Professional snooker may be at an end for the 2015/16 season but there’s still one more big amateur title to be decided on the Irish front. The Irish National Championship reaches its conclusion this weekend in Carlow with 16 players set to battle it out for the campaign ending title.[Read More…]
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Irish National Championship Starts on Saturday
Most attention this weekend understandably surrounds the Betfred World Championship at the Crucible. Yet, the next two days mark the start of an important event on the Irish amateur calendar as well – with the opening stages of the National Championship in Carlow. 100 hopefuls head to the Ivy Rooms[Read More…]
Irish Ready for Tough World Championship Qualifiers
The draw for the World Championship qualifiers was made on Monday and it certainly threw up quite a few interesting ties for the Irish. In total there are seven from the Republic, as well as a further three from the North who are attempting to gain one of the coveted[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: RIBSA Grand Prix
Michael Judge won the RIBSA Grand Prix last Saturday to extend his lead at the top of the Irish rankings. The former pro held off the challenge of Jason Devaney in a close final to prevail 4-2 and move one step closer to finishing the season as no.1. Judge whitewashed[Read More…]
Welshman Jones Wins European Championship
Welshman Jak Jones beat countryman Jamie Clarke to win the EBSA European Championship in Poland on Saturday. The 22 year-old won the last four frames to come from behind and conquer his compatriot 7-4. Jones will be offered a two-year card onto the professional Main Tour for his victory in the[Read More…]
O’Donoghue and Judge Maintain European Challenge
The EBSA European Amateur Championship has been taking place this week in Poland. Irish interest remains high but there was some disappointment as the knockout phase started on Thursday. The week began in sterling fashion for the five men representing Ireland, as Brendan O’Donoghue, Michael Judge, Josh Boileau, Jason Devaney[Read More…]
Ivy Rooms Set to Stage RIBSA Masters
The fifth ranking event on the Irish Senior Tour takes place this weekend in the Ivy Rooms. Michael Judge heads a slightly smaller field – of 57 entrants – for the RIBSA Masters, the penultimate tournament before the National Championship takes place on the May Bank Holiday weekend. The former[Read More…]
Irishmen Head to IBSF World Championship
The 2015 IBSF World Championship gets under way in Egypt on Monday. A strong eight-man team representing Ireland in the Men’s and Masters events have made the trek to Hurgada in search of global glory. The Masters team consists of Tom O’Driscoll, Anthony Bonnar, Alen Matic and Colm Gilcreest but[Read More…]
O’Donoghue and Boileau Join Bulgaria Field
The Bulgarian Open gets under way on Friday as the fourth European Tour of the season hits Sofia. Indeed, the tournament has already been running for the last two days as the preliminary rounds determined the amateurs who were able to join the main draw and make up the numbers.[Read More…]
O’Donoghue and Boileau Through in Ruhr Open
Irish duo Brendan O’Donoghue and Josh Boileau both came through three rounds of qualifying to reach the first round of the Ruhr Open, which gets under way on Friday in Germany. Tipperary’s O’Donoghue has dominated the Irish amateur scene of late, winning the last three ranking events including the National[Read More…]