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Rodney in 24hr Snooker Marthon
23 May 2013
Rodney Goggins from the 147 Club in Wexford town will be holding a 24hr Snooker Marathon in aid of Hope Cancer Support Centre. The Marathon begins in the 147 Club in Wexford on Friday 21st of June at 8pm and finishes on Saturday 22nd June at 8pm. If any play would like to play with Rodney or donate to the charity they should contac... Read more
National Doubles Championships 2013
20 May 2013
The National Doubles Championships was held yesterday 19th May at the Ivy Rooms, Carlow. The Event attracted 16 teams from all over Ireland. With four groups of four the top two from each group progressed into the quarter-finals. Quarter-finals: Greg Casey/David Cassidy 3 v 0 Jason Burns/Thomas Forde John O'Sullivan/Benny O'Bri... Read more
Sutton Wins Memorial Cup
06 May 2013
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 W... Read more
Dan Carroll World Snooker Coach At Cue Zone
03 May 2013
The 2013 Betfair World Snooker Championships are into the semi final stages this week and World Snooker invited Dan Carroll to take part in the Cue zone and attend refresher coaching and seminar training during the middle weekend of the Championships. The Cue zone is where the World coaches are given a stage to help hone their skills and encoura... Read more
The €4,000 Griffith Tour 3 2013
01 May 2013
The Griffith Masters was the 3rd Tour event of the season that got underway at Sharkx Newbridge recently and the days competition was again a very tense and competitive occasion. In the top half of the draw at the quarter final stage, Dan Carroll overcame the number 1 seed Ronan Deegan 2 frames to 1 in a close match. Paddy Fagan was in good form... Read more
Dublin Snooker Federation Cup Event 2013
19 Apr 2013
The Dublin Snooker Federation Team Cup was held over the last few weeks with the final being staged at Sportslink Snooker club. The Quarters and Semi finals were played in Joeys Snooker club and the teams really enjoyed the event. A frame handicap was introduced and depending on your end of season league table place your team handicap... Read more
Dublin Snooker Federation Individual Tournament 20…
14 Apr 2013
The 12th Dublin Snooker Federation Individual tournament took place at Joeys Snooker Club Dublin recently. Ronan Deegan was in good form in the top half of the draw seeing off Joe Roche 2 nil in the last 16 and Larry O'Dea 2 nil in the quarters with breaks of 42,38 and 37 along the way to the semis. In the semis he met Jimmy Howard and their... Read more
Dan Carroll Coaching Academy
14 Apr 2013
The second installment of coaching for the young players of the CY club in Portarlington took place Saturday 13th April by World Snooker Coach, Dan Carroll. The group were put through their paces over the course of the day with practice routines and simple alternatives to the 15 red game in order that everyone would get equal table time and enco... Read more
Dan Carroll Coaching Academy
12 Apr 2013
A two day coaching camp was held in Sharkx Snooker Club recently and was met with great enthusiasm and the need to improve their game by the young players in attendance. Each were assessed by World Snooker Coach, Dan Carroll and emphasis on technique and psychology of the game were the order of the two days. Also a training routine program was i... Read more
Finbarr Ruane Memorial Cup
12 Apr 2013
Finbarr Ruane Snr Memorial Cup To Celebrate The 21st Anniversay Of His Passing A Tournament Will Be Held In CrossGuns In Saturday May 4th 2013. The Tournament Is Strictly Limited To 32 Entries Will Be Held Over One Day And Run On The Same Handicap Basis As Used In The Recent Easter Pro Am. Entry Fee Is €50 Winner €1000 And Cup Runne... Read more
Dublin Snooker Federation League 2012-2013 Season
11 Apr 2013
Mountjoy Snooker Club take the Dublin Snooker Federation League title in style this season. Only dropping 3 frames during the first half of the league gave them the edge they needed to keep on track for the title. They had great wins over last years winners Griffith A and Sportslink B both of which were the ones to watch. Mountjoy... Read more
The €4,000 Griffith Tour 2 2013
06 Apr 2013
Ronan Deegan took the 2nd Tour event of the season at Joeys Snooker Club recently beating Steve Patten in the final. Ronan now goes into the number one spot with 250 points closely followed by Steve Patten on 240 and Stephen McAdam on 230. So its close at this point but all can change over the coming months with the other players making good pro... Read more
Portarlington CY joins Stars Academy Ireland
03 Apr 2013
