The Republic of Ireland Ladies Snooker Association introduced the sport of Billiards into their Association for the first time back in December 2015.  During the previous 11 months a number of women were coached by our National Billiards Coach, Aidan Murray, who got these women trained to a standard for competition.  This time was well spent as the players really got behind this new initiative and the interest grew with RILSA now having had 20 women who attended and played competitive billiards over the six years.

Annette Newman from Carlow has dominated the sport to date by winning the inaugural Championship in 2015 and retaining it again in 2016 along with winning all 5 National Billiards titles in between.  Annette has recently completed her sixth successful season, winning 6 out of 6 National Billiards Ranking titles for 2021.  Annette completed a flawless season winning the Inaugural National Billiards League, along with her 7th National Championship title in a row and gaining back the 100 up Billiards Championship.  A fantastic Achievement for her.

However Valerie Maloney from Laois along with Christine Carr ,(Kildare) and Jennifer Earle from Dublin have improved greatly in the sport.  Stephanie Foley, Joanna Ward and Tina Keogh have been making great progress during the 2021, with Stephanie finishing 2021 season as Intermediate number 1 and Tina winning the National Intermediate Billiards Championship Title for the first time taking it away from Valerie Maloney who won it for the last two years in a row.  Jennifer finished the season as Intermediate Billiards number 2 so overall great improvement from all our players.

 

TOP 4 WOMEN BILLIARDS PLAYERS IN IRELAND 2021 FROM THE RANKING BELOW

 

 

RILSA NATIONAL AMATEUR BILLIARDS RANKING 2021 SEASON

Ranking Name County Tot Tot
1st Annette Newman  Carlow 12700 2224
2nd  Christine Carr  Kildare 8800 1312
3rd  Joanna Ward Kildare 8100 1260
4th Stephanie Foley Carlow 7600 1039
5th  Tina Keogh Offaly 6000 1050
6th Valerie Maloney Laois 4200 810
7th Jennifer Earle Dublin 4200 723
8th Michelle French Kildare 2000 377

TOP 4 WOMEN BILLIARDS PLAYERS IN IRELAND 2021 FROM THE RANKING BELOW

 

 

RILSA NATIONAL INTERMEDIATER BILLIARDS RANKING 2021 SEASON

Ranking Name County Tot Tot
1 Stephanie Foley Carlow 7000 672
2 Jennifer Earle Dublin 6700 616
3 Valerie Maloney Laois 6500 630
4 Tina Keogh Offaly 5900 497
5 Joanna Ward Kildare 2200 187
6 Michelle French Kildare 1000 84
7 Roisin Beale Kildare 1000 0
8 Lauren Carley Carlow 1000 0