munro Darren Matthew Chris Sweeney Ian Daniel Iain Soutar Mike Keddie Scott Kennedy Ivan Thompson Raymond Mowat Singles Places: Alex Stephen Gavin James Mark Oaten Stuart Archibald Mark Gravener Allan Anderson Sandy Anderson |
Team Places: Lynette Horsburgh (c) Lyndsay McKellar Karen Mowatt Monica McEwan Wendy McCallum Pauline Hay Singles Places: Karin Burt |
Team Places: Nicky Duncan (c) Jason Harley Scott Proud Ross Moir Shaun Wishart George Henderson Singles Places: Stewart Bewley |
Team Places: Martin McIntosh (c) Pat McCarron Phil Craig Jnr Gary McLeish Lee Craig Jamie Gregory Singles Places: Marc Fleming Ryan Fleming |
ENGLAND |
Lee Kendall Gareth Potts Neil Davey Darren Appleton Karl Boyes Lee Clough Bayden Jackson Jason Twist Keith Brewer |
Jackie Baker Sharon Lunn Clare Seaman Carly Smith Barbara Taylor Jenny Eyre Amy Hallas Liesa Conlin |
Simon Fitzsimmons Stefan Risidi Matt Purnell Danny Miller Dean Torode Liam Docherty |
Jordan Church Clint l'Anson Liam White Phil Parkin Steve Petty Joe Chambers |
IRELAND |
Team Places: John McMahon John Columb Derek Smith James Grogan Kevin McDonnell Pat O'Leary Steve Horan Raphael Waters Tony Holgate Anthony Creamer Singles Places: Rod Clifford John Magee |
Team Places: Jennifer Dowd Lynda Thompson Anita Brady Sandra Fitzpatrick Helena Dowd Claire Clifford Singles Places: |
Team Places: Willie Reilly Shane O'Hara Gavin Geraghty Robert Mulcahy Fintan McKenna Jason Waters Singles Places: Brian McGuinness |
Team Places: David Columb Stephen Dempsey Dane O'Donoghue Ronan Quinn Aidan Kinsella Sean Conway Singles Places: |
WALES |
Team Places: Russell Burgess Ryan John Paul Hawkins Wayne Smith Andy Jones Oly Bale Derry Flinders Marc Evans Gareth Williams Mark MacDougall Singles Places: |
Team Places: Natalie Bunce Sharon Dickson Leanne Pearce Jill Bevan Ann Meadows Stephanie Lewis Singles Places: Alison Evans |
Team Places: Thomas Price Josh Craze David Sargant Shawn Preece Dean O'Connell Thomas Cousins Singles Places: |
|
NORTHERN IRELAND |
Team Places: Ronan McCarthy Sam Newell Raymond Conway Connor McCann Paul Currie Sean Hoey Hans Kuijten Lee Hull Nigel Craig Sean Press Singles Places: Kevin McKee |
Team Places: Emma Cunningham Mary Cunningham Lynda Lynch Denise Warrington Natalie Madden Michelle Rooney Singles Places: April Rooney Yolanda Motta |
Team Places: Andrew Quinn (j) Darren Ryles Keith Hunter (j) Darren Gibson Ady Toner (j) Singles Places: |
Team Places: Marc Hutchinson David McMullan Ryan Craig Conrad McCann Patrick Teague Singles Places: Keith Hunter Ady Hunter Andrew Quinn |
The event organisers may be contacted by email via the contact us page or by calling SEPF National Secretary, Mike Keddie, on 07792181753.