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0’Driscoll Wins Masters Ranking No.4
Tom O Driscoll won the 4th RIBSA Masters event of the season today in Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow after the late finish of the semi finals the final on the day RIBSA held the final during the senior event today.
RIP Timmy Murphy
Everyone involved in Irish Snooker & Billiards will be saddened to hear that Timmy Murphy from Cork passed away this morning. The Republic Of Ireland Billiards and Snooker Association and all Snooker & Billiards followers would like to express their very deepest sympathy to his family at this sad time.
RIBSA Senior Event No.5 – Second Session
The action is hotting up in the second round of the RIBSA Senior Ranking ‘ The RIBSA Masters ‘ in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow when Michael Judge hit the first century with a fantastic 108 break.
RIBSA Senior Event No.5 – First Session
Action just began in the RIBSA Senior Ranking Event No.5 of the season‘ The RIBSA Masters ‘ in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow this morning. Top seed is Rodney Goggins but with the talented field it is very difficult to find a winner .
Donegan Wins Intermediate Event 5
15 players took to the green baize on Saturday for the 5 Intermediate tournament of the season in the North West snooker club in Letterkenny. There was a notable absence of top ranked players but players did travel from Kilkenny, Dublin, Wicklow and Sligo. With a strong local field all of the seeded players were knocked out at the last sixteen stage.
Senior No.5 Ranking Event – DRAW
The Draw for the fifth RIBSA Senior Ranking event of the season on Saturday the 14th of February in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow was made today. Top seed for the event will be Rodney Goggins and it promises to be a great tournament.
Day One of the Training Camps with PJ
Our National Coach PJ Nolan held his first day of the planned two day RIBSA training camp on the 11th of February for the players who will represent the Republic Of Ireland in the 2015 EBSA Under 21 & Team Snooker Championships in Malta which will be held from the 21st March to the 1st of April.
McAnally Wins Intermediate Billiards 5
The fifth RIBSA Intermediate Billiards Event of the season was held on Sunday 8th of February in the Ivy Rooms Snooker Club in Carlow.
Bulman Wins RIBSA U-16 Event 3
A superb turnout of 31 players arrived at the Douglas snooker club in cork for the third of this year’s Under 16 national events. All the top seeds were there hoping to improve their places in the rankings before the national championships in March.
Bulman Wins RIBSA U-21 Ranking 5
The 5th of this year’s Under 21 events was held in the Crucible Snooker Club in Cork this weekend, there was a superb entry of 23 players.
National Ladies Snooker Week
RIBSA are contacting all clubs this week in relation to promoting Ladies Snooker Week in Ireland from the 1st-8th of March.
Sherwin makes it 5 in a row
The 5th ladies ranking event took place in Q’s snooker club on Sunday 8th Feb. Newcomer Kim Cuthbert took on Ronda Sheldreck in her 1st match. Kim is new to the game, having only started playing a few months ago, but she proved in this match that she will be a serious contender for the future as she showed great insight into the game and some good skills. There was absolutely nothing to separate these 2 all throughout the match.