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…]
Tag: Aaron Holland
Junior Series Returns in CrossGuns
By Fin Ruane Following on from the huge success of last year, it gives me great pleasure to announce that the second Junior Series at CrossGuns in Dublin will begin in September. My aim to provide junior players with much needed, affordable and regular tournament play will once again run[Read More…]
Ireland Set for Home Internationals
The 2016 Home Internationals will get under way on Friday, again to be staged at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The team event pits nations from the British and Irish Isles, as well as some invited countries from further afield, against each other for annual international amateur honours. Ireland[Read More…]
Aaron Holland Receives CrossGuns Scholarship Award
By Fin Ruane Earlier, I wrote about the final event in the inaugural CrossGuns Junior Series and who captured the two junior titles. But the last award of the series and possibly the most important was the CrossGuns Scholarship Award. It’s an award I wanted to offer to a junior[Read More…]
Event 9 Concludes Inaugural CrossGuns Junior Series
By Fin Ruane The ninth and final event of this season’s inaugural CrossGuns Junior Series took place at the Phibsboro club last Saturday. Once again a good entry field in both categories set the tone for a day of quality junior snooker. Both the CrossGuns Junior Player of The Year[Read More…]
Date Set for Final CrossGuns Junior Series Event
The final event in the inaugural CrossGuns Junior Series will take place on Saturday, May 28th in Dublin. The ninth tournament of the season will be the last opportunity to impress CrossGuns Snooker Club owner Fin Ruane, with an exciting Scholarship for the next campaign at stake. Andrei Blondu has already[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…]
Holland and Joyce Triumph in Third CJS Event
By Fin Ruane The third event in this season’s CrossGuns Junior Series, sponsored by SnookerHQ and The Billiard Co., took place Saturday last at CrossGuns Snooker Club in Dublin. The winners on the day were John Joyce in the Under-14 section and Aaron Holland in the Under-19s. The standard of[Read More…]
Wins for Blondu and Joyce in CrossGuns Junior Series Opener
By Fin Ruane The first event in this season’s inaugural CrossGuns Junior Series took place Saturday last and the winners on the day were John Joyce in the Under-14 category and Andrei Blondu in the Under-19s. The new junior events, which are sponsored by The Billiard Co. and SnookerHQ, and staged in[Read More…]