Dublin Billiards and Snooker League News Archive 2010-2011
 
15th June 2011: Stephen Merrigan (
Roadstone 'A') reached the last 16 of the
Masters event of the
2011 European Snooker Championships in
Sofia, before losing 4-0 to former professional
Darren Morgan (
Wales).
The knockout results from the tournament are available
here.
 
22nd May 2011: Jason Devaney (Deel Rover) won the Irish Senior Championship today, beating
David Hogan (New Institute) 8-6 in the final. Robert Redmond (Roadstone 'A') reached the semi-finals of the
before losing 6-5 to Jason. Robert's team-mate George Tierney
had earlier lost to Jason 5-2 in the quarter-finals, while Robert had beaten Martin McCrudden (Celbridge)
5-3.
 
12th May 2011: Brendan Thomas (
Roadstone 'C') won the
Premier League Individual, beating team-mate
Chris
Hannigan 5-3 in the final. Full results from the Individual are
available
here.
 
10th May 2011: Spawell 'A' won the
Premier League Team Cup with a 9-5 win over
Glenageary.
Results from the Premier League Team Cup are available
here.
 
9th May 2011: Roadstone 'A' retained their Premier League title tonight with a 9-3 win over Roadstone 'C'. Nearest challengers
Roadstone 'B' drew 6-6 with Spawell 'A', but it was not enough as they finished one point behind.
 
Umesh Bhagwan, Mark Farrell, Peter Murphy, Andrew Carton
Willows 'A' - Division 1 Cup Winners 2010-2011
30th April 2011: Willows 'A' retained the
D.B.S.L. Division 1 Team Cup today, beating
Dublin Bus 7-3 in
Roadstone Snooker Club, while
Roadstone G' retained
the
Division 2 Team Cup, beating
Classic 9-4 in the
Division 2 Cup Final.
Full results and pictures from the Team Cup finals are available
here.
 
16th April 2011: Brendan Thomas (Roadstone 'C') won the 6th East Intermediate snooker tournament in Crossguns Snooker Club
today, beating team-mate Stephen Byrne 3-0 in the final. Brendan also had the highest break with a 94.
 
10th April 2011: Keith Sheldreck (Roadstone 'B') narrowly lost the final of the 7th RIBSA Senior Ranking Tournament
in Carlow today, losing 5-4 to Brendan O'Donoghue
(Nenagh). Keith had earlier beaten ex-professionals Rodney Goggins (Wexford) 4-1 in the quarter-finals, and David Hogan
(Nenagh) 4-3 in the semi-finals.
 
8th April 2011: Roadstone 'D' won the Division 1 title this week. With 1 match left they are 6 points ahead with only 4 points available for
nearest challengers Ierne.
 
Brendan Thomas (Roadstone 'C'), Stephen Merrigan (Roadstone 'A')
European Team Championships 2011
 
7th April 2011: The
European Team Snooker Championships are taking place in Malta from
29th March-7th April and the D.B.S.L. has
representatives playing in both the Men's and Masters' events.
Gavin Stokes (
Spawell 'A') played for the
Ireland 'B' team
alongside
Clinton Franey (
Wicklow) and
Nigel Power (
Celbridge) in the Men's event. Gavin's team lost 10-5
to
England in the last 16.
In the Masters event,
Stephen Merrigan (
Roadstone 'A'), paired with
Joe Delaney (
Wexford), lost 7-3 to
England in the semi-finals,
while
Brendan Thomas (
Roadstone 'C'), who
partnered
Ernie McMullen (
Newbridge), lost out to
Malta 'B' in the last 12. All the results from the championships are available
here.
 
20th March 2011: Ross Doyle (Glenageary) won the 5th Under-19 Billiards tournament in Edenderry Snooker Club
today. This is Ross's 2nd tournament win in a row as he won the previous Under-19's tournament in Edenderry last month.
 
19th March 2011: George Tierney (Roadstone 'A') won the 5th East Intermediate snooker tournament in Celbridge Snooker Club
today, beating Paul Ennis (Roadstone 'B') 3-1 in the final. George also had the highest break with a 62.
 
19th March 2011: Chris Humphries (
Classic) won the
Division 2 Individual in
Roadstone Snooker Club today. He beat
Patrick Curran (
Roadstone 'E') 2-0 in the final. Full results from the day are available
here.
 
18th March 2011: Classic won the Division 2 title this week, with a 3-1 win over nearest rivals Roadstone 'E'. They are 17 points
clear with only 16 available for Roadstone 'E'.
 
13th March 2011: Paul Smith (
Roadstone 'A') won the 2010-2011
Over 35's Championship in
Roadstone Snooker Club today. He beat
Keith Sheldreck (
Roadstone 'B') 3-2 in the
final. Full results from the day are available
here.
 
12th March 2011: Greg Clarke (
Roadstone 'D') won the
Division 1 Individual today in
Roadstone Snooker Club. He beat
Peter Murphy (
Willows 'A') 3-1 in the final. Full results from the day are available
here.
 
More news from the 2010-2011 season available
here.