Annette Newman from Carlow retained her RILBA National Billiards Championship Title recently making it 11 titles in 12 seasons on tour, an amazing achievement and a record that will be difficult to break in the future
In this group timed Championship
Group 1 saw Annette Newman from Carlow and the current Irish Champion and number 1 get off to a good start over Valerie Maloney from Laois who was the 2024 National Champion with Annette taking the win on the alarm 148-78
Jackie Trulock from Dublin and the current National Intermediate Billiards Champion had a good win over Brigid Mulvany from Dublin in their match 122-27
Session 2 saw Jackie playing solid billiards against Annette and went on to take the win on the alarm against Annette 113-97 on the other table Valerie took the win against Brigid on the alarm 97-31
The final session in group1 1 saw Annette up her scoring against Brigid with a number of small breaks finished on the alarm 189-32. Jackie would finish strong against Valerie with a score of 101-74 with the scores tallied it would be Annette to qualify out of the group with Jackie finishing as a semi finalist
Group 2 saw Stephanie Foley from Carlow just pip Joanna Ward from Kildare by 1 point on the alarm to take the win 77-76. Christine Carr from Kildare had a close match against Natalia Trochonowicz also from Kildare to take the win 78-69
Session 2 saw Stephanie get over the line against Veronica Hallahan from Dublin in their match 66-45 while Joanna got the win over Natalia in another close encounter on the alarm 81-75
Session 3 would see Christine take the win on the alarm against Joanna in another close match 80-63 and Natalia would get over the line in a low scoring match against Veronica 60-51 on the alarm
Session 4 Stephanie had a good win over Natalia finishing 83-55 and Christine also finishing with a win over Veronica 83-37 in their match
The final session saw Stephanie take the win over Christine on the alarm 80-67 and Veronica just pipped Joanna on the alarm 58-51 with the scores tallied it would be Christine who would qualify to meet Annette in the final. Stephanie finished as a semi finalist
In the final it was close for the most part with both players keeping in touch however Annette strung a number of breaks together towards the final 20 minutes and took the win on the alarm against Christine in a great final 208-179
Congratulations to Annette on her win and taking this title for the 11th time in 12 seasons on tour, well done to Christine on her fine performance and thanks to all the ladies for their continued support towards ladies Billiards
Thanks to Martin Foley for his help in refereeing throughout the event and thanks to Bernie, Paul and staff of Sharkx for all their support
