The DBSL were saddened to hear of the passing of Nicky Clarke.
Nicky was a Dublin league player for many years, he also was a very popular player on the national circuit back when snooker was in its heyday and I’m sure many people reading this will have many fond memories of Nicky down through the years.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Nickys family and friends at this sad time.
May He Rest in Peace.

The DBSL would like to congratulate Niall “The Dog” Lawless, of Pioneers Black, on winning the first instalment of the DBSL Handicap Series, held in Roadstone Snooker Club this Saturday. Niall narrowly beat the granite Ivor Fitzpatrick, of Pioneers Blue, in an exciting decider to take the match and first title of the 24/25 season.

Niall struggled a little early on in the day but managed to pull through a close pre lim match against Mustaffa from Roadstone D, beating him 2-1 before moving on and beating Clayton Cregan, of Pioneers Blue, 2-0. Lawless then faced his good friend Fergal Hagen, also of Pioneers Black, in the quarter final but no love was lost between them and they both battled hard to take the mach to a decider, with Lawless coming out on top 2-1.

Niall faced a dogged Daniel Brcko, of Pioneers Pink, in the semi final. Daniel, who had a great run to the semi final ran out of steam and Niall took advantage and closed out the match with a commanding 2-0 win.

On the other side of the draw, Ivor Fitzpatrick had a great run to the Final, beating Lenny Malone (Roadstone C) 2-1 in the pre lim and beating Cian Murtagh 2-1 (Pioneers Black) in the Last 16, before taking on fellow blue team mate Andrew Doherty in the quarter final, beating him 2-0 and progressing to the semi final where he beat Peter Conroy (Pioneers Black), 2-1 to book his place in the final.

Ivor also had the highest break of the tournament with a 90 break in the final against Niall.

As always, DBSL would like to thank Tournament Director Stephen Merrigan, and the Roadstone Snooker Club for their fine hospitality throughout the day.

Full details of the event below.

Runner up and Winner: Ivor Fitzpatrick and Niall Lawless

Draw

Event details
Venue: Roadstone: Saturday
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 3
Time: 09:30am start
Dress code: Trousers and polo neck shirt

Draw

Event details
Venue: Roadstone: Saturday
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 3
Time: 09:30am start
Dress code: Trousers and polo neck shirt

The 1st DBSL handicap tournament for the 24/25 season will take place on Saturday September 21st in Roadstone Snooker Club.
Entry fee is €20, which includes all table charges.
Start time 9.30am pre lims
DRESS code is Trousers shoes and polo shirt.
All matches best of 3
Entry closed Friday 6pm
Please enter your name on our website through our online entry system below or on the home page

ENTRY LIST
Brendan Murphy
Lenny Malone
Martin Mc Donald
Dave Goddard
Brendan Canavan
Peter Conroy
Niall Lawless
Kevin O’Brien
Paddy Smullen
Stephen Byrne Snr
Cian Murtagh
Brian O’Rourke
Clayton Cregan
Dehna Bennett
Michael Kearns
Daniel Brcko
Aidan Phelan
Fergal Hagen
Mustaffa
Ivor Fitzpatrick
Alex Hooper
Conor Harkin
George Murphy
Conor Finn
Andrew Doherty

  

DBSL Handicap Event Entry Form
 
 

The DBSL AGM will be held on Wednesday 18th of September in Roadstone Snooker Club at 8pm to discuss the upcoming season. Please make sure the captain or at least one member of your team attends this meeting.

The DBSL would like to congratulate Ivor Fitzpatrick, of Pioneers Blue, on winning the 6th DBSL series handicap event, held in the Pioneers Snooker Club. This is a double congratulations to Ivor as he is now the Dublin Series Ranking No.1 for this season by winning this event.

Ivor, once again, got off to good start, beating Dehna Bennett 2-0, in his last 16 match, and beating Andrew Doherty 2-1, in a close fought Quarter Final match.

In the semi final he took on Michael Kearns of Glenalbyn Red, winning the match with a convincing 2-0 win.

The final was a late showdown against Clayton Cregan of the Classic Snooker Club. Clayton got off to a good start winning the first frame on the black ball. Ivor quickly levelled the match at 1-1 and pressed on in the final frame, getting stronger, putting in an 80 break to take control of the decider.
Clayton held his own and pushed the match, best he could, down to the last three balls. Ivor played a telling snooker on the blue behind the pink and forced the chance he needed to pot blue and pink to take the frame and match.

Clayton had a good run to the his first DBSL final, beating Brendan Murphy 2-1 in the pre-lim round and the steady Conor Harkin 2-1 in the last 16. Clayton then progressed to beat Ray Kearns 2-0 in the quarter final and Joey Kenny 2-1 in the semi final match.

Ivor also had the highest break of the tournament with an an attempt at a maximum break in the Final, breaking down on 80.

DBSL would also like to thank Tournament Director Niall Lawless and Pioneer Snooker Club as always for their fine hospitality throughout the day. We would also like to thank Andrew Harvey of the Pioneer Snooker Club for his help throughout the day, and to Mark Dunne for supplying the food.

Full details of the event below.

Runner Up and Winner: Clayton Cregan and Ivor Fitzpatrick

Draw

Event details
Venue: Pioneers: Sunday
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 3
Time: 09:30am start
Dress code: Trousers and polo neck shirt

Draw

Event details
Venue: Pioneers: Sunday
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 3
Time: 09:30am start
Dress code: Trousers and polo neck shirt

The 6th and final DBSL handicap tournament for the 23/24 season will take place on Sunday May 5th in Pioneers Snooker Club.
Entry fee is €20, which includes all table charges.
Start time 9.30am pre lims
DRESS code is Trousers shoes and polo shirt.
All matches best of 3
Entry closed Friday 6pm
Please enter your name on our website through our online entry system on the home page

ENTRY LIST
Brian O’Rourke
Niall Lawless
Kevin O’Brien
Andrew Harvey
Michael Kearns
Glenn Foley
Shane McAllister
Andrew Doherty
Peter Conroy
Pat Smullen
Stephen Byrne Snr
Alan Fitzpatrick
Daniel Brcko
Dehna Bennett
Tony O’Connor
Clayton Cregan
Mark Dunne
Matthew Dunne
Joey Kenny
Conor Harkin
Daniel Merrigan
Alex Hooper
Ivor Fitpatrick
Ray Kearns
Brendan Murphy

The Dublin Billiards and Snooker were saddened to hear of the death of Rob Garvey’s sister. Our thoughts and prayers are with Rob and his family at this time. The funeral will take place on Saturday 27th April, details will be available on RIP.ie this morning.

The upcoming Dublin Club Championships due to take place on Saturday have been cancelled until further notice.