Wayne Doyle beat Tom Kearns 400 - 241 in the final of the Intermediate
Biliards Ranking Event in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow on Sunday.
It is Wayne's second Intermediate Billiards win of the season and he moves
clear at the top of the rankings.
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Posted by PJ Nolan 25th Oct 2009
The 4th successive Invitational European U/17 Snooker Open will be held
5th - 10th of January 2010 in Malta.
Ryan Cronin and Andrew Gray won the Qualfying event on Sunday
25th October in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club - Carlow.
The Two players will be offered free hotel accommodation with buffet
breakfast at the 4 star San Antonio Hotel & Spa in Bugibba in Malta
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Posted by PJ Nolan 25th Oct 2009
LAST 16
David Hogan Vs Stephen Hegarty 5 - 0
Ken Doherty Vs Glen Doyle 5 - 0
David Morris Vs Robert Murphy 5 - 2
Vincent Muldoon Vs Joe Delaney (Dub) 3 - 5
Michael Judge Vs TJ Dowling 5 - 2
Martin McCrudden Vs Clinton Freaney W/O
Rodney Goggins Vs Joe O Meara 5 - 1
Joe Swail Vs Danny Kelly 5 - 0
Q-FINAL
David Hogan Vs Ken Doherty 1 - 5
David Morris Vs Joe Delaney 4 - 5
Michael Judge Vs Clinton Freaney 5 - 2
Rodney Goggins Vs Joe Swail 5 - 1
SEMI-FINAL
Ken Doherty Vs Joe Delaney 4-5
Michael Judge Vs Rodney Goggins 4-5
THE FINAL
Joe Delaney Vs Rodney Goggins 2-5
Highest Break : 114 Joe Delaney
The Johnny Cronin memorial handicap was held in the Venetian Club.
Johnny was one of Limericks greatest players and his life was cut short
last year at the tender age of 36.
Darragh Muckell won the event beating Patsy Farrell from Nenagh 2-0 in
the final after along days play.
Well done Darragh on great days play.
Johnny's wife Nora and sister Beatrice and young sons JJ and Denis were
present at the final, and Limerick Snooker Committee member Jude Meaney
paid tribute to them.
Aspecial mention to Neil Madigan for the excellent work done to make this memorial event possible.
R.I.P. Johnny you will never be forgotten by Limerick and Irish Snooker.
Posted by PJ Nolan 20th Oct 2009
This week the annual Trim snooker pro-am was held and with a high class
field the snooker was superb.
Ken Doherty won the final beating Michael Judge 5-2
Highest Break in the event - 139 David Hogan
CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS
Posted by PJ Nolan 16th Oct 2009
A match was played in Edenderry Snooker Club last night when 85 year old
Hughe Byrne played 10 year old Cian Doyle in a club tournament.
Is this a record age gap of 75 years OR can anyone beat it
email ribsa@clubi.ie
Posted by PJ Nolan 12th Oct 2009
Celbridge Snooker Club Celebrates its 25th year of their 'Player of the Year' event which begins next Thursday the 15th of October 2009.
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Posted by PJ Nolan 19th Oct 2009
Posted by PJ Nolan 19th Oct 2009
The first Under 19 and Under 16 Ranking ranking event of the season were
played in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny.
JOSH BOILEAU WINS UNDER 16 RANKING EVENT
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FULL REPORT
SEASN CONWAY WINS UNDER 19 RANKING EVENT
FULL REPORT
International Snooker player Clinton Franey from Wicklow will sponsor
the RIBSA Intermediate Snooker Tour this season with his company www.sustainableheating.ie
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Clinton Franey and Jim Leacy Chairman RIBSA along with John Doherty Vice Chairman of RIBSA at the sponsorship announcement.
Posted by PJ Nolan 12th Oct 2009
Joe Delaney from the 147 Club won the first Masters event of the season
when he beat Richie Nolan 3 frames to 0 in the final.
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Posted by RIBSA 12th Oct 2009
Posted by PJ Nolan 12th Oct 2009
Michelle Sherwin Wins Ranking Event 1
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Posted by Ger Murray 12th Oct 2009
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The Senior Ranking Event 1
Rodney dedicated his victory to his coach Larry Codd
who passed away this week.
Posted by RIBSA 5 Oct 2009
The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association presented David
Hogan a crystal trophy to David Hogan to remember his great achievement
of winning the recent European Snooker Championship In Belgium.
Ger Murray and Jim Leacy presented the trophy to David at the first
senior ranking event in Carlow.
Posted by RIBSA on Sept 28, 2009
Everyone involved in Irish snooker will be saddened to hear that
Larry Codd from Enniscorty passed away last night.
Larry was 80yrs old and a four times Irish Billiard Champion.
Larry coached a number of players over the years to win major titles
including Rodney Goggins and John Buckley, Julie Kelly.
Larry was the man who got me interested in snooker coaching
and I really believe today Irish Snooker has lost a legend of the game.
( In Photo Larry Codd and 1988 Irish Senior Champion John Buckley )
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
A great day of junior snooker was played in Celbridge Snooker Club County Kildare on Sunday when Ross Doyle from Dublin won his first ever RIBSA
ranking event when he won the RIBSA under 14 ranking event no.1.
In the final Ross played superb snooker to beat Andrew Doherty
from Terenure CYM 3 frames to nil in a high quality final.
Ross now moves to number 1 on the RIBSA under 14 rankings to equal
his brother Wayne who is ranked number 1 on the RIBSA Intermediate
billiards rankings.
11 year old Stephen Bateman from Kilkenny SC and 12 year old
Shane Lawlor from Edenderry SC reached the semi finals round in the event.
Both players played excellent on the day and they got great experience
and improved their national ranking before Ross beat Stephen
2 frames to nil and Andrew beat Shane 2 frames to nil.
The Highest break prize went to Ross Doyle with a
fantastic 52 break in the Semi final.
The Top six U-14 players at the end of the season will qualify for the
RIBSA Celtic Challenge Team for the tournament in Wales
from the 25th - 27th July.
I would like to thank Phil Martin and Tom McKeown from
Celbridge Snooker Club for the excellent facilities.
If anyone needs more information about the RIBSA Under 14 ranking
series they should contact PJ Nolan on 086 8634507
Semi Finals
Andrew Doherty 2 - 0 Shane Lawlor
Ross Doyle 2 - 0 Stephen Bateman
Final
Andrew Doherty 0 - 3 Ross Doyle
H Break - 52 Ross Doyle
Finally i would like to thank the players for a great snooker display and
I look forward to seeing them again in Event 2 in Newbridge CYMS
on Saturday the 31st of October.
Intermediate RIBSA tournaments - Event 1
RESULTS
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Region 1 Northwest
Region 2 East
Region 3 South East
Region 4 West
RIBSA have just confirmed the five players who will fly the Irish flag in
the IBSF World Championships in Hyderabad India.
Team Delegate Jim Lacey, Referee Ger Murray, Coach PJ Nolan
The Championship is being held from 14th - 29th November
CLICK HERE FOR IBSF WEB SITE
Joe Delaney from the 147 Wexford SC and Brendan Thomas from the
Roadstone SC in Dublin will compete in the Masters Event.
Greg Casey from the Crucible SC in Cork and Leonard Shanahan from the
Masters SC in Shannon will compete in Senior Event.
Mario Fernandez will also play in the senior event. He gets the EBSA
spot for reaching the 2009 European Final as the winner David Hogan went
onto the WSA Main Tour.
Six young Irish snooker stars have been selected for the
2009 RIBSA – www.firststep.ie Elite Junior Snooker Squad.
Last season RIBSA launched the Elite Squad of Josh Boileau,
Tom Hogan and Aaron Tobin.
The three players excelled during the season
with fantastic results winning all the Under 14 Ranking Events.
Last seasons players have kept their place and three new players have
been added to make the squad six of the best up and coming young
talented players in the country.
Ex International snooker player Nigel Power from firststep.ie is delighted
to have his company linked to producing the new champions of the future.
The offical launch will be at the first Senior Ranking Event in Carlow on
the 3rd of October in the Ivy Rooms SC.
PJ Nolan will be again in charge of the squad and he is delighted to see
RIBSA focused on developing young stars of the future.
The Six Players Elite Squad players Are :
Josh Boileau - Newbridge CYMS
Tom Hogan – Nenagh
Aaron Tobin – Youghal CYMS
Andrew Doherty – Teranure CYM
Dylan Scully – Ivy Rooms SC
Kenny Wight – Youghal CYMS
The six players will receive free entry into all RIBSA events and will
receive free squad coaching days.
Nowadays if you really you want to become a champion in any sport you must
be mentally fit and have a good tactical game, a solid playing technique and practice within a good training program.
Professionalism is now becoming a major part in all sports.
This means the top athletes spend as much time in a gym or with their
sports psychologists or working on their technique with their coach
as they do practicing.
Good Mind Fitness is sometimes the difference between wining and losing.
One of Ireland’s leading elite performance companies has just teamed up with
the Academy of Champions to offer their services to all RIBSA members.
Any player interested should contact Gary or Denis direct by clicking below.
