Eugene Hughes

Infobox Snooker player
Name = Eugene Hughes


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Eugene Hughes (born 4 November 1955) is an Irish snooker player. He reached his highest professional World Ranking of 20 in 1986. In that year and the following year 1987 he won his only professional titles, as a member of the successful all-Irish team in the World Team Championships, alongside Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor. he reached two ranking semi-finals: the 1984 Jameson International and the 1986 BCE World Matchplay. He qualified for the World Championship five times, including three successive years from 1985-1987, reaching the second round in 1986 and losing to reigning champion Joe Johnson 9–10 in 1987 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/3557639.stm] . He reached (and lost) six Irish Professional Championship semi-finals between 1982 and 1989.

Hughes left the professional game in 1998, to become an amateur snooker player once again. He has had some success in the amateur game since then, winning the Irish Over-40s title in 2007. He also remains active in billiards, winning the Irish title for the eighth time in 2008.

External links

* [http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Players/Global_Europe/Global_Ireland/ribsa_eugene_hughes.htm Euro Player Profile: Eugene Hughes (Republic of Ireland)]