David Causier defeated Peter Gilchrist 677-315 to efficiently defend the 2025 Irish Open on the SBI Academy in Carlow, Eire.
The victory marks the right begin for Causier to every week that options each the Irish Open and the celebrated World Matchplay Championship which runs from 7-11 April.
The reigning world champion was in a discipline that featured 50 cueists from throughout the globe and he made the right begin with a clear sweep of group stage victories over Jason Colebrook, Akhilesh Mohan, Antony Brown and Ketan Chawla.
An unfinished contribution of 323 then noticed Causier comfortably transfer previous India’s Siddharth Parikh to succeed in the quarter-finals the place he overcame fellow countryman Martin Goodwill by a 738-188 scoreline.
Breaks of 270 and 220 helped the Englishman to an totally dominant semi-final victory towards India’s Brijesh Damani by a 819 level profitable margin to arrange a remaining assembly with Gilchrist.
The Singapore consultant had been in fantastic kind throughout the occasion and had reached the title match by defeating final 12 months’s World Championship runner-up Robert Corridor within the final 4.
Causier as soon as once more confirmed his class, nonetheless, a prime break of 279 within the remaining helped him to a 677-315 victory to regain the title in Carlow.
