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…]
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Sniper’s Snippets: The National Championship
By Jonathan Williams Wow, so what a tournament that turned out to be! I honestly never thought I’d be writing my final Sniper’s Snippets as runner-up, and it’s funny because I was fully intent on not even entering the National Championship as I had planned on going to a friend’s stag[Read More…]
TJ Dowling Crowned National Champion
Congratulations to TJ Dowling, who has won the Irish National Championship for a third time today at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. Dowling overcame Jonathan Williams in a scrappy final 7-3 to join the likes of David Morris and Vincent Muldoon as three-time winners. The Terry Rogers club player is[Read More…]
WATCH: Williams and Dowling for National Glory
Jonathan Williams will take on TJ Dowling in today’s Irish National Championship final in Carlow. Williams caused a big upset on Saturday when he overcame European Under-21 champion Josh Boileau 6-2 in the last four, while two-time champion Dowling beat David Hogan 6-3. Both players are good guys who have[Read More…]
Sniper Guns Down Goggins in Irish Championship
Jonathan Williams is into the semi-finals of the Irish National Championship after an impressive 5-4 victory over former champion Rodney Goggins on Friday in Carlow. Monaghan man Williams, who writes regularly on the Irish scene for SnookerHQ, had earlier beaten John O’Sullivan 4-2 to reach the quarter-finals. The 28 year-old[Read More…]
Watch: RIBSA National Championships
The National Championship weekend is under way at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. Several finals will be decided including the season champions at intermediate, junior, ladies, masters and billiards level. However, the main event is of course the senior discipline where the last 16 are currently battling it out for the[Read More…]
Boileau Seeking Successful Amateur Send-Off
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…]
O’Donoghue Wins National Title
Brendan O’Donoghue won the Irish National Championship on Sunday after a 7-2 victory over Robert Murphy at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. It marks the second time the Nenagh native has got his hands on the prestigious amateur title in what was his fifth appearance in the final. O’Donoghue’s previous[Read More…]
Irish Championship and RIBSA AGM This Weekend in Carlow
The Irish National Championship concludes this weekend in Carlow when a champion will be crowned from the final field of 16 in the Ivy Rooms. Favourite for the title will surely be Rodney Goggins, who captured three titles this season en route to finishing the campaign as the number one[Read More…]
Judge Wins RIBSA Masters
Michael Judge won his second Irish ranking event of the season with a dramatic 4-3 victory over Rodney Goggins in the RIBSA Masters on Saturday. The 40 year-old was a stalwart of the professional Main Tour for 20 years before dropping off the circuit in 2011. The following year Judge[Read More…]