2009 Donegal Snooker Champoinship Final
( L to R) Runner up Johnny Whyte, Referee Ken Kerwin and
Winner John Connors.

Johnny Connors from Donegal won the 2009 Donegal Snooker Championship this weekend beating Johnny Whyte 5 frames to 2.

LIMERICK WIN INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 27, 2009

LIMERICK CAPTURE THE INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

Caesars Palace Snooker Club in Galway hosted this years Inter County Championships and it was the Limerick team that were victorious and

worthy winners on the day beating a fancied Dublin team in the final.

The winning Limerick team were Jason Waters,Thomas Hickey,Neil Madigan Darragh Muckell and John Thorpy.

It was the affore mentioned Thorpy who was the outstanding player on the day with his high break of 72,78,79,86,and 79 to mention a few.

Robert Redmond and George Tierney who were the shining lights on the
Dublin team can be proud of the 104 break in the final against Mike Howley.

The two Galway teams aquitted themselves well with the Galway B
made up of the Caesars Palace players who had wins over Carlow.

The Galway A who were pre dominantly Tuam players also had a good event

before losing out to Limerick in the knockout stages.

Carlow who had a sluggish start with defeats to Limerick and Galway B
but finally got their act together and defeated Dublin and Galway A in the
group but lost out to Dublin in the knockout stages.

It was Limericks day to shine in what was an enjoyable day of snooker

in the West.

RIBSA would like to Beny Fahy and Caesars Palace Snooker Club in Galway for making the event such a great success.

BOILEAU IN POT BLACK Posted by RIBSA on Apr 21, 2009

13 year old Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS played in WSA Junior

Pot Black in Sheffield this week.

Josh played excellent but lost to Ross Muir from Scotland who went on to

win the Pot Black title in the Crucible Theatre.

COLVIN O BRIEN WINS 6 RED OPEN Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 19, 2009

Colvin O Brien from Carlow won the open 6 red event in the Ivy Rooms

Snooker Club on Sunday 19th April.

Colvin beat George Tierney in the final 4 frames to Nil

CLICK HER TO VIEW RESULTS

SWEDEN NATIONAL TEAM TRAINING CAMP REVIEW Posted by RIBSA on Apr 19, 2009

WORLD SERIES OF SNOOKER - DRAW Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 16, 2009

The Draw for the World Series of Snooker in the INEC, Gleneagle Hotel,

Killarney on Saturday and Sunday, 16th and 17th

May was made today

Shaun Murphy v Greg Casey
Ken Doherty vs Tony Moore
John Higgins vs Andrew Gray
Jimmy White vs Jason Devaney

The clinic will be hosted by Irelands head snooker coach,

PJ Nolan, who will be assisted by each of the four professionals.

Tickets for The World Series of Snooker will be available from the INEC Box Office. Tel 00353 (0)64 6671555 or log onto www.inec.ie

GOGGINS WINS IVY ROOMS PRO-AM

Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 14, 2009

Rodney Goggins from the 147 Snooker Club in Wexford won the Ivy Rooms Pro-Am in Carlow over the weekend

In the Final Rodney beat poting sensation 16 year old Declan

Brennan from Northern Ireland 5 Frames to 4 in a exciting final.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW GROUP SCORES

CLICK HERE TO VIEW KNOCK OUT RESULTS

2009 INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 20, 2009

The draw and schedule has been made for the RIBSA Inter County

Championships in Caesars Palace Snooker Club in Galway

on Saturday 25th April

DONEGAL SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 20, 2009

DONEGAL SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
(David Hanna Jnr Memorial Cup)

The Donegal Snooker Championship got underway last week with an entry of

46 players and 7 of these are previous champions.

CYMS Snooker Club in Letterkenny was the venue for this year’s tournament. Some of the surprise players exiting in the first round were Paul Mc Ginley

(North West SC), Albert Mahon (Donegal Town).

Mickey Duffy (CYMS) and Simon Connolly (North West SC).

The second round saw the exit of previous champion Aiden Devenney

(North West) to twice champion John Connors (CYMS).

All of the other top seeds survived the second round.

In the top half of the last sixteen, No1 seed Chris Gibbons (CYMS)

lost out to fellow club-mate Ciaran Campbell (CYMS). Paul Doherty

(North West) defeated Don Ponsonby (CYMS), Garath Kerwin (CYMS)

defeated Bernard Mc Guinness (North West) and John Connors (CYMS)

defeated Pat Bonnar (North West).

In the bottom of the draw No2 seed John Whyte (North West)

defeated former champion Phelim Mc Clafferty (CYMS) and 8 times champion Anthony Bonnar defeated Adrian Mc Fadden.

Former champion Joe Devine went through to the next round at the expense

of Matthew Mahon (Donegal Town) and the final match saw five times

champion Paul Gallagher (North West) defeat fellow clubmate Brian Mc Aleer.

In the quarters Ciaran Campbell defeated Paul Doherty to book his place in the semi-final against John Connors who overcame Garath Kerwin.

In the bottom of the draw Joe Devine defeated Anthony Bonnar to book his

semi-final slot against John Whyte who defeated Paul Gallagher.

SULIMAN WINS JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL OPEN

Posted by RIBSA on Apr 19, 2009

The Junior International Open was won today by Suliman K Salam from Sweden who beat Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS in the final in the Ivy Rooms

Snooker Club Carlow.

Suliman had a fantastic tournament in beating Craig Roberts and Dylan Scully in his group matches and in the knock out rounds - David Cassidy, Dane Daly, Teammate Bairaq Al Urfy, Karl Fitzpatrick and Josh in the final.

Bairaq Al Urfy made a great week for Swedish Snooker when he won the tournament highest Break with a 58 Break.

Q-FINAL Josh Boileau, Jason Devaney, Greg Casey, Daniel O Regan, Glen Doyle,

Suliman K Salam (Sweden) Bairaq Al Urufy (Sweden) Karl Fitzpatrick

SEMI-FINAL LINE UP

Josh Boileau, Daniel O Regan, Suliman K Salam (Sweden) Karl Fitzpatrick

MURPHY WINS ''THE TALBOT HOTEL CLASSIC '' RANKING EVENT Posted by RIBSA on Apr 5, 2009

Robert Murpy from Monkstown SC was in fantastic form today to win

the RIBSA ' Talbot Hotel Carlow ' Snooker Classic.

Robert had great wins in the tournament over Joe Delaney 3-0, George Tierney

3-2, Tom Gleeson 4-1 and in the semis against Martin McCrudden 4-3.

In the Final Robert beat Colm Gilcrest from Celbridge Snooker Club in

a superb final 5 frames to 2

Colm had great wins over Robert Redmond 3-2 Josh Boileau 3-0,

David Hogan 4-2, and in the semis against Greg Casey 4-2 , but Murphy

was too strong in final.

This was event number 7 in the series and was played in

the New Ivy Rooms Academy Of Excellence in Carlow and attracted

a large entry into the event.

Semi Finals : Greg Casey, Robert Murphy, Marin McCrudden, Colm Gilcrest

On Saturday night, Two of the last 32 round matches went on into the early

hours when John Torpey beat Joe Robinson 3-1 and Mario Fernandez beat

Dessie Sheehan 3-2 at 1.30am!!!!!

They were a number of great results by our juniors when Greg Casey got

into the Q Finals beating Number 2 Seed Mario Fernandez and Josh Boileau

reached the last 16 beating Leonard Shanahan.

The highest break prize was shared when Martin McCrudden

and Mario Fernandez both had with 133 breaks.

Everything is now set up for a great battle for the Irish

National Championship and Number 1 spot on the rankings in May.

RIBSA would like to thank Marian and Jim Leacy and Staff for all

their help in making the event such a big success.

GALLAGHER WINS GERRY MCKEEVER SNR MEMORIAL CUP Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 15, 2009

Paul Gallagher from Donegal won the Annual Gerry McKeever Senior Memorial Snooker Cup in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny

In the final Paul beat Anthony Bonnar 4 frames to 3

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL REPORT

WORLD SERIES OF SNOOKER Posted by RIBSA on Apr 15, 2009

The World Series of Snooker will open the 2009 season with The Tournament

of Champions in the INEC, Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney

on Saturday and Sunday, 16th and 17th May.

The Tournament of Champions will see professional players

John Higgins MBE, Ken Doherty, Shaun Murphy (all former World Champions)

as well as former UK and Peoples Champion, Jimmy White MBE

will compete for this esteemed title.

Their quarterfinal opponents will be the top 4 players on the RIBSA under

19 ranking list, Greg Casey, Tony Moore Andrew Gray and Jason Devaney

The format of the event is that the four amateurs will each play a

professional in the Quarterfinals, best of seven frames.

The Semi-finals will be best of nine frames and the Final best of 11 frames.

The Quarterfinals will take place on Saturday,

the Semi-finals will take place on Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon

while the final is scheduled for 7.30pm Sunday evening.

Also, a feature of the week-end will be a clinic in the "Snooker-zone", where members of the public will get tips on how to improve their game.

The clinic will be hosted by Irelands head snooker coach,

PJ Nolan, who will be assisted by each of the four professionals.

Tickets for The World Series of Snooker will be available from the INEC Box Office. Tel 00353 (0)64 6671555 or log onto www.inec.ie

SWEDEN TEAM BEAT NENAGH IN STYLE Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 14, 2009

The Sweden National team who arrived in Carlow last week beat Nenagh

Snooker Club in a challenge match tonight

The team are attending a training camp with PJ Nolan in the New Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.

Bairaq Al Urfy, Suleman K. Salam, Anders Czarnecki and Benjamin McCabe

were too strong for Tom Hogan, Gary Power, Jamie Spain and David Shoer

Sweden won the match 25 frames to 10

Star player on the Sweden team was Anders Czarnecki winning all 9 frames

and Tom Hogan was the top player on the Nenagh team

winning 5 frames.

EBOS BILLIARDS - IRISH OPEN TITLE Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 13, 2009

Peter Gilcrest from England won the EBOS Irish Open in the Ivy Rooms

Snooker Club Carlow on Sunday.

Peter Beat Irish International Aidan Murray in the Final

Full Report to Follow

SWEDEN ATTEND TRAINING CAMP IN IRELAND Posted by RIBSA on Apr 11, 2009

The Sweden National Junior snooker team arrived in Carlow today to

attend a training camp with PJ Nolan in the New Ivy Rooms

Snooker Club in Carlow.

Bairaq Al Urfy, Suleman K. Salam, Anders Czarnecki and Benjamin McCabe will begin training with PJ on Monday, but before then

they will play in the Ivy Rooms Pro-Am on Sunday and Monday.

The Team Manager with the boys is Kim Hartman who is a snooker commentator from Swedish Eurosport and a International Referee.

The Schedule of Training for the boys is daily solo practice working on PJ’s Training Routines and Video Analysis working on their

playing techniques.

TOBIN WINS MUNSTER UNDER 21 TITLE Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 11, 2009

13 year old Aaron Tobin from Youghal CYMS became the youngest player

to win the Munster U 21 Championships title today when he beat

Ryan Cronin from Cork by 3 frames to 2 in a excellent final.

Tobin had won his first RIBSA U-14 ranking event title in Donegal last month

In a very close final that could have went either way, Aaron won the first

frame on the colours, but Ryan came back win the next two frames.

Then Aaron won frame four to make it 2 all and set up a tense final,

Ryan who looked in control of the frame but with two reds left and Aaron

need to them all, when the young cork man made the best 41 clearances

you could see, and it was fitting to win any provincial final.

Both players played super all day to reach the final with Ryan causing the

biggest shock of the day beating number one seed and defending champion

and Irish International David Hogan in the first round, Ryan beat Youghal

CYMS’s James Hennessy 2 nil in the semi final.

In the other semi final Aaron played Irish u 19 International player

Tony Moore from the Crucible SC but it was Aaron who won 2 frames

to nil to reach the final.

On the day it was a big turn out with no less than 8 Irish Internationals

on show on the day and well done to Youghal CYMS for an excellent event

and to Arron who is a member of the Junior RIBSA Elite Squad

on winning the title

BILLIARDS NEWS Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 6, 2009

Congratulations to Phil Martin from Celbridge SC who finished

Number 1 on the RIBSA Scratch Billiards Rankings for the season.

Phil is pictured with Fred Dinsmore World & European 9 Ball Champion

RIBSA FUNDRASING DRAW Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 13, 2009

The RIBSA fundrasing Draw was held on Sunday the 12th Of April

SWEDEN STAY UNBEATEN Posted by PJ Nolanon Apr 16, 2009

The Sweden National team who arrived in Ireland last week beat the

Ivy Rooms Team in a challenge match tonight 23 frames to 13.

The team are attending a week long training camp with PJ Nolan in Carlow.

Bairaq Al Urfy, Suleman K. Salam, Anders Czarnecki and Benjamin McCabe

were too strong for Colvin O Brien, Dylan Scully, Robert Donohoe, Richard Craig

All the Sweden team played superb on the night but it was Anders Czarnecki

who beat Colvin O Brien 3 frames to nil and won 8 frames in the match.

Bairaq Al Urfy made the highest break on the night when he made a 55 break

COONEY WINS RIBSA OVER 40's EVENT 6 Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 30, 2009

Brendan Cooney from Youghal CYMS won the 6th Over 40 Ranking

event of the season in the Ivy Rooms on Sunday.

In the final he beat Richie Nolan 3 frames to Nil

Frank Sarsfield won the highest break with a 70 Break

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RESULTS

DEMPSEY WINS LEINSTER 17's Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 30, 2009

Daniel Dempsey from Newbridge CYMS won the Leinster 17's in the

Ivy Rooms Snooker Carlow Over The Weekend.

In the final he brat Karl Fitzpatrick 3 frames to 2

TOBIN WINS FIRST RIBSA RANKING TITLE Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 30, 2009

Aaron Tobin from Youghal CYMS in Co. Cork and a member of the RIBSA Elite Squad won his first RIBSA ranking tournament in Northwest SC in Co. Donegal

over the weekend.

In the final he beat Craig Roberts from the Spawell SC 2 frames to 1

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL REPORT

The Highest break trophy went to Josh Boileau with a superb 77 break, Other

high breaks were Aaron Tobin 49, 54, 56, Dylan Carey 47

CLICK HERE TO VIEW KNOCK OUT RESULTS

Lee Walsh from Youghal CYMS won the Plate event beating Ross Doyle from

Dublin in the Final

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL GROUP RESULTS

RIBSA would like to thank John Doherty from the Northwest SC in Letterkenny

for all his help in making the event a big success

THE NEW IVY ROOMS Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 30, 2009

The Telephone number has been temporally changed for the

new Ivy Rooms Snooker Club In Carlow To : 05991 3 7714

EUROPEAN SENIOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - RUSSIA Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 30, 2009

The Republic Of Ireland Senior Teams turned in superb performances in the European Team Championship in St Petersburg, Russia this week.

The A Team of Brendan O Donoghue, David Hogan and Martin McCrudden

were the defending champions and the team played outstanding

snooker to reach the final for the second year in a row.

All 3 players knocked in 7 100+ breaks , the most centuries of any team in the event and it was David Hogan claimed the highest break of the championship trophy with a 133 break.

To view all the breaks click on
http://www.snooker.pl/turnieje/2009/dme/en/dmemb_2009.php

In the Semi final the A Team beat the Belgium team 10 frames to 1 in a high scoring match.

In the final their opponents were Wales and the match went all the way and was level at 9-9 when Brendan and Lee Walker had to face a one frame shoot out

for the title, and it was the Welsh player who won it on the pink to seal victory.

The B Team of Leonard Shanahan, Mark Walsh and Clinton Freaney also played superb snooker all week and had great pressure wins over Poland

and Switzerland to reach the Q- Final rounds.

In the Q-Finals they faced the A team who were on fire, and it was the A Team

who won the all Irish battle 10 frames to 3, but Clinton, Mark and Leonard

should all be proud of the overall performance in their debut at a major international event.

