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RIBSA Grand Prix – Report 1

The 6th RIBSA Senior Ranking event of the season ‘The Grand Prix’ is being played this weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. There was a number of outstanding matches and performances from our leading and up and coming players on Saturday. In the Last 32 Greg Casey from Cork had a superb

Ken Doherty Lucky Break – Cork

On Saturday the 2nd of March the first audition of the Ken Doherty Lucky Break competition was held in Douglas Snooker Club in Cork. This competition is being filmed for Setanta Sports TV Channel. 56 under 18 players attended to show off their skills. The players were judged by Ken Doherty, Gay Burns and our

Larry Drennan Wins in Newbridge

On Sunday 24th Feb. Larry Drennan from the Ivy Rooms won the 5th round of the Senior Billiards events at St Conleths CYMS, Newbridge in a hard fought final against Aidan Murray by 400 points to 300. After a long day of first class play which included some very close and exciting matches, none more so

Under 16 RIBSA Cue School

The following 20 players have qualified for the RIBSA Cue School event 1 in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 3rd of March. Under 16 Cue School starts at play starts at 10am in a knock out format and the draw will be done on Friday 1st of March. If any player can not attend they should

Under 14 RIBSA Cue School

The following 12 players have qualified for the RIBSA Cue School event 1 in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 3rd of March. Under 14 Cue School starts at play starts at 1pm in a knock out format and the draw will be done on Friday 1st of March. If any player can not attend they

Masters Ranking Series Event 6

The 6th round of the Masters Ranking Series took place at the Ivy Rooms yesterday 24th February.  Just 19 players participated in this event which usually commands up to 32 players. The number one seed, Mark Tuite made an early exit when he was defeated by Thurles man Ger Delaney 3-0 in the quarter-final.  Nigel

Murray and Drennan in Billiards Final

Aidan Murray will meet Larry Drennan in the final of round 5 of the senior billiards tour at Newbridge CYMS. Aidan over came Timmy Murphy from Cork AOH in the first semi final by a score of 400 – 268. The other Semi final proved to be a much tighter affair with Wayne Doyle taking

Senior Billiards in Newbridge

Round 5 of the senior Billiards tour moved to St Conleth’s CYMS in Newbridge today Sunday 24th Feb. Eleven players started out this morning and in the early matches Aidan Murray defeated John Kehoe 400 – 245, Victor O’Gorman beat Aonghus McAnally 400 – 358 and Wayne Doyle overcame Robert McCrum 400 – 206. The

Wayne Doyle Wins in Celbridge

Wayne Doyle won the 4th Intermediate event in the Eastern Region in Celbridge Today Sat.23rd February. ~From early in the tournament it was evident that Wayne would feature strongly as he won his first two matches without dropping a frame. In his semi final he overcame Stephen Merrigan Jr. by 3 frames to 1. Neil

N/ West U-14 & U-16 Event 3

The third instalment of this year’s under 14 and under16 Snooker tournaments for the North west region took place in the North West Snooker club in Letterkenny on Sunday last.  There were seven players in the under 14 event and 8 players in the under 16 event.  There were a few new faces  in this