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Ireland through to Quarter Finals

Ken Doherty clinched the final frame against Wales to see Ireland though to the Quarter Finals of the World Cup to be held tomorrow in Bangkok, Thailand. The Irish have had mixed results all week and a 3-2 victory for Pakistan today meant that the Irish duo of Fergal O’Brien and Ken Doherty had to
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Muldoon Turns On The Style

Vincent Muldoon from Maynooth SC turned on the style in his second match at the World under 21 snooker championships here in Montreal Canada. The Irish man made breaks of 101, 80, 71, 71, and 41 in beating Simon Lee from Hong Kong to win his second match in a row to top his group.
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Day 1 World U-21’s

Day one of the 2011 IBSF World under 21 snooker championships here in Montreal Canada had four wins for our Republic Of Ireland snooker players. David Cassidy from Cork opened the championship for the Irish team with a good 4-1 victory over Bogman Cozmacius from Romania. Jason Devaney from Mayo then recorded a 4-0 victory over local
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World Under-21 Ceremony

The opening ceremony was held tonight in the Sheraton Hotel in Montreal with the IBSF announcing that the groups have been redone due to players not arriving for the event. David Cassidy is now in Group A Vincent Muldoon is in Group E Jason Devaney is in Group D Greg Casey is in Group F Five players from
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Opening Ceremony Live

The Canadian Snooker Association have informed us that the opening ceremony of the World Under-21 Championships will be broadcast live via the internet. They are promising a high quality stream of the event which will start at 7pm on Tuesday night (Canadian Time), which works out at 12 midnight Irish time. Unfortunately however there is
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Sutton wins the Summer Open

John Sutton beat Brendan O’Donoghue 3-2 in the final of the first Ivy Rooms Summer Open in Carlow on Saturday. For the time of year the event still attracted a quality field with three ex Irish Champions in attendance including O’Donoghue, TJ Dowling and three time champion and current professional David Morris. However it was Sutton

Snooker World Cup

It was 1979 when the first Snooker World Cup was introduced and Ireland in the mid eighty’s was the team to beat as the North and South joined together with the formidable team of Alex Higgins, Dennis Taylor and Eugene Hughes (Pictured). The trio won the event three times in all before the event stopped

World Under-21 Preview

The 2011 World Under-21 Snooker Championships get underway on Tuesday in the city of Montreal, Canada and RIBSA will have four players aiming to bring home the title. Vincent Muldoon, Jason Devaney, Greg Casey and David Cassidy will travel out on Monday with National Irish Coach PJ Nolan for the 12 day event being held

World Billiards Preview

The 2011 IBSF World Billiards Championships will be held in the Ivy Rooms, Carlow from the 23rd of August to the 1st of September and will see the World’s top billiard cueists battle it out for the title. The likes of Pankaj Advani, Geet Setti, Peter Gilcrest and Mike Russell are all expected to attend
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Ireland win North South Challenge

Ireland’s Under-14’s and Under-16’s captured the North South Challenge on Sunday the 3rd of July after a superb display against their Northern Ireland counterparts. They might have been a little deflated after losing out to Wales the day before in the Celtic Challenge but Ireland’s youngsters certainly made up for it with a fine display