To view all scores click on http://www.snooker.pl/turnieje/2009/dme/en/dmem_2009.php

http://www.ebsa.tv/

To view photos from the event click on
http://www.my-snooker.com/

EUROPEAN OVER 40 TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS - RUSSIA Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 30, 2009

The Republic of Ireland over 40 Snooker Teams played outstanding snooker in the European over 40 Teams Snooker Championship

in St Petersburg, Russia this week.

The A Team of Joe Delaney and Brendan Cooney played their

best snooker and reached the final to play the Defending Champions Wales with Darren Morgan and Phil Williams.

Joe and Brendan played good in the final but it was the welsh team

who won the title for the second year in a row.

The B Team of Brendan Thomas and Ernie McMullen had a

tournament to remember and beat top class opponents on their

journey of reaching the semi final round.

In the semi’s they met the A team in a all Irish battle and Joe

and Brendan weren’t going to allow the B Team upset the seeds

and controlled the match to win 7 frames to 3 and reach

the European final.

EUROPEAN UNDER 19 CHAMPIONSHIPS - RUSSIA Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 30, 2009

The Republic of Ireland under 19 Team played excellent snooker and gained

a lot of experience in the European under 19 Snooker

Championships in St Petersburg, Russia.

All four players Andrew Gray, Jason Devaney, Greg Casey, Tony Moore

qualified from their groups with great wins for the knock out last 32 round.

Andrew Gray won his group, Jason was 2nd, Greg and Tony were 4th

and Declan Brennan from Northern Ireland finished 3rd in his group.

Jason Devaney made the teams highest tournament break with a 99 break

against Michael White but all our players had numerous 50, 60, 70 breaks

in the event.

Jason and Andrew and Declan won their last 32 matches but lost their last 16 round but all three are under age for the next 3 years in this event and future looks good for Irish Snooker.

CLICK Here to view Scores and Breaks from the U-19 Championshiphttp://www.snooker.pl/turnieje/2009/dme/en/index.php

National Team Coach PJ Nolan said he was delighted with the boys play

and overall attitude in the championship.

We were a bit unlucky in knock out last 16 rounds with

Andrew getting sick against eventual semi finalist Robert Carlile from Scotland.

Jason played a superb match against the Number 1 seed Liam Highfield from England and led 3-2 with breaks of 78, 76, 47 only for Highfield to come back

with 74, 81 to win 4 frames to 3.

Declan Brennan also played a great match against Jack Lisowski from England before losing 4 frames to 2

In the U-19 Final Luca Brecel from Belgium became the youngest ever

European Champion at the age of only 14. Luca beat England's Michael Wasley

6-5 in a superb final

In the European Ladies Final England beat Russia

O DONOGHUE IS 6 RED MASTER AND QUALIFIES FOR THAILAND

Posted by RIBSA on Mar 30, 2009

There was more success in Russia this week when Brendan O Donoghue from

the Republic Of Ireland won his E.B.S.A. 6 red qualifying group to qualify for

the Sam Sung Professional 6 red snooker Event in Thailand later on this year.

Brendan will now join players on the main tour like Mark Selby,Stephen

McGuire, John Higgins, Ryan Day and others in the draw.

This tournament will be televised live on Thailand TV

E.B.S.A. COACHING SEMINAR

Posted by RIBSA on Mar 29, 2009

Newly Appointed EBSA Senior Coach PJ Nolan conducted an E.B.S.A. Coaching Seminar in Russia last week.

Players from Malta, Russia, Cyprus, availed of the coaching on the night.

The New Ivy Rooms Snooker club in Carlow will become an EBSA centre of excellence and will offer players and coaches from across Europe a chance to travel to Ireland to receive training from PJ Nolan.

NEW IVY ROOMS SNOOKER ACADEMY

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 19, 2009

The New Ivy Rooms Snooker Academy in Carlow will open on Monday 23rd

March, but today Jason Devaney and Declan Brennan trained with their coach

PJ Nolan in the academy in preparation for the European Under 19

Championship in Russia.

The Irish Team of Greg Casey, Andrew Gray, Tony Moore, Jason Devaney and Declan Brennan will depart on Friday Morning and play starts on Sunday

and you can follow all the boys results on this web site.

The European Team Championship is also being held in Russia and all of the

teams had a good first day play with great wins and high breaks.

Ireland are the Defending champions with the team of Brenadan O Donoghue, Martin McCrudden and David Hogan.

Full Results and Live Scoring can be found on www.ebsa.tv

RIBSA LADIES SKILLS EVENT

Posted by RIBSA on Mar 19, 2009

A skills event will be held during the next RIBSA ladies ranking tournaments

in Celbridge SC on Sunday 22nd March.

Each Ranking event will feature a new Practice routine.

The First Routine is Called ' 6 Red Ball Control '

O'REGAN TO PLAY CRONIN IN RIBSA U-16 NATIONAL FINAL

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 16, 2009

The National Under 16 Championship was held in the Masters SC in Shannon

over the weekend.

This years Under 16 final will be played in the Ivy Rooms Academy during the

National Senior Championships in May.

This year's final will be between Crucible clubmates Daniel O Regan

and Ryan Cronin from Cork.

The Semi final line up shows everyone around Ireland that Cork Junior

Snooker is on the up and up with all four Semi Finalists from County Cork .

Semi Finalists Christopher Cooney from Youghal CYMS, Aaron Tobin from

Youghal CYMS , Ryan Cronin and Daniel O Regan from Crucible SC Cork.

There was a number of big shocks on the day with 12 year old Aaron Tobin in great form beating Glen Doyle 3 - 2 and Daniel Dempsey 3 -2 with

breaks of 49, 52, 50, Christopher Cooney beat Josh Boileau 3-2,

Ryan Cronin beat Number 1 seed David Cassidy 3-2

Josh Boileau holds the highest break so far with 62, Other good breaks on the

Day were 49, 50, 52 by Aaron Tobin, Cathal Dunne 56, Ryan Cronin 40

In the plate event 13 year old David Shoer from Nenagh beat David McCormack from Co. Westmeath

David McCormack plays on the Irish Pool Association Tour and is a member

of the Irish Junior team, David was playing in his first ever snooker

tournament and played excellent on the day.

Davis Shoer held his nerve to win 2 frames to 1 in a great final .

DONEGAL SNOOKER NEWS

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 16, 2009

The Next Donegal Senior Ranking Event was incorrectly advertised on the

web site. This event will be held on Sunday 22nd March.

DEVANEY WINS U-19 NATIONAL TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 16, 2009

Jason Devaney from Crossmolina Snooker Club in County Mayo won the

R.I.B.S.A. Under 19 National Championship in Waterford SC in Tramore

over the weekend.

Jason’s win confirms he will finish Number 1 on the 2009 National RIBSA

Under 19 rankings for the season,

Jason finished number 1 on the under 16 rankings last season.

In the final Jason beat Karl Fitzpatrick from the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow

3 frames to 2 in a superb final.

In the semi final round Jason beat Daniel o Reagan 3 -0.

and Karl beat Tony Moore 3 - 1.

The big shock of the day was the defeat of the Number 1 Seed Andrew Gray by Elite Squad member Aaron Tobin from Yougal CYMS 3 frames to nil.

There were a number of good breaks on the day with

Karl Fitzpatrick 47, 42 , David Cassidy 52, Daniel Dempsey 48,

Tony Moore 38, 39, 44, 49, but it was Jason Devaney with36, 35, 52

and a 68 Break that won the high break trophy.

RIBSA would like to thank Ray Power and Dylan Rees from Waterford SC for

all their help in making the event such a great success.

In the plate event David Cassidy from Cork beat Philip Duggan from Dublin 2 frames to 0 in a great final .

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RESULTS

MULQUEEN WIN 5TH LIMERICK RANKING EVENT

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 16, 2009

James Mulqueen from The Masters Shannon won the 5th Event of the Limerick Ranking Series held in the The Venetian Club Hartstogne Street on Sunday

In the final James defeated Ray Scullion 2 frames to 0.

Jason Waters retains his No.1 ranking and has a 6 point lead over

Kevin Mc Mahon in 2nd with Mike howley 1 point further back in 3rd.

John Torpey and Ray Scullion enter the Top 8.

With 1 more event to be played before the top 8 playoffs and only 6 points separating the next 9 players there is still plenty to play for.

For full story , results, rankings http://limericksnooker.googlepages.com

ELITE SQUAD BLOG - TOM HOGAN

Posted by RIBSA on Mar 10, 2009

All season the players on the RIBSA Elite Squad have been writing

a blog to keep everyone updated on their progress.

13 year old Tom Hogan from Nenagh SC is the Curent U-14 National Champion and his blog informs everyone of his season so far.

The Squad is sponsored by Nigel Power from www.firststep.ie

Click Here to Tom Hogan's Blog

KEARNS WINS INTERMEDIATE BILLIARDS SHIELD

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 9, 2009

Tom Kearns from Borris in Ossory finished number 1 on the RIBSA

rankings to win the Intermediate Billiards Perpetual Shield in the Ivy

Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend.

Shay O Brien from Mooncoin was just pipped at the post by Tom for the title

Robert McCrum from Dublin continued his great victory run to win the ranking event on the day beating Tom Kearns 400 - 328 in the final.

RIBSA would like to thank Liam Byrne and Jim and Marian Leacy and the

staff of the Ivy Rooms SC forall thier help on the day in making the

event a great success.

O DONOGHUE WINS RIBSA GRAND PRIX SENIOR RANKING TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 8, 2009

The Sixth RIBSA Senior Ranking Event of the season was played in the

Ivy Rooms Snooker Club Carlow over the weekend.

Brendan O Donoghue played fantastic snooker to win the Silver Cup sponsored

by Gerry Stokes to win the RIBSA Grand Prix Title

In the final Brendan beat John Sutton from Celbridge SC 5 frames to 2

finishing off the match with a 133 break in a superb final.

Johnny Williams and Clom Gilcrest reached the Semi Final round before

Breandan beat Colm 4- 1 and John beat Johnny 4 - 1

The biggest shock of the event was David Cassidy current Irish U-16

number 1 beating current Irish number 1 senior player Mario Fernadez

3 - 2 in the Last 32 round.

Brendan has the honor of winning the last ranking event ever to be held in

the old Ivy Rooms and everyone is looking forward to playing in the

New Ivy Rooms Snooker Academy in April.

DAVID JOYCE RIP

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 8, 2009

Everyone involved in Irish snooker were saddened to hear

David Joyce from England passed away this weekend.

International Referee David was involved in the English Snooker Association

and was recently appointed vice chairman of the

Home Internationals Committee

The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association and all

snooker followers would like to express their very deepest sympathy to

his family and friends.

MAY HE REST IN PEACE - RIP

RIBSA TOURNAMENTS RE-SCHEDULED

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 25, 2009

The RIBSA U-21 NATIONAL Championship - Northwest SC - Letterkenny

Date Changed from the 29th March to the 3rd & 4th May

McCRUM WINS PAT O SULLIVAN TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 5, 2009

The annual Pat O’Sullivan Memorial Tournament, which is a ranking event

in the Senior Billiards Handicap series was played at Kilkenny Snooker Club

In the Final Robert McCrum beat Brendan Delvin 400 points to 398

in a superb final.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL REPORT

CLICK HERE TO VIEW RESULTS

DESSIE SHEEHAN WINS OVER 40 RANKING NO.5

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 4, 2009

Dessie Shhehan from the Celbridge SC played superb snooker to

win the RIBSA Over 40 ranking event 5 in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club

over the weekend.

In the final Dessie beat Richie Nolan 3 frames to nill

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 3, 2009

The Draws have been made for the European Team Championships and the European under 19 championship in St Petersburg - RUSSIA

The U-19 Championship - 21st - 26th March 2009

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE U-19 DRAW

CASEY WINS U-21 RANKING EVENT 3 TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Mar 2, 2009

Greg Casey from the Crucible SC in Cork played superb snooker to

win the RIBSA U-21 ranking event in the 147 Club in Wexford

over the weekend.

In the final Greg beat Jason Devaney from Crossmolina SC 3 frames to nil

with break of 59, 58, 55 to win the title.

Chris Humphries from the Classic SC in Dublin reached the semi final with

great wins over David Cassidy ( 3-1 ) and Karl Fitzpatrick ( 3-2)

before losing to Greg 1-3

Tony Moore also reached the semi finals after great comebacks from 2 - nil

down against Dane Daly and Stephen Reddighton to win the matches

3 frames to 2 before losing to Jason 1 - 3 in the semi finals

The highest Break prize went to Greg Casey with a 72 Break and other high breaks on the day were Greg Casey 48, 49, 59, 54, 59, 58, Andrew Gray 47,

Chris Humpries 46, Karl Fitzpartrick 46.

It was a great tournament for our three players who will represent

the Republic of Ireland in Russia later this month at the European

Under 19 snooker Championships.

Greg Casey Won it, Jason Devaney R-up, Tony Moore S- Finalist,

and Andrew Gray Q-Finalist,

Team coach PJ Nolan believes the boys are playing their best snooker at the moment and is confident they can achieve good results in Russia.

David Cassidy from Cork turned the disappointment of losing in the first round

to win a very high quality plate event in Wexford.

In the final he beat Paul Farrell from Dublin 2 frames to nil.

In reaching the final David had good wins over Dane Daly, Stephen O Reilly

and Paul had good wins over Adam McIntyre and Wayne Doyle.

RIBSA would like to thank Abban and Mary Reddy and the staff of the

147 Club in Wexford for making the event a great success.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RESULTS

BONNAR WINS DONEGAL RANKING TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 26, 2009

The Donegal Snooker League ran the fourth Ranking Points

Tournament of the 08/09 season in the North West SC in Letterkenny

This final was a repeat line-up of the first tournament of the season

with Gerry Mc Keever and Anthony Bonnar and the final result

was to be the same as well with Anthony getting the better

with a 3/0 victory.

NOLAN APPOINTED EBSA SENIOR COACH

Posted by RIBSA on Feb 26, 2009

The E.B.S.A has just announced the appointment of PJ Nolan from the

Republic of Ireland as a senior coach within the European Billiards &

Snooker Coaching Foundation.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

McCLAFFERY WINS INTERMEDIATE RANKING EVENT

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 26, 2009

The 4th tournament in this season’s RIBSA Intermediate Series took place in

the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny and although entries were down

on other events in the series, the quality certainly was not.

Phelim Mc Clafferty from Donegal won the RIBSA Intermediate Ranking

beating Jason Keogh from Celbtidge SC 3 frames to 1 in a superb final.

The early stage of the tournament was played in round robin format

with 6 groups of 4 players and 2 qualifying from each group.

This format proved popular among the players as each players was

guaranteed at least 3 matches.

FERNANDEZ WINS TRAMORE OPEN

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 25, 2009

Mario Fernandez from Limerick captured the Tramore Open event on Saturday beating Clinton Franey from Wicklow 3 frames to 2 in the final

in Waterford Snooker Centre.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL REPORT

CASSIDY WINS UNDER 16 RANKING EVENT 3

Posted by PJ Nolan on 22 Feb , 2009

David Cassidy from the Crucible SC in Cork won the 3rd RIBSA U-16 Ranking event of the season in Celbridge SC in Co. Kildare

In the final the corkman beat Josh Boileau 3 frames to 1 in a superb match.

This Victory puts David number 1 on the National Rankings

In the Semi finals, David beat Daniel Dempsey 3 frames to nil and Josh

beat Daniel O Regan 3 frames to 2

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RESULTS

The highest break trophy went to Josh Boileau with a 72 break

Other good breaks on the day were Josh Boileau with 71, 52, David Cassidy 60, Daniel O Regan 58, Tom Hogan 55,

RIBSA would like to thank Phil Martin and Celbridge Snooker Club and Neil Shanahan for all thier help on the day in making the event a big success.

Gary Power from Nenagh SC won the plate event when he beat Cathal Dunne

from Cavan 2 frames to nil in a high quality final.

RIBSA COACHING / TRAINING DAY

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 16, 2009

RIBSA will be offering all players competing in the European Snooker Championships in Russia next month a training day with PJ Nolan.

