




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

First Scholarship at Maynooth University for Females in Cue Sports
The first ever Scholarship for Females in Cue Sports was established at Maynooth University on Friday 22nd November 2024. This is history in the making and another positive milestone for Female Cue Sports as we at RILSA continue with our plan for the future This...

Jackie Trulock Wins Masters Snooker Plate Competition at the RILSA Academy Sharkx recently
Jackie Trulock from Dublin won the recent RILSA Masters Snooker Plate Competition at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge At the semi final stage of the event Jackie Trulock from Dublin got the better of Brigid Mulvany from Dublin in their match clearing the colours for...

Cathy Dunne Wins the RILSA National Masters Snooker Championship Recently
Cathy Dunne from Dublin won her first RILSA National Snooker Masters Championship at the RILSA Academy Sharkx recently adding this National Snooker Title to her two National Snooker Amateur Championship titles and 10 Red title over the years At the Quarter Final stage...

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...

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...
147 Stars Academy
Dublin Snooker Federation

Best Wishes to all our Members participating at the World Pool Championships in Morocco next week
The Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association are delighted to see many of our members participating in the World Pool Championships in Morocco from 2nd to 11th July 2023. We wish all of the following great success representing Ireland in Morocco and the Irish...

Congratulations to our ladies at the European 8 Ball Pool Championships in Malta
Congratulations to all our ladies who represented Ireland at the recent European Pool Championships in Malta. Louise Maher reached the last 16 of the singles event and Sandra Bryan reached the Quarter Finals, Helena Melly also got to the Quarter Finals while Kim...

Best Wishes to All our Members Participating in the European Pool Championships in Malta
The Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association are delighted to see many of our members participating in the European Pool Championships in Malta from 18th to 24th February 2023. We wish all of the following great success along with the other ladies representing...

Louise Maher wins the Inaugural RILPA Pool Championship at Sharkx Newbridge
Louise Maher from Kilkenny won the inaugural RILPA Pool Championship at Sharkx Newbridge recently defeating Sandra Bryan from Wexford 5 - 3 in the final. At the quarter finals Christine Carr from Kildare had a 5-3 win over Emirjeta Doda from Dublin for a place in the...
Dan Carroll Coaching Academy

Fergal O’Brien Coaching Workshop at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently
Fergal O'Brien our Professional Snooker Player on the WPBSA tour and making great strides in Coaching, gave another coaching workshop at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently. As always Fergal provide excellent information and demonstrations to those in...

Six New Female Coaches Trained at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge
Female Cue Sports Ireland got the new year off to a great start regarding the increase in Female Cue Sports Coaches with an introductory level course completed at their Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently, bringing it to 12 trained female coaches to date Dan...

Fergal O’Brien Coaching Workshop at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge
Fergal O'Brien held another coaching workshop at the RILSA academy Sharkx Newbridge recently. Fergal went around the tables giving some demonstration's on the grip and focused on striking the cue ball. He explained that striking the cue ball too hard would have...

4 Teachers from our School – College Initiative complete the New Introductory level Snooker & Billiard Coaching Course at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge
History in the making once more as Female Cue Sports Ireland get their Female Coaching plan up and running at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge recently. Four Teachers attended the first Introductory level coaching course in Snooker & Billiards run by Female Cue...