Michael Judge is into the quarter-finals of the IBSF World Amateur Championship after two knockout victories in Doha on Sunday. The Irishman edged 2012 champion Muhammad Asif 5-3 in the last 32 before a more convincing 5-0 whitewash of Manan Chandra. Judge spent 20 years as a professional player between[Read More…]
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Dowling and Judge Through as Kachaiwong Makes Maximum in Doha
TJ Dowling and Michael Judge are both into the last 32 of the IBSF World Amateur Championship in Qatar. Fellow Irishman Jason Devaney is out, though, after falling at the second knockout stage to former professional Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon. The top ranked player from Ireland last season lost 4-0 to the[Read More…]
Irish Move Forward in World Amateurs
Irish trio Michael Judge, TJ Dowling and Jason Devaney have all reached the knockout stages of the 2016 IBSF World Amateur Championship in Qatar. In truth, this is really where the tournament begins proper as the niceties of the opening exchanges have concluded. An incredible 78 out of the initial[Read More…]
Irish Trio in Doha for World Amateurs
129 players head to Doha in Qatar this weekend for the 2016 IBSF World Championship. Among them is a strong three-man Irish team comprising TJ Dowling, Michael Judge and Jason Devaney. Dowling earned his place after capturing a third National Championship in May – an incredible 18 years after his[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…]
Ireland Set for Home Internationals
The 2016 Home Internationals will get under way on Friday, again to be staged at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The team event pits nations from the British and Irish Isles, as well as some invited countries from further afield, against each other for annual international amateur honours. Ireland[Read More…]
Ireland Performing Strongly in European Team Championships
The European Men’s Team Championship has been taking place this week in Lithuania. All three Irish teams taking part have emerged easily from the round-robin phase and are well placed to make a run for the title in the knockout stages. Ireland 3, comprising Brendan O’Donoghue and Ryan Cronin, are[Read More…]
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…]
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…]
RIBSA Grand Prix in Carlow
The RIBSA Grand Prix takes place on Saturday at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. The sixth ranking event of the Irish amateur season has a year-low 43 entries but the majority of the front-runners at the top of the rankings are in attendance. Among them is recent European Under-21 champion Josh[Read More…]