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Intermediate C-Ships Entry List

Entries for the Intermediate Championship will close at 4pm on Thursday 25th April. The following entries have been received to date: 1.Martin Thorpe 2. Paul Kelly 3.Jim Carrick 4. James  Fennesssey 5. Brian Quigley 6. Paul Byrne 7.Andy McCloskey 8. Richie Flynn  9. Eddie Keenan 10. Jonathan Grant 11. James McGuinness 12. Benny O’Brien 13.

INTERMEDIATE SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013

The National Intermediate Championships takes place this Saturday 27th in Celbridge Snooker Club.  Closing day for entries is Thursday 25th at 4pm. Draw takes place at 6pm and will be posted on the website.  Entries can be texted to 085-1987379 or phone 059-9137714. The Championships will be played down to the Final.  The Final will

Billiards Points Championships 2013

The Billiards Points Championships was played at the Ivy Rooms, yesterday 21st April.  In the first round there was a few close matched with John Kehoe beating Ross Doyle 500-470; Liam O’Brien 500-439 against Brendan Devlin; Victor O’Gorman 500-353 against Aonghus McAnally; Timmy Murphy 500-185 Robert McCrum and Rodney Goggins 500-234 Joe Doheny. Second round:

Aaron Tobin is Crowned Under-19 Champion for 2013

Aaron Tobin from Youghal CYMS became the Under-19 Champion for 2013 at the National Championships held at the Ivy Rooms, Carlow to-day 20th April.  A great day of snooker talent was witnessed with a starting field of 26 young players. Aaron saw off Carlow’s Oisin Harte 3-0; Dylan Carey from Dublin 3-0 and fellow club

Under 19 National C-Ships Draw

The RIBSA National Under-19 Snooker Championships 2013 will be played at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow this Saturday 20th April. Play commences at 10:30am for all the players.    UNDER-19 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW 1. ANDREW DOHERTY v BYE     ADAM FITZGERALD v JORDAN MCCARTHY     JONATHAN MURPHY v STEPHEN BATEMAN 8.

Brendan O’Donoghue makes it two in a row

Brendan O’Donoghue from Nenagh won the 7th Ranking event of the season and his second in a row. Brendan beat Ryan Cronin 4-0 in the quarters and after a long fought battle with Rodney Goggins took the semi-final 4-3. John Sutton won his quarter final match against the 147 man, David Hogan 4-1 and David

Hogan knocks in a 147 in Carlow

David Hogan is in fantastic form at RPT 7 at the Ivy Rooms today Sat. April 13. In his 1st round match v Neil Guidon he had breaks of 60 and 127. Superb play by any standards. However, this was only an appetiser as in the 2nd round v Martin Ruddy he produced a magnificent

RIBSA Team for 2013 EBSA Poland

The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association confirmed today the Teams and Officials who will represent Ireland in the 2013 European Championships in Poland. The Senior Players: Robert Murphy, John Sutton and Jason Devaney The Masters Players: Mark Tuite, Nigel Power, Frank Sarsfield and  Anthony Bonnar The Referees: Neil Shanahan, Tony Thorpe and Peter

Draw for Senior Ranking No.7

The 7th RIBSA senior event of the season will take place in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 13th and 14th of April. The Draw is now available HERE.  

Senior Billiards 150-up Championships 2013

The Senior Billiards 150-up Format National Championships was played at the Ivy Rooms yesterday 7th April.  All matches were the best of 5.  Aidan Murray made it to the final beating Brendan Devlin 3-0 and Joe Doheny. Due to the late hour the bottom half of the draw played to the semi-final, with Wayne Doyle and