




Celebrating 30 years of Ladies Snooker in Ireland, Since 1986.
Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association

RILSA International Cap Awards – Players with 1 & 2 Caps for Ireland Update
The Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association has had players represent Ireland since 1976 at World, European and International events. As we gather data on our players participation in events, its clear that a great deal of information has been lost or...

Influencers in Female Cue Sports – Des Campbell
Gloria Ruane, Des Campbell & Anne Jones - First females to represent Ireland at the 1976 World Ladies Snooker Championship in Middlesboro UK Competitive female cue sports in Ireland was unheard of until the late Des Campbell got involved and sponsored the...

FREE MEMBERSHIP OF RILSA
As part of our ongoing promotions and developments in female cue sports, the Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association are continuing to offer free membership of their organisation. Free membership of RILSA is open to all females in the Republic of Ireland and...

NEW RILSA ACADEMY @ SHARKX NEWBRIDGE UPDATE PART 1
The Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association were successful in obtaining a grant for tables and equipment for their new National Female Cue Sports Academy at Sharkx Newbridge. This is yet another first for RILSA as we pave the way forward in providing an...

Christine Carr Receives Certificate Award for Participation in 100 Events
Christine Carr from Kildare has received the Participation Certificate Award on reaching 100 events with RILSA since 2014 when the Association was reformed. Christine has not missed an event in all that time and has now reached participation in 100 competitions in...
147 Stars Academy

Stars Academy Ireland – Announcement
Stars Academy Ireland have decided in the interest of its players health & safety and member schools that events for 2020 are cancelled, due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19. Our intention is to reschedule events in 2021 providing it is safe to do so...

Tristan Hurley Wins National Special Needs Championship at Sharkx Newbridge – Representing St Laserians carlow
The 5th Stars Academy Ireland National Special Needs Championship was won by Tristan Hurley from St Laserians Carlow after a great display of snooker by Tristan and all the players who participated at Sharkx Newbridge recently. Tristan had to fight for his title...

Kildare Town Community School Set to Host Stars Academy U16 Championship
As Stars Academy Ireland move their National Underage events into Schools, Kildare Town Community School are set to get the ball rolling soon as they host the Under 16 Championship. Tadgh O'Connor and Bill McEvoy will be managing the event at the School which boasts a...

Stars Academy Ireland Move National Events into Schools
Stars Academy Ireland have made great progress over the past number of years in their promotions at junior level here in Ireland. Since the Stars of the Future events were initiated by the late Dermot Dalton in 1981 where most of our top professionals and amateur...

Connor Flynn from St Marks Newbridge is 2018 National Special Needs Champion
The 4th National Stars Academy Special Needs Championship took place at Sharkx Newbridge recently with a great turnout. Connor Flynn from St Marks Newbridge took the title in style with a good win over Tristan Hurley from St Laserians in Carlow. On his way to the...
Dublin Snooker Federation

Leinster Snooker Federation – Announcement
The Leinster Snooker Federation have decided to cancel their league for 2020 due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19. With teams travelling from Carlow, Dublin, Offaly to the Venue in Newbridge each week, its advisable to cancel for 2020, however we intend to...

Dublin Snooker Federation Announcement
The Dublin Snooker Federation have decided that due to the ongoing situation with COVID-19, the Dublin Snooker Federation League and Cup events are cancelled for 2020. Its very important that we put our members and their family's health first in these unprecedented...

Dublin North Win Leinster Snooker Federation League 2019-2020
The Dublin North team made up of father and son, Dave & Gary Seales won the Leinster Snooker Federation League for 2019-2020 season a number of weeks ago. The league was another great success even though we had to cut short a few matches remaining due to...

Dave Seales Wins Leinster Individual Competition
The Leinster Snooker Federation Leagues for 2019 - 2020 was completed on Thursday 12 March with only a few matches remaining for the season. We decided to give the remaining matches the same results as that of the first half of the season. It was decided that due to...
Dan Carroll Coaching Academy

Special Needs Snooker & Pool Coaching at Sharkx Newbridge
World Snooker Coach Dan Carroll held a coaching day at Sharkx Newbridge recently. A number of players from the special needs Pool were in attendance for this free coaching day. Stars Academy Ireland are very much involved with helping young players in snooker, pool...

Snooker & Billiards Coaching at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge
Dan Carroll the RILSA National Head Coach held a free coaching day in both snooker & billiards at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently. A number of players availed of this free day at Sharkx where they were put through their paces in both cue sport...