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Doheny wins Paddy Murray Memorial
Having been postponed several times due to Covid precautions, the Inaugural Paddy Murray Memorial handicap tournament eventually took place at Edenderry on Sunday, 11th of December 2022. After a day’s play, which saw many interesting games and several surprise results, the trophy went to Joe Doheny (Borris-in-Ossory), a fitting reward for the consistently high standard of play he showed throughout the day.
England Win 4 Nations Billiards
The long awaited Four Nations Billiards International took place in Celbridge Snooker Club, Co. Kildare on the weekend of 3rd and 4th December after a three year gap as the covid-19 pandemic put a hold on billiards activity. So it was a welcome return by all players and officials alike and the weekend finished with England as worthy winners once again to make it four successive outright wins on the bounce.
4 Nations Billiards International
The draw for next weekend’s 4 Nations Billiards International has just been announced after a meeting with the four-team managers and the Tournament Director, Clive Scott.
Murray wins Billiards event 3
The third SBI Billiards Ranking Event of the season took place on Sunday 13th November at AOH club in Cork. The format was 90 minutes and 10 players took part, the event was a big success that resulted in reigning national champion Aidan Murray taking the spoils and maintain his Number 1 spot on the billiards rankings.
The Paddy Murray Memorial Billiards
The Paddy Murray Memorial Billiards Tournament will take place in Edenderry Snooker club on December 11th. SBI handicap system will be used.
Dowling wins Timmy Murphy Memorial
The annual Timmy Murphy Billiards Memorial took place on Sunday 30th October at Celbridge Snooker Club which witnessed Jason Dowling from Rathkeale in Co. Limerick retain the trophy that he won last year in convincing fashion. Nine players took part in this special event in memory of the popular billiards player from Cork which now entered its seventh year since it was first introduced in 2015.
Doyle Wins Victor O’ Gorman Classic
The second billiards ranking event of the season took place on Sunday 9th October in Celbridge Snooker Club which was also introduced a trophy for the event known as the Victor O’ Gorman classic. Fittingly it was Victor’s practicing partner and fellow Dun Laoighaire man Wayne Doyle who had the honour of winning the first special tournament in memory of the four time Irish Billiards Champion.
Murray wins Billiards Event 1
The first SBI Billiards Event of the season took place on Sunday 11th September at the Snooker and Billiards Ireland Academy of Excellence in Carlow. The format was best 3x150s with 10 players taking part. However there were two walkovers as two players were a no show so there was only pre quarter match between Joe Doheny and Brendan Devlin which Joe got the better of Brendan in two straight games.
Billiards Home Internationals 2022
The Snooker & Billiards Ireland Billiards Team of Aonghus McAnally Aidan Murray and John Kehoe are competing in this year’s Home Internationals in the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds this weekend.
2022 World Billiards Championship – Singapore
On behalf of World Billiards, the World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association (WPBSA) and Cuesports Singapore, I have the pleasure of inviting you to send your players to participate in the 2022 RoSSA World Billiards Championship, to be played in Singapore from Monday 21st to Thursday 24th November 2022.
Aidan Wins SBI National Billiards Long Up Format
Aidan Murray from Wicklow won the 2022 SBI National Billiards Long Up Format Championships in the SBI HQ in Carlow on Sunday the 22nd of May.
Anthony Wins SBI Billiards Championship Short Format
Anthony O Flaherty from Rathkeale Snooker & Billiards Club in Co Limerick won the SBI National Billiards Short Format in the SBI HQ in Carlow on Sunday the 22nd of May.