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This season RIBSA will be holding a new system for running the
Intermediate Ranking Snooker Series.
The Date of the first ranking event is Saturday 26th September and
the Events will be played in four regions on the same date.
PLAYERS CAN PLAY IN ANY REGION
Entry must be given to the contact person in the region you wish to play in
Region 2 : Dublin - Roadstone SC - S Merrigan 087 2540036 - SEND TEXTONLY
CLICK ON THE ZONE YOU WISH TO PLAY IN
RIBSA Intermediate Regions for this season
Region 1 Northwest Venues : Donegal - Ballina - Cavan
Region 2 East Venues : Roadstone - Celbridge - Club TBC
Region 3 South East Venues : Carlow - Newbridge - Waterford
Region 4 West Venues : Galway - Limerick
Closing Date for all enties Thursday 24th September 12 Noon
Entry Fee € 20 ( Senior ) € 10 ( U-19 )
Official Proof of Age will be required
There will be six ranking events and a National Championship
held this season.
Robert McCrum beat Liam Byrne 400 - 348 to win the first Senior Billiard
Ranking Tournamentin the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow on Sunday.
Q- Finals
Aonghus McAnally 389 v 400 Victor O'Gorman
Robert McCrum 400 v 283 Tommy Denieffe
Phil Martin 203 v 400 Joe Doheny
Liam Byrne 400 v 334 Tom Kearns
S-Finals
Victor O'Gorman 359 v 400 Robert McCrum
Joe Doheny 330 v 400 Liam Byrne
The Final
Robert McCrum 400 v 348 Liam Byrne
Daniel Dempsey from Newbridge CYMS won the Leinster 16's in the
Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow
Daniel beat Ross Doyle from Dublin 3 frames to 1 in an exciting final.
CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS
Q Finals
Daniel O Regan 1 Daniel Dempsey 2
Glen Doyle 0 Michael Walsh 2
Ross Doyle 2 Michael Healy 0
Dylan Carey 1 Andrew Doherty 2
S Final
Daniel Dempsey 2 Michael Walsh 0
Ross Doyle 2 Andrew Doherty 0
Final
Daniel Dempsey 3 Ross Doyle 1
Daniel O Regan from the Crucible SC in Cork won the Highest Break prize
with a superb 68 break
High Breaks
Daniel O Regan 68, 43, 42, 30
Daniel Dempsey 39, 37, 35, 34, 32,
Ross Doyle 39, 32.
Andrew Doherty 31.
Dylan Carey 39
The First RIBSA Intermediate Billiards of the new season turned out to be
an all Doyle affair with father and son in final and other son in plate final.
Wayne Doyle won his first Intermediate Billiard ranking event of the season
in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
Wayne beat Brendan Devlin, Mark Nolan, Ed Kearney and his Dad Gavin along
the way to his first RIBSA Billiard Title.
His brother Ross made it a family day to remember when he won the plate
event beating new Irish International player Mark Nolan in the final.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW SCORES
A new set of rules and tournament conditions have been agreed by the
billiard committee for tournaments for the new RIBSA season.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW RULES
The 2009 Home International Billiards & Snooker Championship was held
last week in Pontins in North Wales.
The Republic Of Ireland Association entered 12 teams in the various events
and all the players played superbly and were great ambassadors for the
Republic Of Ireland.
We had Snooker Teams in: Senior x 1, Masters x 2, Ladies x 3, U-19 x 1,
U-16 x 1 and Billiard Teams in Senior x 2 and two Junior teams
playing in the events.
Rep Of Ireland Senior Billiard Teams
Rep Of Ireland Masters B Team
Rep Of Ireland Senior Snooker Team
Rep Of Ireland Masters A Team
Rep Of Ireland Ladies A, B and C Teams
Rep Of Ireland Junior Billiard Teams
Rep Of Ireland U-19 Team
Rep Of Ireland U-16 Team
The Seniors were unbeaten and finished 2nd on frame difference to
England. It was the first time since 2001 that the senior team had stayed
unbeaten and the players gave it 100%.
The Limerick boys fly the Irish flag in Pontins
The Under 19 team played fantasic and lost only 2 matches to England A
and B to finish 3rd in their event.
The Under 16 team also played superb and finished in 4th place after a few close defeats to Scotland and Wales but they beat England B and N Ireland.
14 year old Josh Boileau won the highest break in the under 16 Home International event with a superb 77 break in his mach against England A
I would like to thank Brendan Cooney, Tony Thorpe, Ger Murray,
Aidan Murray and Michelle Sherwin for all their help in being great Team Managers in the event.
Cork players dominated the teams in this years event with 8 players from county Cork repersenting the Republic of Ireland
CLICK TO VIEW REP OF IRELAND PLAYERS / TEAM SCORES
The Ladies and Masters and Billiard Scores /Reports to follow soon
To view all results go to global snooker
http://www.global-snooker.com/2009-Home-Internationals-Tables.asp
Click here for all the latest scores and results from the
Home Internatonals in Wales
The players who will travel to Pontins for the Home Internationals had
their final day training camp with PJ Nolan in Carlow today
The players competed in a practice routines tournament and Jason Devaney came 1st with Daniel O Regan 2nd and Clinton Freaney 3rd.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL RESULTS
The players also played best of 3 frames Practice Matches
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE MATCH RESULTS
Joe Delaney from the 147 Club in Wexford won the final 6 red ranking
event in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
Delaney beat former Irish senior champion Vincent Muldoon 4 frames to 3
in a superb final.
Colvin O Brien beat Philip Browne to the first prize of finishing number 1
on the rankings with a nail biting 4 frames to 3 match after both players finished on the same points and merits after the six events.
Q Finals
Benny O Brien 3 - 0 Ernie McMullen
Gavin Stokes 0 - 3 Joe Delaney
Karl Fitzpatrick 0 - 3 Vincent Muldoon
Johnny Williams 3 - 1 Colvin O Brien
S - Final
Benny O Brien 3 - 4 Joe Delaney
Vincent Muldoon 4 - 0 Johnny Williams
The Final
Joe Delaney 4 - 3 Vincent Muldoon
Tournament High Break
Colvin O Brien -70
A new super web site covering Cork Billiards & Snooker has been launched
with photos and stories from the past plus all the latest news.
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http://www.corkbilliardsandsnooker.com/
A warm up snooker tournament was held for all the players
who will represent the Republic Of Ireland in the 2009 Home International Championships on Sunday.
Irish Under 19 Team mates Jason Devaney and Daniel O Regan both played fantastic to reach the final in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club.
The players decided to share the 160.00 euro finalist prize fund.
International player Shachar Ruberg got a special wild card into the event
and he made the best of his invite when he won the highest break prize
with a superb 95 break
19 players entered the event and the overall standard was very good.
Jason had good wins over John Torpey, Chris Cooney, David Cassidy,
Greg Casey and Karl Fitzpatrick
Daniel had wins over Karl Fitzpatrick, Glen Doyle, John Torpey,
Tony Thorpe and Josh Boileau.
The final training day for all Home International players is on Sunday
the 23rd of August in the Ivy Rooms 11am - 4pm - CASUAL CLOTHES
Q Finals
Jason Devaney 2 -1 Greg Casey
Karl Fitzpatrick 2 - 1 Eddie Ingle
Josh Boileau 2 - 1 Shachar Ruberg
Daniel O Regan 2 - 0 Tony Thorpe
S - Final
Jason Devaney 2 - 0 Karl Fitzpatrick
Daniel O Regan 2 - 1 Josh Boileau
The Final
Jason Devaney - Daniel O Regan
Tournament High Break Board
Shachar Ruberg - 95, 81, 47, 47, 41, 40
Jason Devaney - 89, 56, 49, 46, 43,
John Torpey - 79
Greg Casey - 57
Dane Daly - 51
Daniel O Regan - 51, 47
The Schedule has been announced for the upcoming Home Internationals
in Pontins from the 4th - 11th September.
CLICK HERE FOR FULL SCHEDULE AND TEAM LISTING
Posted by PJ Nolan on Aug 20, 2009
The ferry times for the players, Officials and supporters travelling to the
Home Internationals has just been announced.
Friday 4th September Sailing is at 1.30pm on the HSS
from Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Monday 7th September Sailing is at 1.30pm on the HSS
from Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
The Return Sailing is at 2.00am or 2pm into Dublin Port
Greg Casey from Cork won the 5th ranking event in the Ivy Rooms 6 red ranking series in Carlow over the weekend.
Greg beat Karl Fitzpatrick 4 frames to 2 in the final
Q-Finals
Gavin Stokes 2 Greg Casey 3
Dylan Scully 0 Benny O Brien 3
Michael Quirke 3 Robert Donohue 2
Karl Fitzpatrick 3 Phil Arnold 2
S- Finals
Greg Casey 4 Benny O Brien 3
Karl Fitzpatrick 4 Michael Quirke 2
Final
Greg Casey 4 Karl Fitzpatrick 2
The final Ivy Rooms open Summer 6 red ranking event will be held
on the 22nd of August
The final U-17 Six Ranking event will be held on the 29th of August
Following the recent RIBSA Council Meeting on Saturday 18th July
Official Proof of Age will be required for all RIBSA Under Age
Tournaments Next Season.
ie : Passport, Birth Cert or Driving Licence.
