Celebrating 30 years of Ladies Snooker in Ireland, Since 1986.
Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association
Annette Newman Wins RILSA Ladies Leinster Masters @ Joey’s Dublin
Irish number 1, Annette Newman from Carlow won the Ladies Leinster Masters at Joey's Dublin recently. Annette's consistent form this season with two semi final spots along with two runners-up places and this win certainly put's her in contention to hold number 1 for...
RILSA International Cap Award Update
The Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association are Introducing an International Cap Award for players who represent their Country at any World, International, European or any International friendly event as part of our continued promotion and recognition of...
Tina Keogh Takes RILSA Intermediate Ranking 2 at Sharkx Newbridge
Tina Keogh from Laois won the RILSA Intermediate Ranking 2 of the season at Sharkx Newbridge recently. Tina played exceptionally well throughout the event. This is Tina's 5th Intermediate Ranking win during her time with RILSA and was runner-up on two occasions which...
Louise Jordan Wins RILSA Ranking 2 – Stars Academy Masters,Gold at Sharkx Newbridge
Louise Jordan from Navan Co Meath took the Stars Academy Masters Ranking Event 2 at the RILSA Academy in Sharkx Newbridge. Louise had won a RILSA National Ranking back in 1999 beating Paula Darby 3-1 in that final and finished the season ranked 3rd. On her way to the...
RILSA Special Needs National Ranking reaches all time high of 79 players
The Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association have seen an increase in participation every year since initiating their promotions in the Special Needs area. St Marks Special School in Newbridge and St Laserians Special School in Carlow have been to the fore front...
147 Stars Academy
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...
Stars Academy Ireland Junior Ranking Reaches 245
Stars Academy Ireland have gone from strength to strength over the past 7 years with their junior development plan through the Schools & Colleges programme. This initiative is an astounding success for those involved with Stars Academy Ireland. The late Dermot Dalton...
Adam O’Shea wins U17 Stars Academy Title in Newbridge
Adam O'Shea from Sharkx Newbridge won the U17 Stars Academy Ireland Championship recently. Adam had to work hard all the way through to the final as his opponents were in good form, starting with the last 16 match with Luke O'Callaghan (Laois) 2-1, the Quarter final...
Dublin Snooker Federation
Leinster Snooker Federation League Update after week 6
The Leinster Snooker Federation Leagues got underway 6 weeks ago and all is going very well with most matches played. The Griffith Club from Carlow made up of Annette Newman & Dan Carroll are leading with 8 points on Morristown team of John Dempsey & Richard Cullen in...
Dublin Snooker Federation Leagues Kick off at Joey’s
The Dublin Snooker Federation Leagues kicked off at Joey's recently. This season we see a slight drop in teams partaking, this is all down to the good summer we had and the weather still has an effect on participation across the Country as clubs suffer the...
Leinster Snooker Federation Leagues 2018-2019 Season Commences
The 2nd Leinster Snooker Federation League Season commences at Sharkx Newbridge with teams representing Laois, Offaly, Carlow and Kildare. Last years Leinster League was a great success and everyone really enjoyed the season with all matches played. The Carlow team of...
Aidan Pollitt wins Battle of Clontarf Plate Competition at Joey’s Dublin
After a long days competition at Joey's Dublin recently, Aidan Pollitt won the Battle of Clontarf Plate event in a tight battle against Christine Carr. Aidan was runner-up in this event in 2017 and is delighted to go one better this time round and win the...
Dan Carroll Coaching Academy
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...
Sharkx Coaching Camp 2015
World Snooker Coach Dan Carroll held a two day coaching camp in Sharkx Newbridge recently. The camp had 14 young players, all eager to get started on their journey to becoming good snooker players. Day 1 was all geared towards technique and the importance of...
