Ireland Players Championship Round 2
Round 2 of the 2009 Ireland Players Championship took place in Abbeyleix on Saturday. 224 Men, women and youth players entered, the largest entry in the events history. Mick Egan was the sole Roscommon representative in the 150 strong entry for the Mens singles. After three good wins, he eventually lost out at the last 16 stage, losing 5-4 to Kerry's Sean Marshall in his board final. In the race for the grand finals next August, this gave him 4 points, 6 points overall, and tied for 10th place in the Men's rankings after two rounds. Three Youths travelled on the day to take their places in a field of 44 players. Gary Concannon lost out in the first round. Mark Finneran reached the last 8 before bowing out to Kilkenny's Paddy Meaney in his board final. Thomas Concannon performed the best on the day. After beating Mayo's Martin Heneghan 3-2 in his board final, with a good 90 checkout, he lost out at the semi final stage. Thomas and Mark now rise to 12 points each and joint 4th place in the Youth's rankings after two rounds. Gary remains on 4 points.

Round Two Men's results :
Final:
Sean Marshall 6-4 Martin Murphy
Semi-finals:
Sean Marshall 6-1 John Elder
Martin Murphy 6-4 Shane O'Connor
Quarter-finals:
Sean Marshall 5-0 Keith Geraghty
John Elder 5-2 Matt Leacy
Martin Murphy 5-3 Daryl Gurney
Shane O'Connor 5-3 Garrett Gray
9th. to 16th:
Sean Marshall 5-4 Mick Egan
Keith Geraghty 5-3 Mick McGowan
John Elder 5-2 Mervyn Robinson
Matt Leacy 5-2 John Edwards
Martin Murphy 5-2 Anto McCracken
Daryl Gurney 5-3 Michael Blair
Shane O'Connor 5-1 Aodhagan O'Neill
Garrett Gray 5-1 John Ward

Round 2 Youth's results:
Final:
Paddy Meaney 3-0 Dean Forde
Semi-finals:
Paddy Meaney 3-0 Ryan Maher
Dean Forde 3-2 Thomas Concannon
Quarter-finals:
Paddy Meaney bt Mark Finneran
Ryan Maher bt Dale McCarthy
Dean Forde bt Conor Walsh
Thomas Concannon bt Martin Heneghan