By Fin Ruane Event 8 in this season’s CrossGuns Junior Snooker Series took place earlier in April. Entry numbers were somewhat effected by several regular entrants opting to play in the RIBSA intermediate and junior events that were hosted the same weekend. Aside from this, another day of top junior[Read More…]
Irish Snooker
Irish National Championship Starts on Saturday
Most attention this weekend understandably surrounds the Betfred World Championship at the Crucible. Yet, the next two days mark the start of an important event on the Irish amateur calendar as well – with the opening stages of the National Championship in Carlow. 100 hopefuls head to the Ivy Rooms[Read More…]
Holland Shoots Century as Murtagh and Cusack Win in CrossGuns Junior Series
By Fin Ruane Last Saturday week there was a superb day of snooker at Event 7 in the CrossGuns Junior Series. With several top Irish juniors competing the standard on show was exceptional and congratulations to the winners on the day, Cian Murtagh and Darragh Cusack. However, without doubt the[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: RIBSA Grand Prix
Michael Judge won the RIBSA Grand Prix last Saturday to extend his lead at the top of the Irish rankings. The former pro held off the challenge of Jason Devaney in a close final to prevail 4-2 and move one step closer to finishing the season as no.1. Judge whitewashed[Read More…]
Boileau Seeks Sponsorship to Support Tour Ambitions
“My name is Josh Boileau and I’m trying to raise money for my snooker career.” These are the honest words of European under-21 champion Josh Boileau, who is seeking sponsorship ahead of his rookie season on the professional Main Tour. The 20 year-old’s triumph in Poland earlier this year was[Read More…]
CrossGuns Junior Series Event 7 on Saturday
The seventh meeting in the inaugural CrossGuns Junior Series will take place next Saturday, March 19th in Dublin. CrossGuns Snooker Club owner Fin Ruane began the initiative back in September of 2015, with the promise of staging a single day of dedicated competition for Under-19 and Under-14s alike each month until May. At[Read More…]
RIBSA Grand Prix in Carlow
The RIBSA Grand Prix takes place on Saturday at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. The sixth ranking event of the Irish amateur season has a year-low 43 entries but the majority of the front-runners at the top of the rankings are in attendance. Among them is recent European Under-21 champion Josh[Read More…]
O’Donoghue and Judge Maintain European Challenge
The EBSA European Amateur Championship has been taking place this week in Poland. Irish interest remains high but there was some disappointment as the knockout phase started on Thursday. The week began in sterling fashion for the five men representing Ireland, as Brendan O’Donoghue, Michael Judge, Josh Boileau, Jason Devaney[Read More…]
Blondu and Smith Win Event 6 in CrossGuns Junior Series
By Fin Ruane The sixth event in this season’s CrossGuns Junior Snooker Series, sponsored by SnookerHQ and The Billiard Co., took place at CrossGuns earlier in February. Once again a good entry saw Paul Smith from the Roadstone SC win the Under-14 tournament and Andrei Blondu from Terry Rodgers SC[Read More…]
Ireland’s Boileau Wins European Under-21 Championship
Ireland’s Josh Boileau has won the 2016 European Under-21 Championship after a 6-1 victory over Brandon Sargeant in Poland. The 20 year-old dominated the final to erase the painful memories of his defeat at the same stage to Oliver Lines two years ago – a match in which, somewhat poetically,[Read More…]