The Training day will be open to Under 19 , Senior and Over 40 players on Saturday 21st February - 12pm - 4pm in the Ivy Rooms S.C. Carlow.

FITZPATRICK WINS U-18 LEINSTER TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 16, 2009

Karl Fitzpatrick from the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow won the Leinster U-18 open

title in the Q Club Wicklow over the weekend.

Karl beat home player Glen Doyle 3 frames to 2 in an exciting final.

In the semi's Karl beat Dane Daly 3 frames to 2 and Glen beat Wayne Doyle

3 frames to 2

Daniel Dempsey beat Shane Menton to win the plate event

Leinster Billiards & Snooker Association would like to thank the Q Club and

Jason Watson for all thier help on the day.

DELANEY WINS OVER 40 RANKING EVENT 4 TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 16, 2009

Joe Delaney from the 147 Club in Wexford won the 4th Over 40 Ranking Event

of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club on Sunday.

In the Final he beat Richie Nolan from Carlow 3 frames to nil in a

high quality final.

In the Semi Finals Joe beat Tony Thorpe 3 frames to 1 and Richie Nolan beat

Ernie McMullen 3 frames to 1

Eddie Ingle won the plate event in beating Paul Hamilton 2 frames to 10

RIBSA would like to thank the Ivy Rooms and Yvonne Leacy for all thier help

on the day in making the event such a big success.

IVY ROOMS SIX RED SERIES

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 15, 2009

Martin McCrudden from Celbridge won the 7th and final six reds ranking event

of the series when he beat club mate TJ Dowling 4 frames 3.

In the Semi Finals Martin beat Colvin O Brien 3 frames nil and TJ beat young

player of the day Daniel Dempsey 3 frames to nil

MASTERCLASS BY OUR ELITE PLAYERS - BOILEAU WINS U-14 TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 14, 2009

Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS won the fourth U-14 ranking tournament

of the season in the Masters Snooker Club in Shannon.

In the final Josh beat fellow Elite Squad member Tom Hogan from

Nenagh SC 3 frames to 2 in a superb final.

David Shoer from Nenagh and Kenny Wight from Youghal had an outstanding tournament and improved thier ranking in reaching the semi finals

Dylan Scully from Carlow won the Plate event when he beat Jamie Moore

from Dublin 2 frames to nil in a great final.

RIBSA would like to thank AJ and James in the Masters club and Kevin Doherty

for refereeing all day and to Ray Scullion for refereeing the finals

HOGAN WINS DOUGHLAS JEWELLERS IRISH MASTERS TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 8, 2009

David Hogan won his first senior title today when he won the RIBSA Irish

Masters sponsored by Doughlas Jewellers Carlow.

This was the fifth ranking event of the season and held in the Ivy Rooms

Snooker Club Carlow over the weekend.

In the final David Hogan from Nenagh SC beat Colim Gilcrest from Celbridge

SC. 5 frames to 1 in a surperb final.

The highest break prize went to David Hogan with a 131 Break

Other high break were Colvin O Brien 119, Brendan O Donoghue 118, 104

Carl Murphy 117, TJ Dowling 108

BONNAR WINS DONEGAL SENIOR RANKING EVENT 3

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 2, 2009

Pat Bonnar won of the third Donegal Snooker League Ranking Points

Tournament over the weekend in the Northwest SC in Letterkenny.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL REPORT AND DONEGAL NEWS

CATHY DUNNE WINS LADIES RANKING EVENT

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 2, 2009

The 5th RIBSA ladies ranking event took place in Celbridge

snooker club on Sunday 1st Feb.

The semi finals saw Michelle Sherwin pitted against Cathy Dunne.

They shared the 1st 3 frames on the black with Cathy leading 2-1 michelle

was slightly ahead in the 4th coming to the colours but with

a massive run of bad luck she went in off 7 times, and Cathy took advantage

to claim the victory 3-1.

This was Michelle first defeat in a RIBSA ladies events in 2 seasons.

The second semi final saw no 2 Michelle French against newcomer Treasa

Keegan and It was a closely fought battle but Michelle eventually went on to

win the match 3-2.

The final was very much a one sided affair with Michelle obviously nervous

of the occasion. Michelle won the 2nd frame with a great clearance after a low scoring frame with the colors tied up, and she almost made an unbelievable comeback in the next, but Cathy took it to lead 2-1 and then Cathy turned on the style and ran out an easy victor in the final frame to win the match 3-1.

FERNANDEZ WINS LIMERICK SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 2, 2009

Mario Fernandez won the 2009 Limerick Senior Championship last weekend defeating Frank Sarsfield 3-2 in a high quality final.

CONWAY WINS AGAIN TO WIN U-19 RANKING EVENT 3

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 2, 2009

Sean Conway made a double win weekend when he won the RIBSA U-19

Ranking event in Caesars Palace SC in Galway over the weekend.

RIBSA would like to thank Beny Fahy from Caesars Palace SC and

Tony Conboy for all their help in making the event such a great success.

In the plate event Wayne Doyle from Dublin beat Daniel Dempsey from the Newbridge CYMS 2 frames to 0 in a great final .

DELANEY WINS RIBSA OVER 40 RANKING EVENT 3

Posted by PJ Nolan on Feb 1, 2009

The 3rd Over 40 Ranking event of the season was held in the Ivy Rooms

Snooker Club Carlow on Sunday

Joe Delaney from Wexford beat Brendan Cooney from Yougal CYMS 3 frames

to 2 in a superb final

Frank Scarsfield won the high break prize with a great 83 break, but Tony

Thorpe had a 120 break in the plate event

CONWAY WINS NATIONAL U-18 TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 31, 2009

Sean Conway from County Mayo won the R.I.B.S.A. Under 18 National Championship in Caesars Palace SC in Galway.

In the final Sean beat young player of the day Daniel Dempsey from

Newbridge CYMS 3 frames to 1 in a superb final.

There were a number of good breaks on the day with Josh Boileau 50,

David Cassidy 55, Daniel Dempsey 59, but it was Sean Conway with a 60

Break that won the high break trophy

In the semi finals round Sean beat Daniel o Reagan 3 -1. Daniel beat

Josh Boileau 3 - 0.

RIBSA would like to thank Beny Fahy from Caesars Palace SC and

Tony Conboy for all their help in making the event such a great success.

In the plate event Chris Humphries from Dublin beat Gavin Halvey from the spawell SC 2 frames to 1 in a great final .

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RESULTS

ACCOMMODATION SPECIAL OFFER IN SHANNON

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 30, 2009

The following are the rates for accommodation in Shannon for the

RIBSA tournaments in February and March.

Shannon Court Hotel Tel: 061-364588 - Ref: Masters S C Shannon.

If there is any difficulty in making bookings please contact

Kevin Doherty on - 086-3034043

Weekend of February the 14th 2009

Friday 13th - Sat 14th and Sun 15th - Single €30 Double €50

The U-14 Ranking Event ( 4 )

Masters SC - Shannon on the 14th February

Weekend of March the 15th 2009

Friday 13th - Sat 14th and Sun 15th - Single €45 Double €65

The U-16 National Championships

Weekend of March the 21st 2009

Friday 20th - Sat 21st and Sun 22nd - Single €45 Double €65

The RIBSA Intermediate Event ( 5 )

Masters SC - Shannon on the 21st March

Good luck to all players taking part from The Shannon Court Hote

ANN O DONOGHUE RIP

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 25, 2009

Everyone involved in Irish snooker were saddened to hear

Mrs. Ann O Donoghue from Nenagh passed away this weekend.

Mother of International player Brendan O Donoghue was

regularly at RIBSA events over the years, watching Brendan win

numerous Irish titles.

The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association and all

snooker followers would like to express their very deepest sympathy to

Brendan, TJ, Ann Marie and their family and friends.

MAY SHE REST IN PEACE - RIP

ST MATTHEWS - 2009 ALL IRELAND CLUB CHAMPIONS

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 28, 2009

ST Matthews SC from Nothern Ireland won the All Ireland Club Championship

in Kilarney over the weekend when they beat Kilkenny SC 3 matches to 2.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW PLAYING SCHEDULE

GLEN DOYLE WINS LEINSTER 14 OPEN TOURNAMENT

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 25, 2008

Glen Doyle from the Q Club Wicklow won the leinster Billiards & Snooker Association 14's Open Snooker Tournament in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club.

Glen beat Wayne Harrisson 3 frames to nil in the Final.

The Leinster Association would like to thank Marion Leacy from the Ivy Rooms

for the excellent facilities on the day, and making the event such a success.

Kenny Wight from Yougal CYMS won the Highest break trophy with a 50 Break

Nial Brady beat Martin Dunne 2 frames to 1 in the final of the plate event

ELITE SQUAD BLOG

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 21, 2009

Aaron Tobin from Youghal CYMS was selected for this years Elite Squad

The players will be keping everyone updated with thier progress

through out the season.

CHRISTIE WINS 4th INTERMEDIATE BILLIARDS EVENT

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 20, 2009

Kevin Christie won the 4th RIBSA Intermediate Billiards Event in the

Ivy Rooms SC over the weekend when he beat Darren Ryan from Celbridge

in the Final

JAMES MOORE WINS SCRATCH BILLIARDS EVENT

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 20, 2009

James Moore from Navan SC won the RIBSA Scratch Billiards Event in the

Ivy Rooms SC over the weekend when he beat Phil Martin from Celbridge

in the Final

DOWLING WINS IVY ROOMS 6 RED EVENT

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 20, 2009

TJ Dowling from Celbridge SC won the 6th Ivy Rooms Six Reds Snooker tournament of the season when he beat Colvin O Brien from Carlow

4 frames to 3 in an exciting final

CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RESULTS

RIP JOHN CRONIN

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 11, 2009

Limerick and Irish Snooker followers were saddened to hear that one of the great Limerick players John Cronin passed away this weekend.

John won numerous RIBSA ranking events in the 90's and played on the Irish International team

at the Home Internationals.

All involved in snooker in Ireland extends his family and friends our very deepest sympathy.

May he rest in Peace.

DBSL PREMIER CUP SENIOR RANKING EVENT 4

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 11, 2009

Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh SC played fantastic to win the Premier Cup ranking event sponsored by Dublin Billiards & Snooker Leagues in the

Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.

The perpetual cup was presented by Brendan Murphy - Secretary of DBSL

This was the fourth ranking event of the season.

The No. 1 seed Mario Fernandez was beaten by David Hogan in the Q-Finals

The Highest Break prize for the Tournament went to Robert Redmond with

superb 141 break

Brendan's win closes the point race at the top of the rankings

CLICK ON OFFICE NOTICES AND DRAWS IN MAIN MENU FOR FULL RESULTS

RIBSA LADIES 4th RANKING TOURNAMENT

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 11, 2008

The RIBSA 4th ladies ranking of the season event took place in Q's Snooker Club,Clondalkin on Sunday 4th January.

The semi-finals saw No. 2 Michelle French take on No. 3 Cathy Dunne.

Cathy was on form today and it was a good match cathy beat Michelle 3-0.

The other semi saw No 1 Michelle Sherwin take on newcomer Treasa Keegan. Treasas hard work since the last tournament payed off as she gave Michelle a much better match than the last ranking event with the 1st 2 frames

being decided on the colors.

The final was a closel contested affair as usual with Michelle winning the

1st on the pink.She just needed a simple brown in the 2nd to leave cathy needing snookers but she over hit it and missed the pot . cathy stepped in and punished Michelle by clearing to win the frame.

The 3rd frame was won by Michelle on the black and she managed to creep

ahead in the 4th and keep herself there until Cathy conceeded the match on

the brown, giving the victory to Michelle by 3 frames to 1.

HIGHEST BREAK - 87 - Michelle Sherwin

CASSIDY WINS CORK UNDER 16 TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 11, 2009

David Cassidy from the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork retained his Cork U-16 Snooker title over the weekend in Youghal CYMS when he beat club mate

Daniel O Regan 3 frames to nil in an exciting final.

David Beat two Youghal players along the way to the title when he beat Kenny Wight in the Q-Finals 2-0, Christopher Cooney in the

Semi Final 2-0.

DONEGAL JUNIOR SNOOKER FESTIVAL

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 11, 2008

The Donegal Snooker League Junior Festival was held recently and was a great success with some many young talented players from all around Donegal

CLICK HERE TO VIEW REPORT

Under 15 Runner-Up Christopher Duffy - Winner - Al Doherty (2 V 1)
Under 21's Runner-Up was Matthew Mahon, Winner - Gareth Boyle.(3 v 1)

Under 18's Runner-Up was Al Doherty, Winner - Matthew Mahon (3 v 1

Under 15 FINAL - Runner-Up Christopher Duffy - PJ Nolan -National Coach

Winner - Al Doherty

McGIBNEY WINS LEINSTER UNDER 19 TITLE

Posted by PJ Nolan on Jan 9, 2009

Keith McGibney from the Navan Snooker Club won the Leinster U-19 Open in Celbridge SC over the weekend when he beat Ivy Rooms

player Karl Fitzpatrick 3 frames to nil in a great final.

PHILIP BROWNE WINS IVY ROOMS 6 RED OPEN

Posted by PJ Nolan on Dec 24, 2008

Philip Browne from ALLSA Snooker Club in Dublin beat Number 1 seed

Colvin O Brien from Carlow 5 frames to 2 in a superb final to win the

Open 6 Red Tournament in the Ivy Rooms SC over the weekend.

Philip had great wins in the Knock rounds with wins over number

2 seed Phil Arnold in S-Finals and Jason Keogh in the Q-Finals

Dermot Ging from Stapos in Portlaoise had the highest break on

the day with a superb 64 Clearance

HIGHEST BREAK - 64 - DERMOT GING

DAVID HOGAN WINS UNDER 21 RANKING EVENT 2

Posted by PJ Nolan on Dec 22, 2008

David Hogan from Nenagh SC won the 2nd RIBSA Under 21 Ranking

Event of the season when he beat Tony Moore from the Crucible SC Cork

3 frames to 0 in the final in Caesars Palace SC Galway.

Keith McGibney created the biggest shock of the event when he beat

Number 1 Seed Greg Casey 3 frames to 1 in the Last 16.

Tony Moore had a fantastic event in beating Stephen Reddighton, Andrew Gray and Keith McGibney and he also won the highest break trophy

with a superb 95 break

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FERNANDEZ WINS PRESIDENTS CUP

Posted by PJ Nolan on Dec 14, 2008

Mario Fernandez continued his domination of the amateur scene in Ireland

when he won his second senior title of the season, the Presidents Cup

in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend.

The Perpetual Cup was sponsored and presented by Eamon Kearns to

Mario after the Final and the 3rd event of each season will now be

called the President Cup.

The final was a repeat match of the first senior event of the season but

this time the Limerick man beat Robert Murphy from Monkstown SC Dublin

5 frames to 1 in an exciting high quality final.

Robert Murphy had a superb tournament and beat John Sutton, Tony Moore,

Gavin Stokes and Josh Boileau along his route to the semi final.

In the semi-finals Robert beat young player of the tournament Greg Casey

4 frames to 2 in a classic match. The 18yr old Cork man should be very

proud of himself and the high ranking players he beat in reaching his

first senior semi final.

Mario started off the event coming from behind to beat Thomas Hickey,

Marty Hayden, George Tierney and Keith Sheldrick along his

route to the semi final

Mario beat David Hogan who had earlier in the tournament beaten

Martin McCrudden, TJ Dowling and Brenadan O Donoghue and again David

should be happy with his performance and moves back into the top 10

of the new rankings.

RIBSA would like to thank the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club for their excellent

facilities on the day

CORRIGAN WINS SECOND INTERMEDIATE TITLE OF THE SEASON

Posted by The Administrator on Dec 12, 2008

Joe Corrigan from Waterford Snooker Club in Tramore won his second title of

the season, the third Intermediate Ranking Tournament in

Caesars Palace Snooker Club in Galway.

In the Final Joe beat Mike Howley from Limerick 3 frames to 2 in

an exciting Final

RIBSA would like to thank Benny Fahy and Caesars Palace for their excellent

help and facilities on the day.

