The All Ireland Grand Prix will be held in Newbridge on Saturday, 30th August and Sunday, 31st August. It will be the fourth staging of the event.
Previous Winners –
2019 – Aaron Hill (held in Antrim)
2022 – Raymond Fry (held in the SBI Academy)
2023 – Robbie McGuigan (held in Antrim)
Entry Fee is 60 euro. As we go to press there is 1,100 euro prize fund (we hope there will be more).
The top 8 players from SBI and NIBSA do battle in a 16 man individual tournament. All matches are best of 7 frames. It will truly be the best getting invited. We hope that this tournament will grow into something great. The only way to get invited is that players will play in their domestic ranking point tournaments.
The Race for the Grand Prix starts again at the start for next season. The Top 8 will be invited for 2026. This is the equivalent of the amateur Masters.
The selected players will be as follows for SBI (Selected from end of year Men’s Rankings)
1. Davy Morris (Irish Amateur Champion) (Confirmed)
2. Ryan Cronin (Irish Number One)
3. Brendan O’Donoghue
4. Mark Tuite (Confirmed)
5. Philip Browne (Confirmed)
6. Tommy O’Donoghue (Confirmed)
7. John Sutton (Confirmed)
8. Noel Gleeson
Reserve list
9. Benny O’Brien
10. Mark Gleeson
11. Rodney Goggins
12. Andrew Doherty
13. Stephen Sherry
Ron McKeown (NIBSA’s secretary) will be coming back with NIBSA’s top 8 players soon.
I would recommend that the SBI player’s getting your entry in as soon as possible to Rodney Goggins (Tournament Director). Jim Carrig will be helping Rodney as well.
Accommodation will be sought after with best prices for the players.
Sessions will be the following
Saturday, 30th August
11AM – 4 First Round matches
2PM – 4 First Round matches
5pm – Quarter Final matches
Sunday, 31st August
11AM – Semi-Finals
2PM – Final
We will have a roaming referee for Saturday. Player’s will ref themselves on Saturday. We will have two referees for Sunday’s play. It promises to be a great weekend. All are welcome to attend. Free admission.
Kind regards Rodney Goggins
