




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

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...

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...

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...
147 Stars Academy
Dublin Snooker Federation

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...

Carrie & Megan Randle reach World Scotch Doubles Final in Killarney
The Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association congratulate both Carrie & Megan Randle on their success in Killarney at the World Pool Championships. The girls reached the final of the Scotch Doubles, having great results along the way to meet England in the...
Dan Carroll Coaching Academy

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...

All Girl Schools Development continues at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge
The second session of coaching in both Snooker and Billiards was met with great excitement and another successful day at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge as we continue to progress our All Girl School initiative whereby we introduce young girls to cue sports Again...

Female Cue Sports Ireland commence their Development plan to increase Participation & introduce Cue Sports to All Girl Schools
We were delighted with the response from our Nationwide feature on RTE recently that was watched by thousands of people around Ireland and across the World. We received thousands of hits to our website along with a number of enquiries. We have already started...

Fergal O’Brien Coaching Workshop at the RILSA Academy Sharkx Newbridge
Fergal O'Brien held his fourth coaching workshop at the RILSA academy Sharkx Newbridge recently. Fergal gave a demonstration on the grip and focused on striking the cue ball. He explained that striking the cue ball too hard would have adverse effects on many shots...