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…]
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Sniper’s Snippets: The Irish Open
By Jonathan Williams My preparation for the Irish Open last week was pretty decent. I have been playing in the local leagues in Carrickmacross and since I put on a new tip a few weeks ago it sort of made me practice. I did a solid four or five days[Read More…]
Brendan O’Donoghue Bags Barracks Classic
Brendan O’Donoghue won the first event of the Irish senior ranking campaign after a closely fought 4-3 victory over Robert Murphy on Sunday. The New Institute club player emerged victorious with his first title since the outset of last season as he claimed The Barracks Classic at the Ivy Rooms[Read More…]
Murphy Wins Premier Tour Event Three
A few days late, but congratulations to Robert Murphy who won the third Premier Tour event of the season – The Presidents Cup – in the Ivy Rooms in Carlow last Sunday. Murphy had a tough route to the title, with talented youngster Dan Dempsey and former professional Rodney Goggins[Read More…]
Muldoon Wraps up Season with Irish Championship
Vincent Muldoon claimed his third Irish Senior National Championship on Sunday after a comprehensive 10-5 triumph over Martin McCrudden in Letterkenny. In doing so, the Galway potter equals the record of most Irish Championships, joining his final opponent McCrudden and Davy Morris on a hat-trick of victories. The first four[Read More…]
Celbridge All-Ireland Champions
Celbridge Snooker became the 2012 All-Ireland club champions yesterday after beating Northern Ireland outfit Drumaness 3-1 at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney. Kildare’s Celbridge had proven to be one of the outright favourites after winning the Leinster title earlier in January and maintained their form by going unbeaten throughout this[Read More…]
Celbridge Claim Leinster Club Championship
Kildare’s Celbridge A won the 2012 Leinster Club Championship this weekend with a 3-1 triumph over Maynooth in the final. The victory comes as no real surprise given the strength and depth of the club’s team. Captained by Nigel Power, Celbridge boasts three former Irish National champions in Colm Gilcreest,[Read More…]