2009 MUNSTER CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW

Posted by The Administrator on Dec 12, 2008

McALEER WINS DONEGAL RANKING TITLE

Posted by The Administrator on Dec 9, 2008

Photo : Semi finalists in the Donegal ranking tournament Left to right

Pat Bonnar(North West) - Adrian Mc Fadden (CYMS)-

Brian Mc Aleer (North West) and Paul Doherty (North West)

Brian McAleer from Donegal won the second Ranking Points Tournament of

the Donegal Snooker League 2008/09 season.

CLICK HERE FOR FULL REPORT AND LATEST SNOOKER NEWS IN DONEGAL

CLICK HERE FOR LATEST DONEGAL RANKINGS

GREG CASEY WINS UNDER 19 EVENT 2

Posted by The Administrator on Dec 6, 2008

Greg Casey from the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork turned on the style to win

the U-19 ranking event 2 in Kilkenny Snooker Club on Saturday.

Greg beat Jason Devaney from Crossmolina SC in the final 3 frames to 1

In the semi finals Greg beat current number 1 Andrew Gray from Waterford

3-0 and Jason beat Tony Moore from the Crucible 3- 1

A special word must go to the parents of all the players who braved the icy conditions to travel to the tournament.

Chris Humphries from the Classic SC had a great event in beating two

members of the Elite Squad when he beat Tom Hogan 3-1 in the last 32

and Josh Boileau in the last 16 3 - 2 ,and his run ended when

Tony Moore beat him 3-1

The Highest break prize went to Greg Casey with a 81 Break

RIBSA would like to thank Eugene Hughes from the Kilkenny Snooker Club

for all his help and excellent facilities on the Day

HIGH BREAKS ON THE DAY

81, 61, 52 - GREG CASEY

70. 71 - ANDREW GRAY

57 - BARRY LOUGHNANE

56 - STEPHEN REDDIGHTON

55 - DANIEL O REGAN

53 - TONY MOORE

PAUL FARRELL WINS UNDER 19 PLATE EVENT

Posted by The Administrator on Dec 6, 2008

Paul Farrell from the Classic SC in Dublin won the Plate event beating RIBSA Junior Elite member Aaron Tobin from Youghal CYMS 2 -0 in the final.

Local player Conor Martin and Mark Rowan played superb in

reaching the Semi Finals

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PLAYERS

Posted by The Administrator on Dec 3, 2008

From 1st December RIBSA will not accept entries from players with

outstanding entry fees.

All outstanding monies must be paid in full to either a Committee Member

or to the office by credit or laser card before entry can be accepted.

If a player is in any doubt whether fees are outstanding, they should contact

the office in advance of the closing date so as to ensure outstanding monies

are received to guarantee entry in to the relevant tournament.

NEW PLAYING SCHEDULE FOR NEXT SENIOR RANKING EVENT

Posted by The Administrator on Dec 3, 2008

Having spoken to a number of players at the last Ranking

Tournament, the Committee has decided to change the

schedule of matches for the next Senior Ranking Tournament.

So as not to have any player in the venue all day, we will divide the competition into two halves.

The top half of the draw will start at 10am and continue to approximately 3.30pm. By then, we should have qualified eight

players for the Last 16 at 9.30am on Sunday.

The bottom half of the draw will start at 3.30pm on Saturday

and play until we have the remaining eight qualifiers for the Last

16 on Sunday at 9.30am.

Matches will be played on a roll on - roll off basis. Times will be

allocated for each session.

Players must be in the venue at their allocated match time.

COONEY WINS OVER 40 RANKING EVENT

Posted by The Administrator on Dec 2, 2008

Brendan Cooney from Youghal CYMS in Cork won the Over 40 ranking

tournament in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club Carlow.

Brendan beat Tony Thorpe from Newbridge CYMS in the final 3 frames to nil

The Highest break prize went to Brendan Cooney with a 72 Break

Stephen Merrigan won the Plate event

ENGLAND WIN BILLIARDS INTERNATIONAL TROPHY

Posted by The Administrator on Dec 2, 2008

The annual Billiards International Trophy Tournament took place at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Saturday, Sunday, 22nd and 23rd November.

This year it was the turn of the Republic of Ireland to be the

host nation and it was very rewarding to welcome the many visitors who

travelled with the visiting teams and generated a marvellous atmosphere throughout the weekend.

The format of the tournament was that each contesting nation, the Republic of Ireland, Austria, England and Northern Ireland put forward a six-man team to contest against each other in two segments, a 90 minute timed game,

which counted 2 points per game and two sets of 150 up, with 1 point

awarded for each set.

Action got under way at 11.00am on Saturday in the timed format.

Ireland made a great start in their match against Austria, taking the session by 12-0. England also made a very good start to their tournament in their match against Northern Ireland, the result going to England 10-2. Ireland then met England in the 2 x 150 format, where points were shared 6-6. Northern

Ireland had a very good second session match against Austria, finishing

with a clean-sweep 12-0 result in favour of the North.

In the final timed session of Saturday’s schedule England had a clean-sweep victory over Austria while the Ireland v Northern Ireland match

finished 8-4 in favour of the Republic.

Action continued on Sunday with the first of two 2 x 150 format matches.

England shared points in their match against Northern Ireland while the

Republic just took the edge in their match with Austria, scoring 7 points

against Austria’s 5. Next came the timed matches where Northern Ireland

had a clean-sweep result over Austria and England took their match

against the Republic 8-4.

By the end of the second session on Sunday, England, already ahead in

points and with Austria as opponents in their final match, looked to have

done enough to establish an unassailable position as leaders and

eventual winners. This proved to be the case, which they sealed with a 12-0 victory in their final session against Austria.

At the start of the final session, with England almost certainly secure winners, attention switched to the runner-up position between Ireland and Northern Ireland. This culminated in a thrilling 150 up between Phil Martin for

the Republic against Darren Dornan for the North. As the various 150 up

games finished out, this was the last game still in play, with both sides

needing the final available point to secure second place. With so much

focus on the game, it was only natural that nerves crept in for both players,

each either over-hitting or under-hitting in turn and missing some fairly elementary shots. In the end, Phil held his nerve to win the game, thus

gaining the final point for the Republic and relegating

Northern Ireland into third place.

Results, of course, tell only half the story. What they cannot convey is

the buzzing atmosphere of the occasion and the excellent standard of play.

The tournament also produced its quota of high breaks, with more than

sixty half centuries and nine century breaks, the most notable of which

were a 153 by Billy Bousfield of England and unfinished breaks of 128

and 117 by Rob Hall of England and Stephen Brown of Northern Ireland respectively. Ireland also had its share of century breaks, 104 by

Eugene Hughes and 119 by James Moore. Congratulations to them

and to all the participants who contributed to a most successful event.

Our thanks are due to the EABA Referees and referees who travelled from Austria and from all over Ireland, all of whom gave unstintingly of their

time with referee and scorekeeping duties throughout the weekend.

A special word of thanks is also due to Clive Scott, whose experience in tournament direction ensured an efficient and smoothly run event.

The Ivy Rooms Snooker Centre are to be congratulated for their preparations

for the event and for the excellent playing conditions they provided.

It was a great pleasure to see so many skilled exponents of the beautiful

game of Billiards in simultaneous action and our congratulations must go to the England team on their convincing victory.

The format of the event presents an excellent opportunity to renew friendships and enjoy the atmosphere of the occasion and the weekend this

year at Carlow was no exception.

LEONARD SHANAHAN WINS WEST OF IRELAND OPEN

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 24, 2008

Sunday saw the running of the third west of Ireland Snooker Open event which took place in Caesars palace snooker club in Galway.

The event attracted a quality entry to include current Irish number 1 Mario Fernazez and number 2 John Torpey, defending champion David Hogan ,

Shannon west of Ireland champion Leonard Shanahan , inform

Dublin player George Tierney and of course everyone was looking forward

to see Galway’s Irish Champion Vinny Muldoon who has had such a fantastic

start to his professional career on the WPBSA tour .

In total 40 players started the event with many close matches in the first

couple of round. Vinny muldoon was the first of the favourites to fall when

losing to local player Shane o Hara in the second round, Vinny was the only

player to start off a handicap of minus 21 because of his pro status and O’ Hara battled all the way and won the match on the blue in the final frame.

The quarter finals saw David Hogan beat John Lynch 3-0 and John Torpey

beating Sean Conway 3-1. Shane o Hara pushed George Tierney all the

way to a deciding frame but Tierney showed his class in the deciding frame

with breaks of 40 and 73 to proceed to the semis.

Mario Fernandez went 2 frames up including a respotted black against Leonard only for Lenny to battle hard and win a great match 3-2 and knock out most peoples favourite to take the title,

Both semis went to deciding frames with David Hogan battling back

from 2 frames down only for George to knock in a super 85 break

The other semi saw John Torpey go two frames up with Lenny battling

back to a deciding frame for the third time in four matches.
An excellent 50 break and some good safety play saw Lenny progress

through to the final with George.

The final was a bit of a scrappy affair with the long day taking its toll

and both players struggled to flow. Lenny went 2 frames up but george

then dug deep to level and won the fifth frame with a decent break to go one frame away from the title.

The come back kid from Shannon had no intention of falling at that stage

and took the next frame to once again set up another deciding frame shootout.

The final frame was a tense affair with both players missing chances to

finish but eventually it was Lenny who potted a long brown to leave an easy

blue to take his second West of Ireland title in a row.

The West of Ireland events were oringally started with the intention of

getting a few extra events for players from Galway , Shannon and Limerick

but we are delighted and would like to thank all those who travelled from

Dublin ,Mayo,Sligo and Tipperary and contributed to make Sunday the great enjoyable day it was for all involved.

These events pay out 100% of the entry fee so we would like to thank

Mr Colm Harty for the free use of the club for the day and a special thanks to Benny Fahy and the team at Caesars palace for having the club and tables

in top shape as usual for the day.

COACHING SEMINAR A BIG SUCCESS

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 23, 2008

A R.I.B.S.A. Coaching Course was held Sunday the 23rd November

in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club Carlow.

The 3 new RIBSA assistant coaches were qualified today were

Finbarr Ruane from Cross Guns Snooker Club and Greg White

and David Corbett from Maynooth University.

This Seminar is based on the Coaching Ireland & Irish Sports Council

approved coaching syllabus to train coaches at Intro level and this official recognized seminar is run by PJ Nolan – National Coach

The new RIBSA Intro level snooker coaches will now act as talent

scouts and coach the players by teaching them the basics and

starting them on the road of becoming champions

Jim Leacy Chairman of RIBSA said he was delighted to see more

players that are interested in becoming qualified RIBSA coaches

and the more trained coaches we have the stronger the game

will become in Ireland.

If you are interested in further seminars or need more information

on the RIBSA coaching academy please contact Paula in

the RIBSA office.

O REGAN IS UNDER 16 EVENT 2 CHAMPION

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 22, 2008

15 year Old Daniel O Regan from the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork bounced

back in style after his first round exit in event 1 in Wexford last month to win

the RIBSA under 16 ranking event 2 in the Waterford Snooker Club in

Tramore this Saturday.

Daniel beat 13 year old Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS in an exciting final

three frames to one in a high standard final.

Josh beat Andrew Gray from Waterford 3-1 and Daniel beat Glen Doyle from

Q Club Wicklow 3 -0 in the semi finals.

The major upset were Daniel had beaten number 1 seed David Cassidy 3

frames to 1, Tom Hogan beat number 3 seed Daniel Dempsey 3 frames to 2,

and Aaron Tobin beat number 4 seed Damian Collopy 3 frames 2

The tournament was a great success and a big thank you must go to Ray Power

for the excellent facilities on the day.

RIBSA - U-16 RANKING EVENT 2 - CHAMPION - DANIEL O REGAN

Ryan Cronin made it a Crucible Snooker Club double when he won the plate

event in the under 16 ranking tournament in the Waterford Snooker Club in

Tramore this Saturday.

Ryan played excellent all day and beat fast improving Daniel O Mahoney from Killarney Co Kerry in the final 2 frames to nil

Ryan beat Dave Winston from the Spawell SC 2-1 and Daniel beat Damian

Collopy from Masters SC in Shannon 2-1 in the Semi final round.

HIGH BREAK WINNER - JOSH BOILEAU - 91 BREAK

Newly formed RIBSA Junior Elite Squad member Josh Boileau won the highest break trophy at the under 16 ranking event in Tramore with a superb 91 break

Other high breaks on the day were 58 Daniel Dempsey and 49, 48 , 38, 35

Daniel O Regan and 38, 37 by Dylan Scully.

RIBSA ELITE SQUAD

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 22, 2008

The RIBSA Elite Squad which is sponsored by www.firststep.ie had its first

official event at the under 16 ranking event and it was a

great success for our three player.

13 year Josh Boileau reached the final and won the High Break Prize,

12 year old Aaron Tobin and 13 year old Tom Hogan both reached the

Q-Final in the main event.

WELL DONE COLM FROM EVERYONE IN IRELAND

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 16, 2008

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association Chairman

Jim Leacy presented Colm Gilcreest with a crystal trophy for his superb achievement of reaching the final of the IBSF world championships

in Austria last week.

The presentation was made during the senior ranking event in

Carlow over the weekend

RIBSA ELITE SQUAD - SPONSORED BY FIRSTSTEP.IE

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 16, 2008

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association have just launched

the new " Junior RIBSA Elite Squad " which will be sponsored

by Nigel Power from www.firststep.ie.

The announcement was made at a press conference today in Carlow.

Tom Hogan, Josh Boileau and Aaron Tobin have been selected for the 2008 scholarship which will entitle them to free entry to all RIBSA events and free coaching days from PJ Nolan who will be in charge of this squad.

Nigel Power from www.firststep.ie will sponsor the players and his company

logo will be on the players snooker waistcoats.

Nigel is delighted to have firststep.ie linked to this snooker scholarship in developing the snooker stars of the future.

DAVID LAWLOR WINS LIMERICK RANKING SERIES

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 19, 2008

David Lawlor Wins 2nd Limerick Ranking series Event.

David Lawlor won the 2ndt Event of the Limerick Masters Ranking Series

held in the The Venetian Club Hartstogne Street on Sunday November 7th

In the final David defeated Kevin Mc Mahon 3 frames to 1 and had fine breaks

of 50 and 66 in the first 2 frames. Both finalists were in excellent form all day. Kevin won all his group matches and he continued that form in the knock out stages witha good wins over David Maloney 2-1 and a good win 3-2 in a fine

match against Frank Sarsfield in the semi final.

David had an excellent win against Limerick No.1 ranked Jason Waters in the quarter final and in a classic semi final against newly crowned Limerick Intermediate Champion Mike Howley, David held his nerve in a tight last

frame decider to advance 3-2.

Quarter Finals
Mike Howley 2 Brian Murphy 1
David Lawlor 2 Jason Waters 1
Frank Sarsfield 2 Cian Williams
Kevin Mc Mahon 2 David Maloney 1

Semi Finals
David Lawlor 3 Mike Howley 2
Kevin Mc Mahon 3 Frank Sarsfield 2

Final
David Lawlor 3 Kevin Mc Mahon 1

A minutes silence was observed before commencement of play for the late

Gerry Flanagan who was a great Limerick Snooker player who sadly passed

away recently.

For more info see http://limericksnooker.googlepages.com

FERNANDEZ WINS HICKSON'S CENTRA SPONSORED "IRISH OPEN"

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 16, 2008

Mario Fernandez from Limerick won the RIBSA Irish Open ranking tournament sponsored by Hickston's Centra Carlow today in the Ivy Rooms

Snooker Club Carlow.

The final was a great classic with Brendan O Donoghue winning the first

three frames, to lead 3 nil, only for the limerick man to level at 3-3 and 4-4

and it the new Irish No. 1 who held his nerve to win the title 5 frames to 4.

DONEGAL SNOOKER NEWS

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 19, 2008

Premier League; This week the North West A team were away to

Shantallow House A who are league leaders. The A team were not daunted

by the task in hand as Pat Bonnar took to the table first against Joey Porter

and they shared the frames1/1.

