Celebrating 30 years of Ladies Snooker in Ireland, Since 1986.
Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association
RILSA Player Number 6 – Sandra Bryan
Sandra Bryan from Wexford is our 6th player on the all time list with RILSA, Sandra joined RILSA in 2014 and immediately met with great success winning the 2014 National Amateur Championship in a close contested final against Annette Newman, Sandra would go on...
RILSA Player Number 7 – Paula Judge
Paula Judge from Dublin is our 7th player on the all time list with RILSA, Paula joined RILSA back in the mid 1990's for a short time, then went away from the sport as most young girls do in their teens, however Paula returned to the Association after many years away...
RILSA Player Number 8 – Christine Carr
Christine Carr from Kildare is our 8th player on the all time list with RILSA, Christine is one of our most dedicated players on the tour as she's never missed an event since joining the Association in 2014. Her first big win in competition came in 2014,...
RILSA Player Number 9 – Tina Keogh
Tina Keogh from Offaly is our 9th player on the all time list with RILSA, Tina has improved greatly in cue sports since joining the Association in 2014. Tina is our current National Secretary on the Board of RILSA and wears many hats on other committees of the...
RILSA Player Number 10 – Valerie Maloney
Valerie Maloney from Offaly is our 10th player on the all time list with RILSA, as she has made great progress since joining the Association in 2014. Valerie is our current Assistant Treasurer on the Board of RILSA and is also part of our Garda Vetting committee. She...
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...
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...
