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Rodney Goggins Points Billiards Champion 2013
Wexford’s Rodney Goggins, no stranger to championship snooker and always in the top bracket in the Snooker Rankings, has stamped his authority on the Billiards scene by retaining his National Billiards (points format) Championship title.
Aidan Murray Billiards 150 Champion 2013
Aidan Murray, 4 times Billiards champion and current No 1 in the Billiard rankings, won a tense and protracted battle for honours in the inaugural 150s Billiards championships against current Billiards champion, Rodney Goggins.
Senior 150 up Billiards Final
The RIBSA 150 up Billiards Points National final will be between Rodney Goggins from the 147 Club in Wexford and Aidan Murray from the Ivy Rooms after both players came through great semi finals wins with Aidan Murray beating Joe Doheny 3 -0 while Rodney Goggins 3-2.
Senior Billiards Points Final
The 2013 RIBSA National Billiards Points final will be between Rodney Goggins from the 147 Club in Wexford and Wayne Doyle from Q Club Wicklow or Larry Drennan from Kilkenny. The remaining Semi Final will be played on Sunday 12th May at 11am in the Ivy Rooms after Rodney Goggins beat Aidan Murray from the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club last Sunday in what was a repeat of last year’s final.
Intermediate Billiards Points Final
The 2013 National Intermediate Points Billiards Championships was played yesterday at the Ivy Rooms. There were a few new faces vying for a place in the final. It was two of those that reached the final. James Bateman from Kilkenny and Paddy English from Edenderry will now face each other in the Ivy Rooms during the National Finals weekend 24th-26th of this month. A full schedule of events for that weekend will be available soon.
Billiards Points Championships 2013
The Billiards Points Championships was played at the Ivy Rooms, yesterday 21st April. In the first round there was a few close matched with John Kehoe beating Ross Doyle 500-470; Liam O’Brien 500-439 against Brendan Devlin; Victor O’Gorman 500-353 against Aonghus McAnally; Timmy Murphy 500-185 Robert McCrum and Rodney Goggins 500-234 Joe Doheny.
Senior Billiards 150-up Championships 2013
The Senior Billiards 150-up Format National Championships was played at the Ivy Rooms yesterday 7th April. All matches were the best of 5. Aidan Murray made it to the final beating Brendan Devlin 3-0 and Joe Doheny. Due to the late hour the bottom half of the draw played to the semi-final, with Wayne Doyle and Rodney deciding to play their match at a date to be decided before the Nationals weekend. The final will be played on Saturday 25th May at the Ivy Rooms.
SENIOR BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Senior Billiards Championships takes place at the Ivy Rooms this Sunday 7th. Entries taken on the morning before 10:45 or phone 059-9137714. The two finalist on the day will then play their final at the National Finals weekend in May at the Ivy Rooms
WAYNE DOYLE WINS SENIOR BILLIARDS
Wayne Doyle won his first Senior Billiards event to-day at the the Ivy Rooms. Wayne beat the No. 2 seed 402-239 in the first round. He beat Timmy Murphy from Cork, 437-266 and then John Kehoe from Enniscorthy 511-256. The final was contested between Wayne and the No. 1 seed Aidan Murray, but it was Wayne who emerged the victor with a scoreline of 316-229. Wayne also had the highest break of the day with 104. The next event is on 7th April with the Championships on 21st April at the Ivy Rooms.
Intermediate Billiards 150-up Championships
The 2013 Intermediate Billiards 150-up Championships was played at the Ivy Rooms to-day down to the last 2. Liam Byrne from Edenderry and John Kehoe from Enniscorthy will contest the final to be staged during the Snooker and Billiards Championship Finals Weekend on 25th and 26th May at the Ivy Rooms.
Larry Drennan Wins in Newbridge
On Sunday 24th Feb. Larry Drennan from the Ivy Rooms won the 5th round of the Senior Billiards events at St Conleths CYMS, Newbridge in a hard fought final against Aidan Murray by 400 points to 300. After a long day of first class play which included some very close and exciting matches, none more so than Larry’s 400 – 395 victory over Wayne Doyle in the semi finals he was able to maintain his form right to the end. Congratulations to both player’s for a great match.
Murray and Drennan in Billiards Final
Aidan Murray will meet Larry Drennan in the final of round 5 of the senior billiards tour at Newbridge CYMS. Aidan over came Timmy Murphy from Cork AOH in the first semi final by a score of 400 – 268. The other Semi final proved to be a much tighter affair with Wayne Doyle taking the early initiative with breaks of 51, 54 and 56.