Snooker & Billiards Ireland held a fantastic Finals weekend in the SBI Academy of Excellence in Carlow over the weekend of 17th – 18th of May. 13 SBI National Champions were crowned this year in all age levels and categories in Snooker & Billiards.
Many won their first ever National title and some retained their title but it was Davy Morris from the Kilkenny Shed who won the blue ribbon event when he claimed his fifth Irish Amateur Snooker Championship and lifted the Ger Murray Memorial Cup when he beat the seven-time champion, Brendan O’Donoghue from the New Institute in Nenagh in the final.
The Amateur Championships Highest Break was tied with Davy Morris and Ross Bulman from Youghal CYMS both making 133 breaks.
Big thank you to all the referees who were in charge all weekend. Every final was Streamed and refereed by our team of qualified SBI referees. The standard was excellent in all the events. We also had Live Scoring on all tables in the HQ over the weekend.
We also awarded our end of year SBI awards on Sunday before the Amateur final:
- Over 21 Player of Year – Brendan O Donoghue
- U-21 Young Player of Year – Aaron Donnelly
- Billiard Player of Year – Wayne Doyle
- Coach of year – Shane Gorman
- Club of Year – Newbridge CYMS
- Volunteer of Year – Jim Carrick
- TD of Year – John Kehoe
- Referee of Year – Ritchie Toal
SBI President Jim Leacy was on hand to present all the awards and TD Shane Mason ran the event in style.
SBI Amateur Snooker Championships
Q-Finals
- Ryan Cronin 5-0 Noel Gleeson
- Brendan O’Donoghue 5-1 Philip Browne
- Ross Bulman 5-1 John Torpey
- Davy Morris 5-3 Rodney Goggins
Semi-Finals
- Brendan O’Donoghue 6-5 Ryan Cronin
- Davy Morris 6-1 Ross Bulman
Final – Davy Morris 7-1 Brendan O’Donoghue
SBI Billiards Championships (Long Up Format)
Final – Wayne Doyle 750-453 Eugene Hughes
SBI Billiards Championships (Short Up Format)
Final – Wayne Doyle 4-1 Aidan Murray
SBI Over 40’s Seniors Championships
Semi Final
- John Torpey 4-1 Benny O’Brien
- Dylan Rees 4-3 Mark Walsh
Final – Dylan Rees 5-4 John Torpey
SBI Century Championships (Intermediate)
Semi- Finals
- Noel Gleeson 3-0 Andrew Doherty
- Aaron Goldrick 3-1 Jay Chopra
Final – Aaron Goldrick 4-1 Noel Gleeson
SBI Over 55’s Super Seniors Championships
Final – Frank Sarsfield 3-2 Colm Daly
SBI Challenge Championships
Final – Ken Byrne 3-2 John Aherne
SBI 6 Red Championships
Final – Rodney Goggins 7-5 Philip Browne
PJ Nolan’s 147academy was the title sponsor for all our SBI Junior Tours this season.
SBI Under 21 Championships
Final – Noel Gleeson 4-1 Adam Halnon
SBI Under 18 Championships
Final – Jack O’Brien 3-1 Joe Shannon
SBI Under 16 Championships
Final – Aaron Donnelly 3-0 Dermot Kelly
SBI Under 14 Championships
Final – James Stewart O’Reilly 3-1 Liam Dunne
SBI Under 12 Championships
Final – Callum Behan 2-0 James Brennan
