Joe Swail (born 29 August 1969) is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player from Belfast. He retired in May 2019 after being relegated from the tour. He has reached ten major ranking semi-finals, including the 2000 and 2001 World Championships but only one final. Swail is renowned for playing well at the Crucible Theatre, having reached the last 16 on four further occasions. He is also a former English amateur champion and Northern Ireland amateur runner-up, and has captained Northern Ireland internationally.[2] He was Irish champion in 1992 and 2005.
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JoeSwail (born 29 August 1969) is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player from Belfast. He retired in May 2019 after being relegated from...
Swail is a surname. Notable people with the name include: Doug Swail (born c. 1930), Canadian football player JoeSwail (born 1969), Northern Irish snooker...
26 (19 March 1994) - Joe Johnson, Paul Davies, David Taylor Show 27 (26 March 1994) - Ronnie O'Sullivan, Alan McManus, JoeSwail Show 1 (9 September 1994)...
Defending champion Mark Williams lost in the second round 12–13 against JoeSwail, and became the latest first-time champion to fall to the Crucible curse...
Matthew Stevens compiled two century breaks in the first session against JoeSwail, who was "absolutely disgusted" with the table and fell 3–6 behind in...
and 129 en route to a 10–4 win. Two qualifiers, Fergal O'Brien and JoeSwail, also won their first-round matches in the decider. In a match that featured...
Higginson, Ju Reti, Rod Lawler, Rory McLeod, Barry Pinches, Troy Shaw, JoeSwail and Ben Woollaston each won once. Ronnie O'Sullivan won five Shanghai...
Bradley Jones to reach the final qualifying round, where he lost 9–10 to JoeSwail. Maguire qualified again for the 2002 UK Championship, going on to defeat...
his opponent, JoeSwail earned the snookers he required, and also won the next frame to force the match into a deciding frame. Swail missed a brown ball...
Hamilton 7–10. Doherty, 1997 winner, was beaten by two-time semi-finalist JoeSwail 6–10. Doherty's defeat was the first time he had lost in round one since...
continued at the 1993 World Championship. He did, however, manage to overcome JoeSwail, Doug Mountjoy and Dennis Taylor to reach the semi-finals. White lost...
Marco Fu constructed three centuries en route to a 10–4 victory over JoeSwail. John Higgins, world champion in 1998 and 2007, fell 2–4 behind Michael...
Cope John Higgins 3–1 JoeSwail Matthew Stevens 2–2 Graeme Dott Steve Davis 3–1 Ken Doherty Jamie Cope 1–3 John Higgins JoeSwail 3–1 Matthew Stevens Graeme...
Open by seeing off Li Hang 5–4. Surety won three frames in a row to beat JoeSwail 5–4 to reach the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time and quickly...
Qatar at his country's behest. JoeSwail tied 4–4 with Joe Delaney overnight and both players shared six frames before Swail won the last two for a 9–7 win...
against Jamie Cope, in the second round of the German Masters 2–5 against JoeSwail, and in the first round of the Welsh Open 0–4 against Matthew Stevens...
Ryan Day 115 – Liam Highfield 113, 100 – Rod Lawler 113 – Li Hang 113 – JoeSwail 111, 103 – Jimmy Robertson 110 – Alan McManus 108 – Zhou Yuelong 108 –...
successfully defended his Paul Hunter Classic title with a 4–1 win over JoeSwail in the final. He then lost in the final of the Antwerp Open 1–4 against...
Championship finalist Jimmy White 10–3, and two-time Crucible semi-finalist JoeSwail 10–1 to mark his return to the World Championship for the first time since...
attendance were Jimmy White, Willie Thorne, Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, JoeSwail, Shaun Murphy and John Virgo. Doherty and White were pall bearers. A videogame...
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