11th January 2009: Brendan O'Donoghue from Nenagh won the 4th RIBSA Senior Ranking Tournament in Carlow today. He beat Martin McCrudden (Celbridge) 5-3 in the final. Robert Redmond (A.L.S.A.A.) compiled the highest break for the second ranking event running with a 141. Best D.B.S.L. performance was from Keith Sheldreck (Roadstone 'A') who lost 3-1 to John O'Sullivan (Laois), and from George O'Hara (A.L.S.A.A.) who lost 3-0 to David Hogan (Nenagh), both in the last 16.

3rd January 2009: Keith Sheldreck (Roadstone 'A') won his first over 35's tournament in Spawell Snooker Club today beating Gary Stewart (Roadstone 'C') 3-2 in the final. A report and results from the tournament are available here.

20th December 2008: Philip Browne (A.L.S.A.A.) won the latest 6 reds tournament in Carlow today beating local player Colvin O'Brien 4-2 in the final. On route to the final, he beat Dermot Ging (Carlow) 3-0 in the last 16, Jason Keogh (Navan) 3-0 in the quarter-final, and had an excellent 3-0 win over Phil Arnold (Celbridge) in the semi-final.

14th December 2008: Mario Fernandez from Limerick won the 3rd RIBSA Senior Ranking Tournament in Carlow today. He beat Robert Murphy from Glenageary 5-1 in the final. Robert Redmond (A.L.S.A.A.) compiled the highest break of the tournament with a magnficent 143. Best D.B.S.L. performance was from Keith Sheldreck (Roadstone 'A') who reached the quarter-final before losing 4-0 to Fernandez.

6th December 2008: D.B.S.L. chairman Stephen Merrigan (Roadstone 'A') won the 2nd over 35's tournament in Spawell Snooker Club today beating Mick Holohan (Glenalbyn 'A') 3-0 in the final. A report and results from the tournament are available here.

22nd November 2008: Roadstone 'A', Roadstone 'B' and Spawell 'A' qualified for the All Ireland Club Championship today by coming through the D.B.S.L. Club Championship qualifiers in Spawell today. They join A.L.S.A.A. and Howth CYMS who had earlier qualified by winning their respective divisions last season. The All Ireland Club Championship takes place from January 22nd-25th.

16th November 2008: Mario Fernandez from Limerick won the 2nd RIBSA Senior Ranking Tournament in Carlow today. He beat Brendan O'Donoghue (New Institute, Nenagh) 5-4 in the final, coming back from 3-0 down early on. Colvin O'Brien from Carlow compiled the highest break of the tournament, a 104. Best D.B.S.L. performance was from George Tierney (Roadstone 'A') who reached the semi-final beating former national champion T.J. Dowling (Celbridge) along the way before losing 4-1 to the eventual winner Fernandez.

24th October 2008: Derek Fitzpatrick (Spawell 'B') made a tremendous 105 break this week in his league match against Keith Sheldreck (Roadstone 'A') which he eventually won 2-1. After the 1st series of matches A.L.S.A.A. lead the Premier League, Roadstone 'C' are 5 points clear in Division 1, while Roadstone 'E' currently head Division 2. Any players who make century breaks in their league matches are welcome to e-mail the details into the site.

27th September 2008: Naoise Kelly (Glenalbyn 'A') won the 1st over 35's tournament in Spawell Snooker Club today beating Brendan Murphy (Spawell 'B') 3-0 in the final. A report and results from the tournament are available here.

20th September 2008: Belfast and District League defeated D.B.S.L. 78-66 in the annual Dublin-Belfast challenge match held in the QE1 club in Glengormley today. Belfast took an early lead in the 1st round of matches and although Dublin rallied in the 2nd round, Belfast won the last 2 rounds to win the match. The highest break was made by Gary Crawford (QE1), a 120 against Robert Redmond (A.L.S.A.A.). Pictures from the day will be available soon. Full results are available here.

20th September 2008: The 1st RIBSA Intermediate of 2008-2009 was played in Kilkenny Snooker Club today and was won by Andrew Gray (Waterford), who beat Jason Waters (New Vic, Limerick) 3-0 in the final. Results from the tournament are available here.

News from the 2007-2008 season available here.