Noel Gleeson from Nenagh SC won the third Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) 21’s Ranking event of the season on Saturday the 18th of January in the SBI HQ Carlow. We had 16 entries from all over Ireland and the future is looking good for Irish Snooker.
In the final the current U-21 National Champion Noel Gleeson beat player of the tournament Josh O Connor from Crucible SC in a great quality final 3 frames to nil.
In the Semi Finals Noel had a superb win over Ryan McGuirk from R&R SC while Josh’s incredible run saw him beat club mate and U-18 No.1 Jamie McCarthy from Crucible SC in the other semi final match.
This was the third event on the 2024-2025 SBI 21’s Snooker Tour. SBI are holding four 21’s ranking events plus a National 21’s Championships this season. All ranking events are played on the same day as the 14’s so start time for all matches was 10.00am.
Big upsets of the day were Joe Shannon from Longford beating Number 1 seed Ronan McGuirk, James O Connell beating Alex Currid and Josh O Connor beating Joe Shannon.
The Entry Fees for all Junior events is €10.00 each.
Q-Final
- Joe Shannon 1-3 Josh O Connor
- Jamie McCarthy 3-1 James O Connell
- Ryan McGuirk 3-1 Ben Du Bois
- Noel Gleeson 3-0 Max Kennedy
Semi Final
- Josh O Connor 3-2 Jamie McCarthy
- Ryan McGuirk 1-3 Noel Gleeson
The Final
- Josh O Connor 0-3 Noel Gleeson
Thank You
SBI would like to thank all the players for attending event 3 today. We hope everyone enjoyed the great day of Junior 21’s Snooker. Players should be aware that entries are now open for Event 4 through the on line system and you have to enter before the closing date of Thursday 1pm prior to the event.
Live Streaming was available for this event so the players can now watch back and learn.
https://snookeron.com/clubs/?club=95
https://www.youtube.com/@snookerbilliardsireland/streams
Scores & Breaks – https://crm.sbireland.ie/event/387/score
Dress Code
- SBI POLO SHIRTS ARE ALLOWED
- Dark Shoes (no runners)
- Dark one coloured trousers (no jeans)
- One coloured shirt buttoned at the wrist
- Waistcoats must be worn for all matches in National Championships.
- National Waistcoats are not permissible
- Bowties are also required for the SBI Championships for all matches.
