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Irish Senior Championships – DRAW
The Draw has been made for the 2015 Irish Senior Snooker Championships 128 Stage which will be played in the Ivy Rooms SC Carlow on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd of May. All matches are the best of 7 Frames. The top half of the draw will be played on Saturday and the bottom half will be played on the Sunday.
Sharkx, Newbridge wins Draw for Cloths
Sharkx of Newbridge won draw for the two Strachan 6811 cloths after the Draw was done at the Senior ranking Event on 18th of April in the Ivy Rooms at the weekend. The Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association had entered all 2015 Register Clubs into this draw and it was Sharkx who came out the winner.
Gorman Wins Masters No.7
Shane Gorman continued his good from playing in Malta at the European Team Championships last month when he won the Masters Ranking Event 7 in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
O Donoghue wins Senior Ranking 7
There were 44 entries to the seventh point’s tournament of the 2014/15 season. All of the seeds moved into the Last 16 with the exception of Mark Owens who lost out to Douglas Hogan. This was Douglas’s first tournament this year and he lost out by a single frame in the next round to John Sutton. The only other seed not to reach the last sixteen was Philip Brown who lost out in a tense black ball fifth frame to Cathal Gordan from Galway.
Fermoy CYMS Coaching with PJ
On Thursday the 16th of April, Fermoy CYMS Snooker Club in county Cork were the latest club to avail of a free RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session with PJ Nolan. This season the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association are offering every registered RIBSA club a free coaching session with our National Coach to help promote the game around the country.
Newbridge CYMS Coaching with PJ
On Tuesday 14th of April Newbridge CYMS Snooker Club in Co Kildare were the latest club to avail of a free RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session with our National Coach PJ Nolan.
Sherwin retains 6reds Title
The 2015 National ladies 6 reds championship took place in Newbridge CYMS on Sunday 12th April. Everyone played each other 2 frames in a round-robin format, with 1 point being awarded per frame and the top 4 on points qualifying for a semi-final place. Most of the frames were very tight and there was a good standard throughout the day.
Senior Billiards C-ships Long Up Format
The National Billiards Championships, preliminary rounds down to the last four, took place at The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club, Carlow on Sunday, 12th April 2015. A total of 12 players contested the event, which meant that byes were awarded into the quarter finals to the top four seeds, Wayne Doyle (Dun Laoghaire), Aidan Murray (Ivy Rooms), Larry Drennan (Ivy Rooms) and Rodney Goggins (Wexford).
U-19 Championship Fitzgerald Vs Doherty
The final of the 2015 National U-19 will be between Andrew Doherty from Dublin and Adam Fitzgerald from Youghal after both players played great snooker in the New Institute Snooker Club in Nenagh at the RIBSA National Under 19 Snooker Championship on Saturday 11th April.
2015 Intermediate Championship DRAW
The Draw has been made for the 2015 National Intermediate Snooker Championships which will be held on Saturday 25th April at the Ivy Rooms, Carlow. All the matches will be the best of 5 frames up to the final. The final will be played during RIBSA Championship weekend on the 23rd of May in the Ivy Rooms SC in Carlow. Tony Thorpe will be the TD on the day.
Senior No.7 Event – DRAW / RESULTS
The Draw for the final RIBSA Senior Ranking event of the season on Saturday the 18th of April in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow was made today and if you click below you can follow the event live from Carlow on Saturday. If the tournament is running late the T D may decide to hold over the Semi –Finals and Final until the Sunday afternoon but not before 2 pm so as not to interfere with the Masters Tournament schedule on the next day.
Ivy Rooms SC Coaching with PJ
On Thursday the 9th of April The Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow was the latest club to avail of a free 3 hours RIBSA Snooker Coaching Session with PJ Nolan. PJ worked on improving the players Stance, Grip, Bridge and Cue Action during the lesson on the Shender match tables in the ivy rooms.