Claire Mill from Dublin claimed her second National 6 Red Snooker Championship Title at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently.

At the prelim round Natalia Trochonowicz from Kildare had a good 2 nil win over the seasoned player Louise Maher from Kilkenny, Natalia only on the tour a short time is making headway in events that is raising heads as the youngster makes progress.   Valerie Maloney from Laois had a close encounter with Veronica Hallahan from Dublin but eventually got over the line in the 3rd frame on a black ball finish to advance to the Quarters

Tina Keogh from Offaly had a good 2 nil win over Jackie Trulock from Dublin for a place in the Quarters and Claire Mill from Dublin had a comfortable 2 nil win over Brigid Mulvany from Dublin to advance and complete the Quarter final line up

In the Quarters, the number 1 seed Cathy Dunne from Dublin got the better of the youngster Natalia Trochonowicz to take a 2 nil win with Cathy showing experience throughout the match.  Sandra Bryan from Wexford and a 5 times winner of the National 6 Red was in good form against Valerie to take a 2 nil win for a place in the semis against Cathy

Christine Carr from Kildare took a good 2 nil win over Tina in their Quarter final match to advance to the semis while Claire showing good form took the win against Lynda Curley the number 2 seed from Offaly to complete the semi final line up

Cathy and Sandra shared the first two frames and it would go all the way to a black ball finish with Sandra taking the black for a place in the final and a chance to take this title for the 6th time, Claire continued her form against Christine and took the win 2 frames to nil to play  Sandra in the final

The final itself was yet another close match with the sides level at 1-1 it would go all the way to a pink ball finish with Sandra having chances to clear from the blue but let Claire in to pot both blue and pink for game and match

Congratulations to Claire on her win and well done to Sandra on a fine performance.  Thanks to all the ladies for their support and thanks to Stephanie and Martin for all their help throughout the day refereeing

Thanks to Bernie, Paul and staff of Sharkx for all their support towards female cue sports