Next up was Anthony Bonnar and his opponent was Owen Mc Laughlin.

Anthony took the first with a 35 clearance and never looked back as he also

took the next frame to win 2/0. Brian Mc Aleer followed Anthony’s footsteps

as he took the next two frames with breaks of 38,35 and 44 to defeat his opponent Peter Doherty. The North West A team has two games in hand so are looking good to take their place at the top of the table in due course.

The North West B team were at home to Shantallow B. Paul Doherty was

first up against Paul Mc Callion and he got off to a great start with a win

of 2/0. Gerry mc Keever was up next with Stephen Brady and he also won

his match 2/0. Paul Gallagher was last up but he lost his two frames to

Billy Mc Connell.

The overall score for the match was 4/2 to the North West B team.

COACHING; Junior coaching which is in its ninth week is drawing more and

more young players every week and it is on from 5.30 to 7.30 every Friday.

The coaching will continue again this week and all are welcome between the

age of 10 and 18 years.

There is no need to have any previous snooker skills as we will start everyone with the very basics. The coaching will be free for the month of November

and is being organised by Coaching Ireland Coach John Doherty.

If you have any enquiries you can contact John on 087 2223164 or the

club at 9121384.

FITZPATRICK WINS LEINSTER U-20s OPEN

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 12, 2008

Karl Fitzpatrick from the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club Carlow won the Leinster

Under 20 Snooker Open in the Q Club Wicklow over the weekend

Karl beat Dane Daly 3 frames to 1 in the Final

DONEGAL SNOOKER NEWS

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 12, 2008

This weekend saw the first of this year’s new Donegal Senior singles

tournaments which was held at the North West Snooker Club Letterkenny.

There was a good entry with 22 players turning up on the day, some as young

as 11 year old’s Padraig Mc Aleer and Adam Bonnar.

The tournament was handicapped which gave everyone an even chance to

take the spoils. Eight players were seeded from last season

This gave us a line up of Chris Gibbons against Gerry Mc Keever,

Brian Mc Aleer against Phelim Mc Clafferty, Anthony Bonnar against hi

s brother Pat, and Paul Doherty against John White.

The first match went against the seeding’s with Gerry Mc Keever taking

the match 3/1 as he knocked out the Number one seed Chris Gibbons.

The second match also went against the seeding’s with Brian Mc Aleer

having a 3/0 victory over Phelim Mc Clafferty. The third match saw

Anthony Bonnar beat Pat Bonnar 3/0, and the final match went to John

White who scraped past Paul Doherty in a 3/2 victory.

The semi final saw Gerry Mc Keever, who was playing his best snooker

of the season dispose of his club-mate Brian Mc Aleer in a

thrilling 3/2 victory.

The other eagerly anticipated match between Anthony Bonnar and John

White lived up to its expectations with Anthony proving his seeding with

a hard earned victory 3/2.

This set up a final between underdog Gerry Mc Keever and seven

times Donegal Champion Anthony Bonnar.

As the game progressed Anthony’s experience came to the fore, and Gerry seemed to tire after all the tight matches he had during the long day. Anthony eased his way through the final with a 3/0 victory.

This is the first in a series of 6 Donegal Senior tournaments planned for this season and Anthony Bonnar will top the ladder heading into the second tournament which is set for the 7th of December.

COACHING; Junior coaching which is in it’s ninth week and is drawing

more and more young players every week and it is on from 5.30 to 7.30

every Friday and will continue again this week and all are welcome between

the age of 10 and 18 years.

There is no need to have any previous snooker skills as we will start

everyone with the very basics.

The coaching will be free for the month of November and is being organised

by Coaching Ireland Qualified Coach John Doherty. If you have any enquiries

you can contact John on 087 2223164 or the club at 9121384. .

JAMES MOORE ON SONG IN EVENT 2

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 12, 2008

The 2nd senior ranking billiards tournament was held at the Ivy Rooms,

Carlow on Sunday 19th October.

Due to the small number of entries there was a preliminary match between

James Moore and Aonghus McAnally.

James started the day’s play in fine form by making a break of 106 in this

match and it proved to be the best break of the tournament.

The quarter finals paired James against Larry Drennan in a very close

contested battle, and after 90 minutes the winner was James by the

score of [341 to 320].

Robert McCrum played Victor 0' Gorman in his quarter final match and on

the day Robert played very steady and finished in quick style by the

score of [400 to 225]

Tom Kearns was victorious in his match against Phil Martin and

reached the magic score of 400 before Phil [400 to 345]. In the last of the quarter finals Joe Doheny managed to get over the winning line first against

Liam Byrne and it was very tit for tat to the end. [400 to 386].

In the semi finals James played Robert and again James proved with all his experience how to never give up till the fat lady sings - the match started with little scoring from both players and after about 20 minutes play Robert made a break of 56 so with his handicap he now went ahead of James by nearly

300 points, James however appeared to dominate the match from then and

after almost 90 minutes the match concluded with the score at [400 to 382].

In the other semi final Joe played Tom in an extremely well contested match

but it was Joe that finished the strongest in the end [400 to 317]

The final was between James Moore and Joe Doheny as on so many occasions

in the past these two players have dueled.

The match was very close with very little separating both players until James produced a very nice 103 break and it helped him home even though Joe kept

the pressure on till the very last, bad luck Joe and

well done James [400 to 375].

The plate competition final was played between Aonghus McAnally and Liam Byrne, and it ended with Liam winning by the score [400 to 350]

Because Brendan Devlin was unavailable on the day Robert McCrum with the

help of James Moore looked after the procedures.

Thanks once again to Marian and her staff at the Ivy Rooms

HOWLEY WINS LIMERICK INTERMEDIATE CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 11, 2008

The Venetian Club hosted the 2008 limerick Intermediate Championship

on Sunday Nov 2nd.

The entry included all of the top Intermediate limerick players and produced

some great matches throughout the day.

One of the big highlights of the first round was the return to action of Johnny Cronin, Johnny is an ex Irish International and Irish number one and there

was great interest in his first appearance in over 8 years. Johnny showed

flashes of his old form but he had a tough draw and lost narrowly 3-1 to

Philip Burke.

Highlight from the first 2 rounds was young Kevin O Callaghan who was

making his first appearance in Championship snooker and impressed

before losing out to Trevor Hayes.

In a fitting final between the 2 best players on the day Mike took his chances

very well in the first frame to go 1-0 up and he lead by 58 points with 4

reads remaining in the 2nd, but Neil produced one of the best clearances of

this or any tournament to level the frame and force a respotted black.

After all Neils hard work Mike then potted a tremendous black to go 2-0 up.

The last 2 frames were tense scrappy affairs, which are typical when there

is so much at stake, Neil took the 3rd, but Mike prevailed in the fourth to

take the trophy and title. Well done Mike and Neil and all players

Thanks to The Venetian Club for providing excellent facilities all day.

Quarter Finals

Anthony Cronin     3     Shazad Khan       0
Neil Madigan     3     Philip Burke      1
Mike Howley     3    Kevin Mc Mahon   2
Thomas Hickey    3    Davy Lawlor        1

Semi Finals

Neil Madigan 3 Anthony Cronin 2
Mike Howley 3 Thomas Hickey 2

Final

Mike Howley 3 Neil Madigan 1

For Full Results seehttp://limericksnooker.googlepages.com

IBSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 10, 2008

Colm Gilcreest became the third player from the Republic Of Ireland

to reach the final of the IBSF world snooker championships.

Colm played his heart out in the final but was beaten by 20 year old

potting sensation Thepchaiya Un-Nooh from Thailand.

Colm Started great and led 3-1, but Thepchaiya came back to lead 4-3

and 9-4 but the Irish man never gave up and fought back to 7-9 behind,

but in the end his Thailand opponent got stronger and won 11-7.

In the final there were 3 centuries - one by colm and two by Thepchaiya

including a 139 and the highest break of the championships with a 143

beating Colm's break by one point.

Finally : All the team would like to thank everyone who rang or sent good

luck message to support Colm and the others during this championship.

All the players Colm, Brendan, Martin, Joe and Kevin did there country

proud and the overall performance of our team was superb.

Seniors Event

Colm Gilcreest - Runner Up

Martin McCrudden - Q-Finalist

Brendan O Donoghue - Last 16

Masters - Over 40's

Joe Delaney - Q-Finalist

Kevin Monroe - Q-Finalist

Some Highlights from the Championships

WORLD FINAL

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 8, 2008

COLM IN WORLD FINAL

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 8, 2008

Colm Gilcreest From Co. Meath will play in the final of IBSF world snooker championships today after beating Soheil Vahedi from Iran

7 frames to 5 in an exciting semi-final last night.

Colm won the two opening frames but lost the next four, to be four frames

to two behind at the mid session interval.

In the Evening session the former Irish champion and professional player

showed his experience and fought his way back into the match to lead 5-4.

Back came the newcomer of the year from Iran to level the match

at 5-5, Only for the Irish man to win the next two frames to win

the match 7-5.

Colm becomes only third player ever from the Republic Of Ireland

to play in the IBSF world final along with Ken Doherty and Stephen O Connor

who went on to win the title.

Rodney Goggins from Wexford was the last player from the

Republic of Ireland to win a world title when he won the world

under 21 championship back in 1999

Jim Leacy – Chairman of RIBSA said Colm winning yesterday

was the best birthday present he could have hoped for as he

was celebrating his 50th Birthday.

Once again thank you from all the RIBSA team here in Austria

for the phone calls and texts from everyone in Ireland wishing

him good luck, and Colm has promised to give it all today in the

final and win it for everyone back home.

The 21 frame Final will be played in two sessions – 10 frames

will be played in the 10am morning session and 11 frames will be

played in the 4pm evening session.

His opponent will be Thailand’s 20 year old Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

who best Xiao Gundong from China 7 frames to 5 last night in the

other semi final

Once again live frame scoring will be on the site so you can follow the

match frame by frame

LIVE SCORE - WORLD SEMI FINAL

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 7, 2008

IBSF WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS - AUSTRIA

SEMI FINAL - BEST OF 13 FRAMES

Colm Gilcreest - Rep Of Ireland - 7

Soheil Vahedi - Iran - 5

Frame 1 - 70 Break Colm - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Frame 2 - 60 Break Colm - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Frame 3 - IRAN

Frame 4 - IRAN

Frame 5 - IRAN

Frame 6 - IRAN

Frame 7 - 46 Break Colm - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Frame 8 - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Frame 9 - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Frame 10 - IRAN

Frame 11- REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

Frame 12 - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

GILCREEST WINS 6-5

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 7, 2008

Colm Gilcreest showed why he is the number 1 ranked player in this 2008 IBSF world snooker championships here in Austria last night.

Colm found himself three frames to nil down in his best of 11 frame

Q-final match against Lee Page from England.

But the Meath man fought back with a 102 to win the fourth frame

and then he won the next three to lead 4-3, back came the

Englishman to level at 4-4, but again Colm went 5-4 up only for

Lee to level it again at 5-5.

Into a very tense deciding frame Colm managed to get in first and controlled

the frame to win the match which lasted over 5 hrs and set up his semi final

match against Solehi Vehidi from Iran who beat Martin McCrudden 6-5.

PJ said that Colm showed everything last night with the Talent to pot

incredible shots, Concentration to keep it for the five hours and the Heart

and Fight to come back from the bad start, but he believes he will need it all

again if he wants to beat this Iranian player and reach the final

of the world championships.

Once again all the team would like to thank everyone in Ireland for all the

calls and texts and we will be updating the web site frame by frame today

for this semi final match so that everyone can follow it

The best of 13 semi final will be played over 2 sessions –

played at 1pm and 6pm

McCRUDDEN OUT 6 - 5

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 7, 2008

Martin McCrudden was beaten 6-5 in his Q-final last night at the 2008 world snooker championships in Austria.

The Kildare rocket lost the two opening frames but fought back to lead 4-3 but

his Iran opponent hit back with break after break to go 5-4 up, back came

the gunner to level at 5-5

in the decider the Iran player got in first to win the match and set up

his match against Colm

IRISH TEAM

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 6, 2008

The Q- Finals were played here tonight at the 2008 IBSF world snooker championships here in Austria and there was mixed fortunes for our players

Joe Delaney lost 4 - 2 John Welsh from England

Kevin Monroe lost 4-1 to Robbie Folvari from Australia

Martin McCrudden lost 6-5 to Solieh Vihedi from Iran

Colm Gilcreest WON 6-5 against Lee Page from England

IRISH OUT TO CONQUER THE WORLD

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 6, 2008

The action will really hot up tonight for our players when they will all play

in the Q-Finals at the 2008 IBSF world snooker championships

here in Austria

Senior Event
Martin McCrudden will play newcomer of the year Solieha Vehidi from Iran

who has caused upset and upset in reaching his countries first ever Q-Final.

Martin is very confident about his game and he is looking forward to his first

ever appearance in a Q-Final match at a world championships and the

gunner is up to play his heart out.

Colm Gilcreest has had a unbelievable event so far, he finished number 1

seed for the knock outs and made the current highest break with a 142.

He has beaten two top players in Saleh Mohammed from Pakistan and former European Champion Alex Borg from Malta 5 frames to 2

Tonight Colm will player former professional player Lee Page from England

who beat Darren Morgan 5-1 last night to reach the Q Final.

Mater Event

In the Masters event both our players have really performed to their best,

Joe won his group and yesterday beat one of the favorites when he beat

Hong Kong 5-1 to set up a clash with John Welsh from England.

Kevin has played his best snooker when he needed it the most, In his last

group match he was 2 nil down and needed to win to qualify and fought back

to win 3-2 and since then he has beat Wales and Israel in two

high quality matches .

Kevin will play Robbie Folvari from Australia tonight

Support

Team Coach PJ Nolan believes his players can win again tonight, The standard

is so high and the players left in the Q Finals are all world class players but

he believes the Irish flag will be flying in victory here in Austria tonight

All the Irish team ( players and coach) here in Austria would like thank

everyone at home in Ireland for all their good luck text messages and phone

calls for the players, and it is really motivating them to play their best snooker.

GILCREEST MASTERCLASS TO BEAT BORG

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 5, 2008

Colm Gilcreest played Alex Borg from Malta in the last 16 at the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships in Austria tonight.

Colm lost the first frame, but won the next 4 to lead 4-1 back came the malta champion, but in the end the Irish man won the match 5 frames to 2.

McCRUDDEN ROCKET TAKES OFF

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 5, 2008

Martin McCrudden was in action tonight in his last 16 match against Steve

Misfud from Austraila at the 2008 World Snooker Championships in Austria.

Martin played superb match snooker against a former winner of this event and won the match 5 frames to 3

In the Q-Fianal Martin will play Sohevil Vahedi from Iran or

Marcin Nitschke from Poland at 6pm tomorrow

ALL IRELAND DOUBLES 6 REDS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 5, 2008

(ENJOY THE NEW 6 RED CRAZE)

ALL IRELAND CHAMPIONSHIP

AT THE NORTH WEST SNOOKER CLUB - LETTERKENNY

THIS WEEKEND
THE 8TH & 9TH OF NOVEMBER
START TIME 12 NOON

Open to all players - Players can pick their own partners

Two professional players on the WSA tour

can not play together (x WSA for two years)

The entry will be €60 per team - €30 per U-19 team

If interested or need more information please contact the

RIBSA office 016251150 or Contact the North West

Snooker Club on 0749121384

Closing Date : Friday 7th of November - 2pm

Prize fund will depend on the number of teams entered.

If you have any enquiries contact Bernard Mc Guinness on

00 353 86 2480794

DELANEY CONQUERS THE FAR EAST IN THE LAST 16

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 5, 2008

Joe Delaney from Wexford played excellent in his last 16 round match against

Chung Ping Lee from Hong Kong at the 2008 IBSF World Snooker

Championships in Austria today.