Players will not be allowed to compete without one of the above.
The Calendar of Events and Venues were discussed and the final draft will be available within the next week on this web site.
Posted by RIBSA on Aug 9, 2009
Posted by RIBSA on Aug 15, 2009
David Hogan won the Israel Masters today in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow with a trilling 6 - 4 victory over Vincent Muldoon.
Hogan started on fire and built up a 5-0 lead but Muldoon came
back with a number of high breaks 74, 56, 58 and a 100 but Hogan sealed
his victory with a superb 62 break
David recieved his trophy and 500 Euro prize money from Albert Zanit
Manager of Shachar Ruberg and joint promoter of the event.
The final of the 2009 Israel ' IRISH ' Masters will be between David Hogan
and Vincent Muldoon in the best of 11 frames.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW GROUP RESULTS
The Final - Saturday 3pm
Vincent Muldoon Vs David Hogan 4-6
Current Tournament Break Board
Vincent Muldoon 100, 75, 74, 56, 50, 50, 53, 45, 43, 41, 40
David Hogan 99, 97, 62, 59, 57, 56, 53, 51, 47, 43, 42
Jason Devaney 98, 73, 67, 62, 57,43
Shachar Ruberg 51,51, 46, 41, 40
Greg Casey 48
David Cassidy 43, 38
The tournament 3rd Place play off will be between Jason Devaney
and Shachar Ruberg in the best of 7 frames
3rd & 4th Place Play Off - Saturday 4pm
Shachar Ruberg Vs Jason Devaney 3-4
Posted by RIBSA on Aug 15, 2009
The Group stages are now finished in the Israel ' Irish' Masters in the
Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in carlow.
David Hogan won the Group and Vincent Muldoon was second with
Shachar Ruberg in 3rd and Jason Devaney 4th.
All 4 Players will play in the Semi Finals
Semi finals - Best of 9 Frames - Saturday 11am
David Hogan Vs Jason Devaney 5-2
Vincent Muldoon Vs Shachar Ruberg 5-1
Posted by RIBSA on Aug 14, 2009
Day two of Israel ' IRISH ' Masters beings at 10am in the Ivy Rooms
Snooker Club in Carlow.
The three sessions of play today will decide which four players
qualify for the semi finals tomorrow
LATEST LIVE SCORES - BEST OF 9
6pm - 5th Session
Greg Casey Vs Vincent Muldoon 0-5
Shachar Ruberg Vs Jason Devaney 5-1
David Cassidy Vs David Hogan 1-5
Shachar Ruberg had a great victory over Jason Devaney 5- 1 in his final
group match tonight to qualify in third place from the group
RESULTS - 3pm - 4th Session
Jason Devaney Vs David Cassidy 5-1
Shachar Ruberg Vs Vincent Muldoon 1-5
Greg Casey vs David Hogan 0-5
RESULTS - 10am - 3rd Session
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Vincent Muldoon Vs Jasan Devaney 5-4
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David Hogan Vs Shachar Ruberg 5-1
David Cassidy Vs Greg Casey 4-5
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL PLAYING SCHEDULE
Posted by RIBSA on Aug 13, 2009
The Israel 'IRISH ' Masters is being held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club
in Carlow over this weekend.
Shachar's Manager Ablert Zaift and Jim Leacy Chairman of RIBSA
welcomed all the players to the event
The Tournament will be played in a league with the top 4 qualifying
for the semi finals and all matches are the best of 9 frames.
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The tournament is being sponsored by Ginko an Oil and Gas Exploration
Company in Israel and the winner will receive €500 and Runner Up €300
with 3rd place receiving €150.
The tournament features six of PJ Nolan Academy of Champions members
with David Hogan, Vincent Muldoon, Jason Devaney, David Cassidy,
Greg Casey and Shachar Ruberg from Israel
RESULTS - First Session 3pm
David Hogan Vs Vincent Muldoon 5-3
Greg Casey Vs Jason Devaney 1-5
David Cassidy Vs Shachar Ruberrg 2-5
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15 Year Old Shachar Ruberg had a great win over Irish No. 1 Under 16
Player David Cassidy 5 frames to 2 in the first session
RESULTS - Second Session 7pm
Greg Casey Vs Shachar Ruberg 4-5
Vincent Muldoon Vs David Cassidy 5-2
Jason Devaney Vs David Hogan 1-5
Posted by PJ Nolan on Aug 2, 2009
David Cassidy from Cork warmed up fror the Isreal Masters next week by
winning the Ivy Rooms 6 Red Ranking Event No.3
Un the final David beat Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS 4 -0
In the Semis Josh beat Karl Fitzpatrick 4-1 - David beat Daniel Dempsey 4-1
Josh Boileau won the highest break prize with a 42 Break
A warm up snooker tournament will be held for all the players
who will represent the Republic Of Ireland in the 2009 Home International Championships in Pontins in September.
The Tournament will be played in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow
on Sunday the 16th of August and play will begin at 10.30am.
This Event will feature three different handicaps:
The Senior Team – SCR
The Under 19 and Over 40 Team + 10
The Under 16 and Ladies Team +16
CLICK HERE TO VIEW POSTER
The Entry fee for this Tournament will €10.00 and all the prize fund
will be paid out to the Winner, Runner Up and Highest Break.
The tournament will be played in groups and if you are unavailable
to play in this tournament you must contact PJ Nolan – 086 8634507
The Final training day wil be held on the 23rd of August
Both Training days will be with PJ Nolan in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club
Carlow from 11am – 4pm
The Israel ‘ Irish Junior Masters ‘ Snooker tournament will be played
in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club from the 13th – 15th of August.
Five Irish U-21 players have been selected to play in the event along
with the Israel Number 1 junior Shachar Ruberg.
The Full Line is:
2007 – Irish Senior Champion - Vincent Muldoon
2008 – European Champion - David Hogan
2008 – Under 19 & 21 National Champion - Jason Devaney
2008 – Under 21 Number 2 – Greg Casey
2008 – Under 16 Number 1 – David Cassidy
2007 – Baltic Champion – Shachar Ruberg
A new exciting way to monitor the players training will be introduced this
season for members of the RIBSA / PJ Nolan Academy of Champions.
The players will fill in their Academy Workbooks with their scores from the routines and then give the book to PJ to have their scores analysed.
This file will be then emailed so the player can edit it each month.
I believe this is the best way for players to focus during their training and
they are currently 14 different workbooks which will make the
practice more enjoyable.
It will help develop the players training sessions to be more constructive
in helping them to improve by learning how to control the cue ball
and potting success.
Dylan Scully is an Irish under 14 International who has completed a
two month training program on the first six workbooks and his score have improved to fantastic levels.
You can notice he has improved his level on every workbook and he
is focused on achieving better scores month by month and his
professionalism is superb at only 14 years old.
It is hope to have all members will complete their workbooks this season
The Academy Records have been updated for the Workbooks
Posted by PJ Nolan on Aug 1, 2009
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Philip Browne from Guinness SC in Dubin won his second Ivy Rooms Six Red Ranking Tournament in a row when he beat David Cassidy from Cork
4 frames to nil in Carlow today.
Daniel Dempsey from Newbridge CYMS and Colvin O Brien from the
Ivy Rooms reached the semi finals.
David Cassidy beat Colvin O Brien 4-0 and Philip beat Daniel Dempsey 4-3
This win moves Philip further ahead in the ranking and the next open
ranking six red event will be held on the 15th of August in Carlow.
The Q-Finals
David Cassidy 3 Karl Fitzpatrick 0
Daniel Dempsey 3 Benny O Brien 0
Colvin O Brien 3 Gavin Stokes 0
Philip Browne 3 Ryan Cronin 0
Colvin O Brien won the highest break prize with a 74 break
Posted by PJ Nolan on July 30, 2009
The Home International Billiards & Snooker Championships will be played in Pontins Holiday Centre in North Wales from the 4th – 11th September.
ALL PLAYERS HAVE NOW CONFIRMED THEIR PLACE
The cost for all players travelling to this year's event will be €100.00
and this can be paid at the next training day on the 16th August.
The Senior will play Saturday - Monday
The Over 40's will play Saturday - Monday
The Senior Billiards will play Saturday - Monday
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The Under 16's will play Tuesday - Thursday
The Under 19's will play Tuesday - Thursday
The Ladies will play Tuesday - Thursday
The Junior Billiards will play Tuesday - Thursday
ALL PLAYERS MUST CONFIRM THEIR ACCOMADATION AND TRAVEL
PLANS WITH PAULA IN THE OFFICE.
IF ANY PLAYER / PARENT IS BRINGING A CAR THEY MUST CONTACT
THE OFFICE FOR THE PRICE AND THE REG OF THE CAR
ALL JUNIORS MUST CONFIRM A GAURDIAN WILL TRAVEL WITH THEM.
