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…]
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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…]
Brendan O’Donoghue Wins Irish Masters
Brendan O’Donoghue has won his second ranking event of the Irish amateur season after victory in the Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters in Carlow. The Nenagh native beat Robert Murphy 4-1 in the final at the Ivy Rooms, the same player he overcame for success in the Barracks Classic at the[Read More…]
Improving Philip Browne Looks Forward to Irish Masters
The fifth senior ranking event of the Irish season takes place this weekend with the Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters in Carlow. A total of 56 competitors will descend on the Ivy Rooms this Saturday, with top seed Michael Judge looking to extend his recent dominant form. The 42 year-old is gunning[Read More…]
Michael Judge Wins Premier Cup Again
Michael Judge defended the DBSL Premier Cup with a 4-1 victory over Brendan O’Donoghue on Sunday in Carlow. It marks successive ranking event successes for Judge this season following his triumph in the Presidents Cup last month and safeguarded his spot at the top of the Irish rankings ahead of[Read More…]
Irish Amateurs in Action at Premier Cup
The fourth senior ranking event of the Irish campaign takes place this weekend with the DBSL Premier Cup in Carlow. 52 players, led by ranking event champions this season Brendan O’Donoghue, TJ Dowling and Michael Judge, will compete at the Ivy Rooms on Saturday and Sunday for the €500 top[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: The Presidents Cup
By Jonathan Williams I had prepared well coming up to the Presidents Cup – by that I mean I played most days. However, rather than actually practicing potting, I was picking out balls for John Sutton in Potters Drogheda for a few hours each day. Being totally honest I was very low[Read More…]
Michael Judge Rules in Presidents Cup
Michael Judge has won the Presidents Cup after a dramatic comeback final victory over David Hogan in Carlow. Judge, a quarter-finalist in the recent IBSF World Amateur Championship, trailed Hogan 3-0 but four frames on the spin saw the 41 year-old snatch the triumph from the jaws of defeat. Judge[Read More…]
Soheil Vahedi Wins World Amateur Championship
Soheil Vahedi has won the IBSF World Championship after a fantastic 8-1 victory over Andrew Pagett in Qatar. In doing so, he becomes the second Iranian to capture the most prestigious amateur title after compatriot Hossein Vafaei Ayouri’s success in 2011. The triumph will also mean a likely invitation onto[Read More…]