Delaney made an incredible clearance in the final frame to win on the black,

when the wexford man potted the green and using five cushions got perfect

position on the brown to clear up to win

Joe beat the Hong Kong player 4 frames to 1 and will now play John Welsh

from England or Phill Williams from Wales in the Q-Finals tomorrow at 6pm

MONROE WINS TO REACH THE Q-FINALS

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 5, 2008

Kevin Monroe from Galway turned on the style in his last 16 round match

against Yaakov Shasuashvilli from Isarel at the 2008 IBSF World Snooker

Championships in Austria today.

The big turning point came in frame five when kevin potted a surepb pink, black

to force a re-spot and the irish man potted a great black to lead 3-2 and

from there the National Over 40 champion got stronger and won the match

The Galway man beat his Isarel opponent 4 frames to 3 and will now play

Alok Kumar from India or Robbie Foldvari from Australia

in the Q-Finals tomorrow at 6pm

FLAWLESS GILCREEST

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 4, 2008

Colm Gilcreest who is the number 1 seed played fantastic snooker here again tonight in his last 32 round match against Saleh Mohammed from Pakistan

at the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships in Austria.

The Co. Meath man controled the match to beat a former runner up in this championship 5 frames to 2

Next Up for Colm will be Alex Borg from Malta tomorrow

AWESOME McCRUDDEN

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 4, 2008

Martin McCrudden from Co. Kildare turned on the style to rach the last

16 round when he beat Mohammed Joker from UAE in the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships here in Austria.

The Kildare rocket was too hot to handel and won the match 5 frames to 1

Next Up for McCrudden will be Steve Misfud from Australia tomorrow

O'DONOGHUE BEATEN BY WATANNA

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 4, 2008

Brendan O Donoghue played excellent in his last 32 round match against

James Wattana from Thailand at the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships

in Austria tonight.

But the Experienced Thailand player won the match 5 frames to 2

SUPERB MONROE WINS

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 4, 2008

Kevin Monroe played his best snooker today in the last 32 round of the IBSF

World Championships in Austria.

Kevin played Gerwin Davis from Wales who had finished number

1 in his group.

Kevin potted fantastic and played superb safety to win the match 4- 2

Kevin will now play Yaakov Shasuashvili from Israel in the

last 16 round tomorrow at 2pm.

DELANEY WINS AGAIN

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 4, 2008

Joe Delaney produced another great display of snooker to beat Gylifi Ingason

from Iceland 4 frames to 1 in the last 32 round of the IBSF World

Championships in Austria.

Joe will play Kurt De Splenter from Belgium or Chung Ping Lee from

Hong Kong in the last 16 round tomorrow.

O'DONOGHUE IS COMEBACK KING

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 4, 2008

Brendan O Donoghue made an incredible comeback today to beat Danny Lathouwers 4- 3 in the last 64 round of 2008 IBSF World Snooker

Championships in Austria.

Brendan lost the first three frames but fought back to win the decider

with a two red pressure clearance.

The Last 32 Line Up @ 6pm Tonight

Brendan O Donoghue will play James Wattana from Thailand

Colm Gilcrest will play Saleh Mohammed from Pakistan

Martin McCrudden will play Mohammed Joker from UAE

DRAW MADE FOR KNOCK OUT

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 3, 2008

The Draw has been made for the knock out stages of the IBSF world championships in Austria last night.

The Top 8 seeds after the group stages include 4 players from Asia and

4 players from Europe, but it is our own Colm Gilcreest who has been seeded Number 1 for the knock out rounds which begin today.

Colm has been superb all week in his six matches only losing one frame

and along the way he made the current highest break of the championships

with a 142 break.

Top 8 Seeds

1. Colm Gilcreest – Rep Of Ireland
2. Xiao Gundong – China
3. James Watana – Thailand
4. Manan Chandra – India
5. Martin McCrudden – Rep of Ireland
6. Ben Hancorn – England
7. Yu Delu – China
8. Darren Morgan – Wales

Brendan O Donoghue is seeded 30

The Draw for the masters has also being made and Joe Delaney has been

seeded 5 for the Knock out stages with Kevin Monroe seeded 25

Today’s Schedule

Senior

Last 64 – Brendan O Donoghue V Danny Lathouwers – Belgium – @10am

Winner plays James Watana – Thailand @ 6pm

Last 32 - Colm plays winner of Saleh Mohammed – Pakistan v

Kevin Van Hove – Belgium @ 6pm

Last 32 – Martin plays winner of Thomas McSorley – Scotland v Mohammed

Joker UAE @ 6pm

Masters

Last 32 - Kevin Monroe v Gerwin Davis – Wales @ 2pm

Last 32 – Joe Delaney v Gylifi Ingason - Iceland @ 2pm

Last 6 4 – MEN – 10AM

LAST 32 – MEN – 6PM

LAST 32 MASTERS – 2PM

ROCKET McCRUDDEN WINS

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 3, 2008

Martin McCrudden played superb snooker today when he beat Gary Gillard

from New Zealand 4-0 in his final group match in 50 miniutes during the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships in Austria today.

Martin Won all 7 matches in his group and will recieve a high seeding for the Knock out draw here tonight.

The Kidare potting machine made breaks of 93, 73, 70 and 59 and is full of confidence and looking forward to the knock out's stages tomorrow.

MONROE WINS TO QUALIFY

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 3, 2008

Kevin Munroe turned on the style and won his last group match at the IBSF

world Championship in Austria today when he beat Adel Al Emadi

from Qatar 3 frames to 2.

This win confirms his fourth place from the group and he now will be awaiting

his opponent from the draw tonight for the knock out stages.

RIP GERRY FLANAGAN

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 3, 2008

All in Limerick and Irish Snooker were saddened to hear that one of the great Limerick players Gerry Flanagan passed away last weekend.

Gerry was a member of St Johns CYMS and won numerous local Championships

in the 80's and early 90's.

Gerry was a quiet unassuming man and very well respected both on and off the table, we know his brother John and nephew David through our snooker

and to them and all of Gerry's extended family and friends we offer our very deepest sympathy.

DELANEY TOO HOT FOR BAILLIE

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 3, 2008

Joe Delaney from Wexford produced great snooker today to beat Stevie Baillie

from Scotland 3 frames to 2 in his final group match in the IBSF World Championships in Austria.

Joe has now won his group and his frame average is very good from his six matches to asure him of a high seeding for the knock out draw tonight.

RIBSA UNDER 14 RANKING EVENT NO.2

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 2, 2008

Josh Boileau made it two in a row when he won the second under 14 ranking tournament of the season when he beat Tom Hogan 3 frames to 1

The Tournament was played in Wateford Snooker Club in Tramore

and RIBSA would like to thank Ray Power and Dylan Reece

for the excellent facilities on the day.

The three players Josh Boileau, Tom Hogan and Aaron Tobin who qualified

for the RIBSA elite squad all reached the semi final round

along with Craig Roberts from the Spawell.

Q-Finals
Josh Boileau 2-1 Dylan Carey
James Walsh 0-2 Aaron Tobin
Dylan Scully 0-2 Craig Roberts
Kenny White 1-2 Tom Hogan

Semi Finals
Josh Boileau 2-0 Aaron Tobin
Craig Roberts 0-2 Tom Hogan

Final
Josh Boileau 3-1 Tom Hogan

High Breaks
Josh Boileau 44,37,34,31
Aaron Tobin 40
Kenny White 40,36
Ross Doyle 39
James Walsh 25
Stephen Bateman 24

Lee Walsh from Youghal CYMS won the plate tournament beating Andrew

Doherty from the Spawell 2-1 in the final

VINTAGE GILCREEST WINS AGAIN

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 2, 2008

Colm Gilcreest was in unstoppable form again tonight in his final group match

in the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships in Austria.

Colm beat Francisco Rodriguez from Spain 4 frames to 0 with breaks of

97, 87, 53, 55 to finish number one in his group

Colim only lost 1 frame in all his six matches and he is asured of a high

seeding for the draw on Monday night.

O'DONOGHUE LOSES IN CLASSIC

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 2, 2008

Brendan O Donoghue played great snooker in his final group match in

the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships Austria today.

Brendan played Chan Kwok Ming from Hong Kong but lost 4 frames to 3

Brendan now finishes number two in his group for the draw on Monday night.

GUNNER McCRUDDEN GUNS DOWN BURDA

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 2, 2008

Martin McCrudden played superb snooker today when he played Robert Burda from Austria 4- 0 in his sixth group match in the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships in Austria.

The Kildare Rocket won the match in 55 miniutes with breaks of

68, 59, 55, 54

Last group match for Martin is against Gary Gillard from

New Zealand at 4pm tomorrow

UNSTOPABLE DELANEY MARCHES ON

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 2, 2008

Joe Delaney again played superb in his fifth group match in the

2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships in Austria.

The Wexford man played an excellent match against Alexander

Krnausek from Austria winning 3 frames to nil.

Joe has only lost 3 frame in the five matches he has played, and

with one match remaining he is in line for one of the top seed

for the knock out rounds.

Joe’s last group match is against Stevie Baillie from Scotland

at 10am tomorrow.

GILCREEST IN CONTROL

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 2, 2008

Colm Gilcreest was in unstoppable form last night in his fifth group match in

the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships in Austria.

Gilcreest played an excellent match against Ben Judge from Australia

with breaks of 96, 50, and 63 to win 4 frames to nil.

Colm has only lost 1 frame in the five matches he has played, and with

one match remaining he is in line for the number 1 seed for the

knock out rounds.

Colm’s last match is against Francisco Rodriguez from Spain at 7pm tonight

McCRUDDEN MAKES IT 5 FROM 5

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 1, 2008

Martin McCrudden from Kildare turned on the style in Austrai today

at the IBSF World Snooker Championships.

Martin beat Alexander Trinki from Austria 4 frames to 1 in an excellent match

With two group matches remaining against Robert Burda from Austrai

and Gary Gillard fromNew Zealand tomorrow the kildare

rocket is full of confidence.

MONROE IS BACK WITH A BANG

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 1, 2008

Kevin Monroe kept his hopes alive when he won his fifth group match when

he beat Kouzis Bambos from Cyprus 3 frames to nil in the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships here in Austria today.

Kevin had good breaks of 48, 46, 39

Kevin's last game is tomorrow against Adel Al Emadi from Qatar and a win

will qualify him for the knock out stages.

THE MASTER CUE MAN FROM WEXFORD

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 1, 2008

Joe Delaney from Wexford produced his best match snooker to beat

Tony Misfud from Malta 3 frames to 0 in his third group match

in the IBSF World Championships in Austria.

Team Coach PJ Nolan said that it was the beat snooker he has ever seen Joe

play and Dealaney is now fully focused on his next group match

against Alexander Krnausek from Austria.

O DONOGHUE LOSES HIS FIRST MATCH TO INDIA

Posted by The Administrator on Nov 1 2008

Brendan O Donoghue lost his first group match against Manan Chandra

from India 4 frames to 1 in the 2008 IBSF World Snooker

Championships Austria.

Brendan is now re-focusing his concentration from his last group match

against former world u-21 champion Chan Kwong Ming from

China Hong Kong tomorrow

MUNROE GOES DOWN IN CLASSIC MATCH

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 31, 2008

Kevin Munroe played great snooker his fourth group match against

Kurt De Splenter from Belgium in the 2008 IBSF World Snooker

Championships here in Austria

The Galway man was unlucky to lose 3 frames to 1 and need to win his

remaining matches to have a chance to qualify for the knock out stages.

O'DONOGHUE MASTERCLASS

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 31, 2008

Brendan O Donoghue produced his best snooker in his fourth group match

against former professional player Peter Francisco from South Africa in

the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships Austria today.

Brendan controlled the match and potted incredible balls to keep the

former pro from finding his form to win 4 frames to 1.

Brendan next match will be against Manan Chandra from India but

the Nenagh man is confident he can again play his best game.

GILCREEST POTTING MACHINE

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 31, 2008

Colm Gilcreest again hit superb form in his fourth group match here in the

2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships Austria.

Gilcreest beat Ede Dunai from Hungry in a high quality match, but the Irish man came out a 4-0 winner and he is already setting his sights from his match tomorrow against Ben Judge from Australia

MURRAY SAYS I WILL WIN

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 31, 2008

Ger Murray has insisted he can win the Referees tournament at the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships here in Austria.

The Tournament will be played next week and will feature all the referees

from this year’s championship, but the Edenderry man says he has the

all-round game to win the title.

McCRUDDEN WINS AGAIN

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 31, 2008

Martin McCrudden played superb snooker today when he beat David Donovan

from Wales 4-1 in his fourth group match in the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships in Austria.

Martin gave a great display of potting and break building against the

Welshman but the Irishman was too sharp on the day.

McCrudden is now in control of his group with 4 wins from 4 matches

and is now focusing on his next match against Austria tomorrow.
As everyone knows, if this kid keeps buzzing he's capable of anything

DELANEY IS ON CLOUD NINE

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 31, 2008

Joe Delaney from 147 Club Wexford turned on the style to beat

Rocky Cribbs from New Zealand 3 frames to 1 in his third group match here

in the IBSF World Championships in Austria.

The Birthday boy, who found out he was a new granddad on

his birthday, once again played solid snooker to control the match after

losing the opening frame but then the 55 year old made

a string of breaks to win.

Martin McCrudden plays at 1pm

Brendan, Colm, Kevin all play again at 4pm

O DONOGHUE MAKES IT 3 OUT OF 3

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 30, 2008

Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh played fantastic snooker

today in his third group match in the 2008 IBSF World Snooker

Championships in Austria.

The Tipperay man Beat Alex Pichier from Austria 4 frames to nil to

continue his fine start to this year’s championship.

Brendan has had a number of breaks this week including

a superb114 and 89 on day 2

Brendan is looking forward to his remaining matches, and is fully focused

on his next match against Peter Franciso from South Africa at 7pm.

MUNROE HITS BACK WITH A BANG

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 30, 2008

Kevin Munroe turned on the style and won his first match at the IBSF world Championship in Austria today when he beat local favorite

Clausdieter Franschitz from Austria 3 frames to nil.

The Galway man needed this win today to keep his hopes alive of

qualifying for the knock out stages and his confidence is skyhigh after this win.

PJ Nolan was delighted with Kevin performance and fighting

qualities he showed in the match and Kevin is now focused on playing

Belgium at 4pm tomorrow.

Other Irish news were a superb victory for Martin McCrudden when he

beat Shu – Hung Lin from Chinese Taipei 4 frames to nil

Brendan O Donoghue plays Austria at 4pm

Joe Delaney And Colm Gilcreest have a day off today

GILCREEST HITS 142 BREAK

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 29, 2008

Colm Gilcreest of Cormeen, Co Meath , hit top form today in his third group

match in the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championships

in wels Austria.

Gilcreest turned on a magical display of potting and break building against

Wael Talaat from Egypt with breaks of 53, 70 , 89

and a stunning 142 total clearance which is the highest

break of the tournament.

After the match Gilcreest told local reporters, that it was the best

snookerthat he has played in 5 years and with the arrival of his

wife and childto support him tomorrow things are looking good

for the Meath potting machine.

Other Irish news was the second win for Joe Delaney who beat

last year’s runner up in the master championship Karnchai Wongjan from

Thailand 3 frames to 2 in a exciting match that lasted 3 hours.

Kevin Munroe from Galway played great again but was unlucky to

loose to Joe Minici from Australia 3 frames to 1, but Munroe

showed he can play at this level and team coach PJ Nolan is still

confident Kevin can still qualify for the knock out rounds.

Martin McCrudden off today

Brendan O Donoghue had no match today

BIRTHDAY BOY WINS

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 28, 2008

Birthday boy Joe Delaney made a great start to his quest for the

IBSF Masters World title here in Austria today when he beat

Pierric Lahilla from France 3 frames to nil.

Joe celebrating his 55th Birthday played superb through-out the

match with breaks of 58, 43, 37, 35.

His fellow team mates Kevin Munroe, Colm Gilcreest, Brendan O Donoghue,

Martin McCrudden all play again tomorrow.

