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Championships Day 2 Qualifiers

The Q-Final lineup has now been decided after day two of the 2013 RIBSA Irish Snooker Championships at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The Irish Championship Q-Finals will be played in Carlow on Friday 24th May at 7pm. The first player to Qualify today was Martin McCrudden when he beat Benny O Brien

Championships Day 1 Qualifiers

Day one of the 2013 RIBSA Irish Snooker Championships at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow has just ended with four qualifiers from a great days play. Saturday qualifiers will join the Sunday qualifiers for the Championship Finals weekend in Carlow on Friday the 24th and Saturday 25th of May. First to qualify was

U/21 National Championship 2013

Josh Boileau was in scintillating form as he stormed through a high quality field to capture the only under age title he hadn’t won previously.  He had breaks of 51, 54, 63 as he beat his first opponent Adam Fitzgerald 3-1.  Adam had a 65 break in the frame he won.  The highest break in

Senior 150 up Billiards Final

The RIBSA 150 up Billiards Points National final will be between Rodney Goggins from the 147 Club in Wexford and Aidan Murray from the Ivy Rooms after both players came through great semi finals wins with Aidan Murray beating Joe Doheny 3 -0 while Rodney Goggins 3-2. The 2013 Final will be played at 2pm on

Senior Billiards Points Final

The 2013 RIBSA National Billiards Points final will be between Rodney Goggins from the 147 Club in Wexford and Wayne Doyle from Q Club Wicklow or Larry Drennan from Kilkenny. The remaining Semi Final will be played on Sunday 12th May at 11am in the Ivy Rooms after Rodney Goggins beat Aidan Murray from the

Intermediate Billiards Points Final

The 2013 National Intermediate Points Billiards Championships was played yesterday at the Ivy Rooms.  There were a few new faces vying for a place in the final.  It was two of those that reached the final.  James Bateman from Kilkenny and Paddy English from Edenderry will now face each other in the Ivy Rooms during

Sutton Wins Memorial Cup

Saturday saw the staging of the Inaugural Finbarr Ruane Snr Memorial Cup at CrossGuns in Dublin. Limited to just 32 players the handicap event drew a strong field included top Irish internationals and ex professionals such as David Hogan, Rodney Goggins, Joe Delaney, Colm Gilcreest , John Sutton ,Michael Judge , Tj Dowling Robbie Murphy,Johnny

Boileau wins U- 21 Championship

Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS won the 2013 RIBSA Under 21 Snooker Championship today Saturday the 4th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Josh beat Aaron Tobin from Youghal CYMS 4 frames to 3 in a superb match with Josh making a 80 break in the final frame to win the

2013 Irish Championships

The RIBSA National Senior Championships qualifiers will begin on the 11th and 12th May with the final stages held a fortnight later on the 24th-26th May in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow. The winner of the National Championships will represent RIBSA at the IBSF World Championships in Riga, Latvia on the 18th-30th November. The

2013 Celtic Challenge

The 2013 Celtic Junior Snooker Challenge against Wales will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club on Saturday 22nd of June and it promises to be a great day of Junior Snooker. Five sessions of play will be played on the day at 10am, 11.30am, 2pm, 3.30pm and 5pm with all the matches consisting