Teenager Aaron Hill beat former professional Joe Delaney 4-3 to win the Hickson’s Centra Open at Celbridge Snooker Club at the weekend – his maiden senior Irish ranking event title. Just a few weeks after a terrific run to the final of the IBSF Under-16 World Championship in Russia, Hill[Read More…]
Irish Snooker
RIBSA Event in Celbridge Attracts 75 Entries
The second ranking event of the Irish RIBSA (Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association) campaign takes place this weekend with The Hickson’s Centra Open in County Kildare. As per the decision to stage the tournaments during this season across the country, as opposed to solely at the Ivy Rooms[Read More…]
David Morris Wins Barracks Classic
David Morris edged defending champion Michael Judge 4-3 to win the first senior ranking event of the Irish campaign on Sunday in Letterkenny. Reigning Barracks Classic winner Judge lost only three frames en route to securing his return to the final but the national champion was ultimately denied a repeat[Read More…]
Irish Season Starts With Barracks Classic
The 2018/19 domestic Irish campaign gets under way for the senior players this weekend with the Barracks Classic set to be staged at the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny, County Donegal. For the first time in several years, ranking events throughout the season will be played at various clubs around[Read More…]
Ireland Retains Home Internationals Snooker Title
The Republic of Ireland team has won the blue riband Home Internationals snooker senior title for the second successive year after going undefeated in Leeds. Only Michael Judge remained from the quartet that emerged victorious twelve months ago at the Northern Snooker Centre but it was the very same outcome[Read More…]
Michael Judge Wins Irish National Championship
Michael Judge held off an impressive fight back from Rodney Goggins to win the Irish National Championship for the second time at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow on Sunday. The Dubliner edged Goggins, who was looking for a first senior national crown in 18 years, 7-5 in a gripping contest[Read More…]
Irish National Championships Conclude This Weekend
The RIBSA Irish Championships are set to take place this weekend at the Ivy Rooms with 15 national titles up for grabs in Carlow. The main focus will be on the Senior National Championship but there’ll be a lot of interest too on the junior categories, the Masters and women’s[Read More…]
Saturday Start for Irish National Championship
The 2018 RIBSA Senior Irish National Championship gets under on Saturday at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. A highly respectable total of 85 amateur competitors, considerably the highest number to enter an event this season, are in the field for the country’s most prestigious individual crown. After triumphs in two[Read More…]
Rodney Goggins Triumphs in RIBSA Grand Prix
The sixth ranking event of the Irish domestic campaign finally concluded on Sunday with victory for Rodney Goggins in the RIBSA Grand Prix. Goggins beat David Morris 4-1 in the Hawks Nest Snooker Club in Waterford – two weeks after the event initially took place at the Ivy Rooms in[Read More…]
