The 2018/19 domestic Irish campaign gets under way for the senior players this weekend with the Barracks Classic set to be staged at the Northwest Snooker Club in Letterkenny, County Donegal. For the first time in several years, ranking events throughout the season will be played at various clubs around[Read More…]
Tag: Irish Snooker
Irish National Championships Conclude This Weekend
The RIBSA Irish Championships are set to take place this weekend at the Ivy Rooms with 15 national titles up for grabs in Carlow. The main focus will be on the Senior National Championship but there’ll be a lot of interest too on the junior categories, the Masters and women’s[Read More…]
Saturday Start for Irish National Championship
The 2018 RIBSA Senior Irish National Championship gets under on Saturday at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. A highly respectable total of 85 amateur competitors, considerably the highest number to enter an event this season, are in the field for the country’s most prestigious individual crown. After triumphs in two[Read More…]
Rodney Goggins Triumphs in RIBSA Grand Prix
The sixth ranking event of the Irish domestic campaign finally concluded on Sunday with victory for Rodney Goggins in the RIBSA Grand Prix. Goggins beat David Morris 4-1 in the Hawks Nest Snooker Club in Waterford – two weeks after the event initially took place at the Ivy Rooms in[Read More…]
Sniper Shot: John Sutton
Over the course of this season, Jonathan “Sniper” Williams has been conducting a series of interviews with players from the Irish snooker scene. Many thanks to Jonathan for his contributions to SnookerHQ and to all the players who have agreed to take part in this feature. We hope you enjoy it.[Read More…]
Sniper Shot: Michael Judge
Over the course of this season, Jonathan “Sniper” Williams has been conducting a series of interviews with players from the Irish snooker scene. Many thanks to Jonathan for his contributions to SnookerHQ and to all the players who have agreed to take part in this feature. We hope you enjoy[Read More…]
Michael Judge Wins Irish Masters
Michael Judge held on to beat TJ Dowling 4-3 in the held over final of the Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters in Fairview Snooker Club on Friday night. After three-time national champion Dowling took the opening frame with a break of 76, Judge excellently responded with a 102 century break to[Read More…]
Brendan O’Donoghue Claims Premier Cup in Ivy Rooms
Brendan O’Donoghue collected his first title of the season by emerging with victory in the DBSL Premier Cup on Sunday in Carlow. The national champion prevailed in a nail-biting final with Michael Judge that went the distance, with O’Donoghue ultimately sinking the remaining colours in the final frame for a[Read More…]
Preview: Seniors Irish Masters
The second event of the new World Seniors Tour takes place this weekend with the Seniors Irish Masters in County Kildare. The iconic Goffs, which hosted the Irish Masters on the Main Tour from 1978 until 2000 and is widely regarded as one of the best ever snooker venues, is[Read More…]
Preview: DBSL Premier Cup
The fourth senior ranking event of the Irish snooker season starts on Saturday at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. The Dublin Snooker Leagues Premier Cup sees a campaign-high total of 65 entries taking part. David Morris leads the rankings at the halfway point of the term but has chosen not[Read More…]