Lorcán Ó Curraoin from Galway won the fifth Under 16 Snooker & Billiards Ireland (SBI) Stars of the Future Tour event of the season. This event was the Brendan O Donoghue Cup which held in the Hot Shots SC in Galway on Saturday the 2nd of March.
The final
In the final No.2 seed Lorcán beat Aaron Donnelly from Newbridge in the final 3 frames to 1 in an excellent Final. This win moves Lorcán to number 1 but Aaron Donnelly had a great event when he beat the Number 1 seed Max Kennedy in round 1.
The TD was SBI Coach Paul Keighery from Ballinasloe and current National Champion Brendan O Donoghue was there to present the awards to all the winners on the day. Brendan was very impressed with the young talent on show.
Stars of the Future
This was the first event played in the new format of Knock out format and anyone loses a match was put into a plate event. There was an excellent entry of 10 young stars of the future playing on the day from Dublin, Newbridge, Youghal, Laois, Cavan and Galway.
Semi Finals
- Aaron Donnelly 3-0 James Stewart O Reilly
- William Shannon 0-3 Lorcán Ó Curraoin
William Shannon from Ballinasloe and James Stewart O Reilly from Dublin had outstanding wins to reach the Semi Finals and they should be very proud of their performance on the day.
Plate Event
SBI also held a Stars of the Future Plate event for all the players who lost a match. The standard was excellent with Max Kennedy who put the disapointment of losing his first match, powered his way to win the event in beating James Stewart O Reilly in a great final.
Thank You
SBI would like to thank all the players and parents/ guardian for attending the event. We hope everyone enjoyed the great day of Junior Snooker. The players performed excellent and with one ranking event before the National Championships it promises to an exciting finish to the U-16 season.
SBI would also like to thank Paul Keighery for TD on the day and Brendan O Donoghue for attending the event. Finally a big thank you to Hot Shots SC in Galway for hosting this succesful event.
CLICK – Full Results Below
See you all at event 6 in Newbridge CYMS on April 6th and TD will be PJ Nolan.
Closing Dates
The closing date for all SBI Stars of Future events will 1pm on the Thursday before the event. Play will start at 10am at all events this season.
- 6th April – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 6 – THE IRISH MASTERS – Newbridge CYMS Co. Kildare
Tour Info
Players should be aware that all entries are now through the on line system and you have to enter before the closing date.
Rebranding the Ranking Tournaments
- The Ken Doherty Cup
- The Irish Grand Prix
- The Rodney Goggins Cup
- The Fergal O’Brien Cup
- The Brendan O’Donoghue Cup
- The Irish Masters
You can now enter and pay for all the events for the season at the same time by clicking HERE and choosing which events you want to enter.
- 30th September – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 1 – KEN DOHERTY CUP – SBI HQ – WINNER Max Kennedy
- 28th October – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 2 – THE IRISH GRAND PRIX – SBI HQ – WINNER Lorcán Ó Curraoin
- 18th November – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 3 – THE RODNEY GOGGINS CUP – Crucible SC Cork – WINNER Joe Shannon
- 3rd February – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 4 – THE FERGAL O BRIEN CUP – SBI HQ – WINNER Joe Shannon
- 2nd March – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 5 – THE BRENDAN O DONOGHUE CUP – Hot Shots SC Galway – WINNER Lorcán Ó Curraoin
- 6th April – SBI STARS OF THE FUTURE EVENT 6 – THE IRISH MASTERS – Newbridge CYMS Co. Kildare
- 27th April – SBI UNDER 16 NATIONAL SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP – DERMOT DALTON CUP– SBI HQ Carlow
Tournament Entry Fees
The cost of entry will be the following:
- Under 16 – €10.00
All players will need to register for the new season. SBI Registration runs from September to September each season.
Players will have to first pay SBI registration / membership or Renewal their membership and register for the new season. When you register, you will be asked to create a username and password. You will only be allowed to enter an event if log in and use this username and password.
You can reset your own password and there is also a support form on the system for members to complete and I.T. will follow up to resolve any major issues.
SBI Registration
- Under 18’s – €16.00
Venues
We will bring the tour to 3 different venues and 3 events will be held in Carlow, other enues are Hot Shots in Galway, Crucible SC in Cork & Newbridge CYMS for this year. The national championships for both age groups will be held in Carlow.
Celtic Challenge, Home Internationals & Europeans
Each age group will still have their own ranking points to qualify for the International Team
Dress Code
- SBI POLO SHIRTS ARE ALLOWED
- Dark Shoes (no runners)
- Dark one coloured trousers (no jeans)
- One coloured shirt buttoned at the wrist
- Waistcoats must be worn for all matches in National Championships.
- National Waistcoats are not permissible
- Bowties are also required for the SBI Championships for all matches.
More Information
Tommy O Donoghue is running of this tour, any questions, concerns, or clarifications, please reach out to him on odonoghue.tommy147@gmail.com
