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O’Donoghue Wins Senior Event 2
Brendan O Donoghue won the second ranking event of the season when he beat Greg Casey from Cork 5 frames to 4 in an exciting final in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny Co. Donegal.
Goggins Wins Senior Event 1 RIBSA Classic
Rodney Goggins from the 147 SC Wexford won the RIBSA Classic and the first ranking event of the new season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend.
Senior Events
RIBSA’s main flagship events are the Senior Ranking Events which this year will be spread back around the country with tournaments held in several clubs.
Devaney captures 2011 Senior Title
Jason Devaney from Crosmolina Snooker Club in County Mayo created Irish snooker history this weekend when he won the Republic Of Ireland Senior National Championship. In the final Jason beat Irish Number 1 player David Hogan from Nenagh 8 frames to 6 in a superb quality final in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The win ends a fantastic season for the 18 year old Ballina man who also won the Under 19 National Championship and the Under 21 National Championship in 2011.
Rodney Goggins wins 2011 Irish Masters
The 5th Senior Snooker Ranking Event in the RIBSA Senior Series was played in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. Rodney Goggins and Robert Murphy reached the final with superb quality snooker over the weekend to compete in the RIBSA Irish Masters Final. Both players will on the Republic of Ireland A team along with Brendan O’Donoghue that will play in the European Team Championship in Malta next month
O’Donoghue wins the 2011 RIBSA Classic
The 7th Senior Snooker Ranking Event of the Senior Series The RIBSA Talbot Classic was played in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. Brendan O Donoghue won the event to secure another RIBSA senior ranking title with great victories over Stephen McSherry 3-0, George Tierney 3-2, Daniel O Regan and Colm Gilcreest 4-3 in the semi final.
Rodney Goggins picks up 2011 Grand Prix Title
The 6th Senior Snooker Ranking Event ‘ The RIBSA Grand Prix ’ was played in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. In this RIBSA Senior Final it was Dublin Man Robert Murphy who reached the final to face Wexford man Rodney Goggins who both played superb quality snooker over the weekend.
David Hogan lifts the Premier Cup
The 4th Senior Snooker Ranking Event ‘ The Premier Cup ‘ was played in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow over the weekend. Two of the best young players in the country reached the final when David Hogan from New Institute Nenagh faced Vincent Muldoon from Maynooth SC in a repeat of the last Senior Ranking Final played back in November.