The RIBSA Ladies National Championship gets under way this weekend at Newbridge CYMS in County Kildare. Michelle Sherwin has dominated the game in Ireland for more than a decade but one player who has been making waves of late and is seeking to end Sherwin’s reign at the top is[Read More…]
Irish Snooker
John Farrell Beats Jackson Page in European Championship
John Farrell has continued his remarkable run in the European Championship after superbly reaching the quarter-finals in Cyprus on Friday. The 44 year-old, who plays out of Terry Rogers Snooker Club in Dublin, was arguably the Irish player least expected to go deep into the prestigious amateur event but he[Read More…]
Irish Quintet into Knockouts at European Championship
All five Irish contenders have reached the last 64 of the European Amateur Championship after the round-robin phase concluded on Thursday in Cyprus. Brendan O’Donoghue, Michael Judge, and John Farrell each impressed with a 100% record from their group ties. O’Donoghue, who is ranked first domestically on the RIBSA calendar,[Read More…]
Women’s World Championship Set for Singapore
The 2017 Eden World Women’s Championship gets under way on Monday at the Lagoon Billiard Room in Singapore. A field of 32 has been separated into eight groups of four, with the top eight seeds and players of the same nationality kept apart in an initial round-robin phase. Two players will progress[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: Grand Prix
By Jonathan Williams The Grand Prix for me went better than expected. It wasn’t necessarily the best in terms of a last eight appearance, but more the fact that I beat Robert Murphy for what I think was the first time in around 12 years. Now, I may have only played[Read More…]
TJ Dowling Grabs Grand Prix Glory
TJ Dowling has won the Gerry Stokes Grand Prix after a 4-0 victory over Brendan O’Donoghue at the Ivy Rooms on Sunday. The reigning national champion dominated the final against the top seed to collect his second senior ranking event of the campaign. The success means that Dowling, O’Donoghue, and[Read More…]
Poor Entry for Grand Prix
The sixth senior ranking event of the 2016/17 Irish season takes place at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow this weekend. A low entry of just 40 players will contest the Gerry Stokes Grand Prix, which marks the last ranking tournament before the campaign-concluding National Championship. The top of the rankings[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: Irish Masters
By Jonathan Williams My Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters was very short lived. It was not the best first round draw against Colm Gilcreest, but I didn’t feel confident going into this event and hadn’t really been playing so got the result I expected. I missed the last ranking event after[Read More…]
Brendan O’Donoghue Wins Irish Masters
Brendan O’Donoghue has won his second ranking event of the Irish amateur season after victory in the Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters in Carlow. The Nenagh native beat Robert Murphy 4-1 in the final at the Ivy Rooms, the same player he overcame for success in the Barracks Classic at the[Read More…]
Improving Philip Browne Looks Forward to Irish Masters
The fifth senior ranking event of the Irish season takes place this weekend with the Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters in Carlow. A total of 56 competitors will descend on the Ivy Rooms this Saturday, with top seed Michael Judge looking to extend his recent dominant form. The 42 year-old is gunning[Read More…]