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U/14 & U/16 Cue Schools
In the final of the first U/16 Cue School Adam Fitzgerald from Youghal awaits the winner of the match between Charlie Sweeney from Newbridge and the up and coming Corey Ramsbottom from the Ivy Rooms. Adam will have his hands full with either of these players.
Boileau Vs O’Donoghue in Final
The final of the 6th RIBSA Senior Ranking ‘The Grand Prix’ will be between Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh and Josh Boileau from Newbridge. The final will start at 2.45pm in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow this afernoon.
Grand Prix Semi Finals
There was two fantastic Semi Finals in the RIBSA Senior Ranking ‘The Grand Prix’ in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow this morning.
RIBSA Fund Raising Draw Results
The RIBSA Fund Raising Draw was made in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow yesterday with Alan Carton from Q Club in Wicklow winning first prize in the Draw.
RIBSA Grand Prix – Report 1
The 6th RIBSA Senior Ranking event of the season ‘The Grand Prix’ is being played this weekend in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow. There was a number of outstanding matches and performances from our leading and up and coming players on Saturday.
Ken Doherty Lucky Break – Cork
On Saturday the 2nd of March the first audition of the Ken Doherty Lucky Break competition was held in Douglas Snooker Club in Cork. This competition is being filmed for Setanta Sports TV Channel. 56 under 18 players attended to show off their skills. The players were judged by Ken Doherty, Gay Burns and our National Coach PJ Nolan.
Two Spanish Coaches train to be EBSA Coaches
This week two Spanish Snooker Coaches travelled to the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Ireland which is the EBSA Centre of Excellence to receive training from PJ Nolan in becoming qualified European Snooker Association Coaches.
Larry Drennan Wins in Newbridge
On Sunday 24th Feb. Larry Drennan from the Ivy Rooms won the 5th round of the Senior Billiards events at St Conleths CYMS, Newbridge in a hard fought final against Aidan Murray by 400 points to 300. After a long day of first class play which included some very close and exciting matches, none more so than Larry’s 400 – 395 victory over Wayne Doyle in the semi finals he was able to maintain his form right to the end. Congratulations to both player’s for a great match.
Under 16 RIBSA Cue School
The following 20 players have qualified for the RIBSA Cue School event 1 in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 3rd of March.
Under 14 RIBSA Cue School
The following 12 players have qualified for the RIBSA Cue School event 1 in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday the 3rd of March.
Masters Ranking Series Event 6
The 6th round of the Masters Ranking Series took place at the Ivy Rooms yesterday 24th February. Just 19 players participated in this event which usually commands up to 32 players. The number one seed, Mark Tuite made an early exit when he was defeated by Thurles man Ger Delaney 3-0 in the quarter-final. Nigel Power emerged the overall winner in a very close and exciting final against Anthony Bonnar. Anthony went 2-0 ahead. Nigel battled back and levelled the match 2-2.
Murray and Drennan in Billiards Final
Aidan Murray will meet Larry Drennan in the final of round 5 of the senior billiards tour at Newbridge CYMS. Aidan over came Timmy Murphy from Cork AOH in the first semi final by a score of 400 – 268. The other Semi final proved to be a much tighter affair with Wayne Doyle taking the early initiative with breaks of 51, 54 and 56.