The team from Ulster team won the Inter Provincials ‘ Friendship Cup ‘ in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The event featured teams from Leinster, Connacht, DBSL, Munster and Ulster and each team consisted of five players who are chosen by each region for the event. Our National coach PJ Nolan was the tournament Director on the day and the tournament will be ran on a round robin basis.
RIBSA would like to thank the Ivy Rooms SC for making the event a big success and it is hoped that this event will be held each year.
The Playing Schedule & Match Scores
10am Connacht V Munster 2–13 – Leinster V Ulster 5-10
11.30am Lenster V Munster 8-7 Connacht V DBSL 6-9
1pm Connacht V Ulster 1-14 Munster V DBSL 11-4
3.30pm DBSL V Ulster 7-8 Lenster V Connacht 8-7
5pm Munster V Ulster 5-10 Lenster V DBSL 11-4
The scores will be updated after each match on www.ribsa.ie site. Each winning frame is awarded one point for their team. It is the team with the most points at the end of the day will be crowned 2015 champions. If the points are tied the head to head match will determine the winner.
The Scores after the first session
Connacht 2 pts
DBSL 0 pts
Ulster 10 pts
Leinster 5 pts
Munster 13 pts
The Scores after the second session
Connacht 8pts
DBSL 9pts
Ulster 10pts
Leinster 13pts
Munster 20pts
The Scores after the third session
Connacht 9pts
DBSL 13pts
Ulster 24pts
Leinster 13pts
Munster 31pts
The Scores after the fourth session
Connacht 16pts
DBSL 20pts
Ulster 32pts
Leinster 21pts
Munster 31pts
The Scores after the fifth session
Connacht 16pts
DBSL 24pts
Ulster 42pts – CHAMPIONS
Leinster 32pts
Munster 36pts
The Connacht Team : Aidan Devenney, Ronan Whyte, Sean Devenney, Christopher Gibbons and Ollie Martyn
The Munster Team : Brendan O Donoghue, Tom O Driscoll, Tony Seymour, Stephen Walsh and Frank Sarsfield
The DBSL Team : George o Hara, Mark Owens, Stephen Reddington, Ian Smith and Philip Browne
The Ulster Team : Raymond McAllister, Raymond Fry , Darren Dornan , Paddy McGrory and Brian Milne
The Leinster Team : Rodney Goggins, Benny O Brien, John O Sullivan, James Bateman and Stephen Bateman.
The Referees : Ger Murray, Neil Shanahan, John Doherty, Coror Doyle, Ivan Glavin, Liam Hayes, Joe McConnell, Tony Thorpe, Stephen Ryan, Simon Walsh and Liam Brady
High Break Board
115 Brendan O Donoghue
101 Tom O Driscoll
96 Rodney Goggins