Portarlington Snooker club have just re-opened and became the 27th club to come on board with Stars Academy Ireland in their support of the junior game. With now over 600 young players taking part in Stars Academy events this season the sport is growing throughout Ireland. These young people are now coming out and playing snooker and supporting ... Read more
Dan Carroll Coaching Academy
01 Apr 2013
The Coaching Academy is now up and running since February with a group of young players signed up for the first coaching course to be held over the next 8 months. Each student received a polo shirt and practice routines on the first camp in Sharkx Newbridge along with an assessment to include alignment, technique and a brief on the Psychology of... Read more
Stephen Lee Exhibition at Joeys Snooker Club Dubli…
31 Mar 2013
Stephen Lee made an appearance recently at Joeys Snooker Club, Dublin and took on some of the local snooker talent along with extending the event to include more of the visitors in attendance. Joe Lyons officiated as referee for the evenings entertainment and while it was a very relaxed and enjoyable evening the standard of play from ... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland U/17 2013
29 Mar 2013
A good turnout of young players at Joeys Snooker Club, Dublin for this event and we hope that this will encourage more young players to come and enter the Dublin junior events in the future. I have been involved in the Dublin junior leagues right from the onset back in 1987 when the late Dermot Dalton was organising the junior events and I subse... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland U/16 2013
20 Mar 2013
Saturday 16th March saw the U/16 Stars Academy Ireland event take place in Joeys Snooker Club Dublin. Again the players turned out to support. With Stars Academy Ireland building its membership weekly its only a matter of time when the number of players entering will mean that we will have to run only one event on the day rather than two as has ... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland U/16 & U/17 Date and Venue C…
13 Mar 2013
The Stars U16 & U17 Events will now be held in Joey's Snooker Club, Dublin on March 16th and NOT as per RIBSA Calendar, this change is due to Cue School now being held in Carlow. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. To enter you can leave your name at reception in Joeys by calling in or phoning 01-8187633 or Dan Carroll at 085-73733... Read more
Gilcreest wins Celtic Links Event
12 Mar 2013
Congratulations to Colm Gilcreest on winning the Celtic Links Ferries open beating George Tierney by four frames to one in the final picking up the 350 euro first prize. The 147 Club, Wexford would like to thank everyone who has taken part in the three tournaments and hope to see you all in the next tournaments. The owners would al... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record Group …
04 Mar 2013
Leighlinbridge Primary School from Carlow were the 10th School Group to come on board to help in breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest snooker tournament, 51 students took part and were introduced to snooker by World Professional Snooker Coach and Stars Academy Ireland Events Director Dan Carroll,to a great day out in the Ivy Rooms ... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland U/15 2013
03 Mar 2013
The U/15 Stars of the future was held in Joeys Snooker Club Dublin on Saturday 23rd February. We had a great turnout for this event and again the standard of play was high. In the top half of the draw both Charlie Sweeney from Kildare and Corey Ramsbottom from Carlow were in great form reaching the semi finals with relative ease. Charlie had bre... Read more
10K Easter Handicap At CrossGuns And Terry Rodgers
26 Feb 2013
This Easter CrossGuns Snooker Club & Terry Rodgers Snooker Club Will Host The Biggest Ever Amateur Snooker Tournament In Ireland. With €10,000 In Prize Money. The Tournament Will Be Handicapped And Open To The First 128 Players with the Entry Fee of €55.00 The Tournament Will Commence Good Friday Morning With The Final Easter Su... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland U/14 2013
26 Feb 2013
On Saturday 23rd February 2013 the 33rd Stars Academy U/14 event got underway at Joeys Snooker, Dublin. The standard of play among these young players is ever improving. Darragh Cusack was in flying form seeing off Dylan O'Connell in the last 16 2 frames to nil and Dylan Hurley 2 nil in the quarters and a big 2 nil win over the current U/12 &... Read more
Johnny williams wins 12th Anthony Quinn Memorial
18 Feb 2013
St. Conleths CYMS member Johnny Williams won the 12th running of the Anthony Quinn Memorial with a 4 frames to 1 victory over his clubmate Flan Hayes. Once again the tournament attracted entries from around the country with 63 players going to post on Friday night, a testament to the drawing power of this prestigious annual invitational. ... Read more
