By Jonathan Williams Where to start with last weekend? In some ways a triumph and in others a total shambles. They say it’s always better to end on a good note so let me start out with some of the grievances that both myself and the majority of players had[Read More…]
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Michael Judge Wins Barracks Classic
Michael Judge began the new Irish season by capturing the Barracks Classic at the weekend in Carlow. The Dubliner, twice a ranking event winner during the last campaign, overcame young talent Stephen Bateman 4-2 in the final. Bateman, still only 19 but with plenty of international experience representing Ireland in[Read More…]
Barracks Classic Launches 2017/18 Irish Season
The first senior ranking event of the Irish snooker season takes place this weekend at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. A total of 62 players have entered the Barracks Classic, with Brendan O’Donoghue the top seed as both the defending champion and the reigning national champion. O’Donoghue is one of[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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]