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Gilcreest wins Celtic Links Event

Congratulations to Colm Gilcreest on winning the Celtic Links Ferries open beating George Tierney by four frames to one in the final picking up the 350 euro first prize. The 147 Club, Wexford would like to thank everyone who has taken part in the three tournaments and hope to see you all in the next

Mark Tuite wins 7th Masters Event

Mark Tuite wins the 7th Masters Ranking event held in the Ivy Rooms Carlow to-day Sunday 10th March. The top four on the ranking made it to the semi-finals The No. 2 Nigel Power saw off the No. 3 Frank Sarsfield 3-2 and Mark beat the No. 2 Anthony Bonnar 3-1 in the other semi-final. 

Cronin wins 3rd U/21Cue School

The final of the 3rd Under 21 Cue School was contested between Ryan cronin from the Crucible snooker club in Cork city and Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS. In the first semi final Ryan accounted for his clubmate David Cassidy 3 frames to 1,while Josh overcame Jason Devaney from Ballina by 3 frames to 0.

Boileau wins U/21 Cue School No 2

The 2nd Cue School of the season in the U/21 age group is took place today Sunday 10th March in St Conleth@s CYMS Newbridge this morning. The final was held over last month due to bad weather and with was local player Josh Boileau defeating Ryan Cronin 3 frames to 0 in a superb final.

U-21 Cue School Event 3 – Newbridge

On Sunday the 10th Of March RIBSA will be holding the final Under 21 Cue School Event in Newbridge CYMS in County Kildare. Ryan Cronin and Josh Boileau will also contest event 2 final at 10am after the final was postponed last month due to bad weather. The following players have been selected = 20

Fitzgerald & Ramsbottom Win Event 1

Adam Fitzgerald from the Youghal club won the first U/16 Cue School at St. Conleth’s CYMS, Newbridge on Sunday March 3rd. The 3 – 0 score line in the final did not reflect how well his opponent Charlie Sweeney from the host club had played throughout the tournament. However, Adam held his nerve the better

Intermediate Billiards 150-up Championships

The 2013 Intermediate Billiards 150-up Championships was played at the Ivy Rooms to-day down to the last 2.  Liam Byrne from Edenderry and John Kehoe from Enniscorthy will contest the final to be staged during the Snooker and Billiards Championship Finals Weekend on 25th and 26th May at the Ivy Rooms. Mark Nolan from Edenderry

U/14 & U/16 Cue Schools

In the final of the first U/16 Cue School Adam Fitzgerald from Youghal awaits the winner of the match between Charlie Sweeney from Newbridge and the up and coming Corey Ramsbottom from the Ivy Rooms. Adam will have his hands full with either of these players. In the U/14’s Corey is also doing well where

Boileau Vs O’Donoghue in Final

The final of the 6th RIBSA Senior Ranking ‘The Grand Prix’ will be between Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh and Josh Boileau from Newbridge. The final will start at 2.45pm in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow this afernoon. In the Semi Finals this morning Josh Boileau beat Robert Redmond 4-3 and Brendan beat Rodney Goggins 4 frames

Grand Prix Semi Finals

There was two fantastic Semi Finals in the RIBSA Senior Ranking ‘The Grand Prix’ in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow this morning. Josh Boileau beat Robert Redmond with a 100 break in the decider to reach this second final of the season, both players played great snooker but the young Newbridge man got