McCrudden see's off Star Studded Field in Navan
17 Feb 2013
Martin McCrudden wins the Royal Navan Snooker Tournament, defeating Patrick Wallace in the final on a nerve tingling Black Ball Finish. In a star studded field including Stephen Lee, Rodney Goggins, Michael Judge, Joe Swail, Colm Gilchrist, plus many more, eventually the Celbridge man came out on top in a very exciting finale to ths tough PT... Read more
Johnny Williams Triumphs in Newbridge to lift the …
17 Feb 2013
CYMS Newbridge Anthony Quinn Memorial Final Result Johnny Williams 4 - 1 Flan Hayes Congratulations to the 'Sniper' who won todays Anthony Quinn Memorial Snooker Tournament Final. From CYMS Newbridge "Anthony Quinn memorial After all the planning,p reparation,and hard work the Anthony Q... Read more
McCrudden v Wallace decider in Navan
17 Feb 2013
Martin McCrudden has defeated Rodney Goggins in the semi-final of the Royal Navan snooker tournament. The Final now in Play is going to be a cracker. Final Martin McCrudden versus Patrick Wallace. Read more
Latest from Royal Navan
17 Feb 2013
Patrick Wallace had a sensational 4 frames to 1 win over Stephen Lee in the Semi Final. He will play either Martin McCrudden or Rodney Goggins in the Final Read more
Williams versus Hayes in the Anthony Quinn Memoria…
17 Feb 2013
Flan Hayes will roll back the years if he can defeat Johnny Williams in the Anthony Quinn Memorial Snooker Final at CYMS Newbridge. The Best of 7 frames final is now in play. Full result here on www.ribsa.ie Read more
Latest from CYMS Newbridge
17 Feb 2013
Anthony Quinn memorial Semi final result Benny O Brien 0 - 3 Johnny Williams Flan Hayes currently 1 up against Gary Ryan Read more
Results from Royan Navan
17 Feb 2013
Royal Navan Tournament Breakdown. (CURRENTLY SEMI FINALS IN PLAY) Round 1 1st round byes: Andy Yeats, John Duffy, Colm Gilchrist, Rodney Goggins, Michael Judge, Trevor McConnell. 1st Round Results (All matches in Tournament best of 7 frames) Patrick Wallace ... Read more
CYMS Newbridge Semi-Final Line-ups (In Play)
17 Feb 2013
Anthony Quinn Memorial Snooker Semi Finals at CYMS Newbridge Semi Finals now in play (Best of 5 Frames) Benny O’Brien v Johnny Williams Flan Hayes v Gary Ryan Results here on www.ribsa.ie or on Facebook page RIBSA PRO Official Read more
Latest news from the Anthony Quinn Memorial at CYM…
17 Feb 2013
Latest from CYMS Newbridge Quarter Final Results Johnny Williams defeated Stephen Merrigan Snr Garry Ryan defeated Jim Carrick Benny O’Brien defeated Joe Corrigan Currently in Play Flan Hayes leads Ernie Mc Mullen 2-1 Semi Final Line-ups Johnny Williams v Benny O’Brien Garry Ryan v Ernie McMullen/Flan Hayes &n... Read more
Lee Dominates so far at Royal Navan
17 Feb 2013
Royal Navan Invitational Semi Finals Format (Best of 7 Frames) 2pm Stephen Lee v Patrick Wallace (+12) Rodney Goggins v Martin McCrudden Final will be at 4pm. Full breakdown of the tournament, plus latest news and results here all day on www.ribsa.ieand on Facebook page RIBSA PRO Official all day. Read more
Finals Day at the Anthony Quinn Memorial
17 Feb 2013
CYMS Newbridge Anthony Quinn Memorial Quarter Final Line Up Ernie Mc Mullen versus Flan Hayes Jim Carrick versus Gary Ryan Johnny Williams versus Stephen Merrigan Snr Joe Corrigan versus Benny O’Brien The quarter finals and the semi finals are the best of 5 frames, the Final is the best of 7 frames. ... Read more
Anthony Quinn Memorial In Full Swing at CYMS Newbr…
16 Feb 2013
Anthony Quinn Memorial In Full Swing at CYMS Newbridge This very important tournament started on Friday evening and continues through to the close of play tomorrow evening. The format of play is the best of five frames until the Final which will be the best of Seven Frames. The full quarter final draw will be here tomorrow mor... Read more
Royal Navan latest news
16 Feb 2013
Joe Swail has the high break at the moment at the Royal Navan Open Tournament in a star glittering event. The format of play has been identical to World Snookers PTC matches with the best of seven right through to the final. Play started this morning and currently Stephen Lee awaits the winner of Joe Swail or Rodney Goggins to complete o... Read more
The €4,000 Griffith Tour 1
14 Feb 2013
The Griffith Tour got under way at Sharkx Snooker Club, Newbridge on Saturday 9th February. With the interest growing for these events we are able to increase the prize fund and we hope that will be the norm for its future. This is all about grassroots snooker, giving players the opportunity to play competitively and improve their standard of pl... Read more
Royal Navan Snooker Open
10 Feb 2013
