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IRELAND 2 WAS THE FIRST TEAM THROUGH FROM THE LAST 12 ROUND. THEY OVERCAME ISRAEL 2 BY 4 FRAMES TO NIL TO SET UP AN ALL IRELAND QUARTER FINAL LATER TODAY.

WALES 2 COULD NOT MATCH THEIR IRISH COUNTERPARTS AND LOST BY 4 FRAMES TO TWO AGAINST POLAND 1. DYLAN EMERY HAD BAD LUCK IN FRAME TWO WHEN HE POTTED THE RE-SPOTTED BLACK AND WENT IN OFF WHICH PUT POLAND 2 FRAMES UP. POLAND TOOK THE NEXT FRAME BEFORE WALES PULLED TWO FRAMES BACK BUT THEY COULD NOT DO ANY MORE AND POLAND NOW MEET WALES 1.

GERMANY WAS TAKEN RIGHT TO THE WIRE BY RUSSIA 1 AND THEY NOW MEET FRANCE.

POLAND 2 LOST ONLY ONE FRAME IN THEIR DEFEAT OF ISRAEL 3 AND THEY NOW MEET ISRAEL 1.

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SCOTLAND OVERCAME GERMANY BY 3 FRAMES TO NIL TO MEET ENGLAND 2 IN THE QUARTER FINAL.

BELGIUM 1 WERE 3 -1 WINNERS AGAINST FINLAND DESPITE LOSING THE FIRST FRAME AND THEY NOW MEET ICELAND IN THE NEXT ROUND.

THE MATCH BETWEEN IRELAND 2 AND ENGLAND 1 WAS A SEE SAW AFFAIR WITH ENGLAND TAKING THE FIRST FRAME THEN IRELAND THE NEXT TWO BEFORE ENGLAND MADE IT ALL SQUARE. STEPHEN WALSH THEN WON THE FINAL FRAME AGAINST AIDAN OWENS TO TAKE THE MATCH AND SET UP ANOTHER ALL IRISH ENCOUNTER.

BELGIUM 2 AGAINST SWITZERLAND WENT DOWN TO THE FINAL FRAME WITH TOM DE WIT TAKING THE FINAL PINK TO BEAT JONNI FULCHER.  BELGIUM 2 WILL NOW PLAY WALES 1.

Peter Thomas

9 June 2017