North west Snooker Club in Letterkenny hosted the first Intermediate tournament of the season last weekend. This year the Snooker association of Ireland has decided to change the format for some of the tournaments, there will be four different formats, Seeded Groups, Open Draw, Double Elimination and Seeded draw. The new formats have created a
Daniel ” Steel ” Dempsey won the first Intermediate Snooker Ranking event of the RIBSA season in the South East region today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. In the final Daniel beat last year’s Intermediate S.E. number 1 Richie Flynn from Waterford 3 frames to 1 to lift his first ever RIBSA
Ken Doherty was on cue in wishing the International Challenge Committee all the best it the International Snooker Challenge Cup being held in Ronchin, Lille, France next week. Photo left to right Stephen Merrigan, Nigel Power, Ken Doherty, Eddie Ingle and Robert Murphy. Republic of Ireland selection that will be playing against a French selection
The Republic Of Ireland Snooker team for the 2012 IBSF World Championship has been now been confirmed with Johnny Williams, Greg Casey and EBSA Nomination Brendan O Donoghue competing in the Men’s event. Mark Tuite and Brendan Cooney will fly the Irish flag in the Masters event and it promises to be an exciting championship
The World Billiards Championship will be held in The Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds from the 18th to the 28th of October. Aidan Murray, Wayne Doyle, Mark Nolan and Derek O Neill will compete for the Republic of Ireland in the event where they will face all best players from all around the world including defending champion
This season Junior Snooker in Ireland will be played in four zones in four venues on the same day. In the Nationwide events Under 14 and Under 16 events will be played together. Under 19 and Under 21 events will also be played together. The Nationwide events will qualify the top ranked players from each zone
Intermediate Rules following a subcommittee meeting in Carlow on Sunday 30th September. This year the Intermediate series will be played in four regions. There will be 4 Intermediate ranking events played in each region with a National Championships at the end of the year. As with the senior tournaments the Intermediate competitions will be organised
This is a video of the Republic Of Ireland Snooker team being presented with the Prince of Wales Shield at the 2012 Home Internationals in Pontins North Wales. Ireland team of Brendan O Donoghue, Rodney Goggins, Greg Casey, Robert Redmond and Johnny Williams beat England, Scotland, Wales and the Isle of Man to lift the
The Republic Of Ireland Under 19 Team came within a frame of winning the Home Internationals today in Pontins. After a long weeks play it came down to the last days play where either Ireland or England B would be crowned champions. An 11-1 demolition of France put Ireland in prime position but we needed
The Republic Of Ireland Under 19 Team had a mix day of results today on Day one of the Home Internationals in Pontins North Wales when they beat tournament favourites England 7 frames to 5 in the morning. In the Afternoon the Irish team of David Cassidy, Ryan Cronin, Josh Boileau and Chris Cooney