On Saturday the 16th and Sunday 17th of February The Royal Snooker Club In Navan will be holding an open handicapped snooker tournament for amateurs and professionals. The Entry Fee is €100.00 plus €5.00 registration. The registrationwill cover all table charges through out the tournament. To find out your own handicap and enter go to their ... Read more
CELBRIDGE are Back-to-back All Ireland Snooker Clu…
03 Feb 2013
IT’S FINALS DAY in Killarney and Celbridge are Back-to-Back All Ireland Snooker Club Champions 6.40pm Day three here at the All Ireland Snooker Club Champions at the Gleneagle Hotel and St Matthews opened their account this morning in their Quarter Final match defeating the Dublin League side from the Spawell Darcy McGees A by three matc... Read more
The Anthony Quinn Memorial
30 Jan 2013
The annual Anthony Quinn Memorial Snooker Tournament will be held on the 15th, 16th and 17th of February the Newbridge CYMS in Co. Kildare. This event attracts the top players each season from all over and Josh Boileau is current defending champion. Anyone interested in playing please contact by phone or message on 0861015114 with your name ... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland U/13 2013
29 Jan 2013
Saturday 26th January saw the U/13 Stars Academy Ireland event take place in the Ivy Rooms Carlow. Again the entries were up on last year along with the standard of play. For the first time ever two young ladies entered and had a great experience of competition play, Emirjeta Doda and Emily Bolger both fought hard but unfortunately we... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland U/12 2013
28 Jan 2013
The start of the new Stars Academy Ireland season kicked off with the U/12 event on Saturday 26th January at the Ivy Rooms Carlow, with entries up on last year and representatives from Carlow, Dublin, Kilkenny, Laois, Mayo and Cavan set the scene for a great days snooker. Our first young lady player since the mid 1990's Emily Bolger f... Read more
New Institute going for a Munster Hatrick
22 Jan 2013
The 2013 Munster Snooker Club Championships will start this coming Friday Morning the 25th of January at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney.The tournament is in its 31st year and the current champions the New Institute from Nenagh Co. Tipperary are going for three-in-a-row.There will be 12 teams from Cork City and County as clubs like Youghal CYMS... Read more
New Dublin Snooker Coaching.
21 Jan 2013
Joey's Snooker Club,Harmonstown Road ,Dublin 5, is pleased to announce regular Snooker Coaching lessons every Saturday from 2pm until 6 pm for all Junior Players. Coaching is provided by Peter Troy ,ebsa ,ribsa ,and Coaching Ireland tutor. TWO HOURS SNOOKER AND COACHING FOR 15 EURO. SESSION ONE 2 -4. &n... Read more
Rebel Snooker 21st of Jan 2013
21 Jan 2013
THE Crucible ‘B’ are the Garry McCarthy Trophies sponsored ‘Cork Billiards and Snooker Association’ (CBSA) division two champions with a stunning victory over the AOH ‘B’ in the CBSA Division two final last Saturday afternoon at Douglas snooker club. The Crucible ‘B’ side have been very consistent all season, but to not drop a match in both ... Read more
2013 Connacht Club Champions
17 Jan 2013
The Tuam 'A' snooker team won the 2013 Connacht Club Championship at Eglinton Snooker Club in Galway on Jan 5th.They will be joined by CYMS Letterkenny,Savoy Ballina and Tuam'B' at the All Ireland Club Championships in Killarney next month in the photo L to R is Mike Mullen, Domhnall Foran, James Corbett (Captain), Hughie O'Donnell and S... Read more
Q Club win Leinster Team Championships
06 Jan 2013
The Q Club Wicklow "A" won The Leinster Club Team Championship in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow on Sunday to qualify for the All Ireland Club Championship in Killarney. Team Captain Jason Watson, Robert Murphy, Keith Sheldrick, Wayne Doyle, Stephen Hegarty and Mick Judge beat Newbridge CYMS in an exciting final 3 matches to 2 to take the ... Read more
2013 Leinster Club Championship
05 Jan 2013
The 2013 Leinster Club Championship is being held in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club this weekend. Sixteen teams competed in the event to qualify for the All Ireland Club Championship later on in the year in Killarney. On Sunday morning at 10am the Q-finals will begin with Edenderry playing Graigue, Q Club Wicklow will play Newbr... Read more
Leinster Club Championship Draw
11 Dec 2012
The draw for the Leinster Club Championships will take place in Newbridge CYMS on Saturday 29th of December during the Under 19 Cue School event. All clubs intending to enter teams need to submit their panels at this meeting. Up to 8 players per panel, 5 to play. Panels can be emailed to info@ribsa.ie before 3pm on the 29th Dec. Entry ... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record 2012 G…
