Something that I didn’t get a chance to report previously in August was Paula Judge’s recent triumph in the RILSA International Irish Open. The Dubliner, who won the 2017 RILSA National Championship, continued her rise in the women’s game in Ireland with a 4-1 triumph over Annette Newman at Joey’s[Read More…]
Irish Snooker
Ireland Crowned Home Internationals Champions
Republic of Ireland won the Home Internationals for the first time since 2012 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds on Monday. The four-man team, comprising Michael Judge, TJ Dowling, Robert Murphy, and John Farrell, won all six of their encounters for a resounding success. With victory, the Irish unit[Read More…]
Fin’s Fables: The 1996 Snooker World Cup
By Fin Ruane Just over two months ago the snooker world was fixated on Sheffield as the blue riband event of the season took place. This year, the World Championship was even more special as it was the 40th anniversary of the prestigious event being held at the iconic Crucible[Read More…]
Susan Hanlon Wins RILSA Intermediate
By Dan Carroll Dublin’s Susan Hanlon won her first national snooker title recently at the Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association (RILSA) Academy in Sharkx Newbridge. Susan who is only playing snooker for a few years and is an avid table tennis player on its national women’s circuit, captured the[Read More…]
Sandra Bryan Wins Third RILSA 6 Reds Crown
By Dan Carroll Sandra Bryan from Wexford retained her RILSA National 6 Reds Snooker Title at Joey’s recently in a great final match against Annette Newman from Carlow. Both these women have dominated the RILSA National 6 Red Championship over the past three years with all three finals contested between[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: The National Championships
By Jonathan Williams My Irish Championship was unfortunately very short lived this year. I felt really good going into the event as I had practised a few days beforehand and my shoulder was in no pain at all. However, that all seemed to amount to nothing. I missed some very[Read More…]
Paula Judge Wins RILSA Irish National Championship
Paula Judge beat Cathy Dunne 3-0 to capture the RILSA National Championship at the weekend in Sharkx, Newbridge. While Michelle Sherwin was capturing her record 14th RIBSA ladies national title in Carlow, Judge took top honours in the separate national women’s association. By all accounts, the Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker[Read More…]
Brendan O’Donoghue Wins Irish National Championship
Brendan O’Donoghue regained the Irish National Senior Championship after a 7-3 victory over Rodney Goggins at the Ivy Rooms on Sunday. The Nenagh native had been one of the pre-tournament favourites after a strong season which saw him capture two out of the six previous ranking events this term. After[Read More…]
Memories of 1997 – Ken Doherty Wins the World Snooker Championship
Originally Published: 14th April, 2017 By Fin Ruane On the eve of the 2017 World Snooker Championship, just like the millions of snooker fans across the world, I cannot wait for the action to begin. Whilst we all hope for an exciting championship with plenty of headlines for all the[Read More…]
TJ Dowling Looks to Defend Irish National Championship
The focus of the majority of snooker fans will be on the Crucible Theatre this weekend and the conclusion of the World Championship. However, also taking place is the start of the Irish Senior National Championship at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. The flagship end-of-season tournament on the domestic scene in[Read More…]