THIS FORM MUST BE SIGNED AND POSTED TO THE OFFICE
The Next Training day for this years Home Internationals
will be an singles tournament on the 16th August in Ivy Rooms SC
The Entry Fee is 10.00
CLICK HERE TO VIEW POSTER
All the prize fund will go to the Winner, R-up and Highest Break.
TOURNAMENT HANDICAPS
Senior Team SCR, Over 40 & Under 19 +10 and Under 16
Billiards Team and Ladies Teams + 16
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The final week of RIBSA summer camp has just come to an end and they
were a great success with a number of the top up-coming stars of the future
attending the camp to receive training from our National Coach PJ Nolan
in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
Glen Doyle, Dylan Scully, Aaron Tobin, Lee Walsh, Cathal Dunne,
Daniel O Mahony, Kenny Wight, Daniel Dempsey, Stephen Bateman,
Dylan Carey, James O Connell , Jason Devaney have attending one of
the day during the summer camps.
More Training Camps will be held during the season.
David Hogan the new European Champion came along this week to watch
the stars of the future that will hopefully follow in his footsteps.
David advice to the players was to train properly and work on fine tunning
their Cue Action, Cue Ball Control and then their Break Building will
improve more and then the success will be just around the corner.
All the players practiced from 11am – 4pm practicing PJ’s training routines
and received a DVD of themselves playing to study at home.
I have has just returned from Israel where I was training Shachar and I was impressed with his game and it really promises to be a great event
for all the players.
Shachar will travel to Ireland with his father Yair and manger Albert Zant
Shachar is the latest International player to join the Academy Of Champions
and he has already broke a number of the academy records.
The first Home International Team Training Days was held in the
Ivy Rooms in Carlow on Sunday.
The Senior and Over 40 Team
The Ladies Team
The U-19 & U-16 Team
The Junior Billiards Team
Next Training - Team Tournament on the 16th August
Ivy Rooms SC
10.00 Entry Fee
HANDICAPS : Senior Team SCR, Over 40 & Under 19 +10 and Under 16
Billiards Team and Ladies Teams + 16
Philip Browne from Guinness SC in Dubin won the Ivy Rooms Six Red Ranking Tournament ( 3 ) in Carlow today.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW IVY ROOMS OPEN RANKINGS
In the final he beat 16 year old Declan Brennan from Northern Ireland in an
exciting final 4 frames to 3.
In the Semi Final Philip beat Johnny Williams 4 frames to nil and Declan beat Vincent Muldoon 4 frames to 3.
Vincent Muldoon had the highest break of the day with a 60 Break
Next Ivy Rooms 6 Red Ranking Event - Saturday 1st August
The Irish Snooker Open will hold a fund rasing Golf Classic on the 28th Of August in the Beaufort Golf Resort - Kilarney
The Golf Classic is in Assocation with Make A Wish Foundation.
Posted by RIBSA on July 20, 2009
The Home International Billiards & Snooker Championships will be played in Pontins Holiday Centre in North Wales from the 4th – 11th September.
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND SENIOR TEAM
Colm Gilcreest – Captain - CONFIRMED
Robert Murphy - CONFIRMED
Martin McCrudden - CONFIRMED
TJ Dowling - CONFIRMED
John Torpey - CONFIRMED
Leonard Shanahan - CONFIRMED
Clinton Freaney - CONFIRMED
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND OVER 40 TEAM
Brendan Cooney - Captain - CONFIRMED
Joe Delaney - CONFIRMED
Ernie McMullen- CONFIRMED
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND LADIES TEAM
Michelle Sherwin – Captain - CONFIRMED
Cathy Dunne - CONFIRMED
Michelle Frrench - CONFIRMED
Treasa Keegan - CONFIRMED
Joanna Ward - CONFIRMED
Catherine Fitzsimons - CONFIRMED
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND UNDER 19 TEAM
Jason Devaney – Captain - CONFIRMED
Tony Moore- CONFIRMED
Andrew Gray- CONFIRMED
Greg Casey- CONFIRMED
Daniel O Regan - CONFIRMED
Karl Fitzpatrick- CONFIRMED
Sean Conway - CONFIRMED
THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND UNDER 16 TEAM
David Cassidy – Captain- CONFIRMED
Josh Boileau- CONFIRMED
Daniel Dempsey- CONFIRMED
Ryan Cronin - CONFIRMED
Glen Doyle - CONFIRMED
Christopher Cooney- CONFIRMED
Damian Collopy - CONFIRMED
The following players qualified for the event but all the players must
contact Team Manager / Coach PJ Nolan on 086 8634507 to confirm their availability for this tournament.
This Year’s event will feature a new format including Billiards and Snooker
with Snooker Teams in Under 16 and Under 19, Ladies, Seniors and
Over 40’s. Junior and Senior Billiards are also added this year
and it promises to be a great week of Snooker and Billiards.
The cost for all players travelling to this year's event will be €100.00
and this can be paid at the first training day.
Home International Team Training Days have been scheduled for the
26th July, 16th August will feature an open tournament and the
23rd of August will be another training day with PJ Nolan in
the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club Carlow from 11am – 4pm
The Training Day on the 26th of July will be the day for fitting for the
players who have not got Irish Waistcoats
The full playing schedule is still to be finalised, but the 5th – 7th will be
for the Senior and Over 40 Events and the 7th – 10th for the Junior
and Ladies Events.
PARENT / GUARDIAN TRAVEL FORMS
All the under 18 players must have a Parent or Guardian travelling
with him to confirm his place on the team for this year’s Championship.
The Parent or Guardian must sign and complete the Agreement Form and
post it to RIBSA, Sport HQ, Parkwest Business Park, Dublin 12
before the 1st of July.
Only players who have signed agreement forms will be allowed to
travel with the team.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW CHALET PRICES IN PONTINS
The 2009 Lucan Racing Snooker Classic will be held in Celbridge Snooker
Club from the 24th to the 26th July.
The draw has been done and it promises to be a superb event
with a top class field.
The 8 players are : Ken Doherty, Fergal O Brien, Michael Judge, David Morris,
Joe Delaney, Joe Swail, Patrick Wallace and Brendan O Donoghue.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW MATCH TIMES
Andrew Gray from Waterford SC won his second Under 17 Six red Snooker
Event in a row in the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow.
In the final Andrew beat Andy McCloskey from Nenagh 3 frames to 2
in a exciting final.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW IVY ROOMS U-17 RANKINGS
Frankie Dowling and Karl Fitzpatrick from the Ivy Rooms had a
good event in reaching the semi finals.
Karl Fitzpatrick won the highest break prize with a 51 Break
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Final
Andrew Gray 3 Andy McCloskey 2
Semi Final
Andrew Gray 3 Karl Fitzpatrick 1
Andy McCloskey 3 Frankie Dowling 0
The Summer Schedule 0f Events has been updated with coaching camps,
Home Internationals Training Days and Tournaments.
Any Affiliated Club wishing to add an event to this schedule should
contact the RIBSA office.
The RIBSA Council Meeting will be held on Saturday 18th July where the
Calendar of Events and Venues will be up for discussion.
If anybody is interested in hosting an event, please contact the
office by Friday 17th July by 6pm.
Following the Celtic Challenge two singles competitions were held on the
Sunday Morning 5th of July in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow.
It was hoped to involve the Welsh players but due to travel times
they were unable to compete so in the end it involve the top 10 players on
the Under 14 and Under 16 RIBSA rankings.
It was a great day of exciting snooker and was great training
for the players who will compete in the upcoming Home
Internationals in Pontins.
Daniel O Regan from Cork won the U-16 Event beating Josh Boileau
2 frames to nil in a great final.
In the Semi Finals; Daniel O Regan beat David Cassidy 2-1
and Josh Boileau beat Ryan Cronin 2-1
In the Under 14 event it was the two RIBSA Elite Squad players in the final
when Tom Hogan beat Aaron Tobin 2 frames to nil in a high quality final.
In the Semi Finals; Tom Hogan beat Dylan Scully 2-1
and Aaron Tobin beat David Shoer 2-1
CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL RESULTS
Finally : I would to congratulate all the Irish players on the Under 14 and
Under 16 teams who won the Celtic Challenge Title 81 frames to 67.
It was a fantastic achievement in beating a highly rated Welsh team.
As their Coach I was so proud of the way the players trained and played
for this years event and I hope it gives all the players who will qualify next
season the confidence to go over to Wales to retain the title .
RIBSA would like to thank Marion and Jim Leacy and the staff of the
Ivy Rooms for helping to make the event a big success.
The Republic Of Ireland Under 14 and Under 16 Teams won the Annual
Celtic Snooker Challenge in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow today.
Republic Of Ireland beat Wales 81 frames to 67 in a great contest
David Cassidy Captain Of The Under 16 Team and Tom Hogan captain
of the Under 14 Team lifted the silver perpetual cup up infront of the
large snooker crowd in Carlow.
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 14, 2009
21 year old David Hogan From Borrisokane Co Tipperary created history in Belgium yesterday when he became the first Irish man to win the European Snooker Championship.
