Top 8
Posted by eoghan on November 15th, 2008The Top 8 Tournament is played annually to determine who will compete for the title of Irish Champion. The tournament takes the form of an eight-player league, with each competitor playing a single match against the others. The top four finishers each year automatically qualify for the following year’s Top 8 tournament with the remaining places filled by the top finishers in the Ladder Tournament.
The standings in this year’s tournament are shown below:
| RP | JH | NM | JK | RW | EB | JG | CR | TOTAL | |
| Roman Pszonka | XXX | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| James Hutchinson | 0 | XXX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Noel Mitchell | 0 | 1 | XXX | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Justyna Kleczar | 0 | 0 | 1 | XXX | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rory Wales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | XXX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Eoghan Barry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | XXX | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| John Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | XXX | 0 | 0 |
| Claas Roever | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | XXX | 5 |
2nd/3rd Place Playoff: Noel Mitchell 1 – 0 Claas Roever
6th/7th Place Playoff: Eoghan Barry 1 – 0 Justyna Kleczar (forfeit)