Fred Dinsmore recently returned home with Gold from the World Wheelchair and Amputee Games in 9 Ball Pool in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

An employee of Bank of Ireland 365 in Tallaght and a friend of Professional Snooker Star Jimmy White, Dinsmore turned in a truly resilient performance to secure his third Global Honour.

Indeed he struggled to emerge from his group and had to beat defending World Champion Chu Shou Wei from Chinese Taipei in his last match at this stage to progress. Finding himself 5 - 1 down in this decisive match, further passage in the competition looked far from likely.

Yet Dinsmore strung together six consecutive racks to win 7- 5 and secure his place in the Quarter Finals where he beat England's Roy Kimberley 9 - 7.

Later making it through to the final he was again pitched against Wei, and dished out an 11 - 7 defeat to his Taiwanese opponent.

His success here served to bridge a five year gap since he last took a World Nine Ball Title in Belgium.

A former winner of the World Wheelchair Snooker Championships (World Games), Dinsmore's success has been made all the more remarkable by the fact that he has no Irish Sports Council funding.

And with the closure of Jason's of Ranelagh, he currently has nowhere to train or house his Pool Table.

Any person or Club will to house his table can contact him through his website www.freddinsmore.com.

Stephen Leonard
The Echo - Thursday 13th October 2005.