The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association had a incredible championship with Tony Thorpe reaching the Last 32 and Brendan Thomas reaching the Last 16 in the Masters Event.
Brendan O Donoghue reached the Semi Final and Joe Delaney reached the
Masters Final with Mario and David reaching the Men’s Snooker Final
This weekend will see the Annual Celtic Snooker Challenge between
Wales and the Republic Of Ireland will be played in the
New Ivy Rooms Snooker Club In Carlow on the 4th and 5th of July.
This Year’s event will feature Junior U-14 & U-16 Snooker Teams.
The RIBSA U-14 Team is Tom Hogan Nenagh, Craig Robert Dublin
David Shoer Nenagh , Dylan Scully Carlow, Kenny Wight Youghal
and Aaron Tobin Youghal.
The RIBSA U-16 Team is David Cassidy Cork, Daniel O Regan Cork
Josh Boileau Newbridge, Daniel Dempsey Newbridge, Ryan Cronin Cork
and Glen Doyle Wicklow.
Both team have attended two days training with PJ Nolan and the boys are confident they can play their best game on Saturday.
Play begins on Saturday at 10.30am with both Teams playing
five Sessions of Matches.
On Sunday there will be a singles event and 8 players have recieved
wildcards to play in the Event along with the players on the
U-14 & U-16 Teams.
U-14 Wildcards : Andrew Doherty, Ross Doyle, Dylan Carey and Lee Walsh
U-16 Wildcards : Damian Collopy, Cathal Dunne, Andrew Gray
and Daniel O Mahony.
Snooker professional Fergal O Brien will star in a snooker Exhibition
in Ballina Co Mayo on Tuesday 21st July in Hineys Upper Deck,
Crossmolina, Co Mayo.
Fergal will play a selection of players plus the Irish U-19 & U-21
Champion Jason Devaney.
The Exhibition is being organised by Deel Rovers Snooker Club.
Tickets are available @ € 10 each and it promises to be a
great night of snooker.
For more Information please Contact Philip Kinsella 087 2555221
Some of our leading Junior players have been attending Summer Camp
Training days in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
The Camps are organised by PJ Nolan our National Coach.
There are still places a few places available for Week 3 and 4
Week 3 : Monday 20th - 24th July
Week 4 : Wednesday 29th - Friday 31st July
Price : 45.00 Euro for Training and Coaching 11am - 4pm
Contact the Ivy Rooms to book your place on 05991 37714
The draw for the Sangsom 6 Red World Grand Prix tournament due to start
in Bangkok from the 7th to 12th of July is now available to view.
Some of the world's top professionals including defending champion Ricky Walden, Shaun Murphy, John Higgins, Ryan Day, Mark Williams, Jimmy White, Ken Doherty and our very own Brendan O Donoghue are all involved in what should be a superb event.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW PLAYING SCHEDULE - DAY 1
CLICK HERE FOR DAY 2
CLICK HERE FOR DAY 3
Posted by RIBSA on May 27, 2009
Now that the RIBSA Season has come to an end with all of the National Championships finals been played.
All eyes now turn to a new summer schedule of events with coaching camps
and Tournaments.
Any Affiliated Club wishing to add an event to this schedule should
contact the RIBSA office.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE SUMMER SCHEDULE
Details have just been announced for the IBSF 2009 World U21
Snooker Championships in Iran from the 3rd - 14th August.
The 3 players and the reserve will be contacted this week by Team Coach
PJ Nolan about their availability to play in this event.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL DETAILS
Following the Annual General Meeting on Sunday the 21st of June
in Sport HQ Dublin a New RIBSA Committee was elected.
Jim Leacy - Chairman
John Doherty – Vice Chairman
Peter O Brien – Hon Secretary
Ger Murray – Treasure
Eamon Kearns – President
Arthur Greer – Vice President
Board Members
Jim Carrick
Phil Martin
Neil Shanahan
Greg White
Stephen Merrigan
Last Saturday the 20th of June we held the first Training Day for this years Celtic Challenge and you can view all the Results.
Team Training Day 2 on Sunday the 28th Of June.
The Annual Celtic Snooker Challenge between Wales and the Republic
Of Ireland will be played in the New Ivy Rooms Snooker Club
In Carlow on the 4th and 5th of July.
This Year’s event will feature a new format of Junior Snooker
with an Under 14 and a Under 16 Team Event and it promises to be
a great weekend of Snooker.
A singles event will now be held on the Sunday the 5th Of July.
The Event will feature the 6 Welsh players and the 6 Republic Of Ireland players plus 4 Wild Cards in 4 groups of 4.
The Wildcards for the Under 14's : Andrew Doherty, Ross Doyle,
Dylan Carey and Lee Walsh
The Wildcards for the Under 16's : Damian Collopy, Cathal Dunne,
Andrew Gray and Daniel O Mahony.
The Following players have qualified for the event and the players
must contact Team Manager / Coach PJ Nolan on 086 8634507 to confirm
their availability for this tournament.
The RIBSA U-14 Snooker Team
Tom Hogan - Nenagh
Craig Robert - Dublin
David Shoer - Nenagh
Dylan Scully - Carlow
Kenny Wight - Youghal
Aaron Tobin - Youghal
The RIBSA U-16 Snooker Team
David Cassidy - Cork
Daniel O Regan - Cork
Josh Boileau - Newbridge
Daniel Dempsey -Newbridge
Ryan Cronin - Cork
Glen Doyle - Wicklow
Final date for confirmation is Monday 1st June @ 6pm
Training Days have been scheduled for the 20th & 28th of June
in Carlow from 11am - 4pm with PJ Nolan
Posted by RIBSA on June 22, 2009
Daniel Dempsey from Newbridge CYMS won the recent Leinster 15's in
the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club In Carlow.
In the Final he beat Dylan Carey from the Spawell 2 frames to nil.
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 14, 2009
21 year old David Hogan From Borrisokane Co Tipperary created history in Belgium yesterday when he became the first Irish man to win the European Snooker Championship.
The final was an all Ireland battle with Mario Fernandez from St Johns
Limerick and the two Munster men played out a fantastic quality final
in front of a large audience in Antwerp.
The winning prize was something both players wanted along with the
European Title this was the EBSA Nomination for a wild card onto the
WSA main tour next season.
David went 1 up, Mario levelled with a 67 break, Hogan won the 3rd frame
and Mario won the 4th , Hogan got in first with a 66 break to win the last
frame of the morning session to take the advantage of 3-2 going
into the afternoon session.
After the interval Hogan came out on fire with breaks 103, 78, 45, 48
to go 6 frames to 2, Mario fought back with 47 and a 90 break to
close the gap to 6-4.
David got in first in frame 11 with a 50 break and despite fantastic
safety play from Mario, David managed to get over the line to win
the title he always wanted.
Chairman Jim Leacy – David Hogan Champion – PJ Nolan National Coach
Mario Fernandez played a superb match and was a fantastic ambassador for
the game and for Ireland, the support he got from Limerick and all across
Ireland was incredible.
Mario beat top class opponents from all across Europe in the championship
and he played great match-play snooker.
His friends and family support was the main reason he played so good and he
is assured of a great homecoming in Limerick from all his friends
and fiancée and Children.
David had a superb Championship with wins over Yvan-Van-Velthoven from Belgium 4 frames to 1 including a 101 break in the Last 32.
In the Last 16 he beat Sean Bullock England 5 frames to 4 .
He beat Tony Drago from Malta 5 frames to 1 in the Q Finals
and in the Semi Final he beat Sasha Lippe from Germany 6 frames to 0 with
breaks of 77, 89 and 103 to reach the final.
The Republic Of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association had a incredible championship with Tony Thorpe reaching the Last 32 and Brendan Thomas reaching the Last 16 in the Masters Event.
Brendan O Donoghue reached the Semi Final and Joe Delaney reached the
Masters Final with Mario and David reaching the Men’s Snooker Final.
Current Irish Number 1 Brendan O Donoghue and club mate of David has
already secured his main tour nomination reached the semi final with great
wins over Alfie Burden, Alex Borg and Defending Champion David Grace
before Losing 6 frames to 2 to Mario.
Inspiring The Next Generation
As the National Snooker Coach I hope David’s win will inspire the up
and coming junior players with the belief and confidence to follow in David’s footsteps to win major titles and onto the main tour.
David's dedication and training has helped him achieve this breakthrough and
his message to all the juniors in Ireland is to practice properly
and the success will follow.
David Hogan - 1999 Leinster Under 14 Snooker Champion
David Hogan - 2009 European Snooker Champion
All the players would like to thank everyone who texted wishing them good
luck and it really was a tremendous achievement for our Association
with all the players results.
TO VIEW RESULTS, PHOTOS, BREAKS
http://www.global-snooker.com/2009-european-snooker-championships.asp
Details have just been announced of a New Snooker Summer Camp.
The Camps will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Academy in Carlow.
The Camps are open to all players and playing standards and run selected
weeks from Monday to Friday in June, July and August.
PJ Nolan will be coaching at the camp.
