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And then there were four!

As the temperature hit the high twenty’s in Letterkenny things certainly heated up in the Irish Championships this morning as the breaks started flying in the Northwest Snooker Club. Muldoon started the ball rolling with breaks of 75 and 133 helping him to an early 3-0 lead over Redmond. At virtually the same time McCrudden
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Ross Doyle wins U-19 Billiards Championship

Defending champion Ross Doyle (Dun Laoghaire) was in scintillating form as he successfully defended the U-19 billiards championships in Edenderry yesterday 20/05/12.  The competition was played in group format, with each player playing each other in a round- robin. The top two after the round-robin would contest the final and the other five contestants playing
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Goggins wins Senior Billiards 2012

Rodney Goggins became the 2012 Senior Billiards Champion yesterday, 20th May, at the Ivy Rooms when he beat the No. 1 Aidan Murray by a very conviencing margin. Wexford’s Rodney Goggins, no stranger to championship snooker and current No 1 in the Snooker Rankings, has added the 2012 National Billiards Championship to his impressive list of

In Memory Of Finbarr Ruane Snr

On the 18th May 1992 Irish Amateur Snooker lost without doubt one of it’s greatest ever servants. The passing of Finbarr Ruane Snr after a long illness stunned the snooker community not only on these shores but right across the snooker world. From the moment he began working with his father in law Christopher Carroll

Intermediate Billiards Championships 2012

Wayne Doyle became the 2012 Intermediate Champion at the Ivy Rooms on Sunday 6th May. He beat John Kehoe from Enniscorthy 500-343 in the final. Wayne’s journey to the final saw him beat Aonghus McAnally 400-176 in the first round. He then beat Mark Nolan, Edenderry, 400-327 and last year’s champion Joe Doheny 455-338. John

Celtic Challenge 2012

The 2012 Celtic Snooker Challenge will be held in Wales in the Terry Griffiths Matchroom in Lianelli  on Saturday the 30th June. After the Under 14 and Under 16 Championship in Carlow last week the RIBSA teams have now been finalised with Andrew Doherty named as captain. Teams The RIBSA U-16 team is : Andrew

Williams Wins 147 Wexford Event

Johnny Williams from Maynooth SC was in fantastic form in winning the 147 Wexford Snooker Open this week in beating Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh 4 frames to 2 in an exciting final. In the semi finals Johnny beat Greg Casey from Cork 4-1 and Brendan beat Declan Brennan from Northern Ireland 4-0. The players

Senior Billiards Championships 2012

The Senior Billiards Championships was played down to the semi-finals to-day 29th April in the Ivy Rooms The line-up for the finals weekend in Letterkenny is Larry Drennan v Aidan Murray and Rodney Goggins v Eugene Hughes. A total of 12 players contested the event, which meant that byes were awarded into the quarter finals

Who will win the Championships?

Rodney Goggins has been in superb form this season winning two of the seven ranking events played to date and never being out of the semi finals all season. He is virtually guaranteed the No.1 spot already sitting 130 points above his nearest rival Joe Delaney. With the Main Tour spot now gone perhaps the
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Tuite wins Cork Open

Mark Tuite from Killarney was crowned Shooters ‘Cork Open Snooker Champion’ at Shooters snooker club in the ‘Sunbeam Industrial Park’ Blackpool today. What was noticable last weekend was the large high quality of top class players who entered was a clear indication of how prestigious this title was. Chairman of the ‘Cork Billiards and Snooker
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