DBSL would like to congratulate Ivor Fitzpatrick, from the Pioneers, who won the Republic of Ireland Billiards & Snooker Association first RIBSA Challenge Ranking Tournament of the Season. The event was held on Sunday the 29th of September in the Darcy McGees Snooker Club. He beat Liam Brady from Darcy McGees 3-1 in the final which was reffed by Shane Mason.
The new snooker season for 2019/2020 kicks off tonight 24th September. The DBSL would like to wish everyone good luck in the new season. Hopefully there is a lot of fantastic snooker to come.
The Dublin league’s new season is starting back September 24th. Our AGM will be held on Monday September 23rd in Darcy McGees @ 8pm. All teams for this season will receive the first weeks fixtures on Friday 20th September.
The Dublin Billiards and Snooker were saddened to hear of the death of Tony Kenny’s Mother. Our thoughts and prayers are with Tony and his family at this time.
Division 1
| Quarter Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicap | Team | Team | Handicap | |||
| +1 | Roadstone A | 1 | v | 7 | Willows A | 0 |
| 0 | Pioneers | w/o | v | 0 | Joeys | 0 |
| 0 | Darcy McGees A | 5 | v | 9 | Darcy McGees C | +4 |
| 0 | Darcy McGees B | 7 | v | 9 | Roadstone B | +5 |
| Semi Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicap | Team | Team | Handicap | |||
| 0 | Willows A | 5 | v | 7 | Pioneers | +1 |
| 0 | Darcy McGees C | 7 | v | 6 | Roadstone B | +1 |
| Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicap | Team | Team | Handicap | |||
| +3 | Darcy McGees C | 8 | v | 2 | Pioneers | 0 |
Division 2
| Quarter Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicap | Team | Team | Handicap | |||
| 0 | Classic | 3 | v | 9 | Darcy McGees E | +5 |
| 0 | Willows B | 0 | v | w/o | Darcy McGees D | 0 |
| 0 | Roadstone C | 4 | v | 9 | Darcy McGees F | +5 |
| 0 | Glenalbyn | 7 | v | 1 | Roadstone D | +1 |
| Semi Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicap | Team | Team | Handicap | |||
| +4 | Darcy McGees E | 8 | v | 9 | Darcy McGees D | 0 |
| +5 | Darcy McGees F | 9 | v | 6 | Glenalbyn | 0 |
| Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handicap | Team | Team | Handicap | |||
| +5 | Darcy McGees F | 8 | v | 9 | Darcy McGees D | 0 |
Congratulations to Classic Snooker Club who won the division 2 title with an impressive 17 point gap above nearest rivals, runner up Darcy McGees D.
Congratulations to Darcys B who won the division 1 title this week beating close rivals Darcys A in an epic playoff battle. Darcys B got off to a fine start on Tuesday night with Conor Harkin beating Dane Daly 2-0, but Stephen Reddington took the match back to equal footing by securing a 2-0 win over Gavin Stokes. However, Darcys B came out strong on Thursday night with Liam Brady beating Ian Smith 2-0, before Philip McCaffrey took the win home by beating Philip O’Connor 2-0.
Well done to (Winners) Darcys B and (Runner up) Darcys A,on a fine season of snooker.
Darcys B
Phillip McCaffrey
Gavin Stokes
Conor Gaffney
Liam Brady
Derek Fitzpatrick
Justin Byrne
Conor Harkin
Darcys A
Philip O Connor
Stephen Reddington
Ian Smith
Dane Daly
Dylan Carey
Fionn Comerford
Congratulations to Liam Brady, of Darcy McGees B, winner of the DBSL Handicap Tournament Series 4. Liam beat Aaron Holland 3-2 in the final. This is Liam’s second series title back to back.
DBSL would like to thank Darcy McGees Snooker Club and Richie McAuley for their hospitality throughout the day.
For full event details, please click below.
(Pictured left to right) Dylan Carey, Stephen Reddington, Philip O Connor, Dane Daly.
This year the race for the Division 1 League title couldnt’t have been closer with Roadstone A, Darcy McGees A, Willows A, Pioneers and Darcy McGees B all in the runnings right up to the penultimate week. After the final week of fixtures Darcy McGees A and Darcy McGees B are level on 61 points each. They will now face each other in a play-off match to decide who will be the 2018/19 Season winners.
