The DBSL AGM will be held on Wednesday 18th of September in Roadstone Snooker Club at 8pm to discuss the upcoming season. Please make sure the captain or at least one member of your team attends this meeting.

The DBSL would like to congratulate Ivor Fitzpatrick, of Pioneers Blue, on winning the 6th DBSL series handicap event, held in the Pioneers Snooker Club. This is a double congratulations to Ivor as he is now the Dublin Series Ranking No.1 for this season by winning this event.

Ivor, once again, got off to good start, beating Dehna Bennett 2-0, in his last 16 match, and beating Andrew Doherty 2-1, in a close fought Quarter Final match.

In the semi final he took on Michael Kearns of Glenalbyn Red, winning the match with a convincing 2-0 win.

The final was a late showdown against Clayton Cregan of the Classic Snooker Club. Clayton got off to a good start winning the first frame on the black ball. Ivor quickly levelled the match at 1-1 and pressed on in the final frame, getting stronger, putting in an 80 break to take control of the decider.
Clayton held his own and pushed the match, best he could, down to the last three balls. Ivor played a telling snooker on the blue behind the pink and forced the chance he needed to pot blue and pink to take the frame and match.

Clayton had a good run to the his first DBSL final, beating Brendan Murphy 2-1 in the pre-lim round and the steady Conor Harkin 2-1 in the last 16. Clayton then progressed to beat Ray Kearns 2-0 in the quarter final and Joey Kenny 2-1 in the semi final match.

Ivor also had the highest break of the tournament with an an attempt at a maximum break in the Final, breaking down on 80.

DBSL would also like to thank Tournament Director Niall Lawless and Pioneer Snooker Club as always for their fine hospitality throughout the day. We would also like to thank Andrew Harvey of the Pioneer Snooker Club for his help throughout the day, and to Mark Dunne for supplying the food.

Full details of the event below.

Runner Up and Winner: Clayton Cregan and Ivor Fitzpatrick

Draw

Event details
Venue: Pioneers: Sunday
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 3
Time: 09:30am start
Dress code: Trousers and polo neck shirt

Draw

Event details
Venue: Pioneers: Sunday
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 3
Time: 09:30am start
Dress code: Trousers and polo neck shirt

The 6th and final DBSL handicap tournament for the 23/24 season will take place on Sunday May 5th in Pioneers Snooker Club.
Entry fee is €20, which includes all table charges.
Start time 9.30am pre lims
DRESS code is Trousers shoes and polo shirt.
All matches best of 3
Entry closed Friday 6pm
Please enter your name on our website through our online entry system on the home page

ENTRY LIST
Brian O’Rourke
Niall Lawless
Kevin O’Brien
Andrew Harvey
Michael Kearns
Glenn Foley
Shane McAllister
Andrew Doherty
Peter Conroy
Pat Smullen
Stephen Byrne Snr
Alan Fitzpatrick
Daniel Brcko
Dehna Bennett
Tony O’Connor
Clayton Cregan
Mark Dunne
Matthew Dunne
Joey Kenny
Conor Harkin
Daniel Merrigan
Alex Hooper
Ivor Fitpatrick
Ray Kearns
Brendan Murphy

The Dublin Billiards and Snooker were saddened to hear of the death of Rob Garvey’s sister. Our thoughts and prayers are with Rob and his family at this time. The funeral will take place on Saturday 27th April, details will be available on RIP.ie this morning.

The upcoming Dublin Club Championships due to take place on Saturday have been cancelled until further notice.

The DBSL would like to once again congratulate Ivor Fitzpatrick, of Pioneers Blue, on winning the fifth DBSL series handicap event, held in the Roadstone Snooker Club.

Ivor got off to good start beating Stephen Byrne Senior 2-0, in his last 16 match, and beating Dehna Bennett 2-0, in his Quarter Final match.

In the semi final he took on Dave Goddard of Roadstone C and also won the match with a convincing 2-0.

The final was a repeat of the third event this season, with Tony O’Connor of Glenalbyn Blue, taking on Ivor once again. And just as the last final dictated, this one also went to a 1-1 decider with Tony ahead by 55 points before Ivor made a sensational 88 total clearance to take the frame and match, beating Tony 2-1.

Tony had a good run again to the final, beating Pat Smullen 2-1 in his last 16 match and Niall Lawless 2-1 in his quarter final match. He then went on to beat Peter Conroy 2-1 in the semi final.