08 Dec 2012
The Patrician Secondary School from Newbridge were the 9th group of young players to take part in the Guinness World Record breaker. Again Sharkx of Newbridge was the venue for this. The club was once again full of excitement and competition was fierce indeed. Thanks to the principal Pat O'Leary and Ronan McCool for their very much appreciated s... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record 2012 G…
04 Dec 2012
Our 8th group got underway in Sharkx snooker club Newbridge on Wednesday 28th November and the Kildare Community School were the participants. The club became a hive of activity as play got going and all the young players were excited to be part of this and with the School getting a table in the new year, this has brought about a great interest ... Read more
Rebel Snooker 2012
03 Dec 2012
CONGRATULATIONS to Jim Lacey on his appointment as President of the ‘International Billiards and Snooker Federation’ (IBSF) at the IBSF Annual General Meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria in front of all the countries delegates present during the World amateur snooker championships. This is a fantastic honour for Jim and for the Irish game as Jim is t... Read more
Celbridge Club of the year 2012
21 Nov 2012
Celbridge Snooker Club in County Kildare was awarded the 2012 RIBSA Club of the year with a presentation to club owner Phil Martin on Saturday from Ger Murray. This is a new award to highlight the club with the most players in the top 16 of all the various RIBSA categories , Senior Snooker, Masters Snooker, Ladies Snooker, Intermediate Snook... Read more
Celtic Link Ferries Open
20 Nov 2012
Rodney Goggins picked up the first prize of 400 euro at the Celtic Link Ferries Open last Sunday in Wexford beating Greg Casey in the final. The club and the players would like to thank the sponsor, Celtic Link Ferries, for this tournament. In these hard economic times, they very much appreciate it. Prelimary Round Jonathan Grant (+1... Read more
Coaching training day at Sharkx Newbridge
19 Nov 2012
Dan Carroll recently held a coaching training day at Sharkx Newbridge where the players were given a talk on the Psychology of the game and the importance of purposeful practice. Various routines were set up to assess the various skills of the players and this was very well received by all. Dan has developed beginner, intermediate and... Read more
Edenderry Billiards & Snooker Club
16 Nov 2012
This week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to the warm and friendly atmosphere of the Edenderry & District Billiards and Snooker Club in County Offaly. PJ met up with Ger Murray and he showed him around the club which goes back to the early 1960's where the local shoe factory had their social club which contained two tables. Th... Read more
Stars Academy Snooker Table Appeal
13 Nov 2012
On behalf of the Stars of the future junior snooker Academy Ireland I am appealing to club owners, players or anyone who has a snooker table be it a full size or other, would you please consider donating a table to a local school/college in your area. We are in the process of promoting snooker in the schools and we have had a very good response ... Read more
Youghal CYMS Cork
07 Nov 2012
This week our National Coach PJ Nolan travelled to one of the oldest CYMS clubs in Ireland when he went to the Youghal Catholic Young Men's Club in County Cork. PJ met up with Brendan Cooney and fellow committee members Ray Whelan, Derek Ahearn and Patrick Walsh and they showed him around the club. The club is non commercial club and complet... Read more
Munster Close Draw
31 Oct 2012
Saturdays Munster Close sponsored by Zip Yard Nenagh Neat dress required Order of Play 9.15am Tony Seymour v Thomas Aherne Karl Dunne v Vinny Meaney Billy Kelly v Trevor Hayes Patsy Farrell v John Dorgan MarK Coonan v Mike Howley 10.45am David Hogan v Robbie Walker Mark Tu... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record 2012 G…
26 Oct 2012
The CBS Westland row Dublin were our 7th group of young players that took part in the World record breaker. These young players already have a head start in the sport as they currently have two snooker tables in the school. Alan Bailey has been promoting snooker within the school for a good number of years now and has seen at first ha... Read more
The Griffith Snooker Classic 2012
26 Oct 2012
The Griffith snooker classic took place in the Ivy Rooms on Saturday 20th October. This the final event of the Griffith tour season saw Annette Newman come through her group without dropping a frame. In the other group Dave Seales last years winner also came through his group without dropping a frame. This set the scene for a good fin... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record 2012 G…
