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Goggins beaten 2-6 in Semi Finals
Rodney Goggins from Wexford lost his Semi-Final tonight in the 2012 European Snooker Championship in Latvia when he was beaten 6 frames to 2 by number 1 seed Scott Donladson from Scotland. Goggins played his heart out and was 2 – 1 up before the 18year old Scottish champion came back to win five in a row.
Comeback kid O’Donoghue wins
Irishman Brendan O Donoghue made a sensational comeback from 2 frames to 4 down to beat ex champion Kristjon Helgason from Iceland 5 frames to 4 in a fantastic match in the Q-Finals of the 2012 European Snooker Championship here in Latvia tonight.
E.B.S.A. Coaching Clinic
Our National Coach PJ Nolan held an EBSA Coaching Clinic at 2012 European Snooker Championship in Latvia today. Current EBSA head Coach PJ Nolan, David Vaitzman ( Israel ), Alex Borg (Malta) and Stephane Ochoiski from France trained various players from all around Europe where coaching is not widely available in their own countries.
EBSA Opening Ceremony 2012
The Opening ceremony of the 2012 European Snooker Championship was held tonight here in Latvia in front of a large audience in the Daugavpils Olympic Stadium.
RIBSA Training Day
The RIBSA players travelling to Latvia next week for the European Championships had a training day with our National Coach PJ Nolan on Tuesday in the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow.
Yeates Wins National Intermediate Title
Andrew Yeates from the Royal Snooker Club in Navan was crowned 2012 Irish Intermediate Champion in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny over the weekend.
Muldoon wins his third title
Vincent Muldoon was crowned the 2012 Irish Champion after a convincing 10-5 victory over Martin McCrudden in the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny today. Muldoon reached the final after some very good wins on Saturday over Robert Redmond and Johnny Williams and he brought that form into todays final to win his third Irish title.
Youghal Juniors steal the show
Day One of the championships weekend is now over and it will be McCrudden against Muldoon in the mens senior final tomorrow, and what a match that should be. An action packed day was had here in the Northwest Snooker Club with four newly crowned Irish Champions in the various categories.
And then there were four!
As the temperature hit the high twenty’s in Letterkenny things certainly heated up in the Irish Championships this morning as the breaks started flying in the Northwest Snooker Club. Muldoon started the ball rolling with breaks of 75 and 133 helping him to an early 3-0 lead over Redmond.
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.
In Memory Of Finbarr Ruane Snr
On the 18th May 1992 Irish Amateur Snooker lost without doubt one of it’s greatest ever servants. The passing of Finbarr Ruane Snr after a long illness stunned the snooker community not only on these shores but right across the snooker world.