Snooker returned to Goffs on Monday and Tuesday in the form of the Irish Legends Cup, another event in the Snooker Legends series. Based on the Ryder Cup it pitched two teams of four against each other in a series of Doubles and Singles. Captaining England was Jimmy White who[Read More…]
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Boileau’s Blog: “My aim is to get on the tour for next season”
Josh Boileau returns for his third blog of the season as he reflects on the last month and his year in general as 2014 draws to a close.
Judge Wins President’s Cup
The UK Championship in York wasn’t the only silverware being fought for on Sunday. While Ronnie O’Sullivan battled it out with Judd Trump in a thrilling final at the Barbican Centre, back in Ireland the third ranking event of the season was also coming to a conclusion in Carlow. The[Read More…]
Irish Foursome Head to World Amateurs
105 players from around the globe head to Bangalore for the 2014 IBSF World Championship in India this week. Of that immense number, four Irish hopefuls will attempt to capture the annual blue riband event of amateur snooker. Back-to-back Irish champions came in 1989 and 1990 when wins for Ken Doherty[Read More…]
O’Donoghue Wins in Carlow
Brendan O’Donoghue won the second Irish ranking event of the season yesterday as he overcame Rodney Goggins in a thriller 4-3 in Carlow. 147 Club’s Goggins had been gunning for back-to-back rankers following his success in Letterkenny last month, but fell just short as Nenagh’s O’Donoghue pipped him in a[Read More…]
Boileau’s Blog: India Bound
By Josh Boileau Hi everyone, September was a pretty quiet month for me tournament wise but I was glad of it as I knew October until December would be busy for me. My shoulder injury still hasn’t gone as of yet but another few sessions of Physio and I think[Read More…]
Q&A With Fin Ruane; RIBSA Public Relations Officer
It was recently announced that Fin Ruane would take up the role as Public Relations Officer with the Republic of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association. Having spent a significant amount of time with Fin over the last number of years, coupled with his excellent Fables series on SnookerHQ, I can vouch for[Read More…]
Goggins Wins Opening Irish Ranker
Rodney Goggins emerged victorious in the first ranking event of the 2014/15 Irish amateur campaign, after an impressive victory over Robert Murphy in Letterkenny. Murphy raced into a 2-0 lead, helped by a break of 103, but Goggins replied in turn with runs of 106, 95 and 67 to clinch[Read More…]
Morris Managing Back Injury
David Morris hasn’t entered the Bulgarian Open this week and has revealed to SnookerHQ that a back injury sustained a couple of months ago is the cause. The Irishman had been one of the star performers on the Main Tour last season outside of the regular heavy-hitters inside the world’s top[Read More…]
Sutton: “Snooker means the world to me”
While the International Championship qualifiers come to a conclusion today, the hot topic on Thursday has surrounded the unusual betting patterns that embroiled Irishman John Sutton’s encounter with Jamie Burnett yesterday. The sport of snooker has for a long time been plagued by match fixing and allegations of the sort.[Read More…]