Simon Lichtenberg has become the first German to win a major international event after victory in the European Under-21 Championship on Friday in Sofia. The 20 year-old produced a terrific display to beat Welshman Tyler Rees 6-3 in the final to claim the prestigious amateur title. Lichtenberg joins an exclusive[Read More…]
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Ross Bulman Two Wins Away From European Under-21 Glory
Ireland’s Ross Bulman has reached the semi-finals of the European Under-21 Championship after three superb victories in the knockout phase in Bulgaria on Thursday. The 16 year-old, who has been highly regarded in the last couple of years back on the Emerald Isle, lost only two frames as he stormed[Read More…]
Ross Bulman Challenging for European Under-21 Championship
The European Under-21 Championship is down to the last 32 after the round-robin phase and the opening knockout round was completed on Wednesday. All five Irish cueists made it out of the group stages but only two have advanced to the first round proper of the knockouts after disappointing defeats[Read More…]
Jackson Page Defends European Under-18 Crown
Jackson Page defended the European Under-18 Championship on Monday after a 5-3 victory over Florian Nüßle in Sofia. The Welshman compiled breaks of 96, 84, and 63 to prevail in a close affair and reign supreme in the underage category for the second time in succession. Page’s run to the final[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: The National Championships
By Jonathan Williams My Irish Championship was unfortunately very short lived this year. I felt really good going into the event as I had practised a few days beforehand and my shoulder was in no pain at all. However, that all seemed to amount to nothing. I missed some very[Read More…]
Brendan O’Donoghue Wins Irish National Championship
Brendan O’Donoghue regained the Irish National Senior Championship after a 7-3 victory over Rodney Goggins at the Ivy Rooms on Sunday. The Nenagh native had been one of the pre-tournament favourites after a strong season which saw him capture two out of the six previous ranking events this term. After[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: Irish Masters
By Jonathan Williams My Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters was very short lived. It was not the best first round draw against Colm Gilcreest, but I didn’t feel confident going into this event and hadn’t really been playing so got the result I expected. I missed the last ranking event after[Read More…]
Irish Season Continues with President’s Cup
The third ranking event of the Irish senior amateur campaign takes place this weekend in Carlow. The President’s Cup, sponsored by Eamonn Kearns, has a season low of 55 entrants competing for the €500 winner’s cheque. The top 9 seeds, including Brendan O’Donoghue and TJ Dowling who won the opening two[Read More…]
Sniper’s Snippets: The Barracks Classic
By Jonathan Williams My first event was a bit of a disaster to be honest. I definitely didn’t start the season how I would have liked and I was only a shadow of the player who got to the final of the National Championship in May. My preparation was no[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…]