Dublin Billiards and Snooker League News Archive 2011-2012
 
6th April 2012: John Sutton beat Mark Dooley (Roadstone 'A') to win the Terry Rogers Easter Handicap competition.
 
5th April 2012: Roadstone 'A' and Classic won the Premier League and Division 1 titles tonight respectively.
 
1st April 2012: Wayne Doyle (Glenageary) reached the semi-final of the 7th Senior Billiards tournament in Carlow
today before losing 2-0 to Aidan Murray (Wicklow). Former snooker professional Rodney Goggins beat Aidan 2-0 in the final.
 
31st March 2012: The East Intermediate team reached the final of the Intermediate Team Championships in Carlow today. They lost 3-2
to the South East team. The team comprised of captain Wayne Doyle (Glenageary), Philip Browne,
Stephen Byrne (Roadstone 'B'), Chris Hannigan
(Darcy McGees 'A') and Alan Cusack (Howth CYMS), all DBSL players.
 
25th March 2012: Brendan Thomas (Roadstone 'B') reached the final of the 6th Masters Series Event in Carlow today
before losing 3-2 to John Connolly (Wexford). Brendan had earlier beaten among others Frank Sarsfield (Limerick)
in the earlier rounds.
 
24th March 2012: Peter Murphy (
Willows 'A') won the 2nd
Over 35's in
Willows Snooker Club today.
He beat
Brendan Thomas (
Roadstone 'B') 3-1 in the final. Brendan made the highest break, a 66 against
Mark Farrell
(
Willows 'A') in the quarter-final. Full results are available
here.
 
15th March 2012: Stephen Merrigan (
Roadstone 'A') reached the quarter-finals of the European Team Masters Championship with
Ernie
McMullen before losing 6-0 to the other Irish team of
Albert Hogan and
Mark Tuite. All the results from the Masters Championship
are available
here.
 
8th March 2012: Roadstone 'D' clinched the Division 2 title tonight with a 4-0 win over Darcy McGees 'D'. The result leaves them
14 points ahead of nearest challengers Dublin Bus with 3 matches to go.
 
3rd March 2012: Tony Kenny (
Roadstone 'D') won the
2011-2012 Division 2 Individual which was held in
Terry Rogers Snooker Club today.
He beat
Neil Ladrigan (
Dublin Bus) 3-1 in the final.
Liam Brady (
Darcy McGees 'D') got the highest break with an excellent 78.
All the results from the day are available
here.
 
26th February 2012: Ross Doyle (Glenageary) won the 3rd Under-19 Billiards tournament in Edenderry Snooker Club today.
He beat Mark Nolan in the semi-final before beating Shane Menton in the final, both local players.
 
25th February 2012: Philip Browne (
Roadstone 'B') won the 4th
East Intermediate in
Terry Rogers Snooker Club today. He beat
Ian Smith (
Darcy McGees 'A') 3-0 in the final.
George Tierney (
Roadstone 'A') had the highest break, a 76.
Wayne Doyle (
Glenageary) finished number 1 in the rankings after the tournament today and so will now
play the other number one ranked players from each intermediate region at the
National Championship finals weekend
in May.
All the results from the day are available
here.
 
19th February 2012: Wayne Doyle (
Glenageary) reached the semi-final of the
European Open Billiards in
Carlow today,
before losing to eventual winner
Billy Bousfield. The knockout results after the group stages are available
here.
 
16th February 2012: Wayne Doyle (Glenageary) had a break of 92 in Howth in his 2-0 win against Martin Mulhern
(Howth CYMS)
this week.
 
More news from the 2011-2012 season available
here.