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LIVE SCORE - WORLD SEMI FINALPosted by The Administrator on Nov 7, 2008
HE DID IT COLM IN WORLD FINAL TOMORROW FINAL : THAILAND V REPUBLIC OF IRELAND IBSF WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIPS - AUSTRIASEMI FINAL - BEST OF 13 FRAMES
LATEST Colm Gilcreest - Rep Of Ireland - 7Soheil Vahedi - Iran - 5
Frame 1 - 70 Break Colm - REPUBLIC OF IRELANDFrame 2 - 60 Break Colm - REPUBLIC OF IRELANDFrame 3 - IRANFrame 4 - IRANFrame 5 - IRANFrame 6 - IRANFrame 7 - 46 Break Colm - REPUBLIC OF IRELANDFrame 8 - REPUBLIC OF IRELANDFrame 9 - REPUBLIC OF IRELANDFrame 10 - IRANFrame 11- REPUBLIC OF IRELANDFrame 12 - REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Come On Ireland !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OTHER SEMI FINAL OVER THEPCHAIYA UN-NOOH - THAILAND 7 - XIAO GUODONG - CHINA 4 GILCREEST WINS 6-5Posted by The Administrator on Nov 7, 2008 |
| PLAYER | PLAYED | WON |
| BRENDAN O DONOGHUE | 6 | 4 |
| COLM GILCREST | 6 | 6 |
| MARTIN McCRUDDEN | 7 | 7 |
| JOE DELANEY | 6 | 6 |
| KEVIN MONROE | 6 | 3 |
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.
RESULTS
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.
Joe has now won all four matches in his Group
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.
DONEGAL SNOOKER LEAGUE
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
The Entry fee is 20.00 euro for Over 19's and 10.00 euro for Under 19's
Please Note :
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.
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
Semi Finalists : Eoin Collins & Eoin McCay
Highest Breaks : 50 Damien Collopy & Stephen Markham
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
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UNDER 19 RANKING EVENT 1 DRAW
Posted by The Administrator on Oct 15, 2008