Anyone Interested should Contact the RIBSA Office
01 - 6251150 or The Ivy Rooms Snooker Academy 05991 37714
to book your place in the camp
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 14, 2009
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Joe Delaney from 147 Club Wexford was beaten 6 frames to 3 in a superb
final of the European Masters in Antwerp.
Delaney won the opening frame against ex professional player
Darren Morgan from Wales, but Morgan fought back with 77 and
122 breaks to lead 2-1.
The Wexford Man levelled the match at 2-2, only for Darren to go
4-2 up until Joe had a 62 break to close the gap.
Morgan then went into overdrive with breaks of 65 and 77 to deny
the Irishman to win the title.
Joe Delaney ( Ireland ) Darren Morgan ( Wales )
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European Masters Runner Up Joe Delaney and Jim Leacy
European Masters Champion Darren Morgan from Wales
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 9, 2009
A remider to everyone that the RIBSA AGM will be held in Sport HQ
Parkwest Dublin 12 on Sunday 21st June at 3pm.
The Referees AGM will be held at 12 noon
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 12, 2009
The final of the 2009 European Championship will be between two Irish
players for the first time when David Hogan from Nenagh and Mario
Fernandez from St Johns Limerick will play in the final.
Both players will play for the European Title and the EBSA Nomination
for the WSA Main Tour Next Season.
Joe Delaney from the 147 Club Wexford has also reached the final of the
Masters Event and will play Darren Morgan in the final tomorrow.
It has been an incredible weeks play for the Republic Of Ireland Team at the European Snooker Championship in Belgium with 3 players in the finals.
David Hogan played a great semi final tonight when he beat Sascha Lippe
from Germany 6 frames to 0.
David had breaks of 89,41,40,49,77 and 103 in a match he controlled from
the first shot with superb safety and break building.
The other Semi Final was between the current RIBSA Irish number 1 and 2
Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh and Mario Fernandez.
O Donoghue made a break of 123 in the opening frame, but the Limerick man controlled the match after that to go 5-1 with breaks of 63, 69, 47, 46, 44.
Brendan made it 5-2 but again the St John’s man won the 8th Frame to win the Match 6 frames to 2 and qualify for the final tomorrow against David Hogan
Joe Delaney from 147 Club Wexford won his Semi Final match against
Ron Jones from Wales 5 frames to 4 in a superb match.
Delaney won the opening frame and the scores were leveled at 2-2, 3-3, 4-4
but in the decider Delaney got in first and controled the frame to reach
the final tomorrow against ex pro Darren Morgan from Wales
The Irish team again would like to thank everyone in Ireland for the texts
and phone calls and this support is helping them achieve this success.
SO COME ON IRELAND !!!!!! TEXT DAVID, MARIO AND JOE AND WISH
THEM GOOD LUCK TOMORROW !!!!!!!!!!!
Masters Final - Saturday - 10am
Joe Delaney ( Ireland ) v Darren Morgan ( Wales )
Mens Final - Saturday - 10am & 4pm
Mario Fernandez ( Ireland ) v David Hogan ( ireland )
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 12, 2009
It was another great night for the Republic Of Ireland Snooker Team at the European Snooker Championship in Belgium.
The Irish Team has made history tonight for the first time ever in the
European Championship.
Ireland have 4 players, 3 seniors and 1 master in
the Semi finals and i feel this is a major Achievement for our Association.
All four players won their Q Final matches to move into the Semi Finals.
One of the Semi Finals will be an all Irish battle with Brendan O Donoghue playing Mario Fernandez and David Hogan will play Sascha Lippe from
Germany in the other Semi in the best of 11 at 6pm.
Joe Delaney has also qualified for the Semi Final in the Senior Event
and will play Ron Jones from Wales.
The Irish team again would like to thank everyone in Ireland for the texts
and phone calls and this support is helping them achieve this success
SO COME ON IRELAND !!!!!! TEXT THE PLAYERS.
The Q - Finals
David Hogan played the match of the night when he beat tournament
favourite ex Professional Tony Drago from Malta 5 frames to 1.
The large crowd came to watch Drago who had won his last two matches 5-1
and 5-0 in less than an hour but he found the Nenagh man in top form.
Sasha Lippe now stands in the way of an all Irish Final on Saturday and
David is confident he can again play his best game and he will give it 100%.
Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh beat the 2008 European Champion David
Grace from England 5 frames 3 in a superb match but ‘ Brendan Slippery O Donoghue ‘ was too sharp for the English champion on the night.
His opponent will be the man who he fought all the way for the Irish Number 1 spot and the main tour nomination Mario Fernandez from St Johns Limerick.
Mario had a fantastic win over Main Tour player Jimmy Robertson from
England 5 frames to 3 to set up the All Irish Battle tomorrow.
Joe Delaney from 147 Club Wexford won his Q Final match against Peter Vohmotten from Belgium 5 frames to nil and will now play his old friend
Ron Jones from Wales in the Semi Final.
Darren Morgan from Wales will play David Brabiner from Jersey.
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 11, 2009
It was the night of amazing comebacks for all three senior players when they
came back from 2-4 down and 3-4 down to win 5 frames
to 4 and all go through to the Q Finals on Thursday at 6pm.
The Knock out action started at 10am in the European Snooker Championship
in Antwerp with the last 32 and the last 16 rounds in the mens
and masters evetnts.
It proved to be a another successful day for the Republic Of Ireland
National Snooker Teams.
Last 32 in the Mens Event.
David Hogan beat Yvan Van Velthoven from Belgium 4 frames to 2 including
a superb 103 break to book his place in the last 16 tonight against
Sean Bullock from England.
Mario Fernandez from St Johns had another fantastic win against young potting sensation from Poland Michal Zielinski 4 frames to 2 and he will face
Reind Dutt from Holland in the Last 16.
Mario has been getting plenty of text messages and phone calls from St Johns
and his family and the whole of Limerick is cheering him on as are all the other players and the entire team would like to thank everyone in Ireland
for all their support.
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Brendan O Donoghue found his best form of the tournament to beat
ex pro Alfie Burden from England 4 frames to 3 in an exciting match.
Burden almost made a maximum break in frames 3 when he potted
15 reds and 15 blacks only to miss the yellow, but it was the Nenagh man
who won the match to play Alex Borg from Malta in the last 16.
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Last 16 in the Masters Event.
Brendan Thomas played Darren Morgan from Wales in the last 16 round
tonight but lost 4 frames to 1 in an exciting match.
Darren Morgan had a 120 break in frame two but the Irishman had a superb tournament in his first European Masters Championships.
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Joe Delaney beat Crostas Konnaris from Cyprus 4 frames to 1 in the last 16
and will meet Peter Vertommen from Belgium at 6pm tomorrow.
Delaney controlled the match from the beginning and is fully focused on his
next match and he is confident he can play his best again tomorrow
in the Q Final.
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Last 16 in the Mens Event.
Mario Fernandez played a solid match against Reind Duut from Holland
tonight , but It was the Limerick man in unstoppable form again when he came back from 4 -3 down to win the final two frames to move into the
Q Final against Jimmy Robertson from England tomorrow.
David Hogan played Englishman Sean Bullock in a 5 hour battle which went to
the deciding frame before the Tipperary man won the frame
to move into the Q Final against Tony Drago from Malta.
Hogan was 3-2 down and 4-3 down but battled his way back to win
the match and he is really focused for his match tomorrow.
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Brendan O Donoghue played his match of the tournament to come from 2-4
down to beat former champion Alex Borg from Malta 5 frames to 4 in an
exciting match.
Borg had made a 103 break to go 4-2 up but the Irish number 1 showed
why he will compete on the professional tour next season reeled off 3
frames in a row to win 5 frames to 4
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SUPPORT FROM IRELAND
The Irish team again would like to thank everyone in Ireland for their support and encouragement and as the team coach I believe this is given them the winning edge …. SO COME ON IRELAND !!!!!!
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Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 10, 2009
The Republic Of Ireland Snooker Team had another great day on day six
of the European Snooker Championship here in Antwerp.
Joe Delaney and Brendan Thomas have already qualified for the last 16 in
the Masters Event and will play on tomorrow at 2pm.
TO VIEW MASTERS FULL DRAW
http://www.snooker.pl/turnieje/2009/me/en/mesd16_2009.php
BRENDAN THOMAS Vs DARREN MORGAN - WALES
JOE DELANEY Vs COSTAS KONNARIS - CYPRUS
Today's News is Brendan O Donoghue, Mario Fernandez and David Hogan
have qualified for the Last 32 knock out round of the mens event and
will play tomorrow morning at 10am.
TO VIEW MENS FULL DRAW
http://www.snooker.pl/turnieje/2009/me/en/memd_2009.php
MARIO FERNANDEZ ( 5 ) Vs MICHAL ZIELINSKI - POLAND
BRENDAN ODONOGHUE ( 24 ) Vs ALFIE BURDEN - ENGLAND
DAVID HOGAN ( 14 ) Vs YVAN VAN VELTHOVEN - BELGIUM
Mario Fernandez from St Johns had a superb day winning his 5th and 6th Matches to top his group with a 100% winning record.