National Coach PJ Nolan is delighted with his team performance

so far in the championship

IBSF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2008

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 28, 2008

The IBSF World Snooker Championship started in Austria yesterday

and it was a great start for the Republic Of Ireland Snooker Team

Brendan O Donoghue beat Michael Zeilinski Poland 4 frames to 1.

Brendan O Donoghue beat Igor Khatin Russia 4 frames to nil

including a 114 & 89 break.

Colm Gilcrest beat Bernard Muller from Austria 4 frames to 0.

Colm Gilcrest beat Henrikas Strollis from Lithuania 4 frames to 1.

Martin McCrudden beat Mohsen A Aziz from Qatar 4 frames to 3.

Kevin Munroe was very unlucky to lose to Kieran McMahon

from Northern Ireland 3 frames to 2.

Joe Delaney will play his first match tonight

6 RED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 21, 2008

This year sees the introduction of a new tournament on the RIBSA Calendar which is a six red Doubles championship.

The North West Snooker Club has been selected to run the inaugural event.

There are so much interest in this event that RIBSA have decided to start the event at 12noon on the Saturday.

This 6 red tournament will take place on Saturday and Sunday 8th and 9th

of November 2008.

Tournament Format : Open to all players - Players can pick thier own partners

- Two profesional players on the WSA tour can not play together

A large number of teams from all over the Country including N Ireland are expected to travel to Letterkenny for the event.

The entry will be €60 per team - €30 per U-19 team

If interested or need more information please contact the RIBSA office

on 016251150 or Contact the North West Snooker Club on 0749121384

Closing Date : Wednesday the 5th of November - 2pm

Prize fund will depend on the number of teams entered.

Northwest Snooker News

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 21, 2008

COACHING NEWS

The junior coaching which is in its sixth week is drawing more and more people every week it is on from 5.30 to 7.30 on Friday’s.

The coaching will continue again this week and all are welcome between the

age of 10 and 18 years, there is no need to have any previous snooker skills

as we will start everyone with the very basics.

The coaching will be free for the month of October and is being organised by RIBSA / COACHING IRELAND Qualified Coach John Doherty,

if you have any enquiries you can contact

John on 087 2223164 or the club at 9121384.

This week the North West A team travelled to 720 Snooker Club in Derry

but were greatly disappointed to discover that there were no opponents

at the club.

This was due to some renovations being carried out but they forgot

to inform our team.

The North West B team were at home to Limavady Services Club and the

first man to the table was Paul Gallagher who took the two frames off Derek Riddles without breaking sweat.

Gerry Mc Keever (North West) was up next against Barry Doherty, Gerry kept

up the un-beaten run by taking the two frames. Paul Doherty (North West)

was next to the green baize where his opponent was Pias Felon, Pias took the

first frame but Paul not wanting to go home red faced fought hard to

take the final frameand share the points in his match.

The overall score was North West 5 Limavady 1.

Donegal Snooker League AGM

The Donegal Snooker League A.G.M. was held this week and there are major changes on the cards for this season.

As the number of clubs in the county has decreased over the past number

of years it has been more and more difficult to run a successful league.

This year it has been decided to run a series of one day events which will be

open to everyone living in the County.

These tournaments will be run with the same handicap system that was used

in the league for the past number of years.

The days that have been set so far are 9th November (Sunday),

7th December, 18th January, 2nd February, 1st March, and the 26th of April.

These tournaments will be run on a points system and an overall champion will emerge at the end of the season, he will be the Donegal Snooker

League Senior Champion.

The entry fee for these competitions will be €5 for seniors

and €3 for under 21’s. Entry will be on the day with the first tournament

in the North West Snooker Club Letterkenny on Sunday the 9th of November.

The venue for the second tournament will bee announced

after the first tournament.

Knock Out Cup 2008

The Donegal Snooker League Knock Out Cup will take place in November

and there are major changes to this tournament as well this year.

This year the knock out cup will bee handicapped and consist of

three man team’s.

This years tournament will be run in a 6 red format, where there will

only be six red’s on the table at the start of the frame which makes

the game much faster, but will be run over a larger number of frames

than previous year.

The entry will bee €10 per team with three players on each team. Entries

must bee in to the secretary John Doherty on 0872223164 before

November the 9th or to the North West Snooker Club on 9121384.

The North West Snooker club in Letterkenny is open to the public from

11am to 12 midnight - 7 days a week.

There is a large stock of new snooker and pool cues in our new display area,

also available is a large selection of cue cases and all snooker and pool accessories, at very keen prices.

As well as 10 championship snooker tables we also have 4 competition

American Pool tables and 4 English Pool tables.

Intermediate Ranking Evens

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 21, 2008

A reminder for players that the Intermediate Ranking

Snooker Tournaments

Please Note :

Following the recent RIBSA council meeting a new updated criteria for Intermediate events this season has been agreed

Any Player who finished in the Top 8 on the Senior Rankings ineligible for three (3) seasons;

Any Player who finished in the Top 16 on the Senior Rankings ineligible for two (2)seasons;

Any Player who finished in the Top 32 on the Senior Rankings ineligible for one (1) season;

The RIBSA Ladies Ranking Event 2

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 20, 2008

The 2nd ladies RIBSA ranking tournament of the season was held in celbridge snooker club over the weekend.

The ladies welcomed back Catherine Fitzsimons to the circuit and

we also had a newcomer Teresa Keegan competing in her

first ever tournament.

Catherine had the pleasure of giving Teresa her 1st competitive

game and although Catherine won the match 3-0 it was pretty

close in a couple of frames.

Michelle French and Cathy Dunne had a great semi-final as usual

with Michelle potting impossible balls from every angle on the

table, but Cathy held her nerve and won the match 3-0 to meet

Michelle Sherwin in the final for the 2nd time this season.

This was as tight a match as the last final with nothing to choose between both players, but Michelle just got her nose in front in

the final frame and managed to keep it there to go on and win the match by 3 frames to 2 to take

her 2nd ranking event victory of the year.

The RIBSA Cue Zone

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 20, 2008

The latest Cue Zone was held during the RIBSA Under 19 ranking

tournament in the Masters Snooker Club in Shannon

over the weekend.

The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association are offering

free coaching days at selected RIBSA events this season.

Players can avail of coaching advice or receive training programs

or booklets on improving their game.

PJ Nolan - National Coach was delighted with some many players

wanting to receive coaching advice on the day and it

was a great success.

Players who received coaching on the day : karl Ellis,

Chris Humphries, Damien Collopy, Eoin Collins,Dave Winston,

Jamie Kelly, Andy McCloskey, Daniel O Regan,

Photo : Daniel O Regan,Tony Moore, Greg Casey, David Cassidy, Andrew Gray, Eoin Collins, Damien Collopy

The Masters SC - Shannon - Students Snooker Tournament

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 20, 2008

The Masters Snooker Club in Shannon Co. Clare recently held a

students snooker tournament.

Leonard Shanahan owner of the Masters Club was delighted with

so many young talented players from Shannon entering the event

and he hopes to hold more junior tournaments throughout the season.

The tourmament was won by Damien Collopy who beat Russel Lagen

in a exciting final 3- 2

Photo : Stephen Markham, Damien Collopy, Eoin Collins

JOE DELANEY WINS OVER 40's RANKING EVENT 1

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 14, 2008

Joe Delaney from the 147 club in Wexford won the first

RIBSA Over 40's ranking event of the season in the

Ivy Rooms in Carlow.

Joe beat Ernie McMullen from Newbridge CYMS 3 frames to 0.

Last 16
Joe Delaney                       3 – 1       Richie Nolan
Paul Hamilton                    3 – 0       Dave Dawson
Eddie Ingle                          3 – 1       Patrick O’Brien
Eugene Hughes                3 – 0       Stephen Merrigan
Ernie McMullen                3 – 0       Adrian Ryan
Frank Sarsfield                2 – 3       Shay Healy
Ronnie Masterson           1 – 3       Brendan Thomas
Jim Carrick                           0 – 3       Brendan Cooney

Q-FINALS
Joe Delaney                       3 – 1       Paul Hamilton
Eddie Ingle   0 – 3       Eugene Hughes
Ernie McMullen                3 – 2       Shay Healy
Brendan Thomas              0 – 3       Brendan Cooney

Semis
Joe Delaney 3 – 1 Eugene Hughes
Ernie McMullen 3 – 1 Brendan Cooney

Final
Joe Delaney 3 – 0 Ernie McMullen

High Break: 56 Ernie McMullen

DAVID CASSIDY WINS UNDER 16 RANKING EVENT NO.1

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 11, 2008

David Cassidy from the crucible snooker club in Cork won his biggest title

to date when he won the first RIBSA under 16 ranking event of the season

in the 147 snooker club in Wexford town.

In the final David beat the number 1 seed Andrew Gray from

Waterford 3 frames to 2 in an exciting final.

Earlier in the Semi Finals David beat Damian Collopy from the masters

snooker club in Shannon 3 frames to nil and Andrew beat Daniel Dempsey

from Newbridge CYMS 3 frames to 1 in the other semi final.

Andrew Gray won the highest break with a superb 84 Break

Young players like Ryan Cronin, Glen Doyle, Aaron Tobin, Cathal Dunne,

Gary Power, Josh Boileau, Shane Menton, Dylan Scully, Cian Corcoran,

Ed Kearney, Michael Hennessy, Christopher Cooney, Tom Hogan,

Eoin Collins,Daniel O Mahony, Tom Hogan and Dave Winston

all impressed the RIBSA National Snooker Coach PJ Nolan

with their attitude and snooker skills on the Day and it promises to be a great under 16 ranking series this season with so many talented young players.

The biggest shock of the day was Ryan Cronin beating Daniel O Regan 3 frames to 1 but im sure Daniel will bounce back in the next event in Waterford on Saturday the 22nd of November

R.I.B.S.A. would like to thank Abban Reddy from the 147 club in Wexford

for the excellent facilities and to the tournament director Joe Delaney for organizing an excellent tournament

Q FINALS

Andrew Gray 3 – 0 Christopher Cooney
Daniel Dempsey 3 – 2 Josh Boileau
David Cassidy 3 – 0 Glen Doyle
Damian Collopy 3 – 1 Ryan Cronin

S FINALS

Andrew Gray 3 – 1 Daniel Dempsey
David Cassidy 3 – 0 Damian Collopy

THE FINAL

David Cassidy 3 - 2 Andrew Gray

UNDER 21 RANKING EVENT 1 DRAW

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 15, 2008

RIBSA Under 21 Ranking Tournament (1)
Masters Snooker Club – Shannon Co. Clare

SATURDAY 18th OCTOBER

UNDER 19 RANKING EVENT 1 DRAW

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 15, 2008

RIBSA Under 19 Ranking Tournament (1)
Masters Snooker Club – Shannon Co. Clare

SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER

Accommodation Available
Shannon Court Hotel
Tel : 061 – 364588
Single – 35.00 euro
Twin – 55.00 euro
( Rates are room only )

ERNIE WINS 6 REDS OPEN

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 14, 2008

Ernie McMullen from Newbridge CYMS won the recent Ivy Rooms

6 Reds open tournament in Carlow.

Ernie beat Jason Keogh from Celbridge 4 frames to 3.

The tournament again was a great success and the Ivy Rooms

plan more 6 red events throughout the coming season.

Quarter-Finals

Benny O’Brien             2 – 3       Jason Keogh
Dane Daly                      0 – 3       Colvin O’Brien
Vincent Muldoon             0 – 3       Jonathon Grant
Ernie McMullen          3 – 1       Philip Browne

Semi-Final

Jason Keogh 3 – 1 Colvin O’Brien
Jonathon Grant 2 – 3 Ernie McMullen

Final

Jason Keogh 3 – 4 Ernie McMullen

High Break: 70 Jason Keogh

Greg Hits Max 75 to Win Title

Posted by The Administrator on Septt 2, 2008

“ 6 Red Snooker” is a fast attacking new game that is becoming very popular all over the world, and after today’s RIBSA first ever official tournament it was proved right on cue when two of the fastest attacking players in the Republic of Ireland Martin McCrudden and Greg Casey turned on the style in reaching the first ever 6 red final. For results click here.

TOM HOGAN WINS U-16 PLATE EVENT

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 7, 2008

Tom Hogan won his first title of the season when he won the plate event at the under 16 ranking tournament in the 147 snooker club in Wexford.

Tom beat Cathal Dunne from Cavan 2 frames to 1 in a superb high quality final

Q-FINAL

Eoin Collins beat Gary Power

Tom Hogan beat Cian Corcoran

Cathal Dunne beat Michael Hennessy

Dave Winston beat Shane Menton

S-FINAL

Tom Hogan beat Eoin Collins

Cathal Dunne beat Dave Winston

THE FINAL

Tom Hogan beat Cathal Dunne 2-1

RIBSA ELITE SQUAD

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 7, 2008

The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association has just released

details of a new junior Elite Squad for under 15 players.

During the summer PJ Nolan ran trials for this elite squad and

Tom Hogan - Nenagh, Josh Boileau - Newbridge CYMS -

Aaron Tobin - Youghal CYMS have been selected and will

receive free entry into every RIBSA event this season along

with free coaching days from the National Coach.

PJ Nolan believes that highlighting the elite players at such a young

age and advising them correctly on and off the table will help the players

become the stars of the future.

This years Elite Squad will be sponsored by Nigel Power of firststep.ie and the three players will have Nigel's logos above on their waistcoats.

Nigel said this week that he is delighted to have his company linked in helping junior development of the game and he is sure it will

be a great success.

RIBSA hope to pick 3-5 new players next season and PJ is already looking

forward to attending this year's underage events and searching

for the 2009 Elite Squad.

The official launch of the Elite Squad will be at the second senior

ranking event on Saturday the 15th of November at 1pm.

NEW CRITERIA FOR INTERMEDIATE TOURNAMENTS

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 7, 2008

Following the recent RIBSA council meeting

a new updated criteria for

Intermediate events this season has been agreed

The following players are ineligible to play:

Any Player who finished in the Top 8 on the Senior Rankings

ineligible for three (3) seasons;

Any Player who finished in the Top 16 on the Senior Rankings

ineligible for two (2)seasons;

Any Player who finished in the Top 32 on the Senior Rankings

ineligible for one (1) season;

Former Irish Senior Champions are ineligible for ten (10) seasons;

Former WPBSA member are ineligible for ten (10) seasons.

RIBSA U-16 Ranking This Weekend

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 6, 2008

A reminder to all U-16 players that the first Under 16

Ranking Tournament will be held on Saturday the

11th of October in the

147 Snooker Club Wexford.

The Entry fee is €10.00

Players Affiliation fee is €10.00

The Closing date for all entries is Wednesday

the 8th of October

If you are intersested in playing please

contact Paula in RIBSA office :

Phone: 01 6251150 - Fax 01 6251151-

Email : ribsa@clubi.ie

IVY ROOMS SIX RED TOURNAMENTS

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 6, 2008

NEW SNOOKER COACHING SEMINAR

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 6, 2008

The latest RIBSA / Coaching Ireland snooker seminars has just been

announced at the recent council meeting.

The Seminar will be held in Carlow on Sunday the 23rd

November from 10.30am - 1pm - stop for lunch -

from 2pm - 5pm.

The cost of attending the seminar will be 10.00 euro.

Coaching Ireland has now replaced the NCTC as the governing body of

all coaching in the Republic Of Ireland.

The seminar will be given by PJ Nolan and Neil Shanahan who

are qualified tutors in Coaching Ireland.

PJ will cover all the coaching areas and Neil will cover the rules

of the game of snooker and billiards.

Anyone interested in becoming an Assistant RIBSA / Coaching Ireland

coach and learn the basic skills for coaching juniors

should contact RIBSA to book their place at the seminar.

RIBSA will then send you out a coach application form .

The seminars are open to any paid up member of the

Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association and

registration forms are available from the RIBSA Office.

RIBSA Registration is 20.00 euro per year.

The Assistant coaches will then act as talent scouts and wil

l inform players of the basic skills and give them the

information on snooker within the Republic Of Ireland

Billiards & Snooker Association.

At present RIBSA have over 20 assistant coaches with

Coaching Ireland approval.

