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.

The first player to Qualify today was Martin McCrudden when he beat Benny O Brien 4 frames to nil. Next Robert Murphy went through with a solid 4 frames to 2 over Masters No. 1 Mark Tuite.

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The final two qualifiers were Brendan O Donoghue when he over powered Karl Fitzpatrick 4 frames to nil while Robert Redmond was in excellent form in beating David Cassidy 4 frames to 2 in an exciting match.

The Current highest break stands at 100 by David Hogan & Michael Judge.

The full Q-Final is listed below and it promises to be an exciting championship with eight world class snooker playing in top form with the dream of becoming the 2013 Irish Senior Champion.

As National Coach I would like to thank all the players who qualified and did not qualify in playing superb snooker all weekend. If you can make it to Carlow on Friday 24th May at 7pm to watch Ireland's top players as it promises to be a night not to be missed.

24th May

Q-Final @ 7pm ( Full Dress ) Best of 9

David Hogan Vs Johnny Williams

Rodney Goggins Vs Michael Judge

Robert Murphy Vs Martin McCrudden

Robert Redmond Vs Brendan O Donoghue

25th May

S-Final @ 10am ( Full Dress ) Best Of 11

25th May

Final @ 4pm & 7pm ( Full Dress ) Best of 15

Well done to everyone and good luck to the Q-finalists 

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.

First to qualify was former Professional player Michael Judge when he beat Stephen Reddington 4 frames to nil in his final qualifying match. Next it was former professional and current number 1 on the RIBSA Rankings David Hogan when he beat John O Sullivan 4 frames to 2 in a high quality match.

The final two qualifiers were Johnny Williams when he beat Thomas Ahern 4 frames to 1 and Rodney Goggins beat Greg Casey 4 frames to 2 in an exciting encounter which ended at 10pm. Click full results

The Current highest break stands at 100 by David Hogan & Michael Judge.

Play starts at 10.00am in the morning featuring the rest of the players and it promises to be another day of exciting snooker in the search for the 2013 Irish Senior Champion. Well done to everyone

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.

The winner of the National Championships will represent RIBSA at the IBSF World Championships in Riga, Latvia on the 18th-30th November. The 2013 Event will be played down to the Q-Finals which will be played on Friday 24th May.

The Semi Final and Final will played on Saturday the 25th of May, this is due the senior and masters players travelling to represent Ireland in the European Championships in Poland on Sunday.

Play commences at 10:00 sharp on Saturday and Sunday in the best of 7 matches and promises to be an exciting championship. Entries must be received before 8pm Wednesday 8th May. Draw takes place on the 9th of May @ 6pm and posted on the website.

The Top 32 players on the current ranking list will be automatically entered in the draw.

The Entry Fee €25.00 for Seniors and €15.00 for Under 21's. To Enter Text RIBSA on 085 1987379 or text 087-6351163

Phone 059-9137714 for more information and the 2013 is an event not to be missed so get your name in early. 

Brendan O'Donoghue from Nenagh won the 7th Ranking event of the season and his second in a row. Brendan beat Ryan Cronin 4-0 in the quarters and after a long fought battle with Rodney Goggins took the semi-final 4-3. John Sutton won his quarter final match against the 147 man, David Hogan 4-1 and David Morris 4-0 in the semi's. David Morris recorded breaks of 126, 96 and 98 in his quarter-final match against Greg Casey The stage was set for the final between Brendan and John. Brendan was in great form and stopped John in his gallop beating him 5-0.  The National Championships - 96 stage takes place at the Ivy Rooms on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th May.

The quarter finals of the 7th Ranking Event starts at 10:00 tomorrow Sunday 14th at the Ivy Rooms, Carlow. The quarter-finals lineout is as follows:

David Hogan v John Sutton

David Morris v Greg Casey

Rodney Goggins v Tom Gleeson

Brendan O'Donoghue v Ryan Cronin

David Hogan is in fantastic form at RPT 7 at the Ivy Rooms today Sat. April 13.

In his 1st round match v Neil Guidon he had breaks of 60 and 127. Superb play by any standards.

However, this was only an appetiser as in the 2nd round v Martin Ruddy he produced a magnificent 147 maximum followed by a 143.

He has really put it up to the rest of the players to bring their "A"games.

The 7th RIBSA senior event of the season will take place in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow on the 13th and 14th of April.

The Draw is now available HERE.

Brendan O'Donoghue won the 6th Ranking event of the season to-day at the Ivy Rooms, when he overtook the might of the young Kildare player, Josh Boileau. Josh went 2-0 up but Brendan fought back to make it 2 all. It was neck in neck from there on and Josh wasn't giving it away easy. The final score 5-4.  Michael Judge held on to the high break with 117.