As we move into the New Year the Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association’s 2023-2024 season is now into its last few months of the Snooker Tour.  With only two National Ranking events remaining on our calendar, it will all come down to these important events to see who finishes within the top 16 in order to qualify for the National Amateur Championship in May 2024

On the current provisional rankings, Sandra Bryan from Wexford is at number 1 up from 10th last season, so a great season so far for Sandra.  Annette Newman from Carlow is at 2 spot just down one from last season where she is the current Irish number 1.  Holding her number 3 place from last season is Claire Mill from Dublin and just down from 2nd place last season to 4th so far is Cathy Dunne from Dublin

Up from 15th place last season is Valerie Maloney from Laois showing a great season for her.  Newcomer to the tour last season is Jackie Trulock from Dublin who finished number 29 last year is now provisionally holding 6th spot.  Jennifer Earle from Dublin is up to 7th place so far from 12th last year and completing the top 8 is Stephanie Foley from Carlow up from 14th place last season

In 9th place so far is Margaret O’Driscoll from Kerry only down one place from last season.  Also Down the rankings is Tina Keogh from Offaly to 10th from 5th place and Christine Carr from Kildare is down from 6th to 11th.  Louise Maher from Kilkenny is down from 4th to 12th so far.  Grushenka Arnold from Dublin has gained a few places so far up from 13th last year to 11th spot.  Newcomer Veronica Hallahan from Dublin is in at 14 spot so far, Jessica Beatty from Kildare is up from 18th place to 15th spot and completing the provisional top 16 is Emma Daly from Kildare up from 20th to 16 spot

However players from 10th down on the current provisional list are not guaranteed to remain in the top 16 and will have to play in the last two events of the season to ensure qualification for the Championship.

Joanna Ward from Kildare has dropped out from 7th last season to 25th so far, Elizabeth Lynch from Offaly is also down to 26th place from 9th last season.  Louise Jordan from Meath is down from 13th to 36th place and Margaret Browne from Meath is down from 16th to 24th, these players need to play in the next two events in order to have a chance to get back into the top 16 and its not too late for them

With players representing 14 counties within the top 64 shows the great progress made over the past number of seasons to increase participation across Ireland.  To date we have 19 counties represented on our overall National Ranking list which has grown from 22 in 2014 to 591 to date

TOP 64 PROVISIONAL RANKED SNOOKER PLAYERS TO DATE

Rank Name County Tot Tot
1st Sandra Bryan Wexford 6500 25
2nd Annette Newman Carlow 6000 17
3rd Claire Mill Dublin 5800 13
4th Cathy Dunne Dublin 5400 17
5th Valerie Maloney Laois 4000 2
6th Jacqueline Trulock Dublin 4000 2
 7th Jennifer Earle  Dublin 3700 0
8th Stephanie Foley Carlow 3600 4
9th Margaret O’Driscoll Kerry 3500 11
10th Tina Keogh Offaly 3400 2
11th Christine Carr Kildare 2800 6
12th Louise Maher Kilkenny 2800 4
13th Grushenka Arnold Dublin 2400 1
14th Veronica Hallahan Dublin 2000 1
15th Jessica Beatty Kildare 2000 0
16th Emma Daly Kildare 2000 0
17th Kirsty Curtis Kildare 2000 0
18th Fiona Carr Kildare 2000 0
19th Caitlin Williams Kildare 2000 0
20th Amy Murphy Kildare 2000 0
21st Anna Curley Kildare 2000 0
22nd Ruoqi Chen Kildare 2000 0
23rd Anastasiia Klimashevska Kildare 2000 0
24th Margaret Browne Meath 1800 2
25th Joanna Ward Kildare 1800 0
26th Elizabeth Lynch Offaly 1600 0
27th Cathy Hunt Wexford 1500 8
28th Kerry Doran Kildare 1500 0
29th Megan Nolan Kildare 1500 0
30th Kayla Hayes Walsh Kildare 1500 0
31st  Danielle O’Brien Kildare 1500 0
32nd Chloe Auzon Quinn Kildare 1500 0
33rd   Ava Foley Kildare 1500 0
34th  Sky Smith Kildare 1500 0
35th Savannah Keane Dublin 1100 0
36th Louise Jordan* Meath 1000 0
37th Emirjeta Doda  Dublin 1000 0
38th Abbie Thompson Kildare 1000 0
39th Aoibhe Newman Kildare 1000 0
40th Orla Daffy Kildare 1000 0
41st Alex Murane Kildare 1000 0
42nd Megan Randle Wicklow 1000 0
43rd Carrie Randle Wicklow 1000 0
44th Suzanne Randle* Limerick 1000 0
45th Michelle Morris* Donegal 1000 0
46th Christine Henderson* Donegal 1000 0
47th Elizabeth Killeen Galway 1000 0
48th Laura Hughes* Limerick 1000 0
49th Nafeesa Naz* Dublin 1000 0
50th Celine Chelariu Kildare 1000 0
51st Aoife Williams Kildare 1000 0
52nd Lucy Corcoran Kildare 1000 0
53rd Sophie Lawlor Kildare 1000 0
54th Catherine Moshkov Kildare 1000 0
55th Chloe Carey Kildare 1000 0
56th Annabelle Shanahan Harris Kildare 1000 0
57th Katie Bergin Kildare 1000 0
58th Katie Kiernan Louth 1000 0
59th Ava McCormack Kildare 1000 0
60th Lauren Brophy* Kildare 1000 0
61st Sinead Lynch* Kildare 1000 0
62nd Julianna Allen Kildare 1000 0
63rd Carmen Anton Galiano Kildare 1000 0
64th Michele Deborah Antony Kildare 1000 0