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Michael Judge

Judge enjoyed a run of form in the middle of the 2008/09 season as he reached the last 16 of two ranking events.
In the Bahrain Snooker Championship, the Irishman beat Liang Wenbo to qualify for the venue, then knocked out Ali Carter before losing to Mark Allen. In the Welsh Open, his victims were Stuart Pettman and Ryan Day, but his run was ended by Anthony Hamilton. Otherwise it was a poor season for Judge, as he failed to win a match in the other six ranking events, and slipped six places down the official list to No 36.
Judge enjoyed a magnificent run at the 2004 Grand Prix. He opened with a 5-4 defeat of Tom Ford then shocked two-times world champion Mark Williams 5-2. The Dubliner went on to beat Marcus Campbell 5-4, Marco Fu 5-1 and Joe Perry 5-1 to reach the semi-finals of a ranking tournament for the first time in his 12 year career.
"I’m absolutely chuffed. This is the best snooker I’ve played,” he said. "Beating Mark Williams has given me the belief to go on." He was denied a place in the final at the Preston Guild Hall by local favourite Ian McCulloch, who triumphed 6-1.
Judge played a starring role for the Republic of Ireland in the 2001 Coalite Nations Cup at Reading. He was the deciding-frame hero against both England and China as the Republic went all the way to the final.
"Beating some of the top players in the world in front of the TV cameras at the Nations Cup gave me a lot of confidence," said Judge "I came away from that buzzing.”

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