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Celebrating 30 years of Ladies Snooker in Ireland, Since 1986.
Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association
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Annette Newman Wins the RILSA Snooker League at the RILSA Academy Sharkx recently
Annette Newman from Carlow claimed her 3rd National Snooker League Title recently and in doing so retained the Larry O'Dea Cup. It was yet another very successful league with all matches completed. The highest break during the league was from Annette Newman...
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RILSA National Amateur Snooker Rankings Update
As we are just over half way through the 2024-2025 season we see many changes to our National Amateur Snooker rankings Annette Newman our current number 1 is provisionally ranked number 1 to date but with a few events remaining, Annette will have to do well in them to...
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Annette Newman Wins the Griffith Pot Black Championship at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Recently
Annette Newman from Carlow won the 2024 Griffith Pot Black Championship at the RILSA Academy Sharkx recently. This is Annette's second time to win this event which started back in 2020 to encourage more participation in female cue sports Those who reached the...
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Jennifer Earle Retains her RILSA National U21 Snooker Title and makes it 3 in a row
Jennifer Earle from Dublin has retained her RILSA National U21 Snooker Title at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently and in doing so makes it three in a row, a fantastic achievement for her At the Quarter final stage Jennifer Earle from Dublin and representing...
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Jessica Beatty Wins the RILSA National Stars Girls Championship at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge Recently
Jessica Beatty from Kildare won her first RILSA National Stars Girls Championship at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently. Jessica who was runner up in last years event would take the crown this time round against Cailin O'Donovan in a close final The prelim...
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Dublin Snooker Federation
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Louise Maher won a recent Ultimate Pool Women’s Plate Competition taking out Nichola Oaks from England 5 nil in the final
Louise Maher is Kilkenny’s pool phenomenon, having won tournaments all over Ireland while also beating the best in England. Louise has won four All-Irelands - two with Wexford and two with Kilkenny - and added a European title to her roll of honour in Malta in 2011,...
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Isabella Smith is the 2024 RILPA Inaugural Kildare Junior Pool Champion
The Republic of Ireland Ladies Pool Association's Junior development plan got underway at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge with 10 young girls from Kildare competing in their very first Pool Competition. After a few weeks coaching from World Professional Coaches Dan...
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RILPA Junior Pool League is underway at the Academy Sharkx Newbridge
Over a number of weeks the Republic of Ireland Ladies Pool Association have initiated their inaugural Junior Pool League at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge 10 girls from the Holy Family All Girl School in Newbridge are taking part in the event. They are...
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BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OUR MEMBERS PARTAKING IN THE EUROPEAN POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN KILLARNEY 24TH – 29TH FEBRUARY 2024
Female Cue Sports Ireland are delighted to see many of our members participating in the European Pool Championships in Killarney from 24th to 29th February 2024. We wish all of the following great success representing Ireland in Killarney and the Irish Pool...
Dan Carroll Coaching Academy
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Coaching Workshop in Billiards was Conducted by Our World Billiards Coach Aidan Murray at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge Recently
Aidan Murray conducted an in depth coaching workshop at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently Aidan who is a World Billiards Professional Coach has been instrumental in helping us grow Female Billiards since 2015 gave a great days coaching to all those in...
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Coaching Continues at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge
Female Cue Sports Ireland are making great progress on the coaching front as more females are contacting the Organisation about how to get involved and receive coaching lessons Up to now just over 230 young girls have received coaching in the first 6 months of 2024...
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10 Young Coaching Assistants Complete Course at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge
10 young girls from the Holy Family School Newbridge completed a basic course in both Snooker and Billiards at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently where they received their certificates The course was designed and conducted by Dan Carroll and Aidan Murray in...
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Successful Coaching Day at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge
World Snooker Coach Dan Carroll held a Coaching workshop at the RILSA Academy Sharkx recently. the day consisted of a refresher session on the basics of the game such as Bridge Hand, Grip, Stance, cue action and delivering the cue straight through the cue ball. Dan...