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Devaney captures 2011 Senior Title

Jason Devaney from Crosmolina Snooker Club in County Mayo created Irish snooker history this weekend when he won the Republic Of Ireland Senior National Championship. In the final Jason beat Irish Number 1 player David Hogan from Nenagh 8 frames to 6 in a superb quality final in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The win

Sarsfield defeats Farrell for Title

The 7th event in the Masters Series was played at the weekend and it was Frank Sarsfield who captured his second title of the season with a solid 3-0 victory over Mick Farrell in the final. Last 16 Tom Gleeson 0-3 Dessie Sheehan Ray Scullion 0-3 Brendan Thomas Ernie McMullen  0-3 Marty Hayden Fred Chute

Rodney Goggins wins 2011 Irish Masters

The 5th Senior Snooker Ranking Event in the RIBSA Senior Series was played in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. Rodney Goggins and Robert Murphy reached the final with superb quality snooker over the weekend to compete in the RIBSA Irish Masters Final. Both players will on the Republic of Ireland A team along

O’Donoghue wins the 2011 RIBSA Classic

The 7th Senior Snooker Ranking Event of the Senior Series The RIBSA Talbot Classic was played in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. Brendan O Donoghue won the event to secure another RIBSA senior ranking title with great victories over Stephen McSherry 3-0, George Tierney 3-2, Daniel O Regan and Colm Gilcreest 4-3

Delaney notches up his first of the season

It took Joe longer than usual but the ex-European Masters Champion finally notched up his first win of the season in the series when he defeated Tom Glesson 3-2 in the final this weekend. Joe had to fight hard even to reach the final seeing off some stiff opposition in Brendan Cooney, Ernie McMullen and

Tom Glesson wins the 5th Masters Event

Nenagh’s Tom Glesson captured the 5th Masters event of the season and his second in a row with a superb 3-0 win over Joe Delaney in the final. Tom saw off Tony Thorpe in the semi finals after beating both Kevin McMahon and Mark Tuite in the earlier rounds. Prelims Paul Arnold 0 v 3

Rodney Goggins picks up 2011 Grand Prix Title

The 6th Senior Snooker Ranking Event ‘ The RIBSA Grand Prix ’ was played in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. In this RIBSA Senior Final it was Dublin Man Robert Murphy who reached the final to face Wexford man Rodney Goggins who both played superb quality snooker over the weekend. Both players

Gleeson picks up another Masters win

Tom Gleeson notched up his second Masters win of the season on Sunday in Carlow thanks to a 3-1 victory over Joe Delaney. Tom also picked up the high break prize on the day thanks to a superb 103 break. Prelim Tony Thorpe 3 v 0 Freddie Chute Shea Brereton 1 v 3 Jim Carrick

David Hogan lifts the Premier Cup

The 4th Senior Snooker Ranking Event ‘ The Premier Cup ‘ was played in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. Two of the best young players in the country reached the final when David Hogan from New Institute Nenagh faced Vincent Muldoon from Maynooth SC in a repeat of the last Senior Ranking

Presidents Cup 2010 goes to David Hogan

The 3rd RIBSA Senior Snooker Ranking Event in the Series (The Presidents Cup) was played in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. Vincent Muldoon and David Hogan reached the final with superb quality snooker over the weekend. The standard of snooker was very high with five century plus breaks and five 90+ breaks