The RIBSA Irish Championships are set to take place this weekend at the Ivy Rooms with 15 national titles up for grabs in Carlow. The main focus will be on the Senior National Championship but there’ll be a lot of interest too on the junior categories, the Masters and women’s[Read More…]
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Saturday Start for Irish National Championship
The 2018 RIBSA Senior Irish National Championship gets under on Saturday at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. A highly respectable total of 85 amateur competitors, considerably the highest number to enter an event this season, are in the field for the country’s most prestigious individual crown. After triumphs in two[Read More…]
Irish Duo Exit WSF Championship
Michael Judge and TJ Dowling both fell at the last 16 stage of the WSF Championship on Thursday – ending Irish interest in the inaugural staging of the international amateur competition in Malta. Judge, as he had also done in the semi-finals of last week’s WSF Seniors Championship, lost out[Read More…]
Michael Judge and TJ Dowling in WSF Championship Running
The inaugural WSF Championship has reached the last 32 stage in Malta with a straight knockout format to be adopted from now until the champion is determined on Saturday. With the formalities of the mundane round-robin phase complete, attention can now properly turn to the big contenders as they chase[Read More…]
Michael Judge Wins Irish Masters
Michael Judge held on to beat TJ Dowling 4-3 in the held over final of the Douglas Jewellers Irish Masters in Fairview Snooker Club on Friday night. After three-time national champion Dowling took the opening frame with a break of 76, Judge excellently responded with a 102 century break to[Read More…]
Sniper Shot: TJ Dowling
Over the course of this season, Jonathan “Sniper” Williams will be conducting a series of interviews with players from the Irish snooker scene. Many thanks to Jonathan for his contributions to SnookerHQ and to all the players who have agreed to take part in this new feature. We hope you[Read More…]
Barracks Classic Launches 2017/18 Irish Season
The first senior ranking event of the Irish snooker season takes place this weekend at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. A total of 62 players have entered the Barracks Classic, with Brendan O’Donoghue the top seed as both the defending champion and the reigning national champion. O’Donoghue is one of[Read More…]
Ireland Crowned Home Internationals Champions
Republic of Ireland won the Home Internationals for the first time since 2012 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds on Monday. The four-man team, comprising Michael Judge, TJ Dowling, Robert Murphy, and John Farrell, won all six of their encounters for a resounding success. With victory, the Irish unit[Read More…]
TJ Dowling Looks to Defend Irish National Championship
The focus of the majority of snooker fans will be on the Crucible Theatre this weekend and the conclusion of the World Championship. However, also taking place is the start of the Irish Senior National Championship at the Ivy Rooms in Carlow. The flagship end-of-season tournament on the domestic scene in[Read More…]
Irish Quintet into Knockouts at European Championship
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…]