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Championships Day 2 Qualifiers
The Q-Final lineup has now been decided after day two of the 2013 RIBSA Irish Snooker Championships at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. The Irish Championship Q-Finals will be played in Carlow on Friday 24th May at 7pm.
Championships Day 1 Qualifiers
Day one of the 2013 RIBSA Irish Snooker Championships at the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow has just ended with four qualifiers from a great days play. Saturday qualifiers will join the Sunday qualifiers for the Championship Finals weekend in Carlow on Friday the 24th and Saturday 25th of May.
U/21 National Championship 2013
Josh Boileau was in scintillating form as he stormed through a high quality field to capture the only under age title he hadn’t won previously. He had breaks of 51, 54, 63 as he beat his first opponent Adam Fitzgerald 3-1. Adam had a 65 break in the frame he won. The highest break in the first round was a terrific 104 by Daniel Dempsey in his 1-3 defeat by Aaron Tobin. In the quarter finals the no. 1 seed Ryan Cronin lost out to a vastly improved Aaron Tobin 3-2.
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.
Sutton Wins Memorial Cup
Saturday saw the staging of the Inaugural Finbarr Ruane Snr Memorial Cup at CrossGuns in Dublin. Limited to just 32 players the handicap event drew a strong field included top Irish internationals and ex professionals such as David Hogan, Rodney Goggins, Joe Delaney, Colm Gilcreest , John Sutton ,Michael Judge , Tj Dowling Robbie Murphy,Johnny Williams , Stephen Murphy ,George Tierney and exciting junior talent Jason O’Hagan who was making his senior tournament debut.
Boileau wins U- 21 Championship
Josh Boileau from Newbridge CYMS won the 2013 RIBSA Under 21 Snooker Championship today Saturday the 4th of May in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. Josh beat Aaron Tobin from Youghal CYMS 4 frames to 3 in a superb match with Josh making a 80 break in the final frame to win the Irish title. Daniel Dempsey from Newbridge CYMS won the highest break prize with a superb 104 break.
2013 Irish Championships
The RIBSA National Senior Championships qualifiers will begin on the 11th and 12th May with the final stages held a fortnight later on the 24th-26th May in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow.
2013 Celtic Challenge
The 2013 Celtic Junior Snooker Challenge against Wales will be held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club on Saturday 22nd of June and it promises to be a great day of Junior Snooker. Five sessions of play will be played on the day at 10am, 11.30am, 2pm, 3.30pm and 5pm with all the matches consisting of 2 frames with a point for each frame won for his team.
2013 Junior Home International
The RIBSA Junior Snooker teams for the 2013 Home International have been finalized after the National Championships were held earlier this month.The Home Internationals will be held in Leeds from the 2nd – 9th of August. Full details on the 2013 Home Internationals will be announced shortly on www.ribsa.ie.
RIBSA Training Camp with PJ
Our National Coach PJ Nolan will hold a two day RIBSA training camp in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 7th and 8th of May. The players will train from 11am – 4pm. RIBSA have organised this two day camp to help our Republic of Ireland players prepare for next month’s European Snooker Championship in Poland.