Pictured above is Aidan Murray who was one of the latest

players to complete the last RIBSA seminar.

Aidan is a former Irish Billiards Champion and will be

available to coach snooker and billiards

Anyone interested should contact RIBSA for more details.

Robert Murphy Wins The RIBSA CLASSIC

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 6, 2008

Robert Murphy won the "RIBSA Classic"

sponsored by The Barracks - Carlow over the weekend

Eamon Deane Manager of " The Barracks" presented the cup to Robert

The Tournament was played in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club Carlow.

RIBSA decision to allow under 19 players to compete in the senior rankings for 15.00 euro

was a great success with a number of the

\ Junior players having a great event.

Aaron Tobin the 12 year old from Youghal

reached the last 32 and 17 year old Dane Daly reached the last 16.

This was the first Senior Ranking Event of the season and puts

Robert top of the rankings.

At the end of the season the Number 1

will receive a nomination to play on the

main tour next season.

Robert played fantastic all weekend with

wins over John O Sullivan - last 32 -

Brendan O Donoghue - last 16 - Greg Casey -

last 8 - John Torpey - Semi

Robert beat Mario Fernandez 5 frames

to 2 in a very exciting Final

Mario Fernandez from Limerick won the highest break prize with a superb 133 break

The next Senior ranking event will be held

on the 15th and 16th November

LAST 32

B O Donoghue- 3 - 0 - J Keogh

J O Sullivan - 0 - 3 - R Murphy

N Power - 2 - 3 - K Sheldrick

G Casey - 3 - 2 - D Whelan

J Torpey - 3 - 0 - D Sheehan

P Arnold - 1 - 3 - L Shanahan

J Williams - 3 - 0 - M Maher

G Stewart - 3 - 2 - M McCrudden

M Howley - 2 - 3 - R McHugh

J Waters - 3 - 1 - G O Hara

R Redmond - 2 - 3 - D Daly

M Fernandez 3 - 2 - C Murphy

TJ Dowling - 3 - 1 - F Sarsfield

V Meaney - 3 - 0 - S Hegarty

M Walsh - 3 - 1 - J Delaney

K Mc Mahon - 3 - 2 - C Gilcrest

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B O Donoghue - 2 - 3 - R Murphy

K Sheldrick - 2 - 3 - G Casey

J Torpey 3 - 1 - L Shanahan

G Stewart 2 - 3 - J Williams

R McHugh 3 - 1 - J Waters

D Daly 0 - 3 - M Fernandez

TJ Dowling 3 - 0 - Meaney

M Walsh 3 - 1 - K McMahon

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R Murphy 4- 2 - G Casey

J Torpey 4 - 3- J Williams

R McHugh 1 - 4 - M Fernandez

TJ Dowling 4 - 0 - M Walsh

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SEMI FINALS

R Murphy - 4 - 2 - J Torpey

TJ Dowling 0 - 4 - M Fernandez

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FINAL

R Murphy 5 - 2 - M Fernadez

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Colvin Wins Ivy Rooms Six Reds Event

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 1, 2008

Colvin O Brien from Carlow won the Ivy Rooms Open Six

Reds snooker tournament

In the final he beat current WSA professional player Rodney Goggins from Wexford 3 frames to 2 in a very exciting final.

Q- Final

Rodney Goggins 3 – 0 Daniel Dempsey
Dane Daily 3 – 2 Phil Arnold
Andrew McCloskey 3 – 1 Jason Keogh
Colvin O Brien 3 – 1 Karl Fitzpatrick

S- Final

Rodney Goggins 3 – 2 Dane Daily
Colvin O Brien 3 – 2 Andrew McCloskey

Final

Colvin O Brien 3 – 2 Rodney Goggins

Highest Break Winner : Wayne Doyle 71

Leinster U-16's

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 1, 2008

Glen Doyle from the Q Club Wicklow won the Leinster U-16

Open Snooker Championship in

the 147 Snooker Club Wexford.

In the Final he beat fellow Irish International Christopher Cooney

from Youghal CYMS in

Cork 3 frames to 1 in an exciting final.

Maynooth University Snooker Club

Posted by The Administrator on Oct 1, 2008

Maynooth University Snooker Club opened their yearly membership

on Wednesday 1st October at the “ Fairs Day” and it showed

how popular snooker is in the college.

Vincent Muldoon and Johnny Williams are currently on snooker scholarships and they said they were delighted to see so many

signing up for membership.

A large number of girl students also applied for membership

of the snooker club.

Maynooth University have just installed a professional table

in the college and yesterday a RTE TV crew recorded

a TVprogram called Capital D

which will go out on Thursday the

16th October at 7.00pm on RTE 1

RIBSA will be holding a coaching day every

month in the college to help to promote the

game and help the students with

the basics skills.

Capital D - RTE 1 - Thursday 16th October - 7.00pm

Posted by The Administrator on Sep 30, 2008

Jason Waters continued his fine start to the season by winning

the 1St Event of the Limerick Master Ranking Series held in the The Venetian Club on Sunday.

In the final Jason defeated Neil Madigan and it was fitting that these 2 players reached the decider as they were the form players all day.

Neil won all his group matches only dropping one frame and he

continued that form in the knock out stages with win a good win over Mario Fernandez in the semi’s

Jason had closer matches in the knock out stages, beating

Kevin Mc Mahon and Frank Sarsfield by the odd frame.

Frank Sarsfield showed very good form and it just shows how

tough the handicap system can be when he hit breaks of 75, 72 and 56 and still lost 2-1 to newcomer Mike Pearson.

This is the first of a 6 event series, designed to provide competitive match practice for all players, and overall a good days snooker

was had by all, thanks to The Venetian club owner Patrick Bird who provided the trophy and a reduced rate for the day for this event.

The Club is looking really well after its refurbishment and the newly covered tables were playing extremely well. Results :

Quarter Finals

Jason Waters (scr) 2 Kevin Mc Mahon (+10) 1

Neil Madigan (+20) 2 Ray Scullion (+65) 0

Trevor Hayes (+35) 1 Frank Sarsfield (scr) 2

Mike Howley (+10) 1 Mario Fernandez (-10) 2

Semi Finals

Neil Madigan (+20) 2 Mario Fernandez (-10) 0

Jason Waters (scr) 2 Frank Sarsfiled (Scr) 1

Final

Jason Waters (scr) 3 Neil Madigan (+20) 0

Frames Scores 89 (59break) 21, 64-30, 72-54.

High Breaks Jason Waters 79, Frank Sarsfield 75,

72, Kevin Mc Mahon 68.

For full results, news and information see http://limericksnooker.googlepages.com

Northern Ireland Dominate All Ireland Series

Posted by The Administrator on Sep 29, 2008

The Northern Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association dominated

the All Ireland series in Cookstown County Tyrone this weekend.

All matches were very close and the Republic of Ireland players performed well but on the day their Northern Ireland opponents

were too sharp.

P.J. Nolan was delighted with the quality of snooker over the

weekend and thanked the Northern Ireland Association

for an excellent event

Under 14 Final

Tom Hogan (RIBSA) 3 – 4 Gary Johnson (NIBSA)

Under 16 Final

Jason Devaney (RIBSA) 2 – 4 D Brennan (NIBSA)

Under 18 Final

Vincent Muldoon (RIBSA) 4 – 3 J Martin (NIBSA)

Under 19 Final

Sean Conway (RIBSA) 3 – 4 M Smith (NIBSA)

Under 21 Final

David Hogan (RIBSA) 3 – 5 J Brown (NIBSA)

Senior Final

Vincent Muldoon (RIBSA) 5 – 2 J Brown (NIBSA)

Vincent Muldoon Wins All Ireland Senior & Under 18 Titles

Posted by The Administrator on Sep 27, 2008

17 year old Vincent Muldoon the golden boy of Irish snooker

turned on a fantastic display of match snooker when he won

the Senior All Ireland title in Cookstown over the weekend.

Vincent played Jordan Brown in the final, but it was the Galway man

who had breaks of 103,87, 83, 37, 33, in a 5 frames to 2 victory.

Vincent also won the Under 18 final when he beat

Jamie Martin 4 frames to 3 in an exciting final and again

he had good breaks of 75 and 97

Vincent's great performance came on the back

of his fine display last week when he was competing in the

Grand Prix on the WSA professional main tour

Vincent beat Rodney Goggins (5-2) and

Steward Pettman (5-1) before losing (5-4) to Adrian Gunnell

Posted by The Administrator on Sep 27, 2008

The Under 14 Final

The Under 16 Final

The Under 18 Final

The Under 19 Final

The Under 21 Final

The Senior Final

Posted by The Administrator on Sep 27, 2008

Andrew Gray from Waterford S.C. won the first RIBSA Intermediate ranking tournament of the season in the Kilkenny Snooker Club

when he beat Jason Waters from Limerick.

Josh Wins first Under 14 Event

Posted by The Administrator on Sep 27, 2008

Josh Boileau from Newbridge S.C. won the first

Under 14 ranking of the season in Celbridge S.C. when he beat

Tom Hogan 2 frames to 1 in an exciting final.

New Limerick Web Sites

Posted by The Administrator on Sep 26, 2008

The Limerick Snooker Association has just announced details of two new

snooker web sites.

The web sites have been created to provide

up to date information on the snooker scene in limerick.

http://limericksnooker.googlepages.com

http://www.bebo.com/LimkSnooker

The web sites contain the new 2008-2009 local calendar plus information

on the history of snooker in Limerick.

You can also check on results and draws of the local events

All Ireland Champions Weekend

Posted by The Administrator on Sep 24, 2008

The 2008 Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland champions will compete against each other in the Annual All Ireland Championships this weekend in Cookstown Northern Ireland.

The event will be played in the Pot Black Snooker Club - Cookstown

Saturday 27th at 3pm

The Under 14 Final : Tom Hogan v Gary Johnson

The Under 16 Final : Jason Devaney v Declan Brennan

The Under 19 Final : Sean Conway v Michael Smith

Saturday 27th at 7pm

The Senior Final : Vincent Muldoon v Jordan Brown

Sunday 28th at 11am

The Under 18 Final : Vincent Muldoon v Jamie Martin

ThE Under 21 Final : David Hogan v Jordan Brown

Republic Of Ireland Team manager and National Coach PJ Nolan is travelling with our team and he believes the players are ready to play thier best game and win a number of the finals

Office Notices and Draws

Up Coming Events

O DONOGHUE RETAINS THE MUNSTER CLOSE

Posted by RIBSA on May 12, 2009

Brendan O' Donoghue from The New Institute Club in Nenagh retained

the Munster Close in the Venetian Club, Limerick on Sunday

In one of the best quality fields for this prestigious event in many years,

Brendan and Limericks John Torpey came through to the final and Brendan produced 3 immaculate frames of snooker to win 3-0.

For full report and results see http://limericksnooker.googlepages.com

2009 OVER 40 SNOOKER FINAL Posted by RIBSA on May 12, 2009

The National Over 40 Championships was played down to the last two in the

Ivy Rooms Snooker Club Carlow last Sunday.

This year's final will be between Brendan Cooney and Richard McHugh and

will be played on Saturday the 23rd of May at 2.30pm

2009 NATIONAL BILLIARDS FINAL Posted by RIBSA on May 12, 2009

The 2009 National Billiards Championship was played down to the

last two in The Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow on Sunday 10th May.

Current champion, Eugene Hughes (Kilkenny), who, due to business and

other commitments, has not played competitive billiards this season,

made a welcome return to the game to defend his title.

His opponent in the final will be Aidan Murray (Wicklow), who knocked out

last year’s other finalist, Phil Martin (Celbridge), at the quarter-final stage.

DEVANEY WINS UNDER 21 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Posted by PJ Nolan on May 5, 2009

Jason Devaney from Crossmolina Snooker Club in County Mayo made 112

break and won the R.I.B.S.A. Under 21 National Championship in Northwest

Snooker Club in Letterkenny over the weekend.

In the final Jason beat Gavin Stokes from the Spawell SC Dublin

3 frames to 0 in a superb final.

Jason’s win confirms he will finish Number 1 on the 2009 National RIBSA

Under 21 rankings for the season.

The semi final round Jason beat Gareth Boyle from Northwest SC 3 -0.

and Gavin beat Daniel Dempsey from Newbridge CYMS 3 - 2.

There were a number of good breaks on the day with

Gareth Boyle 72, 51, Karl Fitzpatrick 57, 47 , Gavin Stokes 50,

but it was Jason Devaney with 98, 72, 72, 55, 49, 47, 43, and a superb 112 Clearance to win the high break trophy.

RIBSA would like to thank John Doherty and Bernard McGuiness

from the Northwest SC for making the event a great success.

WORLD SERIES OF SNOOKER Posted by PJ Nolan on May 10, 2009

The World Series of Snooker will open the 2009 season with The Tournament

of Champions in the INEC, Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney

on Saturday and Sunday, 16th and 17th May.

The Tournament of Champions will see professional players

John Higgins MBE, Ken Doherty, Shaun Murphy (all former World Champions)

as well as former UK and Peoples Champion, Jimmy White MBE will compete

for this esteemed title.

Their quarterfinal opponents will be the top 4 players on the

RIBSA under 19 ranking list, Greg Casey, Tony Moore Andrew Gray

and Jason Devaney

CLICK HERE TO VIEW POSTER

IRISH SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS Posted by PJ Nolan on May 3, 2009

RIBSA have decided to allow direct entry into the Last 96 Stage of the Irish Snooker Championships.

Any player who competed in the Zones may now enter the Championships.

Players will be given credit for their €10 entry into the Zones.

Any registered RIBSA player may now enter the tournament.

Entry fee for the Championships is:

Seniors - €30 Juniors - €15

Closing date for entries is Monday 11th May @ 12noon

Contact RIBSA HQ - 01 625 1150

or

The Ivy Rooms - 059 913 7714

RIBSA UNDER 14 CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 Posted by PJ Nolan on Apr 25, 2009

The RIBSA U-14 National Snooker Championships were held today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.

The tournament was played down to the final and Aaron Tobin from

Youghal CYMS will play Andrew Doherty from Terenure CYM for the National Under 14 Title during the Senior Championship weekend in May.

Andrew Doherty beat Craig Roberts 3 frames to 1 in the Semi Final.

Michael Healy from Nenagh SC won the plate event in Carlow today

when beat Aidan O Neill from Youghal CYMS 2 frames to nil

The current highest break holder is Tom Hogan with a 60 Break, Other high breaks were Josh Boileau 50, Andrew Doherty 34, Dylan Carey 30

Josh Boileau finished number 1 on the National Rankings and all eyes will be

on the rankings next week to see which six players have qualified for

the U-14 National Snooker Team.

2009 MUNSTER CLOSE Posted by PJ Nolan on May 1, 2009

The 2009 Munster Close sponsored by The Venetian Club Limerick will

take place on Sun 10th May.

Current Irish No.1 Brendan O ODonoghue from Nenagh who is the

current title holder will try and defend his title and with only a week to

go to the Irish Amateur Championship this seasons event is

sure to be keenly contested.

Entry Fee is 20 Euro for Senior Players and 10 euro for Junior Players. Full dress code is required.

All Matches will be best of 5 in all rounds.

Entry Fee is 20 Euro for Senior Players and 10 euro for Junior Players.
Full dress code is required.

V
Right: Joe Doheny, Borris-in-Ossary

LIMERICK CAPTURE THE INTER COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.

Caesars Palace Snooker Club in Galway hosted this years Inter County Championships and it was the Limerick team that were victorious and

It was the affore mentioned Thorpy who was the outstanding player on the day with his high break of 72,78,79,86,and 79 to mention a few.

Robert Redmond and George Tierney who were the shining lights on the
Dublin team can be proud of the 104 break in the final against Mike Howley.

The two Galway teams aquitted themselves well with the Galway B
made up of the Caesars Palace players who had wins over Carlow.

before losing out to Limerick in the knockout stages.

Carlow who had a sluggish start with defeats to Limerick and Galway B
but finally got their act together and defeated Dublin and Galway A in the
group but lost out to Dublin in the knockout stages.