




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

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

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...

SUCCESSFUL COACHING DAY AT THE RILSA ACADEMY SHARKX NEWBRIDGE
RILSA held a coaching day on Saturday 29th January in both snooker & billiards. The attendance was good and everyone really enjoyed the day. World Snooker Coach Dan Carroll began the two hour session with some basic routines and sighting exercise followed by a...