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O’Donoghue Wins Senior Event 2

Brendan O Donoghue won the second ranking event of the season when he beat Greg Casey from Cork 5 frames to 4 in an exciting final in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny Co. Donegal. There were 65 entries in the draw for the second tournament of the year in Letterkenny last weekend, unfortunately 13
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Newbridge CYMS ( St Conleths)

This week PJ Nolan visited Newbridge CYMS ( St Conleths) in Newbridge Town in his journey around all the RIBSA affiliated snooker clubs in Ireland RIBSA International player Tony Thorpe from Newbridge CYMS met with our National Coach PJ Nolan this week and showed him around the club which contains 8 Snooker tables and 4
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Doherty Wins Trim Open

Ken Doherty was in fantastic form in hitting eight century breaks to win the Annual Trim Snooker Open this week. This year event was held in St Patricks Hall in Trim and featured a mixture of current Irish professional players and leading RIBSA amateurs players. Colm Gilcreest organised the event again this year and thanked
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Darcy McGees Snooker Club

Darcy McGees Snooker Club in the Spawell Complex in Templeogue in Dublin 6 is the next club to be visited by PJ Nolan in his journey around the country. Club Manager Richie McAuley met with our National Coach this week and showed him around the club which is one of the best in the country.
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O’ Brien Wins Lucan Racing Classic 2011

Fergal O Brien won the Lucan Racing Snooker Tournament in Celbridge Snooker Club over the weekend beating Ken Doherty 5 frames to 2 in a superb final.   In the first round Fergal O Brien beat David Hogan 4-2, David Morris beat Joe Delaney 4-1, Joe Swail beat Rodney Goggins 4-1 and Ken Doherty beat
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Doherty Wins U-16 Ranking Event 1

Andrew Doherty won the first RIBSA under 16 ranking event in Celbridge Snooker Club today. The two top seeds Ross Doyle and Andrew reached the final but it was Andrew who was too sharp in the final and won the title 3 frames to nil. The highest break prize went to Ross Doyle with a superb 51 break.
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Sweeney Wins U-14 Ranking Event 1

Charlie Sweeney from Newbridge CYMS won the first Under 14 ranking event of the season in Celbridge SC on Saturday. In the final Charlie beat Michael Woods from Dublin 2 frames to 1. The event was played in groups until the semi finals when Charlie beat Darragh Cusack from Dublin 2 frames 1 and Michael
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Phil Arnold heading to Berlin

Congratulations to Celbridge player Phil Arnold who won the Amateur Cup in Killarney today beating Benny O’Brien 3-1 in the final.  Phil will now play in the televised stages at the German Masters in Berlin next February as his reward for winning the Amateur Cup. The event was restricted to all Irish and Continental European
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28th Year of Celbridge Snooker ‘player of the year’

Celbridge snooker clubs inaugral player of the year league begins next Thursday the 20th of October 2011. This is a weekly handicapped event which begins at 8.30pm sharp and attracts approximately 30 players on a weekly basis! Players are of all standards and every one is welcome – every player catered for! 100 % payout

Ger Delaney Wins Intermediate West Event 2

The New Institute Snooker club hosted the Munster Intermediate Snooker Tournament on Saturday the 15th October with players from the following clubs Ennis, A.O.H., Cork, Thurles and Nenagh.  There was a small turnout on the day. Format for the Tournament: Results of early round matches: Patsy Farrell – V – Freddie Tuite (3 – 0) Andrew
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