Ivor also had the highest break of the tournament with an 88 in the Final.

DBSL would also like to thank Tournament Director Stephen Merrigan and the Roadstone Snooker Club as always for their fine hospitality throughout the day.

Full details of the event below.

Winner and Runner Up: Ivor Fitzpatrick and Tony O’Connor

Draw

Event details
Venue: Roadstone: Saturday
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 3
Time: 09:30am start
Dress code: Trousers and polo neck shirt

Draw

Event details
Venue: Roadstone: Saturday
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 3
Time: 09:30am start
Dress code: Trousers and polo neck shirt

The 5th DBSL handicap tournament of the 23/24 season will take place on Saturday April 13th in Roadstone Snooker club.
Entry fee is €20, which includes all table charges.
Start time 9.30am pre lims
DRESS code is Trousers shoes and polo shirt.
All matches best of 3
Entry closed Friday 5pm
Please enter your name on our website through our online entry system on the home page

ENTRY LIST
Glenn Foley
Shane McAllister
Niall Lawless
Peter Conroy
Paddy Smullen
Stephen Byrne Snr
Kevin O’Brien
Brian O’Rourke
Brendan Murphy
Tony Kenny
Martin McDonald
Lenny Malone
Dave Goddard
Dehna Bennett
Daniel Brcko
Ivor Fitzpatrick
Conor Harkin
Alex Hooper
Mustaffa
Eric Pei
Tony O’Connor
Joey Kenny
Stephen Merrigan

DBSL would like to wish a huge congratulations to Dehna “The Bullet” Bennett, of Pioneers’ Pink, on winning the 2024 Dublin Individual Championships which was held over two days in Roadstone and Pioneers Snooker Club on the 23rd/24th March 2023.

Dehna’s path to victory began Saturday morning in the Roadstone Venue and included a tight 3-2 win over Roadstone C’s Martin McDonald in the last 16th match, contrasted with a solid 3-0 win against Dave Goddard, also from Roadstone C, in his Quarter Final match, to book a place in the last 4 on Sunday morning in Pioneers.
Dehna was in fine form heading into the Semi Final, meeting another Roadstone in form player, this time George Murphy, of Roadstone B. Dehna proved too strong against George on the morning and took advantage early, and pressed on to win the game 3-0 and book a place in the Final against Pioneer Blue’s Kevin O’Brien.

In the Final showdown Dehna started strongly, potting some key balls and playing tight safety, and quickly raced off to a 2-0 lead over his opponent before Kevin had a chance to settle. In the third frame, Dehna had a chance to take the match 3-0 but unfortunately went in off on the last red leaving Kevin ball in hand. Kevin potted yellow to pink to take the frame and hoped to start a bit of a comeback. This comeback was short lived however, and in the 4th frame Kevin overcut the final black and left it over the pocket. Dehna composed himself and sank the black with a solid long pot to take the frame and match 3-1.

Kevin’s impressive run to the final began in round 1 beating Pat Smullen of Pioneers Black 3-1, and Alan Fitzpatrick of Pioneers White 3-0 in the last 16, before eventually coming out victorious over Pioneers Black’s Daniel McNamee with a 3-1 win in the Quarter Final. On Sunday morning Kevin beat reigning Champion and fellow team mate Ivor Fitzpatrick 3-2 in a tense decider to book his place in the final against Dehna.

DBSL would like to thank both Roadstone Snooker Club and Pioneers Snooker Club for hosting this great event, including Niall Lawless, Kevin O’Brien, Brendan Murphy, Ivor Fitzpatrick and Stephen Merrigan for showing a great deal of hospitality to all the players throughout the event.

DBSL would like to once again especially thank First Aid Systems Ltd for sponsoring the event which has hugely helped support this great tournament and Snooker growth in Dublin.

Winner and Runner-up: Dehna Bennett and Kevin O’Brien

Semi Finalists: Ivor Fitzpatrick, Kevin O’Brien, George Murphy, Dehna Bennett

Full details of the event below.

Draw

Event details
Venue: Roadstone and Pioneers
Entrance Fee: 20 Euro entry fee includes table charges
Format: All matches are best of 5
Handicaps: DBSL handicaps used
Time: 10.00am start
Dress code: Full Dress Code Last 4 – Polo Shirt and Trousers – Pre Semi Final