25 Oct 2012
Fairview snooker club Dublin was the venue for group 6 of the Guinness World record breaker with great support from the CBS Fairview or otherwise known as Joeys. These group matches got underway on Wednesday 24th October. There was a hive of activity within the club during this event and with two places up for grabs to qualify through to the fin... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record 2012 G…
24 Oct 2012
Carlow Vocational School were the 5th group to take part in the Guinness World record breaker. This group got underway on Friday 19th October in the Ivy Rooms. Again great enthusiasm and competitive play was the order of the day. All the students had a great day and really enjoyed their snooker experience and as before with the other groups it w... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record 2012 G…
23 Oct 2012
The Stars Academy Ireland Group 4 of the Guinness World record breaker 2012 was held in the Ivy Rooms Carlow on Thursday 18th October with students from the Presentation College Carlow taking part. It is great to see the number of young ladies taking part and we hope they will continue to play snooker. All the students really enjoyed the day at ... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record 2012 G…
22 Oct 2012
Group 3 of the Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World record got underway on Wednesday 17th October in the Ivy Rooms Carlow. Knockbeg College students took part and were delighted to be part of this venture. Again all the entries were keen to get started playing snooker and for some it was their first time at a full size snooker table. The general... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record 2012 G…
19 Oct 2012
The Ballinabranna National School Carlow are the 2nd group of young pupils to support the Guinness World record breaker this week. Their group games got underway on Tuesday 16th October at the Ivy Rooms. Again these young players were very enthuastic about learning the game and most of them said that they will come back again to play.... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Guinness World Record 2012
18 Oct 2012
This week saw the Stars Academy Ireland commence the enormous task of breaking the Guinness World record for the largest snooker tournament. The current record has been in existence for a good number of years now and stands at 500 entries. We are hoping to break this by holding group tournaments throughout Ireland with the help of Schools and Co... Read more
Fairview Snooker Club Dublin weekly events
18 Oct 2012
Fairview snooker club are holding weekly flyers every Saturday afternoon at 1.30 pm 10 euro entry, Sunday 6.30pm six red comp 10 euro entry, and every Monday at 7 pm American 9 ball comp 10 euro entry all welcome. Read more
Snookerbacker Classic Returns To Ireland
10 Oct 2012
Saturday January 26th 2013 sees the return of the Snookerbacker Classic to Ireland. Once again CrossGuns Snooker Club in Dublin has been chosen as the venue to hold this prestigious and innovative new event. The brainchild of the renowned and highly respected snooker blogger ,'Snookerbacker',the Classic has been endorsed and supported by the... Read more
CrossGuns Snooker And Pool Competitions
08 Oct 2012
The new season of snooker and pool competitions in CrossGuns begins on Tuesday 9th October. Tuesday night snooker flyers will take place every Tuesday at 7.30pm Saturday afternoon pool competitions will take place every Saturday beginning October 13th at 2.30pm Entry fee is €10 Handicaps will apply to snooker flyers. Enter through the co... Read more
Dan Carroll becomes World Snooker Coach
08 Oct 2012
Dan Carroll recently graduated as a WPBSA World Snooker Coach at the World Snooker Academy, Sheffield. Following an intensive two days of training and subsequent exam, Dan displayed a real aptitude for bringing people together to participate in sport. Dan joined 22 other delegates from as far afield as Hong Kong. ... Read more
Ivy Rooms Doubles Tournament
22 Sep 2012
The partnership of Robert Murphy and Wayne Doyle won the Doubles Tournament held today in the Ivy Rooms, Carlow. Two groups of 6 battled it out in the best of three down to the last 8. Rodney Goggins, seeded No. 1, paired with Adrian Morrissey fromWexford got a quick exit when faced by the dynamic due of George Tierney and Colvin O'Bri... Read more
Fairview Snooker Club
20 Sep 2012
Our National Coach PJ Nolan visited Fairview Snooker Club In Dublin this week in his journey around Ireland to affiliated RIBSA clubs who will host events this season. Tony Nolan showed PJ around the club which is one of the most famous clubs in Ireland. The club has a great history of famous players and matches down the years that were held... Read more
