Cathy Dunne from Dublin won her first RILSA National Snooker Masters Championship at the RILSA Academy Sharkx recently adding this National Snooker Title to her two National Snooker Amateur Championship titles and 10 Red title over the years
At the Quarter Final stage of the event Annette Newman from Carlow had to dig deep to take the win against the ever improving Jackie Trulock from Dublin with the match level at 1-1 it would come down to the colours in the 3rd frame which Annette took to advance to the semis. Tina Keogh from Offaly had a good 2 nil win over Brigid Mulvany from Dublin to meet Annette in the semis
At the other end of the draw Louise Maher from Kilkenny had a good 2 nil win over Veronica Hallahan from Dublin to advance and Cathy Dunne from Dublin like Annette had to dig deep against Lynda Curley from Offaly with their match 1-1 it would also come down to the colours with Cathy taking the 3rd frame to meet Louise in the semis
With the Semis set Annette battled against Tina in a close contest to get over the line with a 2-1 win and a place in her 6th Masters Final. Cathy was improving her game and had a good 2 nil win over Louise to meet Annette in the final
The final was close for the most part with the first frame down to the colours with Cathy potting them for frame 1 and in frame 2 it would be down to a blue ball finish with with Annette needing one snooker but Cathy potted the blue to take the frame and match
Cathy was delighted to win the Noel Murphy Shield. Noel was a avid support of ladies snooker for many years where he refereed all over the country helping RILSA on a regular basis. It is only right and fitting we remember Noel with the Shield in his name with the RILSA National Snooker Masters every year
Congratulations to Cathy on her win and well done to Annette on a fine performance. Thanks to all the ladies for their support and participation. Thanks to Bernie, Paul and staff of Sharkx for all their help and support
