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…]
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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…]
Sniper’s Snippets: The RIBSA Masters
By Jonathan Williams My event this time around was quite short lived, although it did not feel like it. I was there from 10am supporting Peter “The Player” Dunne and my first match didn’t get going until 1:30pm. I didn’t feel drained or tired as I am a quick player[Read More…]
Goggins Wins Irish Masters
Rodney Goggins has won his first ranking event of the season after beating Ryan Cronin to lift the Irish Masters cup in Carlow. Goggins, usually a regular at the business end of tournaments in recent years, had struggled to reach the latter rounds at the beginning of this season before[Read More…]
Judge Rules in Premier Cup
Michael Judge claimed his second senior ranking title of the Irish season following a 4-2 victory over David Hogan in the Premier Cup on Sunday at the Ivy Rooms. Judge’s triumph adds to the delayed Irish Open that he already captured last November. Among the Dubliner’s scalps were two fine[Read More…]
Irishmen Head to IBSF World Championship
The 2015 IBSF World Championship gets under way in Egypt on Monday. A strong eight-man team representing Ireland in the Men’s and Masters events have made the trek to Hurgada in search of global glory. The Masters team consists of Tom O’Driscoll, Anthony Bonnar, Alen Matic and Colm Gilcreest but[Read More…]
Improved Numbers in Irish Ranking Opener
The senior tour of the 2015/16 Irish season gets under way this weekend with the first ranking tournament at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. There will be six events in total between now and March, before the National Championship weekend takes place at the start of May. After many years[Read More…]
England Pip Ireland to Home Internationals Success
The Men’s event in the 2015 Home Internationals came to a dramatic conclusion on Monday with England denying the Republic of Ireland glory in Leeds. With both countries standing on 9 points from their opening five matches – with four wins and one draw apiece – the annual amateur tournament came[Read More…]
2015 SHQ Awards: The End of Season Review
As we prepare for a new season that amazingly starts in a mere few days, there’s still just about enough time to reflect on the 2014/15 campaign. Over the last few years on SnookerHQ I have always done an end of season review in May and this year will be[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…]