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Ken is the Milltown Master

The annual snooker finals night in Milltown Golf Club took place last Friday 23rd of March, led by chairman of snooker Roger Coleman. The handicap singles title was won by Ken Taylor, defeating younger brother Steven in the final. Ken is a registered RIBSA Coach and the club snooker championship was also won by Ken

Home Internationals 2012

At the recent Home International AGM a change was made in the number of players on the Snooker Teams. The Home Internationals from this year will contain only 4 players playing on the Senior ,Under16, Under 19 and Masters Teams A country may bring a maximum of 6 players per panel but only 4 will play. The

Hughes win Senior Billiards 6

Eugene Hughes wins the 6th event of the season beating Aidan Murray 350 – 238.  Eugene holds on to his No. 1 place on the rankings with 10 points between himself and Aidan and one event to play before the Championships. The sixth tournament of the Scratch Billiards series was played at the Ivy Rooms Snooker

Intermediate Billiards

The 7th and final event of the season before the National Championships was held in Carlow on Sunday 11th. Aonghus McAnally took the honours beating Lloyd Myers in the final.  The over-all winner coming out on top of the ranking is John Kehoe from Enniscorthy taking home the Perpetual Shield.  Liam Byrne came second.  Mark
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Mark Tuite Hits 131 Break

Mark Tuite and Albert Hogan playing for Ireland Masters 1 team drew with Denmark last night in a fantastic snooker match with Mark winning his match 3-1 and Albert Hogan losing 1-3 to tie the overall match one match each. In the European championship today in Bulgaria. Mark Tuite produced a stunning performance in their
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Irish Senior Team off to a flyer

The Irish Senior team won their opening match in the European team snooker championship here in Sofia, Bulgaria today. The first match for the Republic of Ireland team was up against Denmark when Team Captain Rodney Goggins won his match 3-0, Greg Casey won his match 3-1 and the Gentle Breeze John Sutton won his
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Josh Boileau beaten 4-3 in last16

16 year old Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS who is the current Irish Under 18 Champion lost four frames to three to the current European under 17 champion Mateusz Baranowski from Poland in the Last 16 of the European Under 21 Championships here in Bulgaria today. The match was the best of 7 frames and Josh
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Josh is flying Irish flag in Last 16

16 year old Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS will fly the Irish flag alone tomorrow in the Last 16 of the European Under 21 Championships here in Bulgaria. Josh will play the current European under 17 champion Mateusz Baranowski from Poland who earlier beat Shachar Ruberg from Israel 3-0 and Number 3 seed Ellot Slessor
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Boileau beats Cronin in Last 32

Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS beat Ryan Cronin from Crucible SC Cork four frames to three in a superb match in the last 32 of the 2012 European Under 21 Snooker Championship here in Sofia Bulgaria tonight. Ryan was seeded No.14 after the groups and qualified straight into the last 32 round and Josh had earlier beaten Villus
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All four into last 48 knock-out rounds

The European Under 21 Snooker Championship knock out rounds begin in Sofia Bulgaria tonight. They will feature our four RIBSA players Karl Fitzpatrick, David Cassidy, Josh Boileau and Ryan Cronin who all qualified easily from their groups. Key frames and matches lost by our players means they will face difficult opponents in the later rounds but the players