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Gilcreest Wins RIBSA Masters Event 1
The first of this year’s Masters Snooker tournament’s took place this weekend in Letterkenny. There were 14 competitors on the day and the wild card danger man in the first round was the un-seeded Colm Gilcreest who defeated Shane Gorman to continue to the Quarter finals. All the other seeds were successful in their first matches. The first Quarter final match saw Colm Gilcreest again proceed by toppling the number one seed Tom O Driscoll 3/0.
Gilcreest Wins Masters Championship
Colm Gilcreest who only turned 40 earlier this month won the final of the RIBSA Masters Snooker Championships when he beat Frank Sarsfield 5 frames to nil this morning in the Ivy Rooms Snooker in Carlow. Colm dedicated his victory today to his father who passed away last week
Masters Championship – Q Finals – Results
The Q-finals of the Irish Masters Championships are being played in the Ivy Rooms Snooker in Carlow this morning at 10am .
Q-Final line up for Masters Irish Championships
Exciting snooker was played today in the RIBSA Masters Championship which was played in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday. There were 44 entries in the Championship and the standard was very high with 3 centuries on the day with Colm Gilcreest making a 104, Keith Sheldreck 111 and Tom O’Driscoll 119.
Power wins Masters Ranking Event 8
Nigel Power from Celbridge SC won the eight RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday the 13th of April.
Sheldrick wins Masters Ranking Event 7
Keith Sheldrick from Q Club Wicklow won his maiden RIBSA Masters title today when he won the 7th RIBSA Masters event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday. In the final he beat event 6 winner Tom Gleeson three frames to one in a superb final.
Gleeson wins Masters Ranking No.6
Tom Gleeson from the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh won the 6th RIBSA Masters event of the season when he beat Tom O Driscoll three frames to nil in the final. Dylan Rees had the highest break in the event with a 91 break and Mark Tuite won the plate event.
RIBSA Honour Mark & Anthony on their European Win
This week RIBSA made a special presentation to Mark Tuite & Anthony Bonnar on their magnificent win after they won the (EBSA) European Team Championships in Serbia earlier this year.
Gleeson wins Masters Ranking Event 4
Tom Gleeson from Nenagh won the fourth RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow today. In the final he beat current No.1 Nigel Power from Celbridge 3 frames to 0 in a magnificent performance on the day.
Tuite Wins Masters Ranking Event 3
Mark Tuite from the Cue Club Killarney is back with a bang when he won the third RIBSA Masters Event of the Season with a 3-1 win over Dylan Rees from Waterford in a close fought final on Sunday in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. John McBride from Cavan had the high break of the competition with superb 66 break. A big Well done to everyone in making it a great success.
Power wins Masters Ranking Event 2
Nigel Power from Celbridge SC won the second RIBSA Masters Ranking event of the season in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on Sunday the 20th of October. There was 38 entries today making the Masters series this year one of the most exciting events on the RIBSA Calendar.
Power wins Masters Ranking Event 1
The first Masters Ranking Event took place in the Ivy Rooms Carlow on 15th September. Play commenced at 11am with 35 players. We have a few new faces contesting this year with Cathy Dunne representing the ladies. New to the fold are Adrian Morrissey, Ger McGann, Tom O’Driscoll, Nicky Ryan, Anthony O’Connor, Stephen Walsh, Michael Casey, Eugene Wall and Paul Griffin. Joe Delaney and Eamonn Kelly made a return after been missing in action for the last few years.