Rodney Goggins

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Rodney Goggins
Born (1978-03-25) 25 March 1978 (age 47)
Wexford, Ireland
Sport countryFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Professional2004/2005, 2007–2009
Highest ranking 70 (2008/2009)
Best ranking finishLast 64 (x3)

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.

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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] ALQANRNot HeldA
British Open ALQTournament Not HeldA
UK Championship ALQALQLQAA
World Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldDNQ
Welsh Open ALQALQLQAA
Players Championship [nb 5] Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQ
World Championship LQLQALQLQAA
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship [nb 6] Tournament Not HeldA 2R LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Irish Masters ALQTournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Not HeldNRLQLQNot Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not HeldLQNot Held
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not HeldLQLQANH
World Open [nb 7] ALQALQLQANH
China Open NHLQALQLQANH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Merseyside Professional Championship A1RTournament Not Held
Irish Professional Championship Not HeldLQANot Held
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldevent was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 1 2 3 4 He was an amateur
  3. 1 2 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. The event was called the European Open (2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005-2005/2006 and 2007/2008)
  5. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2012/2013)
  6. The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)
  7. The event was called the LG Cup (2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005-2005/2006 and 2007/2008-2008/2009)

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 1

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.1999 Pontins Autumn Open Ulster Banner.svg Sean O'Neill 1–5

Amateur finals: 12 (7 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.1995Irish Under-19 Championship Flag of Ireland.svg Martin McCrudden 3–1
Winner2.1995All-Ireland Under-19 Championship Flag of England.svg Barry Hughes4–2
Winner3.1999 World Under-21 Championship Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rolf de Jong 11–4
Winner4.2000 Irish Amateur Championship Flag of Ireland.svg Gary Hardiman 8–7
Runner-up1.2004 Irish Amateur Championship Flag of Ireland.svg David Morris 4–8
Runner-up2.2007 European Championship Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kevin Van Hove 2–7
Runner-up3.2017 Irish Amateur Championship (2) Flag of Ireland.svg Brendan O'Donoghue 3–7
Winner5.2018Irish Masters Championship Flag of Ireland.svg John Farrell5–1
Runner-up4.2018 Irish Amateur Championship (3) Flag of Ireland.svg Michael Judge 5–6
Runner-up5.2019Irish Masters Championship Flag of Ireland.svg Michael Judge 4–5
Winner6.2022Irish Amateur Tour - Event 1 Flag of Ireland.svg David Cassidy4–0
Winner7.2023Irish Masters Championship (2) Flag of Ireland.svg Frank Sarsfield 5–0

References

  1. "CueTracker – Rodney Goggins – Season 2004-2005 – Professional Results – Snooker Results & Statistics Database".
  2. "Michael Judge Wins Irish National Championship". 14 May 2018.
  3. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.