Celebrating 30 years of Ladies Snooker in Ireland, Since 1986.
Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association
RIGHT ON CUE Five-foot snooker sensation twins Carrie and Megan Randle BAIZing trail for women in Irish cue sports
The Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association are delighted for the Randle family from Kilkenny with their support and participation in RILSA and the Irish Pool Association. We support all our female players in pool, billiards and snooker as its so important...
Rachel Bradley is RILSA Kildare County Champion for 2019
The RILSA County Championships are now into their 3rd year of promotions with 4 County Championships in 2017. The Kildare, Carlow, Laois and Dublin events were a fantastic success for RILSA at grass root level promotion for female cue sports. 2018 saw two events at...
Louise Jordan from Meath wins Inaugural RILSA National 10 Red Championship at The Royal Snooker Club Navan
The inaugural RILSA 10 Red National Championship was won by Louise Jordan from Meath on her home turf at the Royal Snooker Club in Navan recently. The new cup is the Margaret Browne Cup dedicated to our current President Margaret Browne for all her years of...
Ann McMahon is RILSA Most Capped player for 2019
5 times former National Ladies Snooker Champion, Ann McMahon is the RILSA most International Capped player, after months of collating information on players who have represented Ireland on the International & World stage between 1978 -2004 & from 2014 onwards. Ann has...
RILSA National Ranking List Update
319 Women and girls have made it onto the RILSA National Amateur Ranking list since September 2014. This is an amazing achievement for our organisation in such a short period. If participation is first on the agenda of any female sport, we have really set the bar...
147 Stars Academy
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...
Robbie Keogh is Stars All Ireland Champion 2017
The Stars All Ireland Championship took place recently at the RILSA Academy in Sharkx Newbridge with a good turnout of players from around the country. Counties Kildare, Carlow, Kilkenny,Offaly, Laois & Cavan were represented. Robbie Keogh from Laois was in fine form...
Paul Hamevy Wins Stars Academy Under 14 National Schools Championship at Joey’s Dublin
The Under 14 National Schools Stars Academy Championship took place at Joey’s Dublin recently and for the 3rd year in a row the Larry O’Dea Perpetual Trophy was going back to the CBS Westland Row after young Paul Hamevy took the title with a 2-0 win over school friend...
Dublin Snooker Federation
Over 40 Years of Snooker Ends as Joey’s Closes it’s Doors
Joey's Snooker Club in Harmonstown Dublin has been one of Dublin's Snooker landmark clubs for over 40 years. I remember playing at the club in 1979 when it boosted 19 tables which you had to book prior to visiting the club such was the interest back then and...
Clontarf Team Ahead on Points as The Dublin Snooker Federation Leagues commence the Second Half of the season
As the second half of the Dublin Snooker Federation Leagues get underway on Tuesday 22nd January, the Clontarf Team made up of Twins Niall & Aidan Pollitt are ahead on points. This is great news for the team, if they continue their good form during the second half,...
Carlow Team Just ahead as Leinster Federation Leagues first half of Season ends
The Carlow Team made up of Annette Newman & Dan Carroll are just holding onto top spot in the Leinster League as the first half of the season ends. Only 4 points separate them from Morristown team of Richard Cullen & John Dempsey. Sharkx A team of Peter McDermott &...
Sportslink In Front as Dublin Snooker Federation Leagues progresses
The Sportslink Team made up of Oisin Mac Fhearai, Joe and Kevin Lyons are just ahead of the Clontarf Team of Niall & Aidan Pollitt as we enter the final weeks of the first half of the Dublin Snooker Federation Leagues. Last years winners The Griffith Club are close in...
Dan Carroll Coaching Academy
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 disciplines....
Avanti Students are introduced to Snooker at Sharkx Newbridge
Students from the Avanti School in Naas were given a day of coaching by World Snooker Coach Dan Carroll at Sharkx recently. The students come from Spain and Belgium and were excited to learn all about the sport of snooker. Dan began by explaining the very basic rules...
Snooker Camp at Sharkx Newbridge
World Snooker Coach Dan Carroll held a day snooker coaching camp at Sharkx Newbridge recently. During the 3 days Dan covered the basics on the rules of snooker along with the emphasis on the alignment, approach to the table, Bridge, Stance, Cue arm and striking the...
Coaching at Portarlington Snooker Club
World Snooker Coach Dan Carroll held a coaching session at the Portarlington Snooker Club Co Laois on Saturday 16 May. 10 young players from the club took part in the session and they really enjoyed the day. Tom Maloney and Fran Keogh were on hand to help out and we...
