Rodney Goggins
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Rodney Goggins (born 25 March 1978) is an Irish former professional snooker player from County Wexford. He competed on the main tour between 2004 and 2009.
Career
At the age of 21, Goggins won the International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Under-21 Championship in 1999, when he beat Rolf de Jong of the Netherlands 11–4 in the final in Egypt.
Two last-32 finishes in qualifying events during the 2003–2004 season earned Goggins a place on the professional main tour for 2004–2005. That season, his best performance was a run to the last 64 at the 2005 Irish Masters, where he beat Shokat Ali and Bjorn Haneveer, both 5–2, before losing by the same scoreline to Dave Harold.[1] Goggins finished the season ranked 90th, and lost his place on tour.
Having finished first in the Irish senior rankings for 2006–2007, Goggins returned to the professional game in 2007. That season brought progress to the last 64 at the 2007 UK Championship, with victories over Alex Davies and Judd Trump before a 3–9 defeat to David Gray. In the 2008 World Championship, he beat Ian Barry Stark and Lee Spick, but lost 4–10 to Trump at the last-80 stage.
Goggins' fortunes did not improve the following season; again, the last 64 at the UK Championship was his best performance, being defeated 3–9 by Gerard Greene. He concluded the season ranked 70th, a career-highest, but as only the top 64 automatically retained their places on tour, he was relegated as a result.
In 2018 he was runner up to Michael Judge in the Irish Amateur Championships.[2]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2003/ 04 |
2004/ 05 |
2005/ 06 |
2007/ 08 |
2008/ 09 |
2012/ 13 |
2022/ 23 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[3][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 70 | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | |||||
| Ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||
| European Masters[nb 4] | A | LQ | A | NR | Not Held | A | ||||||
| British Open | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | A | ||||||||
| UK Championship | A | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | |||||
| World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | ||||||||||
| Welsh Open | A | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | |||||
| Players Championship[nb 5] | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | ||||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | |||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Six-red World Championship[nb 6] | Tournament Not Held | A | 2R | LQ | ||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Irish Masters | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||
| Northern Ireland Trophy | Not Held | NR | LQ | LQ | Not Held | |||||||
| Bahrain Championship | Tournament Not Held | LQ | Not Held | |||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | A | NH | |||||||
| World Open[nb 7] | A | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | A | NH | |||||
| China Open | NH | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | A | NH | |||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||
| Merseyside Professional Championship | A | 1R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||
| Irish Professional Championship | Not Held | LQ | A | Not Held | ||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / Not Held | event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | event is/was a ranking event. | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. | |||
| PA / Pro-am Event | means an event is/was a pro-am event. | |||
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- ↑ a b c d He was an amateur
- ↑ a b New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
- ↑ The event was called the European Open (2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005-2005/2006 and 2007/2008)
- ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2012/2013)
- ↑ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)
- ↑ The event was called the LG Cup (2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005-2005/2006 and 2007/2008-2008/2009)
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Career finals
Pro-am finals: 1
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 1999 | Pontins Autumn Open | Template:Flagicon Sean O'Neill | 1–5 |
Amateur finals: 12 (7 titles)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 1995 | Irish Under-19 Championship | Template:Flagicon Martin McCrudden | 3–1 |
| Winner | 2. | 1995 | All-Ireland Under-19 Championship | Template:Flagicon Barry Hughes | 4–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 1999 | World Under-21 Championship | Template:Flagicon Rolf de Jong | 11–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 2000 | Irish Amateur Championship | Template:Flagicon Gary Hardiman | 8–7 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2004 | Irish Amateur Championship | Template:Flagicon David Morris | 4–8 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2007 | European Championship | Template:Flagicon Kevin Van Hove | 2–7 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2017 | Irish Amateur Championship (2) | Template:Flagicon Brendan O'Donoghue | 3–7 |
| Winner | 5. | 2018 | Irish Masters Championship | Template:Flagicon John Farrell | 5–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2018 | Irish Amateur Championship (3) | Template:Flagicon Michael Judge | 5–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2019 | Irish Masters Championship | Template:Flagicon Michael Judge | 4–5 |
| Winner | 6. | 2022 | Irish Amateur Tour - Event 1 | Template:Flagicon David Cassidy | 4–0 |
| Winner | 7. | 2023 | Irish Masters Championship (2) | Template:Flagicon Frank Sarsfield | 5–0 |
References
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