Mario won 6 out of 6 group matches
At 10am Mario beat Thomas Fisher from Switzerland 4 frames to nil.
At 4pm Mario beat Jurgen Van Roy from Belgium 4 frames to nil.
David Hogan from Nenagh won his final group match to finish second in the group behind Alex Borg from Malta.
David won 5 out of 6 group matches.
Today David beat Michal Zielinski from Poland 4 frames to 2.
Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh lost his match today losing 4 frames to 2
to former European Champion Kevin Van Hove from Belgium.
Brendan finished number 2 in his group with five wins from six matches.
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 8, 2009
The Republic Of Ireland Snooker Team had another successful day on day 5
of the European Snooker Championship here in Antwerp.
Joe Delaney and Brendan Thomas have qualified for the last 16 in the
European Masters Event and will play on Wednesday.
David Hogan from Nenagh beat the former European Champion Alex Borg
from Malta 4 frames to 1 in an exciting match here in Antwerp.
The win means David has won 4 out of 5 matches and he plays his final
group match tomorrow at 1pm
Mario Fernandez from St Johns kept his 100% record when he beat
Baraiuq Al Urify from Sweden 4 frames to nil in a good match.
Mario has two remaining games tomorrow at 10am and 7pm but the Limerick
man is confident he can play his best snooker again.
Joe Delaney beat Chris Davidson from Northern Ireland 3 frames to nil in the
Last 32 of the Masters event here in Antwerp.
Tony Thorpe from Newbridge CYMS played Peter Vertommen from Belgium
in his last 32 match in the Masters Event.
Tony Played a solid match but lost 3 frames to 2 on the final black.
Tony and his Wife Rita in Antwerp tonight.
Brendan Thomas will be seeded No.5 in last 16 round of the Master event
on Wednesday at 2pm and he will play Darren Morgan from Wales.
Mario, David and Brendan O Donoghue will all be in action on Tuesday
in the Mens Event.
TO VIEW LIVE SCORES - www.ebsa.tv
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 7, 2009
The Republic Of Ireland Snooker Team had another great day on day 4 of the European Snooker Championship here in Antwerp.
All Irish masters players won thier final matches with Brendan Thomas,
Tony Thorpe and Joe Delaney all Qualifying for for the last 32 round.
Brendan Thomas finished NO.1 in his group and will be among the
top seeds for the draw tonight.
Mario Fernandez, David Hogan and Brendan O Donoghue have final froup
matches tomorrow and look good to qualify for the last 32 round in
the mens event.
Joe Delaney won his final group match against the number 1 player in his
group David Brabiner from Jersey 3 frames to 2.
Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh won his fifth match in a row when he beat Alexsandar Vucetic 4 frames to nil which included braks of 49, 55 and 82.
Mario Fernandez from St Johns won his third match in a row when he played superb snooker including breaks of 63 and 93 in a 4 frames to 1 victory over Crawford Mitchell from Scotland.
David Hogan from Nenagh played solid snooker to win his third match
from his four group matches with breaks 44, 45, 46 in a 4 frames to 1 victory
over Antti Mannila from Finland.
Tony Thorpe from Newbridge CYMS won his final group match
against Ahmad Sheta from Poland 3 frames to nil to qualify for the knock
out stages on Monday.
TO VIEW LIVE SCORES - www.ebsa.tv
There is no internet available at the venue so results will
only be updated at night.
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 6, 2009
The Republic Of Ireland Snooker Team had a great day 3 of the European Championship in Antwerp Belgium today.
All 6 Irish players won thier matches today and all they look like qualifying
for the knock out round next week.
Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh won his fourth match in a row in his group with a great win over Anthony Brabin from Cyprus 4 frqmes to 2
Mario Fernandez from St Johns played a solid match which included a superb
99 break in his second match against George Louca from Cyprus.
The Limerick man won the match 4 frames to 2.
David Hogan played superb with a number of breaks to beat Nezdylivskyi Viacheslav from Ukraine 4 frames to nil.
Joe Delaney had a superb 3 nil victory over Dirmina Cornel from Romania
in his third group match
Tony Thorpe from Newbridge CYMS got back to winning ways with an
excellent win over Emmanuel Jeandidie from France 3 frames to 1.
Brendan Thoms from the Spawell SC won his third match in a row with a
superb win over Patrick Werrebroeck From Belgium 3 frames to 2.
Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh won his third match in a row this morning with an outstanding victory over Farhan Mirza from Sweden 4 frames to nil including breaks of 35,53,48,44.
Joe Delaney will play at 4pm
David Hogan, Mario Fernandez, Brendan Thomas, Brendan O Donoghue
will all play here at 7pm tonight.
TO VIEW LIVE SCORES - www.ebsa.tv
There is no internet available at the venue so results will
only be updated at night.
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 5, 2009
The Republic Of Ireland Snooker Team had mixed results on day two of the European Snooker Championship in Antwerp Belgium.
Mario Fernandez from St John's Snooker Club in Limerick made a great start
to his championship with a superb win over the 2006 IBSF World Champion
Kurt Maflin from Norway.
Mario won the match 4 frames to 2 and he dedicated his victory to his fiancé Barbara and his two week old baby daughter Alexa.
Mario lost the opening frame but went 2 - 1 up, but Maflin came back to level
at 2-2 only for the Irishman to win the next two frames for a great victory.
Brendan O Donoghue made in two wins from two with an excellent win over David Vitzman from Israel 4 frames to 3.
Tony Thorpe from Newbridge CYMS lost his first match today when he was beaten by Kurt Desplender from Belgium 3 frames to 1.
Joe Delaney and David Hogan both lost to Iceland players today when Joe lost
to Brynjar Valdimarsson 3 frames to nil while David lost to Ingvi
Halldorsson 4 frames to 3.
Brendan Thomas from the Spawell SC in Dublin made it two wins in a row in
the Masters Event when he beat one of the favourites for the title
Tony Misfud from Malta 3 frames to 2 in a superb match.
Brendan celebrating his victory with his wife Maria in Antwerp
TO VIEW LIVE SCORES - www.ebsa.tv
There is no internet available at the venue so results will
only be updated at night.
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 4, 2009
The Republic Of Ireland Snooker Team made a great start to the European Championship here in Antwerp Belgium today.
Brendan Thomas from the Spawell SC had a superb win over Gilbert Engelobus from Belgium 3 frames to nil including a 77 break.
Tony Thorpe from Newbridge CYMS also had a great win over Urs Freitag
from Switzerland 3 frames to nil, while Brendan O Donoghue made a good start
to his event win a 4 frames to 1 victory over Granskas Tomas from Lithuania.
David Hogan from Nenagh won 4-1 against Belgium and Joe Delaney from the 147 Club in Wexford also won 3-0 in the Masters Championship.
Mario Fernandez from Limerick will play his first match on friday
TO VIEW LIVE SCORES - www.ebsa.tv
There are no wireless internet available at the venue so results will
only be updated nightly.
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 3, 2009
The 2009 European Snooker Championship is being held in Belgium
from the 3rd - 13th of June.
Action starts tomorrow at 10am with Brendan O Donoghue, Mario Fernandez
and David Hogan competing in the Mens Event and Tony Thorpe, Joe Delaney
and Brendan Thomas competing in the Masters Event.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR PLAYERS DATE AND TIME OF MATCHES
You can follow all the players results on ribsa.net
CLICK HERE TO VIEW GROUPS
TO VIEW LIVE SCORES - www.ebsa.tv
Posted by PJ Nolan on Jun 8, 2009
Everyone involved in Irish snooker were saddened to hear
Jack Carney from Wales has passed away today.
Jack was involved in the Welsh Snooker Association
firstly as a top player and then as the National Coach and press officer.
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
Posted by PJ Nolan on June 2 2009
Former Irish Snooker Champion Tom Gleeson from Nenagh was married
recently to margaret Dalton In Kilkenny.
A number of the top Irish players atended the wedding and gave the couple
a traditional Snooker send off from the church.
Holding the cues were Robert Murphy, Jason Watson, Rodney Goggins,
Brendan O Donoghue, Martin McCrudden, Patsy Farrell, Mark Coonan
and Vincent Meaney.
Jason Watson, Brendan O Donoghue, Rodney Goggins, Tom, Robert Murphy
and the new Irish Senior Champion Martin McCrudden.
Everyone involved in Irish Snooker wish Tom and his new Bride all the best.
Posted by RIBSA on May 31 2009
Karl Fitzpatrick from Carlow won the 2009 Leinster 21's Open in
the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
Karl beat Irish No.1 Under 16 player David Cassidy from Cork
2 frames to nil in a superb final.
Karl beat Shane Dowling 2-0, Gavin Stokes 2-1 and Vincent Muldoon
2-0 in the Semi Final
The Highest Break trophy went to Vincent Muldoon with a 70 break.
Irish Senior International Robert Murphy from Dublin presented the
trophies to both finalists.
