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…]
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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…]
Michael Judge Wins Irish Masters
Michael Judge held on to beat TJ Dowling 4-3 in the held over final of the Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters in Fairview Snooker Club on Friday night. After three-time national champion Dowling took the opening frame with a break of 76, Judge excellently responded with a 102 century break to[Read More…]
Ross Bulman Challenging for European Under-21 Championship
The European Under-21 Championship is down to the last 32 after the round-robin phase and the opening knockout round was completed on Wednesday. All five Irish cueists made it out of the group stages but only two have advanced to the first round proper of the knockouts after disappointing defeats[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: The Premier Cup
By Jonathan Williams Congratulations to the history chaser that is Brendan O’Donoghue. It was a poor final by two very tired players but it’s all about the result. I watched the last frame online and although the lads were playing as poor as myself it was a nervy finish. It[Read More…]
Brendan O’Donoghue Claims Premier Cup in Ivy Rooms
Brendan O’Donoghue collected his first title of the season by emerging with victory in the DBSL Premier Cup on Sunday in Carlow. The national champion prevailed in a nail-biting final with Michael Judge that went the distance, with O’Donoghue ultimately sinking the remaining colours in the final frame for a[Read More…]
