Dublin Billiards and Snooker League News Archive 2007-2008
 
12th June 2008: Congratulations go to D.B.S.L. chairman Stephen Merrrigan
(Roadstone 'A') for reaching the semi-final of the Masters section of the European Amateur
Championship in Poland. Stephen lost 5-1 today to Alan Trigg from England who went on to
win the tournament. Stephen also knocked in the 2nd highest break of the tournament with an
84.
 
7th June 2008: Derek Fitzpatrick (Spawell 'A') won the
2008 Spawell Championship in Templeogue
today. He beat Brendan Murphy (Spawell 'B') 4-0 in the
final. Report and pictures can be viewed
here.
 
25th May 2008: Vincent Muldoon from Galway won the
Irish Snooker Championship in Carlow
today. He beat Garry Hardiman from Spawell 'A' 8-2 in the
final. As a result of his victory, Muldoon clinched the Irish no.1 ranking for the
season and with it a place on the Professional Main Tour next season.
 
15th March 2008: The individuals for each division were played in Spawell today, with each player
handicapped according to the number of matches they lost during the league season.
Eamonn Kelly from Spawell 'B' clinched the Premier League individual with a 2-0 win over
Robert Redmond (A.L.S.A.A. 'A'). The Division 1 and 2 finals will be played on cup final day
on April 5th.
 
13th March 2008: A.L.S.A.A. 'A' won the Premier League title this evening. They
beat Spawell 'B' 11-1 to win the title by 12 points.
 
9th March 2008: Vincent Muldoon from Galway won the
6th RIBSA Senior Ranking Tournament in Carlow
today. He beat Colm Gilcreest from Navan 5-3 in the
final. Best D.B.S.L. performance was from Mark Maher
(Spawell 'A') who reached his second successive semi-final before losing
4-2 to Gilcreest.
 
6th March 2008: Ierne and Howth CYMS won their respective divisions this evening. Ierne's
3-1 win over Glenalbyn clinched the Division 1 title with one match remaining. Howth CYMS won 3-1 away to
nearest challengers Dublin Bus to win Division 2.
 
23rd February 2008: Phil Arnold won the 4th RIBSA Intermediate ranking tournament
in Monkstown Snooker Club today. Phil had earlier knocked out number 2 seed
Philip Browne (A.L.S.A.A.) and number 3 seed Mark Walsh (New Institute, Nenagh)
before beating the number 1 seed Colvin O'Brien (Ivy Rooms, Carlow) in the final.
He also claimed the high break prize with a break of 87.
Full results are available
here.
 
16th February 2008: A.L.S.A.A. 'A' clinched the Dublin Club Championship
today beating Roadstone 'A' 3-1 in the final. 12 teams took part in the tournament
which was jointly hosted by the Roadstone and Spawell snooker clubs. Report and results
are available
here.
 
10th February 2008: Colvin O'Brien from Ivy Rooms (Carlow) won the
5th RIBSA Senior Ranking Tournament in Carlow
today. He beat Joe Delaney from Wexford 5-4 in the
final. Best D.B.S.L. performance was from Mark Maher
(Spawell 'A') who lost 4-3 to Delaney in the semi-finals.
 
27th January 2008: New Institute from Nenagh lifted the All Ireland
Club Championship title today beating Roadstone 'A' 3-2 in the
final. The Dublin side put in a great effort beating Brook Lodge
from Connacht in the quarter-finals and favourites Parkside from
Northern Ireland in the semi-finals but just lost out narrowly in the
final. A.L.S.A.A. 'A' won the plate competition beating CYMS
Letterkenny in the final. The full results from the Championship are
available
here.
 
13th January 2008: Vincent Muldoon from Galway won the
4th RIBSA Senior Ranking Tournament in Carlow
today. He beat John Torpey from New Vic (Limerick) 5-3 in the
final. Best D.B.S.L. performance was from Mark Dooley
(A.L.S.A.A. 'A') who lost 4-3 to Mark Walsh from New Institute (Nenagh) in the quarter-finals.
 
15th December 2007: Roadstone 'A' and A.L.S.A.A. 'A' secured
the final two All-Ireland Club Championship spots. The
championship itself takes place on the 25th to 27th of January.
 
10th December 2007: Colm Gilcreest from the Emerald club in
Navan won the 3rd RIBSA Senior Ranking Tournament in Carlow
yesterday. He beat Robert Murphy from Q Club (Wicklow) 5-4 in the
final. Best D.B.S.L. performance was from Robert Redmond
(A.L.S.A.A. 'A') who lost 4-2 to Gilcreest in the quarter-finals.
 
2nd December 2007: Philip Browne from A.L.S.A.A. 'A' reached
the final of the 3rd RIBSA Intermediate tournament in Letterkenny
today. Philip beat Bernard McGuinness (Northwest), Martin Divilly
(Brook Lodge) and Jason Devaney (Savoy) in the knockout
stages before eventually losing to Colvin O'Brien (Ivy Rooms) 3-0
in the final. Colvin had the biggest break of 103, with Brendan
Murphy from Spawell 'B' making a break of 80 in the earlier group
stages.
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26th November 2007: Saturday saw the opening D.B.S.L.
qualifiers for the All-Ireland Club Championship, which saw each
division have a seperate qualifier to see who would compete in
Killarney later this season. Spawell 'A' won the Premier League
qualifier, Spawell 'D' qualified from Division 1, while Roadstone
'D' came through in Division 2.