Stars Academy Dublin U/16 & U/18 Opens 2012
18 Sep 2012
The Stars Academy Dublin U/16 & U/18 Opens got the Stars Academy events off to a great start in Fairview Saturday 15th September. We had a great turnout on the day and the standard was excellent. With the new junior National rankings only a few weeks away it was just a taste of what is to come for the new season. Andrew Dohe... Read more
Griffith €3,000 Snooker Championship
17 Sep 2012
The Griffith tour Championship got underway on Saturday 8th September at Sharkx snooker club, Newbridge. This being the final event where the big money prizes were at stake meant for some quality tactical play and safety bouts during the days competition. Our veteran of the game Larry O'Dea went through to the semis beating Robert Rogers 2 nil. ... Read more
The Griffith €3,000 Snooker Tour 2012
16 Sep 2012
The number 1 spot goes to Annette Newman at the end of the tour rankings. Annette was consistent all season reaching two finals and four semifinals to give her the number 1 place on the tour and a takes the top prize money. She has been involved in the sport for over 25 years and was number 2 in Ireland at the peak of ladies snooker w... Read more
Rebel Snooker 2012-13
03 Sep 2012
CORK Snooker is back on the scene following the very recent Annual General Meeting of the ‘Cork Billiards and Snooker Association’ (CBSA) which was held at the AOH and the outstanding news from that meeting is that there will be an 80% increase in snooker teams involved in the 2012-13 season as the CBSA Cork League goes from seven teams to twelv... Read more
Goggins wins Celtic Link Ferries Open
30 Aug 2012
Rodney Goggins from Wexford won the Celtic Link Ferries snooker open in the 147 Snooker Club in Wexford this week in beating Johnny Williams 3 frames to 1 in a superb final. Davy Morris had the highest break in the event with a fantastic 133 break and the tournament was a huge success. The club and players would like to thank ... Read more
IVY ROOMS DOUBLES TOURNAMENT
29 Aug 2012
The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club will host the National Doubles Championship on Saturday the 22nd of September. The Entry fee is €50.00 per team. For more information contact the Ivy Rooms on 05991 37714. Read more
Ivy Rooms Summer Snooker Series
20 Aug 2012
The summer is drawing to a close and the 2012/2013 RIBSA season is just upon us. The last game of the Ivy Rooms Summer Series was played last Saturday 18th. Between 16-20 played each week of the Series. The results are as follows: Week 1: Colvin O'Brien beat George Tierney 4-0. Week 2: Colvin O'Brien beat Robeert Redmon... Read more
Griffith €3,000 Snooker Tour 7
04 Aug 2012
The final Griffith tour ranking event got under way at D'Arcy McGee's in Spawell Saturday 4th August. The competition was fierce as the players got down to business on the baize. The top 4 ranked players on the tour itself will be guaranteed prize money and also the top 4 ranked players on the plate ranking receives money p... Read more
Ivy Rooms Summer League {2}
03 Aug 2012
The Ivy Rooms Summer League starts up again this Saturday 11th August. Rodney Goggins won the previous one. Is there anyone out there to beat him? Details of League on poster attached. Read more
Coaching at St Pats SC Gorey
02 Aug 2012
St Pats snooker club, Gorey was the venue for a 2 day coaching camp Tuesday 31st July to Wednesday 1st August 2012. There was a great energy about the club as the days routines and talks were introduced by Dan Carroll. Assessments of all the players was followed by Video and photos taken at various points of each players technique and the pr... Read more
Ivy Rooms Summer League
24 Jul 2012
Over the last four weeks twenty seven players played a league in the Ivy Rooms in Carlow with the top eight progressing to final to be played this Saturday 28th July. Colvin O'Brien won week one and week two. Benny O'Brien won week three and Rodney Goggins won week four. The top eight players to qualify for the final stages ... Read more
Griffith €3,000 Classic Tour 6
22 Jul 2012
The Griffith Classic Tour 6 got underway at Sharkx snooker club Newbridge on Saturday 21st July. A good days competition was had with some great battles on the table for places on the rankings that will guarantee a healthy prize fund. First up was father and son quarter final match between Dave and Gary Seales with the matc... Read more
Coaching Camp at the Ivy Rooms 2012
13 Jul 2012
The Ivy Rooms was the venue for the second Coaching camp to be run by Dan Carroll between Monday 9th to Thursday 12th July 2012. Six students were in attendance five from Carlow and one from Kilkenny. Each day began with a brief talk on the game and again emphasis on match fitness and importance of the mind game. Day 1 saw each student go throug... Read more
