The 2014 Home Internationals gets under way on Saturday at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds. The competition pits teams from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales against each other in an annual bragging rights affair. The Senior event is the main attraction but there are also trophies to[Read More…]
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McCrudden Closes Gap to Murphy with Third Premier Win
Martin McCrudden closed the gap at the top of the Irish rankings after victory in the sixth Premier Tour event of the season on Sunday. McCrudden won his third event of the campaign with a titanic 4-3 victory over Rodney Goggins in the final, having earlier whitewashed John Sutton in[Read More…]
Irish Scene: Judge Wins National Championship
Michael Judge beat Robert Redmond 8-5 in the final of Irish National Championship to claim the title for the first time. The 38 year-old, who has reached the last 16 of the World Championship, returned to the sport after a year out, a decision that now seems fully justified as[Read More…]
Irish Scene: Irish Championship Down to Final Eight
The 2013 Irish National Senior Championship was whittled down to the final eight players at the weekend in Carlow. Most of the country’s best players went head-to-head for the annual end-of-season bragging rights and it was indeed several of the leading names that advanced to the quarter-finals in a couple[Read More…]
Irish Scene: O’Donoghue in the Double
A little late on the scene following the antics of the World Championship qualifiers during the weekend and the subequent Last 32 draw yesterday but the latest National Senior event finished in Carlow on Sunday. Brendan O’Donoghue won his second Irish ranking title in a row with a 5-0 drubbing[Read More…]
The Sniper: How We Won the Home Internationals
On Monday, Ireland won the Home Internationals for only the fourth time in the history of the tournament. In a nail-biting finish, the Irish had to nervously wait for the result of the final match of the day between England and Wales to go their way. Thankfully it did and[Read More…]
Ireland Win 2012 Home Internationals
Ireland has tonight been crowned the Home Internationals champions for the fourth time at Pontins, Prestatyn in North Wales. A very strong Irish team, consisting of Rodney Goggins, Brendan O’Donoghue, Greg Casey, Johnny Williams and Robert Redmond, crossed the Irish Sea in an attempt to win back the Prince of[Read More…]
Irish Team Trains Ahead of Home Internationals
The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association held a training camp weekend with leading professional player Fergal O Brien and World Snooker Coach PJ Nolan in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow to prepare the players for the 2012 Home Internationals. The Home Internationals are being held in[Read More…]
Goggins Guns Down Trump
Leading Irish amateur Rodney Goggins continued his excellent week at the Six Red World Championship by beating Judd Trump 5-1 to top his group in Thailand. Goggins had already enjoyed a 100% win success record during the round robin stage and his apparent love affair with the shorter, modified format[Read More…]
Return of Six Reds
Six Red snooker returns to our screens this week as the Six Red World Championship got under way today in Thailand. At the tail end of the much maligned Sir Rodney Walker era in the sport, the introduction of the six reds format was seen as the potential initiative to[Read More…]