Rodney Goggins

Rodney Goggins
Born (1978-03-25) 25 March 1978 (age 46)
Wexford, Ireland
Sport country Ireland
Professional2004/2005, 2007–2009
Highest ranking70 (2008/2009)

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
Ranking[3][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 2] [nb 3] 70 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held LQ LQ A
UK Championship A LQ A LQ LQ A
Welsh Open A LQ A LQ LQ A
World Open[nb 4] A LQ A LQ LQ A
Players Tour Championship Finals Tournament Not Held DNQ
China Open NH LQ A LQ LQ A
World Championship LQ LQ A LQ LQ A
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship[nb 5] Tournament Not Held A 2R
Former ranking tournaments
British Open A LQ Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters A LQ Tournament Not Held
Malta Cup[nb 6] A LQ A NR Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Not Held NR LQ LQ NH
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held LQ 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.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b c He was an amateur.
  3. ^ a b New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ^ The event was called the LG Cup (2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005-2005/2006 and 2007/2008-2008/2009)
  5. ^ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)
  6. ^ The event was called the European Open (2003/2004)

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.