Semi Finalist Line Up - Karl Fitzpatrick 2 Vincent Muldoon 0
David Cassidy 2 Chris Humphries 0
QUARTER FINALS
VINCENT MULDOON 2 -0 DYLAN SCULLY
KARL FITZPATRICK 2-1 GAVIN STOKES
CHRIS HUMPHRIES 2 - 1 DANE DALY
DAVID CASSIDY 2-0 DANIEL DEMPSEY
SEMI FINALS
VINCENT MULDOON 0-2 KARL FITZPATRICK
CHRIS HUMPHRIES 0-2 DAVID CASSIDY
FINAL
KARL FITZPATRICK 2-0 DAVID CASSIDY
HIGH BREAK VINCENT MULDOON 70
Posted by RIBSA on May 31 2009
Caesars Palace Snooker Club held the Galway County Championships last Sunday and high quality field took part in a very
entertaining days play
The first round did not go to plan for the fancied players with
defeats for Shane o Hara to a determined Cathal Gordon 3 1
and Hugh o Donnell going down to fellow Tuam player
James Corbett 3 2 while.
Current Champion Martin Divilly let slip a 2 frame lead only to
lose the deciding frame to Donal Foran throwing the
competition wide open.
The top seed Mark Walsh advanced to the semi finals with solid displays
against Ollie Martyn and James Fennessy 3 2 and 3 1 respectively
where he met Benny Fahy who was impressive in accounting for
John o Boyle and Dave Martyn 3 0 and 3 2
In the bottom half Doran Foran set up a semi final show down with Cathal Gordon and he raced into a 2 0 nil lead but Gordon fought back to level
it but Foran gained the upper hand and saw off the brave Gordon
Mark Walsh showed great form in the other semi final to beat Fahy
3 0 to face Foran
The Final was a one sided affair with Foran capitalising on the
errors from Walsh to race into a 2 0 lead and clinched the final
frame and match with a 43 break to capture his first Galway title
Shane o Hara had the high break of 116.
QUARTER FINALS
MARK WALSH 3 JAMES FENNESSY I
BENNY FAHY 3 DAVE MARTYN 2
DONAL FORAN 3 PAUL KEIGHERY 1
CATHAL GORDON 3 JAMES CORBET 2
SEMI FINALS
MARK WALSH 3 BENNY FAHY 0
DONAL FORAN 3 CATHAL GORDON 2
FINAL
DONAL FORAN 3 MARK WALSH O
HIGH BREAK / SHANE O HARA 116
The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow will hold the Leinster 15's and 21's Snooker Championships.
These events are open to all players and players can be 21 or 15 or under
The Leinster 21's is on 30th May
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL DETAILS
The Leinster 15's is on Saturday 13th June
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL DETAILS
2009 IRISH SENIOR SNOOKER FINAL IN THE IVY ROOMS
SNOOKER CLUB IN CARLOW
RESULT- David Hogan Vs Martin McCrudden 6-8
SECOND SENIOR TITLE FOR '' THE GUNNER ''
2009 IRISH SENIOR CHAMPION
MARTIN McCRUDDEN - CELBRIDGE SNOOKER CLUB
EAMON KEARNS AND JIM LEACY PRESENTS CUP TO MARTIN
RESULT- David Hogan Vs Martin McCrudden 6-8
Frame 1 Scores - 46-53 (Re-Spot) 43 Break McCrudden
Frame 2 Scores - 86-1 - 59 Break Hogan
Frame 3 Scores - 42-71 -36 Break McCrudden
Frame 4 Scores - 59-32 - Hogan
Frame 5 Scores - 82-17- 82 Break Hogan
Frame 6 Scores - 41-52 - McCrudden
Frame 7 Scores - 51-59 - Break 37 Hogan - Break 53 McCrudden
Fame 8 Scores - 72-6 Breaks 38, 30 Hogan
Frame 9 Scores - 48-102 - Break 39 Hogan - Breaks 38, 32 McCrudden
Frame 10 Scores - 59-28 Hogan
Frame 11 Scores - 0-74 -74 Break McCrudden
Frame 12 Scores - 23-60 - 53 Break McCrudden
Frame 13 Scores 56-26 - Hogan
Frame 14 Scores - 28-65 - 36 Break McCrudden
CELBRIDGE CLUB MATES - ALAN, BERNARD, AND DEREK
MARTIN AND HIS MUM & DAD
THE FINALISTS
RIBSA PRESENT MARION WITH FLOWERS
2009 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND Posted by PJ Nolan on May 23, 2009
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FULL PLAYING SCHEDULE pdf file
THE RESULTS MEANS THAT BRENDAN O DONOGHUE IS CONFIRMED
IRISH NUMBER 1 AND WILL RECEIVE THE RIBSA NOMINATION TO PLAY
ON THE MAIN TOUR NEXT SEASON.
SEMI FINALS - BEST OF 11 FRAMES
RESULT - TJ Dowling Vs Martin McCrudden 2-6
RESULT - Brendan O Donoghue Vs David Hogan 2-6
Q-FINALS RESULTS
Brendan O Donoghue Vs John Torpey 5-3
David Hogan Vs Colm Gilcreest 5-3
Robert Murphy Vs Martin McCrudden 1-5
Mario Fernandez Vs TJ Dowling 4-5
LAST 16 - RESULTS
David Hogan Vs John Sutton 5-0
Tom Gleeson Vs Colm Gilcreest 3-5
Tom O Driccoll Vs John Toppey 2-5
Brendan O Donoghue Vs John O Sullivan 5-0
Robert Murphy Vs Kevin Monroe 5-1
Johnny Williams Vs Martin McCrudden 1-5
TJ Dowling Vs Martin Divilly 5-3
Jason Waters Vs Mario Fernandez 3-5
Phil Arnold Intermediate National Champion 2009
SEMI FINALS - BEST OF 5 FRAMES
Phil Arnold Vs Jason Waters 3-2
Mike Howley Vs Brendan O Brien 2-3
FINAL - SCORE
Phil Arnold Vs Brendan O Brien 4-2
2008-2009 Intermediate Number 1 Ranking Shield Winner
Benny O Brien - Kilkenny SC
FINAL SCORE
Aidan Murray Vs Eugene Hughes 670-750
Ryan Cronin Under 16 National Champion 2009
FINAL - SCORE
Daniel O Regan Vs Ryan Cronin 2-3
2008-2009 U/16 Number 1 Ranking Shield Winner
David Casidy - Crucible Sc
Aaron Tobin Under 14 National Champion 2009
FINAL - SCORE
Aaron Tobin Vs Andrew Doherty 3-0
2008-2009 U/14 Number 1 Ranking Shield Winner
Josh Boileau - Newbridge CYMS
2009 RIBSA Number 1 and National Over 40 Champion
Brendan Cooney - Youghal CYMS
FINAL - SCORE
Brendan Cooney Vs Richard McHugh 5-3
FOUR IN A ROW
FINAL SCORE
Michelle Sherwin Vs Catherine Fitzsimons 4-0
Athony Flaherty Vs Joe Doheny 500-271
Match Breaks - 62, 61 Anthony Flaherty
The World Series of Snooker ' Champion Of Champions ‘was played in the Gleneagles Hotel in Killarney last weekend.
The entire event was a great success and it is hoped to become an annual
tournament on the Snooker Calendar.
Our four RIBSA under 19 players all played great snooker in front of
a large audience and live on Eurosport and were great ambassadors
for Junior Snooker in Ireland.
First up was Greg Casey playing Shaun Murphy and despite playing Greg
playing great snooker, Shaun Murphy was in unstoppable form and
eventually won the Tournament beating John Higgins 5-3 in the Semi’s
and Jimmy White 5-1 in the final.
Next up was Tony Moore playing Ken Doherty and the match was played
like a dream for young Corkman when he played his best match snooker
to lead 4-2 and the big upset almost happened but back came Doherty
to win the match 5-4.
Third match up was Andrew Gray playing Current World Champion
John Higgins, Andrew kept up with the Scot and won the fourth frame with a fantastic clearance of 22 to win on the black to send the crowd crazy,
but the World Champion came back to win the match 5-1.
The last Q-Final match on the night was Jason Devaney playing Jimmy White
and the young Mayo man won the opening two frames and made a 55
clearance to lead 3 – 0 and had chances to go 4 nil up and black to lead 4-3
but the whirlwind came back to win the match 5 frames to 3.
The four Snooker professionals were very impressed with our four RIBSA
U-19 players and they said that they were future professionals in the making.
RIBSA would like to thank Connie O Sullivan, David Joyce, Pat Maloney and Andrew Spillane and all their team for all their hard work in making
the event a great success.
During the World Series of Snooker a Coaching Clinic was held in the Gleneagles Hotel to promote the RIBSA Coaching Academy.
Irish National Coach PJ Nolan was on hand all weekend to pass on a few helpful coaching tips to the public.
As part of the event a coaching zone was set up just outside the arena and the public were treated to both coaching, skill games and a chance to see the pro's practicing before their matches.
PJ worked 10 hours a day passing on his methods and handing out practice
books and RIBSA manuals to the eager public who also got the chance to win
some great prices in some timed practice routines.
The event was a great success and even Jimmy White and Ken Doherty took
time out to talk to PJ about his training method and were impressed with his
new training programs.
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