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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

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