Rebel Cue-Men head to China for World Under 21's
09 Jul 2012
TWO Rebel cue-men Ryan Cronin and David Cassidy will fly the Irish flag in China this week as they take part in the 2012 ‘World under 21 amateur snooker championships’ in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Cronin and Cassidy are members of the Crucible snooker club and are prominent Republic of Ireland internationals at this stage and when they break off in the... Read more
Sharkx Coaching Camp 2-4 July
05 Jul 2012
Sharkx snooker club was a hive of activity over a 3 day period with 9 students taking part in their first Coaching Camp to be held in the club since it opened its doors over a year ago. With all 5 snooker tables on the go from early morning into the late afternoon the participants were kept busy by the routines and mini competitions t... Read more
Griffith €3,000 Snooker Tour 2012
24 Jun 2012
The 5th Tour event took place in the Ivy Rooms Carlow on Saturday 23rd June. The number 1 seed Gary Seales went out 2 nil to Ronan Deegan in their quarter final match. Dan Carroll had a close match against Paddy Fagan and went through 2 nil to meet Ronan in the semis. In the bottom half of the draw Dave Seales was fighting a hard matc... Read more
Stars All Ireland junior snooker Championship 2012
03 Jun 2012
STARS ALL IRELAND JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 2012 RESULTS On Saturday 2nd June the Stars All Ireland Junior Championship took place in The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. With an entry of 25 young players including the plate competition from around the Country meant a good day’s snooker competit... Read more
SUMMER SNOOKER LEAGUE
30 May 2012
The Ivy Rooms Summer League commences Saturday 23rd June and will run for five weeks ending 28th July. Played in groups - best of three frames. Knock-out best of 5 frames to final, with the final best of 7. Handicaps {based on the RIBSA senior rankings} Top 16 = scr; 17-32 - + 14; 33 + = + 21. Ex-internationals{from last 5 years... Read more
Griffith €3,000 Open Tour 4
29 May 2012
The 4th Tour event got under way in Fairview Snooker club in Dublin. This the Griffith Open provided a great days competition. In the quarters Gary Seales the number 1 seed went through to the semis by beating Robert Rogers 2 frames to nil. Ronan Deegan only back playing after a few months out due to illness was in fine form against L... Read more
DARCY MCGEES TUESDAYS IN JUNE
24 May 2012
Darcy Mcgees is hosting a u-18 Junior Snooker league every Tuesday in June from 6.30 onwards. Also included is Coaching and a Snooker Drills Competition, 50 euro entry for the four weeks. All enquiries to Peter Troy-0879700611 . Limited places available so be quick. RULES: UNDER 14 PLUS 20 POINTS 14 AND OVER PLAY OFF SC... Read more
In Memory Of Finbarr Ruane Snr
18 May 2012
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. From the moment he began working with his father in law Christopher Carroll in CrossGuns in the earl... Read more
Stars Academy Ireland Kildare junior leagues 2012
10 May 2012
KILDARE JUNIOR SNOOKER LEAGUES 2012 Results Jamie Cullen took the Kildare junior league title held in Sharkx snooker club Newbridge. The league took four months to complete and it went down to the very last match between Jamie and the current number 1 on the National rankings Charlie Sweeney. Jamie took ... Read more
Stars Champion of Champions 2012
07 May 2012
STARS CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS 2012 On Saturday 5th May the 3rd Stars Champion of Champions got underway in The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow. In the Quarters Daniel Dempsey from Sharkx club Newbridge had a good 3 nil defeat with breaks of 37 & 43 over Dylan Hurley from Carlow going through to the sem... Read more
Dublin Snooker Federation League Cup
04 May 2012
The 2011/2012 Federation season now in its 11th Year was again a very successful one with our teams fighting it out for the league and cup titles. Thanks to all the clubs who supported our league and we are very hopeful that the sport will improve and that more teams will take part next season. 130 players took part in our many events this y... Read more
Williams Wins 147 Wexford Event
03 May 2012
Johnny Williams from Maynooth SC was in fantastic form in winning the 147 Wexford Snooker Open this week in beating Brendan O Donoghue from Nenagh 4 frames to 2 in an exciting final. In the semi finals Johnny beat Greg Casey from Cork 4-1 and Brendan beat Declan Brennan from Northern Ireland 4-0. The players thanked Rodney Goggins and Ab... Read more
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