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Ross Doyle wins U-19 Billiards Championship
Defending champion Ross Doyle (Dun Laoghaire) was in scintillating form as he successfully defended the U-19 billiards championships in Edenderry yesterday 20/05/12. The competition was played in group format, with each player playing each other in a round- robin. The top two after the round-robin would contest the final and the other five contestants playing in the plate competition. Ross came through the group winning all six of his matches.
Goggins wins Senior Billiards 2012
Rodney Goggins became the 2012 Senior Billiards Champion yesterday, 20th May, at the Ivy Rooms when he beat the No. 1 Aidan Murray by a very conviencing margin.
Intermediate Billiards Championships 2012
Wayne Doyle became the 2012 Intermediate Champion at the Ivy Rooms on Sunday 6th May. He beat John Kehoe from Enniscorthy 500-343 in the final. Wayne’s journey to the final saw him beat Aonghus McAnally 400-176 in the first round.
Senior Billiards Championships 2012
The Senior Billiards Championships was played down to the semi-finals to-day 29th April in the Ivy Rooms The line-up for the finals weekend in Letterkenny is Larry Drennan v Aidan Murray and Rodney Goggins v Eugene Hughes.
Goggins wins Senior Billiards No.7
Rodney Goggins won to-day’s event beating Aidan Murray in the final.
Hughes win Senior Billiards 6
Eugene Hughes wins the 6th event of the season beating Aidan Murray 350 – 238. Eugene holds on to his No. 1 place on the rankings with 10 points between himself and Aidan and one event to play before the Championships.
Intermediate Billiards
The 7th and final event of the season before the National Championships was held in Carlow on Sunday 11th. Aonghus McAnally took the honours beating Lloyd Myers in the final.
Murray wins Senior Billiards 5
Aidan Murray won the 5th Senior Billiards in the Ivy Rooms on Sunday 4th March beating Eugene Hughes 225-198 in the final.
Doyle wins Junior Biliards Event 3
Ross Doyle from Dublin won the third Junior Billiards Ranking event of the season in Edenderry SC on Sunday. In the final Ross beat Shane Menton from Spawell SC two games to zero in a high standard final Ger Murray tournament director congratulated Ross on a very good display.
Murray wins Pat O’Sullivan Memorial Cup
The Pat O’Sullivan Memorial handicap tournament was played at Carlow on Sunday, 22nd of January 2012. After a day’s play, Aidan Murray (Wicklow), in keeping with his position in the top ranking players in the country, was the well deserved winner on the day.
Intermediate Billiards {4}
The 4th Intermediate Billiards Event became a father and son affair yesterday when John Keogh met his father Andy in the final. But it was youth over experience when John emerged the winner with a 400-315 scoreline.
Hughes wins 4th Billiards Event
The fourth tournament of the Scratch Billiards series was played at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday, 11th of December 2011. Eugene Hughes, having bowed out at semi final stage in the previous two ranking events, both to last season’s No 1 ranked player Aidan Murray, more than made amends by taking the fourth tournament title of the season in a gripping final against Aidan.